I have been wanting to start my blog for a few weeks now. I wanted to start it before I went to Amsterdam and Paris so I could update it while I was away. I wanted to start it as soon as I got back, but what a crazy week. As life goes, events kept happening that seemed to prevent me from making it happen. Life....but somehow it is most appropriate to be starting now, right after Thanksgiving that saw me spending my time with so many friends in very unique situations. For anyone that shared some part of my weekend, whether in person, on the phone, by email....whether laughing or crying, all of you made me especsially thankful that I have met you and have shared in some part of your life.

Desperate Housewives: I am currently busy watching Season 2 on DVD. I just can't seem to find the time to watch it on a regular bases, so I love the fact that everything comes out on DVD these days. Personally I am still loving it. As much as it seem to lose it status as the "darling" of tv that it possessed in Season 1, it is still incredibly funny and incredibly insightful. It reminds me that we should laugh more at life. I am haivng one problem with the show though and that is the continuity in scenes. A couple of examples, there is a scene between Gabby and Carlos in the hospital and Gabby arms are both crossed in front of her and at her sides in the scene and she never moves them.....and then there is a scene between Susan and Eddie in a "Wings Joint" and Eddie's beer glass keeps getting fuller even though she is drinking from it and not refilling. Perhaps I am one of the few people that notice these things, but they seem to just jump of the screen when I am watching. Nonetheless good fun. If you aren't watching, pick it up, sit back and laugh and learn.

I am currently reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Buroughs. I had picked the book up a few times in a bookstore but had enough books at home I need to read I kept putting it back on the shelf. Then I read that they were going to make it into a movie with Annete Bening and I usually life to read a book before I see the movie. I find the books are much richer and usually enjoy seeing how the director, actors interpret it compared to how I visually saw it when reading. Reading it I am not sure if I should be laughing as much as I am. It is so out there I feel like I am reading a piece of fiction, then I need to remind myself that it is a memoir, and while still funny, I also feel a sense of sadness for the struggle that Augusten must have felt as a child when we are all trying to fit in and be accepted. Suddenly for me growing up gay in rural Ontario is no longer the big deal that I used to think it was.

There is theme that took place this weekend, real life as some friends shared the challenges and joys they are facing, Deperates Housewives putting the outrageous right out there, and Running With Scissors showing a real picture of someone's life. I am entirely glad that I have made friends with people that feel they can always be real around me no matter what is going on and allow me to be real, no matter what is going on. I nenver have to pretend anymore. Life is so much better when you are yourself.

The name Forestine was my Grandmother's name, which is why I choice to title my blog, using her name. She was the most amazing person that I ever have known. I still miss not being able to talk to her face to face. As much as she lives on in my heart it is never the same as seeing the joy on her face everytime she saw me. During my childhood when I felt unloved and unwanted at home, bullied at school, she always shone like an angel when she would see me walk into the room.

I have no idea what I plan to do with this blog, but thanks for visiting.