Sunday, June 10, 2012
Here comes, here comes the big parade...
So as you may have heard, yesterday was the Pride Parade in DC. And I had a FABULOUS time! Of course. Accompanying me was StratCat (for the third time), her cousin CC (for the second time), CC's son Josh (for his first Pride Parade ever!), "Viva-La-Swirl" Paul (who I was meeting for only the second time), and Paul's insanely cute boyfriend Travis (who I was meeting for the first time)!
Paul and Travis live on Long Island NY, and were coming this way to Hershey Park for Paul's birthday and I asked them if they wanted to come on down here, go to Pride with us, spend the night at my house, and then go to Hershey on Sunday, spend the night up there, and then go home on Monday. And they accepted!!!!
So Saturday started with me having the day off work (which is awesome) as they left Long Island at 6AM. They got here about 11:30, which was EXCELLENT time, I thought. The three of us sat around and chatted for a bit until the other three arrived here. Then we made and ate sandwiches here before piling into two cars and heading out. The weather was totally cooperative: sunny, warm but not hot, and no humidity!
The Parade itself was the same blast that it always is! I was a bit pissed off at the crowd this year though, seemed to be more pushy, whereas, usually they're not. But whatever, I was with fun people, seeing tons of halk-nekkid men and getting beads and photos, so what did I care? Paul and Travis, who have been to New York's Pride Parade, both said they liked this one better. It was more...I forget the word Paul used, but something like intimate or personal, because they are no barriers up like in NYC's Parade, and the marchers in the Parade are right there with you. Josh loved it, of course, since it was his first Parade ever! I love taking people to their first Pride, have done it countless times (well not really, I just went back and counted, and of the 25 people I've taken to Pride over the years, for 15 of them, it was their first ever Pride Parade).
Josh ran into one of his friends from back home, Greg, he was standing across from us during the whole Parade. Afterwards, we went to the HRC store, Josh wanted to buy some things, as did Paul and Travis. While in the store, Josh ran into ANOTHER friend of his he went to school with (I think), and when I was looking out the window, I saw one of my fuckbuddies from here, Allen. He was standing on the sidewalk with his cute 20 yr old boyfriend and some older guy, so I went out and said hi and talked for a minute or two. Its funny how we ran into there people we knew from back home down there in the huge mass of people that were there!
After getting done at the store, we drove back to Frederick, where we ate at Red Robin (yum!), and had the staff sing happy birthday to Paul (since Friday was his b-day!) and he got a free desert. Then we said goodbye to the others and started home
Although we didn't go directly home, since it was already after 10PM, we just went right to the local gay bar, The Lodge. I hadn't been there since it re-opened as the Lodge a year and a half ago, but I'd heard good things about it. And I tell ya, I was impressed, as was Paul and Travis. They both said how great the music was, and it WAS, and how the DJ was better than anything they had locally up in Long Island. the crowd was decent, but not huge and the place wasn't packed. As the night wore on the dance floor filled up more, as it usually happens, and Travis, Paul AND I were all out there at various times. I was trying to keep up with Travis, but he's 23 and I'm hopelessly not. I dont think I coulda kept up with him when I WAS 23. But at one point, the inside of my right thigh was cramping, oh what fun THAT was. I feared that today, my back, thighs, knees and ankles would be aching, that I'd have ringing my ears and a headache....which did not occur. My ankles were a bit sore, but I took a half hour walk, and now they're fine. Guess it's a good thing I've been doing all that walking before I went out dancing again. And I ran into Drew, one of fuckbuddies from here in my town! He didn't recognize me at first because "I haven't seen you out before, I forgot where I knew you from!", but we talked through out the night, and danced a few times. An absolutely wonderful time was had by all.
Then we came back here, I gave up my king sized bed to them and slept on the couch, and they promised they'd save the "private romping" for the hotel room Sunday night. This morning, they got up, rready, packed up and left for Hershey. Sad to see them go and the whole awesome day end.
