Shawn's POZ Blog

Every year I dye my hair for AIDS Walk NY.

2006: Our first NY AIDS Walk with Team Supersnack!

2007: Rockin' the red, there's Gwenn and Sarah D. Bunting behind her, with a crown on.

This year, I was going to wuss out. I'm in my indie phase with my beard. And indie kids don't dye their hair; that was so Cobain circa '92. But I think my indie phase ended on Mother's Day... that's what my niece was trying to tell me!

She can't use words, so she used disdain, which I attributed to Kenneth Cole's diabolical mind. It wasn't that she hated the beard, or me, or the look. She hated that I wasn't coloring my hair for the AIDS Walk. (Her big sis probably told her all about it.)

Not only that, other Team Supersnackers are dying their hair as well. Sarah of Tomato Nation is dying her's red. The first year, she promised to cut her hair off if her readership donated more than $2,000 or so bucks... and she did! That's how I spotted her.

So this year, Gwenn is ponying up her locks, too. If Supersnack hits $42,000, or if we hit our goal of $2,500 before Sunday, she is dying her hair pink. This would be an incredible turn-on for me, so I'm hoping everyone comes through for the guy who was given two years to live at age 11, who shouldn't even be here walking.

I know, I'm pouring it on thick. I care. I'm out of my indie phase.

Positively Yours,

Shawn

DONATE! Or My Mom Will Shoot! Gwenn and I are so close to our goal of $2500... we're now at $2129.88!

In the NYC-area? Gwenn and I are hosting the 3rd Annual Team Supernack Fundraiser on Friday, May 16. John Oliver of the Daily Show will be there, you should be too! CLICK for TICKET info and LOCATION!

My brother, Kip, was born on Mother's Day- what a gift, right?

Yesterday we not only celebrated the holiday, but we had cake for Kip's birthday, and sang to Gwenn, too, since her b-day is next week. Everything was perfect, except...

My strained relationship with my 3-month old niece.

Helayna, the newest edition to the Decker family, seems to hate my guts. Gwenn held her; she was fine. Mom held her; she was fine. I held her and she cried... no big deal, just bad timing, right? Maybe she just dropped a load, or wanted to suck on a tit. I don't know, I'm not a parent. I don't have those instincts.

But I know enough to know I did nothing wrong.

As soon as she was removed from my gentle embrace, she stopped crying. Then, later, I held her and she refused to look at me. Katelyn, my 9-year old niece, said, "Uncle Poo, she really hates you!" Then everyone agreed that it was my beard and glasses. It reminds of the time a sociopath blamed a dog's distrust of him on his sweater.

Something was amiss. My mind raced... just as I was about to acuse Helayna of hating me because I have AIDS, it hit me: Kenneth Cole got to her. Probably offered the baby a lifetime's supply of designer diapers. What does the baby know? Of course you'll take that deal, at 3-month's that seems like a good trade-off.

Why sink to this low? Well, it's six days until the AIDS Walk. Team Supersnack is in 6th place overall, Kenneth Cole's team is laggin behind. We've already raised more than they did last year, when he was still steaming over my refusal to disrobe in his storefront window.

Alright, for now I need to focus on the home stretch, and continue to raise money and not be psyched out by Kenneth. I also need to find it in my heart to forgive Helayna, for humiliating me in front of the entire family with her mean-spirited displays of abject disgust and rejection...

There were happy moments, and I'll leave you with this picture of my mom, taken yesterday on Mother's Day. Which may give Kenneth pause the next time he thinks about launching a divisive campaign against the family Decker.

"Leave ma' famila alone, Mr. Big City-pants!"

Positively Yours,
Shawn

The AIDS Walk NY is this Sunday, May 18. Click on the spooky boy to donate. Gwenn and I are so close to our goal of $2500... we're now at $1954.88! We at least have to make it to the current year, 2008.

In the NYC-area? Gwenn and I are hosting the 3rd Annual Team Supernack Fundraiser on Friday, May 16. John Oliver of the Daily Show will be there, you should be too! CLICK for TICKET info and LOCATION!

Thanks for putting up with us kids, scaring the shit out of you from day one.

Positively Yours,

Shawn

Gwenn is seriously stressing the Sex and the City movie. It's a series she absolutely loved; in particular the character of "Big", her favorite.

I told Gwenn this could be her Ric Flair Interview moment. Only in that situation my high expectations were squashed. Maybe her low expectations will not prepare her for the awesomeness of the Hollywood magic that awaits?

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I didn't go see the Cure last night, and forgot to ask my doctor on Thursday whether he thought that concert would help my immune system.

After the appointment, a very nice older Indian man drew my blood, though, and he was pretty serious about reading the labels. "Think they are getting enough?" He asked, gathering the seven tubes that would soon be filled with my blood. "I think so," I said.

He laughed- he was joking.

"I just hope I can drive home after you take all that," I came back.

"I'm cutting you off," he said.

One thing that kept me alive before HIV meds was cereal. And, while walking down the aisle the other night, I took this picture; what, is the next Indiana Jones movie about his daring escape from a giant cereal box? What is Kellog's trying to tell us?

Whatever, as long as they don't put big in a box at the end of the month, all in my household will be fine.

Positively Yours,

Shawn

The AIDS Walk NY is in one week, next Sunday, May 18. Click on the spooky boy to donate or he'll kill Mr. Big in the Sex and the City movie. Gwenn and I are so close to our goal of $2500... we're now at $1954.88! We at least have to make it to the current year, 2008.

In the NYC-area? Gwenn and I are hosting the 3rd Annual Team Supernack Fundraiser on Friday, May 16. John Oliver of the Daily Show will be there, you should be too! CLICK for TICKET info and LOCATION!