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June 29, 2006
Pride
So people have been blogging about last weekends pride was a good time. A bit long but good. The only exception was the parade which seemed to have a lot of gaps between floats. Other than that the Pink Party was fun as well as the festivities at the Civic Center after the parade. I believe they estimated a million people and from the looks of it, they were definitely close.
This year Leather Alley was moved to a bigger location. It provided a bit more room for people which allowed people to hang out more. It used to be in a smaller location and people seemed to stop by and move on because it was too crowded.
After venturing off on my own (because keeping a group together in this evvironment of people is tough to do without a lot of waiting around) I met up with Jay and we ended up over at the Eagle. Rob showed up and soon after Matt and Jason. I met some new people, had a great time and ended the night with a smile.
Monday night I finally met up with my friends from Rochester who were in town for pride. We started at daddys (I still can't call it 440 Castro as its new name). We ended up at Metro and talking about old friends, old times, and had lots of fun.
This week at work has been pretty busy. Its been going by pretty fast and I'm looking forward to having a 4 day weekend. I will be getting my boots this weekend which work has given us $75 toward new shoes. I'm so glad I waited.
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June 14, 2006
And I Always Thought Ste3ve was the Beagle
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On another note, I started working on recreating my website. Check out the main page. You may have to refresh your browser.
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June 09, 2006
I dont remember this pic being taken
But I remember everything after including getting picked up by a cute guy on Muni while I was drunk.
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Making The Bar
I had a realization yesterday that my dad wouldnt live forever. He had surgery and came close to having open heart. They were able to use stents which was good. Im still unsure what it all means but one thing that I know is that when I found out that he was going to be fine, I had a huge emotional drop in me. A feeling of happiness that everything was going to be ok and a feeling of sadness knwoing my parents wont live forever.
Over the years I have had several close people die. Friends, Grandparents, and other relatives have died and its been funeral after funeral. I thought I was used to it and I thought I had the realization before. Somehow this was different and even thought my dad and I havent been all that close, we still love each other and know it. I didnt realize just how much I was worried until the news came and the emotional shift happened.
On another note, I made the BAR. The BAR is the bay area reporter and is a paper that is much like the empty closet in Rochester but on a bigger scale. It was a gentlemans 83rd birthday and there I am posing with him. Apparently he is someone people know. NICE!!!
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June 05, 2006
Curtousy of Rickolodeons Blog
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June 02, 2006
A few things off topic
First I found out my dad has to have heart surgery next week. Im not sure how to feel however there has been a huge sense of concern. It reminds me that he is getting older, I am getting older, and life sometimes passes by too quickly.
As for work, yesterday was my first day back. I found out they are offering a voluntary resignation package to all the employees. I emailed the Customer service manager to find out more and was approached by Mike (the CEO and big boss) to talk me out of leaving. It made me feel good that they didnt want me to take them up on it. I think Ill stay a bit longer with the company.
Last night we watched Tales of the City on Logo. It was my first time watching this old TV show and Ive heard so much about it. Its based in SF and I just got that sense of home watching it. Like it could be happening right around the corner. With referrences to The End Up, Upper Market, and back drops of the Trans America building, I got the sense it was really in SF. I have to say, I really enjoyed it.
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IML
I landed in Chicago Wednesday night. Lonnie picked me up at the airport and we had a mild night with a couple of cosmopolitans at his place and went to sleep early. Lonnie had to work half a day on Friday so I entrtained myself at his place while he was gone.
Lonnie
afternoon Lonnie and I went for a walk down to the gay district (boystown) which is a little like Castro but not as many fags. We stopped by a store which buys and sells things to donate proceeds to AIDS. They were having a used leather sale and I wanted to find a pair of leather chaps or leather pants. No luck there so we stopped by another place before eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant and then headed back to Lonnies for a power nap.
It was sprinkling outside and I forgot how different rain was on the east coast compared to SF. The rain is more humid here which makes the rain feel more like wet sweat on your skin. Because of higher temps and the humidity, it doesnt feel so warm here but more humid which is odd.
Restaurants here also impress me. Ive seen a trend on menus here for more healthy dishes such as tofu scrambles and what Im about to eat which is a egg white, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, & buffalo morazella cheese (yes it was spelled wrong on their menu but they try).
Now there are way too many people that I met this weekend but several stand out and some have now become a bit closer friends. Some will remain internet friends and others I truly hope to see for pride, Dore Alley, and Folsom.
To start with Stomper was a wonderful person to finally meet in person. We have chatted for so long online and hopefully will continue our friendship. Being that he lives on the west coast already, it would definitely be easier for his partner and himself to come visit.
Stomper
Next is Jonathan who is young and extremely cute. That combination makes me freeze up and become shy and quiet. Thanks to his personality and who he is, I really started to respect him and realize how great he is beyond the pictures ive seen online.
Jonathan and Davee
Alan is someone who I have talked to for many many years online and had never met till now. Alan is a fun person to be around and one of the nicest people Ive met. I enjoyed him mainly because we got to have some real conversations and he was fun to joke around with. He also did the majority of the driving and paid for several meals which I will get him back for eventually. His English accest was also a charm but also alot of fun to mimic especially when he said ina fun way "you're being deliberately obtuse". I laughed.
Alan
Another thing about Alan which makes him who he is but also became annoying a bit was he doesnt have the ability to judge time. It seemed the first night he disappeared to the rooms to take care of stuff and left Lonnie and I baypbysitting his friend Marcus. Many other times we would have a time set to be so.mewhere and somehow due to poor planning would end up being an hour late. I was even a half hour late to the kennel which was the one thing i really wanted to be on time for.
Either way I realize that he was trying to keep everyone together as a group while enjoying himself as well. It does become difficult when you are doing your own thing yet keeping people waiting.
Another person I met was Davee. He was a blast. A good heart and I certainly wasnt planning on enjoying his company as much as I did. He was lively, entertaining, cute, and I got a chance to see inside him a bit. I had chatted with him years ago and never thought I would ever meet him. I had always thought he was hot and it certainly was true. He was a bit out with his fetish as he wandered the hotel in just a diaper and tshirt. One night we ventured outside the realm of the hotel with him dressed exactly as stated above except also in bondage. That was fun.
I enjoyed meeting several pups such as sparkie and pupruff. The pup I really enjoyed meeting (other than Stomper) was Dak. I had messaged him several times online and had hoped to meet up with him. He turned out to be a lot cuter in person and after hanging out for a bit, we realized wehad the makings of a possible great friendship.
Funny thing about places like this is you meet so many new friends and somehow no sooner do you meet these people youre saying goodbye again. Hopefully see these people online soon.
So with these people I also saw others that I had met once or twice before and hope to become better friends with them. I got to see King and Matthew as well as Ace. I got to see friends such as Greg and Dennis from NY. Dennis has always been one of my favorite people in NY and so it was a great to spend time with him. He will try and make it out to Dore Alley fair. Woof!
The weekend was full of drinking, meeting people, and on the go moving with very little sleep and barely time for food and outfit changes. I wore my wetsuit for the first time to the Black Eagle and Lonnie was nice enough to give me my first rubber shirt. I bought a pair of leather pants, a leather arm band, and a cute hankie thats black with white dog bones and yellow highlights (my kind of hankie).
As for the rest of the weekend, we went to the eagle (I got to wear my wetsuit). I finally flew back in on Tuesday and Josh picked me up at the airport. It was nice to be home although I did feel some sadness that the weekend was over and that all my new friends would be leaving. Im really hoping to do it again next year.
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