Gin Gin's thoughts on life.

What a transformation.. what do you guys think?

2008-09-26T12:54:36Z

OK so I was looking through some old pics the other day. Wow was I a big boy.. well still am, but wow. These pics are from 1 year ago memorial day weekend (approx weight 325):

And these were taken 1 month ago (approx weight 240):

What do you think?

Has it REALLY been 113 weeks since my last confession?

2008-09-26T12:25:26Z

OK so I know I haven't posted in a millennium, but I figured now is as good a time as any. I will be doing the DC Aids Walk on Saturday October 4th. It is a 5k walk around the DC area. If anyone cares to donate, it would be greatly appreciated. Also anyone who would like to join our team to walk can just ask me for more information. My donation link is below. Thank you for your help and support.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=257099&supId=233716569

To those of you that miss me, I will TRY to post more, though I think I said that 113 weeks ago.

Love to all

Gingin

Hairy Beast

2006-07-25T13:17:22Z

Omg I was just getting ready for work, threw on the TV, and "Harry and the Hendersons" was on. Does anyone remember that movie? Didn't it spawn a TV show?

HOT

2006-07-13T04:54:09Z

It is WAY too hot to sleep. Its supposed to be like 89 degrees with 78% recipitation tomorrow. Isn't 78% rain? I had a good night thought. Hung out with my friends Dave and a New friend Victor and watched some OZ. MMMMMMM Even Seinfeld is scrumbdiddlyumptious. :) He makes me HORNY.

He's Alive!!!

2006-07-11T02:56:37Z

Ok, so after multiple nudges from LJ friends, and 473 days later, presenting: A New Post!! So much has happened since I last posted.

Homelife - I'm sure most people know I'm back in the DC area. I have been living in Silver Spring, MD. After about a year of living with Patrick as roommates, he decided it was time to move in with his new boyfriend. I had been living alone for the past 5 months, until last week when my new roommate moved in. Don't laugh, hes a 63 year old "straight" man, that after 2 days of living here came out to me as a "member of the same team." Hes very nice, quiet, and pays the bills on time and in CASH :).

Work - Ive been running a music school / recording studio in Bethesda MD for almost a year now. Its a great job. I have almost 400 students coming through weekly that lovingly refer to me as Jonnycakes or simply "Cakes". It has allowed to be around music which I love, as well as meet a ton of great people. In May I had the privilege to sing background vocals on Jamie Altman's demo CD. Jamie is the son of the one and only Lynda Carter, aka Wonder Woman. I also arranged a battle of the bands in April, we had 14 Bands and about 200 audience members.

Love Life - I've been dating the same sweet young man for about 10 months now. He is cute, chubby, young and smart, all my favorite traits. He is multilingual - which is SUPER SEXY - and works at The University of Maryland. 1 year anniversary comes up on September 19, 2006 :).

That's about all for now. If you guys have any specific questions you want to ask, let me know.

Hugs,
Jonathan
aka Gin
aka Jonnycakes

p.s. If anyone wants to see some new pics of me check out the pics section of my Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/6861698

The Big Move.

2005-03-24T18:35:31Z

Ok i know its been a while since I've posted.Sooo much has happened to me in the past 6 months. I moved to Bowling Green Ohio in October. It was hard to find real work out there. Although the cost of living is much lower there I soon found that i couldnt afford food, let alone pay rent to my roomate. In the end of November i moved in with Andrew, the cute boy I had been seeing for a few weeks. Although he was a good guy and we had good times, it just wasnt in the cards, so I ended up moving home. I have been saving money and paying off some bills for the past 3 months. I knew that in my heart, I really wanted to be back in DC; I missed my friends, and the fact that I lived in a bustling city full of things to do. I have also patched up my friendship with Pat, and for my birthday I went down to visit. I had a wonderful time. I got to hang out with a bunch of my old friends and meet new ones. I got to see Dave, Ricky, childeofthesun, diablokiller82, kebinjoonzu, Justin, mrlo, and a few others. I also got to meet bearbill, and had dinner with demcub and his partner Sean. We also bumped into Danny, cjliotta, and legalmooseat the Leather Rack. I had a great time with Pat aka bearboykahlo aka my Ex. We got to spend alot of quality time together. I missed him very much and it was REALLY nice to catch up. In the past week or so we talked alot about our situations and our friendship. We decided that we would be well suited as roomates - I mean we already know each others secrets and have seen each other naked :P - so we would make perfect comfortable roomates. So after lots of discussion, we decided that when I move back to the area, I will be moving into our second bedroom. Pat will be flying up to NH on the 27th of April, and we will drive back down together. I cant wait to get back to DC and be able to spend time with all of my friends.

