for your VINformation

This year, 2000-zen – I giving up to God.

I’m releasing all my wants and desires into the universe and will take what it gives me in return – good and bad – as the gifts and learning experiences they are meant to be.

I’ll accept all that’s given to me with an open mind and an open heart and I’ll wish no ill will upon any being.

I’ll do my best to do no harm.

2000-zen; what will be – will be.

This year, to celebrate the fact I’m being published in the upcoming Six-Word Memoir collection, I’m giving you my Six-Word Resolution:

TO BE VINNIE COSTA, ONLY BETTER.

Happy New Year!

Since Bernie’s is still running the commercials… Merry Christmas!

This year, instead of asking for Borders Gift cards for Christmas so I coould buy books, I just went out and bought myself a nice selection of books I’ve been wantingon the cheap from Amazon.com with some of the money I “made” from CAKE; I had to get a gift-card for someone anyway…

So, under my tree this year I’ll be finding:

• I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey
• A Month of April Firsts
• You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
• All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.
• Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead
• The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
• Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater

It’s a memoir a go-go! maybe it’s time for a Kindle…

Merry Christmas Vinnie!

I’m gay!

…twenty one years ago, I was introduced to a person who can only be described as the love of my life; a person for whom I would move Heaven and Earth.

If I had the world I would give it to her.

My Donna is 21 years old today. Twenty-one. I remember she was born when I was a senior at Niagara University and today, she is a senior at Hartwick College, a senior, soon to be venturing out into the great big world.

I can only hope to help her on her journey.

…about 40 years ago, give or take, my sister, Cristina was born.

The mother of two wonderful girls, a talented woman in her own right and the best big sister anyone could want.

Happy Birthday, Cristina. I hope for you only the best, now and always.

Hey, all you laborers, take a break!

Happy Labor DAY!

I’m compiling a list of the 100 things I want to do/see/visit/acomplish before I die.

There are places and cities I want to visit, natural and non-natural wonders I want to see, experiences I want to experience first-hand and accomplishment I want to achieve.

Life it too shot to have regrets, I may never complete this giant list of things to do, but I’m going to have a lot of fun trying!

100 Things To Do Before I Die

                                    – in no particular order, a work in progress…

1. ( ) Visit Patagonia, Argentina 

2. (X) Visit Bogota, Colombia

3. (X) Visit San Diego, CA 

4. (X) Visit Amsterdam, Holland 

5. ( ) See Big Ben, London, England 

6. (X) Visit Las Vegas, NV 

7. (X) Visit the Hemingway House Key West, FL 

8. ( ) See the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

9. (X) See the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA

10. ( ) Visit Athens, Greece

11. (X) Visit Buenos Aires, Argentina

12. (X) See Machu Picchu, Peru

13. ( ) See the Nacza Lines, Peru

14. (X) See the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

15. ( ) See Petra, Jordan

16. (X) See the Christ Redeemer, Rio, Brazil

17. ( ) Stand on the Great Wall of China

18. (X) See Chichen Itza, Mexico

19. ( ) See the Taj Mahal, India

20. ( ) March on Washington

21. ( ) Go on a cruise   

22. ( )  Go to the Kentucky Derby

23. ( ) Bungee Jump

24. (X) Swim in the Amazon River

25. ( ) Swim in the Nile

26. ( ) Perform 8 shows a week

27. (X) Sky Dive

28. (X) Hang Glide

29. ( ) Mardi Gras in New Orleans

30. (X) Go to Disney World & Disney Land

31. (X) Climb up the Statue of Liberty

32. (X) Visit Times Square on New Year’s Eve

33. (X) Swim with sharks

34. (X) Ride a mechanical bull

35. ( ) Go white water rafting

36. ( ) Fly in a blimp

37. ( ) Go rock climbing – or at least a rock climbing wall

38. (X) The Amazon Rainforest

39. ( ) Mount Rushmore

40. (X) Visit The Grand Canyon

41. (X) The Empire State Building

42. ( ) The Acropolis in Greece

43. (X) The Statues of Easter Island, Chile

44. ( ) The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

45. ( ) Stonehenge, United Kingdom

46. (X) Learn the saxophone

47. ( ) Win an award

48. ( ) Tony Nomination

49. ( ) Write and publish book or two

50. ( ) Write and perform a one man show

51. (X) Do Stand-up Comedy at Caroline’s

52. ( ) Be a part of pop culture history

53. ( ) Have my blog turned into a sitcom

54. ( ) Learn conversational Spanish

55. (X) Be Published in the "original cast" list

56. (X) See every show in one Broadway season

57. ( ) Lose 50 pounds

58. ( ) Keep those pounds off…

59. (X) Hold a monkey 

60. (X) Go to the last game at Yankee Stadium

61. (X) See Niagara Falls

62. ( ) Do a project that gets me invited to San Diego Comic Con   

My Mother’s turns 64 today!

I traveled out to the mothership to celebrate my mother birthday. It was a small family gathering, with great food and great company.

My mother has taken up a new hobby, bike riding. But she’s a Costa, she has to do it slightly off-kilter – her bike is a three-wheeler!

Here is a copy of an email my mother sent out – I think it explains so much about me…

HI,

Love to all of you, I wanted to let you know if you are in this area watch out for people on 3 wheel bikes. a very beautiful chubby diva was sighted on Lincoln street last Friday night heading toward Jackson and nearly at speeding pace made it to Rhodes Street by that time she gained momentum and made her final destination 20 min. later to Lincoln St.

by that time she was a little red in her face and proceeded to take a big nap before going to bed. The next day when she noticed she wasn’t dreaming, she was happy that one of her dreams came true. She was begging to taste what fun was once again.

Don’t stop dreaming dreams do come true when we believe.

Love Me

I love you.

Click on either pic to see the whole album…

Happy Fourth of July!