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| Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 | | 6:38 pm |
MY PET VIRUS news
I haven't been here in awhile! Check out http://www.mypetvirus.com for all the news, (publication date is now September 21) and if you're in C'ville you better come to my book event and Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 PM. If not, it's yer ass! Shawn | | Friday, January 6th, 2006 | | 2:22 pm |
Advice for 2006
Alright now, the first weekend of 2006 is here. Do you know that most New Year's Resolutions meet their untimely fate on the first weekend of the year? It's true. I got data to back me up, but I seem to have misplaced it... you'll just have to trust me. So have a great weekend, but think back to the idealism that you rang in 2006 with. You've got a real shot of a good year ahead of you if you can just make it through Sunday. Now, if your resolution was to Kill More People, then please ignore this post. Shawn | | Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 | | 1:07 pm |
| | Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 | | 12:04 am |
Synthetic Division: Tour Continues!
Yes, it's true! An extra leg of the wildly successful Synthetic Division Reunion Tour has been added to supplement fan demand... OUTBACK LODGE, Saturday December 17th w/ Bella Morte & Silent Muse Synthetic Division kicks things off shortly after 10 PM... arrive by 10 PM to guarantee your Synthetic Division fix! Current Mood: electronicCurrent Music: Synthetic Division | | Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 | | 3:16 pm |
Wisdom Lost: The Shawn Decker Story
So I finally signed up to have my wisdom teeth removed in January. I'm fully expecting every complication to occur, resulting in my untimely death. Or, at worst, I'll be the Terry Schiavo of 2006. If I do pass, then I guess "untimely" isn't the best adjective, considering that I was given about 2 years to live back in 1987. But you get the drift. This makes it all the more important that you come out and see Synthetic Division's Reunion Tour on Saturday, November 26th. I may make it a preemptive fundraising show for all the complications I anticipate during this routine "surgery". Shawn | | 12:47 am |
Synthetic Division: REUNION SHOW!
On November 26th, at the Outback Lodge, Synthetic Division returns to open for In Tenebris. The highly anticipated show marks the first time Synthetic Division has taken the stage this year, which means that the band members have put aside their differences. Still, knowing how volatile the group is, I'd highly suggest you make it out for this show! Shawn | | Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 | | 4:35 am |
Depeche Mode, hell yeah
Many of you know my one wish in this world at age 14 was to meet Depeche Mode. Of course, at 14 I had other wishes, but this was the one best suited for an organization such as the Make A Wish Foundation. Anyway, Depeche Mode's new album is out next week, but if you go to their Myspace page you can hear it now. http://www.myspace.com/depechemodeI'm 7 tracks in, and it's giving Black Celebration and Ultra a serious run for their money. Translation to non-DMers... it's sounding GREAT. Go listen. Shawn Current Mood:  cheerfulCurrent Music: Depeche Mode "Playing The Angel" | | Tuesday, September 27th, 2005 | | 7:44 pm |
Ric Flair Week
I know it's bad form to promote your MySpace page on Live Journal, but I wanted everyone to know that I've launched RIC FLAIR Appreciation Week on my site, www.myspace.com/mypetvirus. I invite you to go there, or share here, the many ways in which Ric Flair has inspired you. Woooooo, Shawn Decker, President of The Ric Flair PS... if you go to the site, you can see a pic of me and Ric. It rules. | | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 | | 7:43 pm |
My Political Test...
You are a
Social Liberal
(61% permissive)
and an...
Economic Liberal
(26% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Democrat
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid |
You are best described as a:
Democrat
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. ---------------------------- My comment: Well, fucking duh. | | 7:16 pm |
| | Thursday, September 15th, 2005 | | 1:08 am |
When September Blows
This month has been pretty crappy. Katrina, the blame, the rage... but now that Baby Federline is here, America will once again unite. Trust me on this, the healing will begin. Gwenn and I did a talk last night outside of Little Rock, in a town called Arkadelphia. If I were naming the place, I would have went for Philansas. But that's just me. Anyway, we were getting ready to do our STI program, "Bugs In The Bedroom". I consider this the lesser sibling of "A Boy, A Girl, A Virus", the program we do about our relationship and how we met, etc. But we worked pretty hard to bring Bugs up to speed, so last night was the big test. Our contact at the school, a very nice woman, warned us that a speaker who came in last week was heckled by the freshmen population. Now, we've had hecklers before, and we handle them well. But we were about to speak to 700 people. It's moments like these when I wish I'd practiced the jumping, spinning crane kick in the mirror a few more times. So that info is fine, I'm ready. Then the sound guy brings out one of those Garth Brooks headsets. "Oh," I say. "I always make fun of speakers who wear these..." Being a good sport, I tried it on. I've never had braces or teeth problems (aside from a noticeably chipped tooth), but it felt like I was wearing a retainer. The headset was awkward, and the I kept swatting at the microphone that seemed to levitate in front of my face, like a mosquito at a cookout once the sun goes down. "I don't think I can do this," I said as I took the contraption off. "If these kids turn on me and I'm wearing this, I'M DONE." I was assured by the nice lady at the school that this wouldn't happen and, though I did retire the headset, she was right; the students seemed to like us. There's a lot of interactive segments where students come onstage, and the information is basic so I can understand that we could be a target for smartasses( whereas Boy, Girl, Virus has a built-in defense mechanism because it starts out as a personal story). They got what we were doing and had a good time. After I disclosed my HIV status in the last 10 minutes, you could hear a pin drop. That's a big difference between this and the other program, where everyone knows I'm HIV positive from the go. Waiting makes Bugs a powerful program because they get all this safe sex condom info they've heard a thousand times, then at the end the speakers say, "Hey, we know this works because..." After 5 years of speaking, I still love what I do. And it's good to know that, whatever it is, it is still working. Once they turn on me, though, I'm outta there. Shawn | | Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 | | 6:15 pm |
| | Monday, August 29th, 2005 | | 5:29 pm |
Back From LA.