But here are some specific snippets from the day:
- Travis taking so long to change his whole ensemble to match his shoes that all of us, even the straight girls were harrassing him about it.
- Me missing a turn near the Metro Station, blaming it on everyone else (even the people in the car that was following behind me) for not telling me to take the turn, and then having to travel a few miles out of our way before we could turn around and come back.
- The lines in CVS with people getting water.
- Travis begging people to give him beads/bracelets/other goodies.
- Paul's orange faux leather bag he go thrown to him during the Parade, which trumped really any of the other stuff we got.
- Josh telling us someone in the Parade just through him a small tube of lube, to which his mother CC replied, "Ah, yes, just what a mother wants to hear."
- Some guy from an interior design firm dressed as an angel with rows of paint swatches for wings reaching over and around the other to specifically hand me the company's card (with condom attached) and saying, "Oh I LIKE him."
- Josh getting all the various condoms we all picked up, and CC's comments about them all.
- the guy in the HRC store who waited on Paul and had us ALL in stitches with his humor.
- Josh (all of 19 years old) giving me pointers at Red Robin on how to pick up the staff there.
- Paul's face as the staff sang to him and the entire restaurant clapped along.
- All the eye candy on the Metro ride home.
- Travis grinding his ass up against my crotch twice, to give Paul a break.
-Singing/screaming at the top of my lungs the lyrics to "We Are Young" while dancing to it.
- All the kids and puppies in the Parade.
- CC tearing up at the PFLAG group. It usually us queers that tear up at PFLAG, not a uber-cool straight mom of a gay boy!
- The genuine affection I saw all day between Paul and Travis. Sweet and adorable.
Amazing time, honestly.
Anyway, pictures to follow either later today or tomorrow.
POLT
Paul and Travis live on Long Island NY, and were coming this way to Hershey Park for Paul's birthday and I asked them if they wanted to come on down here, go to Pride with us, spend the night at my house, and then go to Hershey on Sunday, spend the night up there, and then go home on Monday. And they accepted!!!!
So Saturday started with me having the day off work (which is awesome) as they left Long Island at 6AM. They got here about 11:30, which was EXCELLENT time, I thought. The three of us sat around and chatted for a bit until the other three arrived here. Then we made and ate sandwiches here before piling into two cars and heading out. The weather was totally cooperative: sunny, warm but not hot, and no humidity!
The Parade itself was the same blast that it always is! I was a bit pissed off at the crowd this year though, seemed to be more pushy, whereas, usually they're not. But whatever, I was with fun people, seeing tons of halk-nekkid men and getting beads and photos, so what did I care? Paul and Travis, who have been to New York's Pride Parade, both said they liked this one better. It was more...I forget the word Paul used, but something like intimate or personal, because they are no barriers up like in NYC's Parade, and the marchers in the Parade are right there with you. Josh loved it, of course, since it was his first Parade ever! I love taking people to their first Pride, have done it countless times (well not really, I just went back and counted, and of the 25 people I've taken to Pride over the years, for 15 of them, it was their first ever Pride Parade).
Josh ran into one of his friends from back home, Greg, he was standing across from us during the whole Parade. Afterwards, we went to the HRC store, Josh wanted to buy some things, as did Paul and Travis. While in the store, Josh ran into ANOTHER friend of his he went to school with (I think), and when I was looking out the window, I saw one of my fuckbuddies from here, Allen. He was standing on the sidewalk with his cute 20 yr old boyfriend and some older guy, so I went out and said hi and talked for a minute or two. Its funny how we ran into there people we knew from back home down there in the huge mass of people that were there!
