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First House Meeting

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Wyatt
on March 4, 2008
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We* had our first house meeting this evening. It was quite possibly one of the best house meetings I’ve ever been a part of. Without discussing it formally (until near the end), we used consensus to make our decisions. Everyone listened and everyone got a chance to speak, and we stayed fairly well on track.

It’s all the more interesting considering our lifestyle differences, but none of that mattered as far as our ability to communicate respectfully and make decisions that everyone was comfortable with. One of our decisions was to try to have “family game night” once a week or so.

Afterwards, we got into some furniture arranging. That was fun too. There’s a lot left to do, but I’m looking forward to it. This weekend will include mowing the lawn (with the push mower), moving the Internet connection to a more public location, and installing the cat door (which is now in my window). Domestic chores! Yay!

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*I was living by myself (with a cat) in a four bedroom house for two months. It was nice in a lot of ways but was too much space for one person (and a cat), and it was draining me financially. Now I have three house mates. Things won’t always be perfect, but living alone isn’t always ideal either. It’s all about balance, clear and direct communication, creating and maintaining personal space, and mutual respect.

My Picture in the Paper

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Wyatt
on February 24, 2008
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The Willamette Week, a weekly paper in Portland, puts out an annual “love and sex” issue around Valentine’s Day, which includes interviews with local singles (cleverly titled Singled Out). This year, through a series of random circumstances, I was interviewed and got “mah pitcher in tha paper.” See it here (about midway down).

First off, I would like to express that I hate Valentine’s Day. I’m not going to go into why. The reasons are probably obvious anyway.

According to the article, my perfect date would be a “vegan bicycle chick.” Whereas that’s somewhat true, I would like to state, for the record, that I didn’t utter those words. In the distant past, I used the word “chick” to refer to women but not any more. Not that I’m super PC or anything; “chick” just doesn’t sound/feel right somehow.

Anyway…

It was interesting to be interviewed and kind of weird to read the article and know that there’s this portrait of me out there that’s not entirely accurate. In some ways, it describes me pretty well, but at the same time, it doesn’t feel like me at all. Doesn’t look like me either. Or does it?

Willamette Week - Single Out

I’ve had several people ask if I met anyone through the article. A few people sent me messages, and I went on one date (to the Red & Black Cafe). No “for-evah” prospects.

Being single/unattached is a good thing, at least for now. I’m not trying to get myself all tangled up with someone right after coming out of a six-year relationship, though I am interested in meeting people. My focus is on understanding and growth and relating to people. It seems we all run into the same relationship obstacles.