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  • About Me

    Image of Fiddler

    Fiddler

    Male, 50, Married
    Framingham, MA, USA
    Member since May 6, 2007

    • About Me

      I'm an elementary school music teacher, cellist, wannabe writer, cyclist, novice bodybuilder, in a 23-year relationship with a dear man Massachusetts allowed me to marry 5 years ago. We have a cat, a yard, a computer, a small ranch house with a garage that is WAY too full for a car. He' s into Reiki, thinks of himself as a Buddhindu, describes himself as a Devout Homosexual. I'm a recovering fundamentalist (no witnessing, please).

      I'm an elementary school music teacher, cellist, wannabe writer, cyclist, novice bodybuilder, in a 23-year relationship with a dear man Massachusetts allowed me to marry 5 years ago. We have a cat, a yard, a computer, a small ranch house with a garage that is WAY too full for a car. He' s into Reiki, thinks of himself as a Buddhindu, describes himself as a Devout Homosexual. I'm a recovering fundamentalist (no witnessing, please).

    • Interests

      Sci Fi podcasts. Fantasy fiction. Comic Book Movies (live action). Harry Potter dweeb. Classical music. Rachmaninov. Shostakovich Symphony #5. Drawing. Anatomy. Child development. Words. Really really awful puns. Chamber music. Art. Story-telling. Exercise. Computer gadgets. Grapes. Anything purple. Aging. Asimov. Hugh Jackman (sigh). Singing. The Brain. Guilty pleasure: SpongeBob. The Drabblecast. iTunes. John Shelby Spong. Richard Dawkins. Varla Jean Merman. ANT. Margaret Cho.

      Sci Fi podcasts. Fantasy fiction. Comic Book Movies (live action). Harry Potter dweeb. Classical music.

  • Recent Activity

    Recently:

    • 5 hugs received, 4 hugs given

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    Thursday

    Tuesday

    Monday

    • Fiddler gave colored_cheerios a hug 3:18pm

      Thanks for the poke! Still here, still carrying on, did a whole lot of NAPPING yesterday. Journal entry…  
    • Fiddler gave Wendyhi a hug 3:17pm

      Still alive!! BTW thanks for the lookie lookie - I sent the web address to DS and asked them to pull…  
  • Journal

    • Journal Entry for October 14, 2009

      Mood October 14, 2009 11:28pm

      In the Fitness Goals forum a poster was moaning about middle age.  I replied with the following post (no response to it yet).  I liked my …

    • Journal Entry for October 2, 2009

      Mood October 2, 2009 10:08pm

      Thanks for the support!  It's been a rather emotional week.

       

      So, to head back out to the other extreme - 

       

       - today I had …

    • Woolly Thinking Makes Me Go...

      Mood September 26, 2009 5:17pm

      ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

       

      My list of woolly thinkers/thinking:

       

      Fundamentalists

      Creationists (see above)

      New Age Spirituality

      Ex-Gay …

    • Journal Entry for September 25, 2009

      Mood September 25, 2009 10:09pm

      Almost two weeks later...

       

      ...tomorrow the first of ten classes on Asian massage techniques, so basically just an intro.  Meanwhile I need …

    • catching up some more

      Mood September 13, 2009 10:21pm

      earlier I wrote:

       

      Things to get cracking on:

       * classroom organization, curriculum points

       * consistent diet, lower carb (not to be …

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  • Hugbook

    Give Fiddler a hug



    • I’m With You

      From colored_cheerios Friday

      WOW.. what a night.

    • Hug

      From tim2218 Wednesday

      Just becuz..........

    • Well Done

      From colored_cheerios Monday

      You are farther than 65% aren't you?

    • Shout Out

      From colored_cheerios Monday

      Hey ... it is quiet over here... where are you????? Sending you a shout out - bull horn to get your attention. You know us cheerleaders are all about drama and attention. "I want your attention!!!!!!!" Hope you are ok.... Cyber Hug,
      India

    • Thumbs Up

      From Wendyhi November 1

      Poke poke (or smack smack--whichever is more effective) Get in touch with me and let me know you're still alive.

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  • Goals

    Progress

    40 %

    Goal End Date is Jul 31, 09 100 days ago.
    View all in progress Goals

    Progress

    0 %

    Goal End Date is Dec 15, 09 37 more days.
    Current Weight (Lbs)
    169
  • Support Groups

    • Close Coming Out

      Fiddler hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Close Gay Men's Challenges

      I need gay community. The husbear and I have friends, family, gay friends; even so I can't help feeling isolated out here in the 'burbs. I need gay community.

    • Open Fitness Goals
      Type: Be the best you can be

      NEW GOAL: add as much muscle as I can in two years and compete again. Find out how to blend my love of distance cycling with bodybuilding. Stay injury-free.

      Treatments

      Cycling Working / Worked
      my favorite cardio
      Weight Training Working / Worked
      love leg day - siphons off all the excess energy
      Counting Calories Working / Worked
      works when I keep it consistently
    • Open Autism / Autism Spectrum

      Father and sister on the spectrum; interested in hearing from other siblings or adult children of Asperger's.

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Understanding Asperger's and autism has helped improve my relationship with family members, helped me help them cope with life changes.
    • Open ADHD / ADD

      Several therapists have suggested to me that it is likely I am ADD - though I have not sought out a diagnosis. Not severe enough for medication, I don't think, but I do have organizational difficulty, bouts of hyperfocus/distractiblity... times when I can focus on everything EXCEPT the task due tomorrow. Mostly though, I'd be happy if I could learn how to eliminate the piles and piles and piles that follow me everywhere I go.

    • Open Senior Health & Aging
      Type: Eldercare

      Dad is 88. Mom soon to turn 81. I live 500+ miles away. I want them to be safe AND happy; I don't know how to help them have both.

    • Open Caring For Aging Parents

      82 and 89, and if they have enough working parts between the two of them for one... they're a walking encyclopedia of all the things that can go wrong with a body and not kill you yet!

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