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Well HELLS BELLS, I'm back.

After much poking and prodding, I'll try to be more frequent than eight months between entries. A nudge from a friend, a poke from my partner, and a giant cattle prod up the butt from Best Gay Blogs is forcing me to write once again.

It's been quite a wild ride these last eight months. Work meltdowns, family crises, deaths, depression....plenty o' crap to go around. However there have been several high points as well. Going to Florida with Nick for a one on one hoilday back in May was just the tonic we both needed. Taking my youngest brother Anthony to LA for a "brother bonding" weekend was by far, in the top 3 of 2006. Plans to move to a house next door to my dad and out of apartment hell is on the horizon, and then there's the new cars.

Nick needed a new one, so we got him a 2006 Mazda6. It sure is pretty, but while he was filling out the paperwork I felt the gravitational pull of another vehicle in the showroom. As I wandered toward it, it actually spoke to me.

"Michael, it is your DESTINY. BUY ME."

Forced to find out more, I sat in the car and immediately felt as if it were made for me. The cockpit felt as if it had been designed with me in mind. I had to have this car.

So after two days of thought I went back and bought it. A shiny new, strato blue 2006 Mazda3. I've never owned a brand new car before, so I am completely over the moon. It's sporty, fuel efficient, spacious and got great write-ups in most of the automobile trade magazines. The price was right, so I did it. If I had been handed my newborn child at that moment I don't know if I could've been happier than when the dealer handed me the keys. What an amazing feeling. And the new car smell!!!! How long does it take to go away? Can I bottle it and spray it back on?

Too many updates to make in just one entry, so I'll leave on that high note. I promise to be here at LEAST once a week from now on. I really will.