I'm home, home on the range. Back to good 'ol Virginia. Had fun in LA, saw a bunch of friends and saw my junk on the big screen. Friends who came said I could have benefited from some manscaping, But to hell with them, they were just jealous. I keep things alright down there, but they were turned off by my hairy belly. The first night of the screening I had an LA experience when I saw a star... Brian Unger, formerly of the Daily Show! Not many people know him, but I was pysched to see him. Funny dude. For a brief moment I thought he was coming to see my debut, then I realized his former castmate Steve Carrell was debuting his own movie that night, the 40-Year-Old Virgin. Speaking of, I'm thinking of switching gears. I'm sick of talking about AIDS and condoms and having sex. So I'm abstaining and starting a new program to take advantage of the waning Bush II Years. My schtick now is going to be The 30-Year-Old Born Again Virgin. Shawn | | Saturday, August 20th, 2005 | | 12:59 pm |
POSITIVELY NAKED screening time change
Well, the time didn't change. I just posted the wrong one. Sunday (tomorrow) showing is at 10:00 AM. Monday showing is at 11:45 AM. At the Arclight in LA. Be there or be square. Shawn | | Thursday, August 18th, 2005 | | 12:01 pm |
In LA Area? See me naked THIS WEEKEND!
I know, it's hardly a tempting offer... but it's true nonetheless! The short documentary, Positively Naked, is screening at the Arclight this weekend. It's about a photoshoot for a magazine cover where all the posers are HIV positive and naked. In the doc Gwenn and I discuss how we met, it's a pretty damn cool film. So pony up the $10-20 and come on down and check it out, and say hello. Friday night: 7:30 PM Saturday night: 10:30 PM Sunday morning 11:45 AM Rock on! If you're not in the LA area, you'll have to play your cards just right to see me naked. Positively In Pajamas, Shawn Current Mood: freeballin' | | Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 | | 1:44 am |
Tommy Lee
Anyone seen his new video? It looks like a commercial for Zoloft. And sounds like one, too. Shawn | | Friday, July 29th, 2005 | | 5:15 pm |
The Results are In...
My cholesterol went down faster than an undefeated white heavyweight in a title bout! (Sorry if I've overused the white heavyweight reference on this journal.) Yes, I sent it crashing to the mat with a diet of no french fries and some pretty wussified cardio work at the gym. Still got a bit to go, but the results were far better than I anticipated. This rules. On the non-ruling front, it looks like my insurance doesn't want to assist in paying for my HIV meds anymore. Which means I may be resorting to male prostitution as a means to get by. Any takers? Shawn | | Thursday, July 28th, 2005 | | 12:07 am |
Who Moved My Labs?
Went in last week for lab work, am hoping that my cholesterol is down. Damn, that's got to be the most boring first sentence for a journal entry in the history of Live Journal. In fact, I challenge you to find something less exciting and post it. In the world of medicine, boring is good. Been trying to get the results of my blood work, but apparently one person is authorized to give lab results. And she's on vacation. Called a couple of days ago, and got put through to the front desk at the ID Clinic (Infectious Disease, isn't that a band?). The phone beeped, and then I proceeded to listen to two people talking to one another at the front desk via speaker phone. They obviously didn't know they were "live", and I yelled into the phone to no avail. It was a long shot, but I was hoping that, out of boredom, they'd happen upon my file and start dishing about my cholesterol results. "Hey, check this out," Wanda says as she flips through a couple of papers. "This Decker guy, he's young." "Uh huh," Susan replies. "I like him, he's got a sweet ass." (laugher) "So what's up with his cholesterol, Susan? He's too young for it to be this high." "You got that right. But look, it went down 30 from the last time he was in... but shit, I don't care. He can do side bends or sit-ups, but let's hope he doesn't lose that butt." After a few minutes, I got bored of waiting so I hung up and called back. And listened to them chat again. But no one mentioned my cholesterol or my ass. | | Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 | | 4:40 am |
INXS
Now we know why MIchael Hunchence killed himself. He saw into the future and caught a glimpse of that ridiculous show. Shawn | | Monday, June 27th, 2005 | | 1:57 pm |
Test My Patients: HIV Testing Day!
Gather all your friends and go get tested for HIV! Really, it's National HIV Testing Day. Bring it up and see who gets offended by the suggestion. I guess this is why they have the "holiday", so you can inquire about testing without fear of persecution. If they don't want to do it tell them they can protect themselves by going and fucking themselves. Of course, then they run the risk of re-infection if they're already positoid. (actually no, they don't.) Really, the only thing you should take from this post is that it is National HIV Testing Day! Do with it as you will! -------------------- Spent the weekend watching the Miss Virginia pageant: three nights of gowns, swimsuits, and a plethora of virginal women.... and I'm not even a martyred Islamic terrorist! Man, it's good to be an American. But really, Gwenn and I have a tradition of going to Roanoke, and this year was a blast. Most of our pageant friends were there, so we got to do a lot of drinking and gossiping. Good-natured gossiping! Hey, that's part of the ticket price. The Hotel Roanoke is supposed to be the nicest place to stay in town, but they really screwed up this weekend. First, they put us in a room with a faulty AC unit. So every morning I woke up in a puddle of my own sweat... and I even brought my own purple towel and blue pillowcase to protect their stuff from my recently dyed blue hair! Aside from that, everything was cool. The Miss VA Gang rules. Can't wait to see them again next year. Oh, if you wanna see who won, go to http://www.missva.comShawn |
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