Friday, February 02, 2001

The holistic view

Brian turned 23 years old last week, and I ran into him toasting the occasion with friends at The Loading Zone. I've been seeing Brian more often these days; coincidence or fate has brought me into the company of the young man who calls himself "my biggest fan" more and more frequently for some reason. It's hard to think of Brian has being a man, grown up and even mature, since my overriding memory of him is as a gangly teenager asking me if I wanted fries with my order.

But then I see him out like last week, in a business suit and tie, and Brian looks like a man. In his "casual drag," -- a t-shirt pulled tight across his chest, jeans or shorts and a baseball cap, usually worn backwards (and he's somehow able to make that work) -- he looks the world and all like a little boy. Last night, at the gym, we finished our cardio training at nearly the same time and, naked beside me in the shower...well, there was no question: he looked very much like a man again.