About GuyHello there and welcome! I'm Guy, and if you haven't figured it out by now, this site is all about me. Okay, maybe it's also about my family, friends, work, social outings, philosophy, and such, but it's mostly about me. My LifeI live in San Francisco, CA, with Jey, my husband, partner, and friend, and our adorable little dog, Falcor. We moved here from Texas in 2000, and we're currently living in the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood. We love living in SF. I've never lived in the middle of a city and community like this before, and it's amazing! I can get just about anything I need by walking a few short blocks. ...and I cannot even begin to describe the experience of living in San Francisco adequately. It's the most beautiful and open-minded city I've ever experienced. The really difficult part to describe is the "weight of assumptions" that was lifted off my shoulders when I moved here. For example, if you're wearing a ring on the appropriate finger, people in Texas ask, "who is your wife" or "what's your wife's name." Here, people are far more likely to ask "are you married or do you have a partner" or some other equally neutral question. This is only one example, and you may not think this is a big deal. Indeed, neither did I (especially when trying to justify why I didn't want to unhinge my entire life by moving) until it was suddenly no longer an issue. ...until I no longer had to inwardly cringe and wonder how each person was going to react when they realized I am <insert gasp here> gay. I was shocked and dismayed when I moved here to discover that being gay is just another facet of me and no more significant than the color of my hair or eyes. Of course, the flip side of all this is that I constantly try to remind myself that I live in a bubble and that the rest of our nation and the world is not as accepting and understanding of diversity. We all need to work to change that. Given a choice, I cannot imagine living anywhere else within the United States in this lifetime. My WorkI'm currently working as a User Experience Lead (UX Lead) for an advertising company where I primarily oversee and/or execute website design and occasionally get to excercise my skills in software or print design as well. See my professional site for more details. My DreamWhat I would really love to do someday is to build an intentional community in the form of an urban co-housing project and be it's caretaker/manager/whatever. You might think of it as a condo complex with a much heavier focus on community and shared community resources, and (depending on how you set it up) members might own a share in the co-housing project while the project actually owns all the property. Okay, there's lots more to it, but that's enough of a short description. Feel free to do your own research, and an excellent starting point is the Intentional Communities website. Obviously, this is a long term goal, and I'm still figuring out my path between here and there and wondering if fate might have other plans for me entirely.
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