My tweets

• 12:50 have had to cancel my US trip--I can't travel in my current condition. I won't see any of my friends until later in the year...ratz. #
• 16:16 oh, of course, i seem to be feeling much better now...too late to fly, of course... #
• 16:17 @MrPandaBehr i'm feeling a little better now, but am still weak. had to cancel my trip. that's £500 down the drain. WL is still going... #
• 19:07 @MrPandaBehr it might be june, or maybe september (not the 11th again). don't know yet. still too lonely and sad to decide. #
• 20:54 am i the only gay man in europe not watching the Eurovision song contest? #twumpet #
• 22:15 well, i think it's time to retire for me, assuming my innards cooperate. HWMBO is over the atlantic... #
• 22:22 @soveren graham norton used to be funny, years ago. now he's just kind of tired and sad. #
• 22:38 @soveren you prefer tops then?? #

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Happy birthday, homboy

..and many happy returns of the day.

Of course, I must have done something to God...

...because this morning I am feeling OK. I will call the travel agent on Monday and see if there is any part of the trip I can salvage.

If not, I will book a quickie to Marblehead in June for later on.

I got the first good night's sleep I've had in a week last night.

Life really is unfair. Had this happened yesterday I would have been waking up in Marblehead today.

Oh, and I weighed myself last night...

...and I've lost 8 kilograms (around 17-1/2 lbs) since I was last weighed at the hospital 9 days ago.

The Autonomic Neuropathy Diet--lose 8 kg in a week (but don't stray too far from the toilet).

I would have made a terrible advertising copywriter.

Pinkdot

To my non-Singaporean friends: sometimes Singapore is called "that lil' red dot on the map" as it's so small in comparison to most countries. My friend Roy Tan had an idea last year to hold a lesbian and gay rally in the only place in Singapore where demonstrations are allowed: Hong Lim Park. Over the past months the idea morphed into gathering people together in Hong Lim while wearing pink or carrying pink parasols or paper hats. They would gather together in a circle and form the Pink Dot. This happened yesterday, and here is the video of the event. Please watch it.

To my Singaporean friends: I'm immensely proud of you. The flavour of the day reminded me of my first few Pride parades in New York City in the mid-1980's, where civil rights for lesbian, gay, and trans folk were few and far between. See how far we've come since then! I wish I could have been there.

If you do it again next year, and non-Singaporeans can participate, I'll try to visit. Until then, keep on plugging: this was just the first step on a long road toward the freedom to love.