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I called mom this evening to catch up, and mentioned I was going to Fire Island with some friends in August, to which she knowingly replied, "Oh!"
"You've heard about it?" I asked.
"That's where all the gays go! I saw it on TV once."
I think she watches too much Bravo. I'll have to get her a CD of The Pines' greatest hits of 2008 for Christmas. I won't tell her about the Meat Rack...
In other news back home, a semi carrying cheese burst into flames. Luckily, the refrigerated trailer was unharmed, and the precious cargo was intact.
Sean takes a ride on the Island Girl on the Mississippi near LaCrosse, Wisconsin. As a wee lad I used to jump off the bridge shown in the 4th photo down on that entry.
Tonight I went to a neighborhood 'SMD' (don't know what that means) meeting at Kennedy Rec Center featuring Kevin Chapple with a word from MPD 3rd District Commander George Kucik . Let me warn you that you should eat a big meal before one of these meetings and make sure you pick a comfy chair if you can find one. Anyway, it was good to hear about increased police efforts in Shaw and plans for more farmer's markets. I hadn't heard that the Giant was closing though. DC Chief of Police Cathy Lanier showed up too, which was promising.
Marc Fisher writes about the dumb idea to make all the bargain buses to NYC drop off and pick up passengers at L'Enfant Plaza. I'm glad that idea was scrapped. I love the prices and convenient locations of the various competing (and super-cheap!) buses that can whisk you off to the Big Apple.
Yesterday I trimmed some overhanging branches from the front garden area and sidewalk. Several of the boys from down the block gave me sincere and honest thank you's as they walked by, having never said a peep to me in the year I've been here. I guess that's how you get on their good side.
Here's how I feel about that:
Just kidding. Seriously, I had a fun time up 95 with the boys, even though they hauled me across Manhattan each day like an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.
Blowoff was a hoot again, and they seem to be dying for a different kind of music and enjoyed the set. Saw lotsa bloggers and people I hadn't met yet.
On Sunday we went to a fun party, then to the Pride Parade only to get rained on. I took refuge in a lesbian bar where they only drank watered down margarita mixes. They seemed unhappy about that. But my hair gel stood firm despite the humidity, and we trekked on to another fabulous party. By that time I was all partied out and knew I couldn't make it to SuperSnaxx, so I met up with Gurl and a friend and saw Wall-E instead. It was a cute movie. I liked Wall-E's loyal and indestructible cockroach sidekick.
It's gay pride season again, with the requisite questioning of the holiday on blogs and in the gay press. Sure it's overcommercialized and hypermarketed, but I want my cotton candy and meat on a stick at least once a year, and DC doesn't have a county fair so I'll take it where I can get it.
Besides, at the Capital Pride Festival grounds I always catch up with friends I haven't seen in a while, and get to chill with my masc buds.
As always, please leave your dogs at home. While we love it that your dog supports your orientation, it gets exponentially hotter the closer you get to the asphalt, and dogs have a hard time keeping cool down there. I love dogs too, but leave Fido at home on a hot afternoon in June.
As for the hottie in the photo, I don't know who he is. I found the photo on Flickr and thought it was funny. But, like several hot guys who so proudly too their shirts off at a gay-related festival and were photographed, he will one day contact me and ask me to take the pic down (and I will). So there you have another reason to celebrate Pride - people aren't quite all the way Proud just yet.
I'm leaving for Ireland on Sunday, and between June 8-18th my posts may be scarce. Ireland is well-connected, but I don't know if I'll find the time to check, upload or approve, so keep your Facebook app invites to yerself!
While the big gay rugby tournament is on the 13th thru the 15th, I'll be touring Inis Mor in the Aran Isles beforehand to take in some culture and scenery. After the tournament I'll see what Dublin has to offer. The games should be fun but I hope I'm able to walk when I get back into town. Sadly, I'll miss the DC pride celebrations, but Dublin's follows the week after our tournament, and I hope to meet some wee ginger leprechauns along the way.