Its me!! Its me!!!

2005-01-20T06:25:23Z

Yey here is a new that Pat bearboykahlo made of me. Its been a while since he used me as a subject for his art. Im so excited.
Hugs Thanks Bubby.

Where can I get this?!?!!?

2005-01-16T20:00:46Z

OK guys I really wanna know where I can get a jersey like this?

I know the guy in the pic is hot... but please focus for a minute. Does anyone know the guy or know where I can find something like this? let me know.

Grrr!!!!!

2004-11-18T19:03:34Z

Have you ever just hated someone? Anyway Im bored and annoyed so I thought I'd post this. See if your responses cheer me up.

01. Who are you?

02. Are we friends?

03. When and how did we meet?

04. Do you have a crush on me (who doesn't :P)?

05. Would you kiss me?

06. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.

07. Describe me in one word.

08. What was your first impression?

09. Do you still think that way about me now?

10. What reminds you of me?

11. If you could give me anything what would it be?

12. How well do you know me?

13. When's the last time you saw me?

14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?

15. Are you going to put this on your LiveJournal and see what I say about you?

WTF is a Buckeye anyway?!?!?!

2004-11-02T22:06:53Z

Here i am all settled in Ohio. Its been a week.

Tuesday - I left at 2 am and started my drive out west. I stopped in Buffalo around 10 am at a friends dorm and took a nap while he was doing some homework. I slept till noon and then started leg 2 of the trip. I arrived in Bowling Green around 6 pm. I was greeted by currentlytony and we emptied out the jeep and heaped all my stuff into my room. We got to hang out and talk for a while. After a while I was suprised by a knock at the door. Tony's friend Brad, Brad's bf Ryan, and their friend Julia came over, and Brad had made me a welcome to OH dinner. We all talked and watched some movies and a good time was had by all.

Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday - All kind of blur together, I know I unplacked my stuff and got settled in my room. I called Tony's friend Julia - see tuesday- and left a message for her to call me back, as she is a staffing recruiter for a temp agency. I also watched all 22 episodes of Angel Season 4. On thursday night we went for a walk - that turned into a ride- with Julia, Brad, Tony and myself. Well it was supposed to be an excercise walk which turned into a ride to coldstone creamery. Friday night was roomate bondage night - ehemm bonding night. Tony and I went to see saw.. seesaw seesaw - haha- ... then we came back and drank a case of malt licka and watched "Mean Girls. Around one, when Tony and I were nicely buzzed, Julia and her husband, Brad, and two new friends that I cant remember their names, came over and hung out for a while. We listened to music from 1997 and just chatted.

Saturday - I spent most of the day alone in my new home. Tony had a teacher's conference to go to, and then a dinner party at night. I managed to get to pier one and finally spend an old gift certificate I had. I bought candles and some hanging sconses for my room - they joined the Buffy border and fight club poster that Tony put up as a welcome decoration. I also applied at Pier 1, Homo Depot, & Blockbuster.

Sunday - I woke up early as I always do. 10am usual. I Busted open Tony's door and jumped up and down on his bed waking him up. He proceeded to Bitch me out and throw things at me as it was really 9 am and not 10 am. - The previous statement was a blatant fabrication... what really happened was i quietly knocked on his door, made sure his junk wasnt hanging out, a then entered when he said he was decent. He wasnt feeling well so I took care of him for the day. I took him to the store and made him get some zinc and cough drops as he had a swollen Uvula - that hanging thing at the back of the throat. We got some Halloween candy and movies and stuff for dinner. We just watched movies and spent some quality time together all day. We watched like 10 movies, and graded an assload of papers - although i only got to grade the homework chech, check plus, check minus - Tony graded all the tests and quizes. Around Midnight Brad came over and we watched The Wiz and then Tony went to bed. Brad and I talked for a few hours and then he went home about 2 30.