After getting done at the store, we drove back to Frederick, where we ate at Red Robin (yum!), and had the staff sing happy birthday to Paul (since Friday was his b-day!) and he got a free desert. Then we said goodbye to the others and started home
Although we didn't go directly home, since it was already after 10PM, we just went right to the local gay bar, The Lodge. I hadn't been there since it re-opened as the Lodge a year and a half ago, but I'd heard good things about it. And I tell ya, I was impressed, as was Paul and Travis. They both said how great the music was, and it WAS, and how the DJ was better than anything they had locally up in Long Island. the crowd was decent, but not huge and the place wasn't packed. As the night wore on the dance floor filled up more, as it usually happens, and Travis, Paul AND I were all out there at various times. I was trying to keep up with Travis, but he's 23 and I'm hopelessly not. I dont think I coulda kept up with him when I WAS 23. But at one point, the inside of my right thigh was cramping, oh what fun THAT was. I feared that today, my back, thighs, knees and ankles would be aching, that I'd have ringing my ears and a headache....which did not occur. My ankles were a bit sore, but I took a half hour walk, and now they're fine. Guess it's a good thing I've been doing all that walking before I went out dancing again. And I ran into Drew, one of fuckbuddies from here in my town! He didn't recognize me at first because "I haven't seen you out before, I forgot where I knew you from!", but we talked through out the night, and danced a few times. An absolutely wonderful time was had by all.
Then we came back here, I gave up my king sized bed to them and slept on the couch, and they promised they'd save the "private romping" for the hotel room Sunday night. This morning, they got up, rready, packed up and left for Hershey. Sad to see them go and the whole awesome day end.
But here are some specific snippets from the day:
- Travis taking so long to change his whole ensemble to match his shoes that all of us, even the straight girls were harrassing him about it.
- Me missing a turn near the Metro Station, blaming it on everyone else (even the people in the car that was following behind me) for not telling me to take the turn, and then having to travel a few miles out of our way before we could turn around and come back.
- The lines in CVS with people getting water.
- Travis begging people to give him beads/bracelets/other goodies.
- Paul's orange faux leather bag he go thrown to him during the Parade, which trumped really any of the other stuff we got.
- Josh telling us someone in the Parade just through him a small tube of lube, to which his mother CC replied, "Ah, yes, just what a mother wants to hear."
- Some guy from an interior design firm dressed as an angel with rows of paint swatches for wings reaching over and around the other to specifically hand me the company's card (with condom attached) and saying, "Oh I LIKE him."
- Josh getting all the various condoms we all picked up, and CC's comments about them all.
- the guy in the HRC store who waited on Paul and had us ALL in stitches with his humor.
- Josh (all of 19 years old) giving me pointers at Red Robin on how to pick up the staff there.
- Paul's face as the staff sang to him and the entire restaurant clapped along.
- All the eye candy on the Metro ride home.
- Travis grinding his ass up against my crotch twice, to give Paul a break.
-Singing/screaming at the top of my lungs the lyrics to "We Are Young" while dancing to it.
- All the kids and puppies in the Parade.
- CC tearing up at the PFLAG group. It usually us queers that tear up at PFLAG, not a uber-cool straight mom of a gay boy!
- The genuine affection I saw all day between Paul and Travis. Sweet and adorable.
Amazing time, honestly.
Anyway, pictures to follow either later today or tomorrow.
POLT
Drive my mini-Cooper and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 180)...
Superman Sundays
I heard that there was an insanely cute black man staying at my house this week who had a pair of Superman undies, but, since I never saw the Superman undies ON said insanely cute black man (or saw them at ALL for that matter), I'm gonna say it was all fiction. I mean, unless I see it, it ain't real. So, I'm gonna just have to pretend there was an insanely cute black man staying at my house this week wearing a pair of Superman undies....and I'll pretend this is exactly how I saw him.
POLT
Let's get unconscious, honey (Part 310)...
UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS
These come each week from http://subliminal.lunanina.com/
I say ... and you think ... ?
- Stitches :: Surgery
- Reckless :: Endangerment
- Wealth :: Money
- Tenant :: Landlord
- Recognize :: See
- Hospital :: Doctors
- Bangs :: Explodes
- Hello :: Hi!
- Folder :: Manila
- Glamour :: Magazine
POLT
Saturday, June 09, 2012
My baby's got a secret (Part 162)...