Speaking of wee folk, check out this video of Prince and Shiela E. on Sean's blog. They perform an electrified A Love Bizarre set, where you can see Wendy being badass on the guitar in the background. Prince starts making faces towards the end, because sometimes it hurts to keep so much funk inside. Check it out soon, as Prince is a vengeful leprechaun and doesn't like it when his stuff gets put up on YouTube.
A couple of hyper scruffy guys are travelling to Alaska in a van powered by vegetable oil. Matt has a nice beard.
Here's a timeline of fashion ferocity held by my level 40 sonic/kinetics defender, Kira of Xanadu, on the City of Heroes Freedom server. I win quite a few costume contests in that game.
Finally, here's a surreal photo taken by Patrick of a C-17 cargo plane landing on the airstrip near our rugby pitch at last Saturday's match against Quantico:
The photo almost looks doctored, but it was for real!
This just in: Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter finds body in Potomac.
Won't post much for a while, so I hope this long entry filled with A.D.D. candy keeps you busy.
Those damn kids got in the fish pond again. I think the goldfish have learned to be very smart from the mystery midnight critter visits and are good at hiding. Plus I don't think it's that easy to catch goldfish with a Dixie cup.
Mari says I need an eel or piranhas to guard the pond, but both options would probably eat the goldfish. If I could get a mated pair of those critters from the Duran Duran "The Wild Boys" video (right) that would be even better than a piranha. I mean, Simon Le Bon just barely escaped getting eaten by one of those things! And that was after he got multiple waterboard treatments on an evil Dutch windmill from some Mad Max film. Simon Le Bon is a badass mothafukka.
The Wild Boys video was pretty rad for its time. I've noticed they don't play videos on VH-1 and MTV anymore, and what's worse they're filling up air time with reruns of The Bachelorette. The only place I see videos now are in gay bars. Despite the "post-gay" movement there's still at least one reason to go to gay bars. The other night at JRs I saw the Maroon 5 feat. Rhianna video for the track "If I Never See Your Face Again." HOT on both ends. Adam is sooo dreamy...
I must mention that both JRs and Cobalt have recently installed low-flow water-saving urinals. Gay goes "Green"! With a little bit of yellow...
Hoo boy I'm beat from a busy weekend. The Kylie party at Omega was a lot of fun, but I didn't understand why the strippers weren't dancin' it up a little more when the Kylie tracks came on the video screen. I guess if they did interpretive dance as I do, they'd knock everyone's cocktails off the bar and then they'd get fired.
Oh yeah - the Battlestar Galactica premiere did not disappoint. It's all up in the air as to who the 13th Cylon is, but I'll wager it's Cathy Dennis because she's really behind almost everything important that I can think of. Or it's President Roslyn, Baltaar or Starbuck. We were left hanging at the end, with delicious promise of Cylon infighting and civil war! How dare anyone lobotomize a good Centurion?
On Saturday we drove up to Havre de Grace for a rugby match. It's somewhat near Aberdeen, Maryland, on the opposite side of Baltimore from us here in DC. It gets rural real quick if you make the wrong turn, into the land of people with missing teeth. Regardless, our hosts were lovely and we played some good rugby. I played about 40 minutes as a flanker, still learning more about that position, but it's fun and pushing the scrum gives you nice calf and ass definition too. Judging by my leg and shoulder soreness and shortness of breath during the match, I have some more conditioning to do.
Here's a photo from last Sunday's match where I got a little time in as scrumhalf.
Photo by Brettie. As a scrumhalf, you have to touch a lot of bums, as opposed to stuffing your head in people's bums if you were a flanker or #8. It's all good - I enjoy playing a variety of positions on the pitch.
Kylie Minogue "X" Release Party
Saturday, April 5th
@ OmegaDC
2122 P St., NW
Washington, DC 20037
Kylie mentioned first, but on Friday, April 4th is the hipster heaven hirshhorn after hours event, 8pm to midnight with music by DJ Solomon Sanchez followed by special live performances by Lucky Dragons and Hooliganship.
I can't make that because Friday is the Battlestar Galactica season premiere. I have my priorities.