Monday - The plumber came and fixed the toilet. And while he was doing it... he talked about Buffy, and what a HOT PIECE of SNATCH she is... hahaha. I was like yeah man.. shes def hot snatch.. I'd love to pound that.. ahahahaha. Tony came home from work and The Workout Group - Me, Julia, Tony and Brad- went for an hours walk, no icecream this time. We got home and I made us dinner. We graded some more papers, some of the Chucky child's Play Box set and then went to bed.

That was my first week here in The Buckeye State. All in all its been good. Tony is a great guy and ive made a few cool friends here. Next step.. JOB please now.

Ohio here i come.

2004-10-22T17:08:24Z

Well I am moving to Ohio - out in the middle of nowhere, but its a clean start, an adventure. Ive never driven across country by myself. Ive been back and forth to Chicago from RI with my roomate in college, and ive done the NH / DC trip a bunch of times but I've always had Pat with me. Kinda nervous, yet excited. It a 12 drive according to Yahoo maps, and i wanted to post the link to the route to see if any of you are on it. I figured I'd need to at least stop and eat along the way, or maybe someone has a couch to crash for a few hours. - Shrug-. i thought id just put it out there see if anyone responds. If no one responds, I'm gonna leave in the wee hours of tuesday morning so i can be there around 5 pm in Ohio. If someone does wanna get together, then i will leave monday afternoon.

Hugs
P.S. I thought the icon might help.

http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?ed=BPGuA.V.wikca9m2yUQa3eVzwyO6KojCF8DQgNLgCTU-&csz=nashua+nh+03063&country=us&tcsz=bowling+green+ohio&tcountry=us

Thanks to everyone that made me new icons!!!

2004-10-19T20:51:00Z

Thank for everyone's words of concern durring my difficult time. I seem to be having lots of difficult times latelty, but oh well. Im a survivor. I am now down to 245 lbs thats a grand total of 57 lbs lost. I feel alot better about myself i plan on losing about 20 more. anyway i just wanted to send everyone a hug, and let them know that I as ok as I can be at the moment.. and I love you all.
hugs
Jonathan

My fucked up family

2004-10-17T03:29:57Z

Well I've had a pretty crappy week. I have been really sick for over a week now. It hurts to breathe, I can't swallow - I know there goes my social life right? well last night I got out of work early because my chest was really hurting. When I got home my brother and a few of his friends were hanging out. He was supposed to be going out,but decided not to. I asked him if they could hang out in his room - since I don't have one and his friends were sitting on my couch/bed. He told me to stop being a baby, and that he never had friends over. He then proceeded to invite 4 girls over. I got really pissed off, and decided to leave. My mother told me i was not allowed to leave.

Sidenote... I'm 25 and i own my mom's trailor.

So I slammed the door and left.... out on the screen porch my mom told me that if I walked out the door that I was never welcome back. She then proceeded to throw the beer in her hand at my head, which smashed on the wall near the door. I turned around and called her a C word, and told her never to throw anyting at me again. At that point my brother came out of the house and started yelling at me. The four girls arived in the car and my brother then called me a fucking faggot in front of them. After all of the shit Ive done for that boy, I got really pissed and went to go after him and my mom got in the way and said "Stop being such a fucking baby, just becasue your gay means nobody can ever say fag again?" My brother left with his weed and bottle of jeggarmiester, and my mom stayed up all night watching tv in the living room with the light on, JUST to annoy me. I had to work at 10 am so I got up and took a shower. When i got out of the shower my mom and brother where sitting there, and my mom said, "can't we all appologize to each other and have a good day?" I was like obviously you thought i was kidding last night. I will never feel comfortable again in my own home as i was called a FUCKING FAGGOT. This word dosent usually bother me but it was the malice behind it that hurt. My mom then said that she wanted me out by Wednesday. I said thats fine as i didnt want to be there anymore anyway, and just to add insult to injury, as i was leaving she said "Where are you gonna go, nobody wants you, Patrick cheated on you and left you after two years.

I have never felt such hurt in my life. I'm crushed.
Ill be living in my car for the next few days until i figure out what to do.
Jonathan

PS I am NOT white trash... just my family is.

Contest!!!!!

2004-10-14T18:20:19Z

OK its not really a contest since there is no prize but my love and admiration. Since xandydawatcher was kind enough to gift me some paid LJ time, I figured i make the most out of it. I want to make some new icons and i saw this on a few peoples posts. I dont know what im supposed to do.. but I'll just put some pics up.. and you guys play with them and see what u can come up with.

Hugs
Thanks guys

Phone Post:

2004-10-14T16:24:10Z

Update from Nh

2004-09-24T14:17:23Z

OK so I know I haven't... - I just realized that i have started every single post with OK.. anyone notice that?- anyway I know i haven't posted in a while. You would think with all the time I have that I would post more. Im still looking for a job, but i dont want to get too commited becasue I dont know how long I wanna stay here. I just wanna move away again., but not alone. Anyone lookin for a roomie? LOL just kidding, or am I? Well I weighed-in this morning I'm at 258 from 302. Thats 44 lbs!!!!! Im actually very proud of myself. I have been in the 250's since freshman year of college and that was AGES ago. anyway not much else goin on here.
Hugs
Jonathan

grrrr

2004-09-06T16:17:48Z

Sick of sleeping on the couch and living out of a suitcase.

10%

2004-08-27T15:16:35Z

I weighed in this morning. I have reached my 6 month mark on Weight Watchers. I lost 3 lbs this week for a total of 33 lbs. I started at 302 and i am now down to 269. I have lost 10% of my body weight and im now half way to my goal weight of 235-245. Woohoo go me!!!!

gingindccub @ 2004-08-26T14:59:00

2004-08-26T18:57:21Z

Ok so im back. I am settled in at home in NH . And i finally have High Speed Internet. So i can post again. I guess im doing ok. Still sad alot, but its something im going to have to deal with. I dont know how long I want to stay up here. I kinda want to move away somewhere and start all over again. Im really not sure. I kinda feel like im in limbo. Oh well im a survivor. I keep saying that ive been through rougher things than this in my life. Then why does it hurt so bad?

GI JANE

2004-08-13T19:28:16Z

Ok thank you all for your kind words and advise. I know it isnt easy to try and console someone in my situation, but I do appreciate your thoughts. I have been so upset this week that i decided to do something drastic:

Id love your input.. and dont be nice just cuz im sad..Im not sure how i feel about the shaved head yet.. leave me some comments.

hugs

What is wrong with me?

2004-08-13T15:45:04Z

Well after almost two years I am on the market again. I cant really go into too much detail right now, but it was a VERY upseting break up. So I have been packing up the last two years of my life, or at least what of it will fit in my jeep, and going home. Pat says he will Ship me the rest. I mean .. i see now that there were underlying problems and that if this particular thing didnt happen.. then it would have happened another time another place.. maybe a month from now.. or two weeks ago, but it would have happened anyway. And in all honesty, I cant say that if he didnt ask me right now, that I wouldnt go back with him. Is that crazy?... What is wrong with me? After all the fucked up things he just did. All the lies. I still love him so much. I know it dosent work like that. You cant be with someone that dosent want to be with you anymore. But my heart is breaking.

NC trip

2004-08-01T16:02:01Z

Ive been having a great time down here in NC. Ron and Luke, and their friends Mark and Drew have been showing me a great time. We went swimming, went out for Taco Bell (twice) and went to see "The Village." I think it was a cool movie.. and if anyone told you that they guessed the twist ending.. then they are lying to you. :P Last night we went out for sushi and Thai food. It was an ok restaurant, but i prefer my all you can eat sushi buffet at home. OK im gonna end my post here since it already sounds like an 8 year old with ADHD wrote it.
Hugs

I know nothing is EVER for free but i hope this works!!!!

2004-07-24T23:33:30Z

Stolen from somebody elses LJ:

I want the free Ipod too
so please do this and follow the instructions for the offer.

http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7331201

Also i found this somewhere that makes it easier...

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/free-ipods-how-to-beat-the-system-sort-of-017801.php

Thanks for your help

Hugs
Jonathan

Out of this World

2004-07-24T05:24:10Z

Dosent this kinda look like Troy's Voice Box? Come on you all know what im talking about.

Give it up for Evie's unseen dad.

Go Burt Reynalds

Yey!!! Im bondage bear!!!

2004-07-20T14:18:09Z

Bondage Bear

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