Secret Saturdays
These come from postsecret.blogspot.com
Since it's the Pride Parade in DC today, this week's theme is Gay Secrets.
POLT
Friday, June 08, 2012
My neck and shoulders are sore. This happens sometimes at work from typing on the computer all day and the position of the keyboard and monitor. But when I leave work and get home, it usually all goes away. But tonight, it's still sore. I even had to take some Advil. And I've felt pretty listless all day.
This concerns me because historically, when I have a sore neck and upper back, it can lead to some kind of flu or other sickness. And I do NOT want to get sick tonight or tomorrow. Not with the all the people coming to my house tomorrow and the trip to the Parade and all. I can be sick tomorrow night when we get back, if need be, cause once we're back from the Parade, I don't HAVE to leave the house again until Tuesday morning at 7AM. But I simply will NOT miss the Parade this year! Nope, not gonna happen. This is just a quirk. That's it.
POLT
This concerns me because historically, when I have a sore neck and upper back, it can lead to some kind of flu or other sickness. And I do NOT want to get sick tonight or tomorrow. Not with the all the people coming to my house tomorrow and the trip to the Parade and all. I can be sick tomorrow night when we get back, if need be, cause once we're back from the Parade, I don't HAVE to leave the house again until Tuesday morning at 7AM. But I simply will NOT miss the Parade this year! Nope, not gonna happen. This is just a quirk. That's it.
POLT
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my Parade....
This Saturday is the Capitol Gay Pride Parade in Washington DC. It will be 14 years since I went to my first one. Let's review.
1998: Went with Ag, Carl and Harley (and older couple we knew from Headquarters), and two other guys my age that were friends with them that I didn't know so well: Arnie and Jeff.
1999: Went with Ag, Amie (on her only trip) and Johnnie (on his first). Didn't actually get to the Parade, as I had car trouble on the way down, had to be towed back to Waynesboro and then we drove down in Ag's car. Made it in time for the Pride Festival (which in those days immediately followed the Parade. Now it's the next day).
2000: Went with Ag, Johnnie (again) and his friend Paul.
2001: Went with Ag, Johnnie (his last time), Jen (a girl I worked with at Borders), two guys we knew from Deer Park Randy and Brian. Met my friend Mark down there and he hung with us. Also met a college girl named Kendra on the metro. She was by herself and we kind of adopted her and she hung out with us the whole day.
2002: Went with Ag, met Mark down there and he hung with us again.
2003: Did not go, because I was in the wedding of Mr. And Mrs. A Local Celebrity, Mr. David ParisPeking.
2004: Went with Ag. Spent the weekend down there in a hotel right on DuPont Circle cause Saturday was the Parade, Sunday day was the Festival and Sunday night was a Madonna concert that Ag and I had tickets for. Could one HAVE a more gayer weekend (even though it did not, unfortunately, include any of teh gay sechs).
2005: Went with Ag.
2006: Went with Ag, my friend Gar and his boyfriend at the time Troy (you can find out all about him by going the Labels over in the sidebar and clicking on the first one "T").
2007: Went with Ag and that total loser she ended up marrying, Andrew. Yeah, what a fun time that was.
2008: Went with Michelle, her brother, his girlfriend at the time Kara, and the sexy, blonde, English Conrad.
2009: Went with StratCat (her first time).
2010: Went by myself. Had a fun time, but it just wasn't the same without someone there to enjoy it with me. Right after the Parade ended, I did meet up with the FABulous VUBOQ for a few short minutes.
2011: Went with StratCat and her cousin CC. VUBOQ joined us and watched a good portion of the parade with us.
2012: And this year, I'll be going with StratCat and CC (again) but this time with CC's son Josh, and "Viva-La-Swirl" Paul and his insanely cute boyfriend Travis! YAY!
Wow, I had no idea I took that many people with me over the years. By my count, I took 25 different people to the Parade over the years (including this year's upcoming one). And of those 25, 11 were straight, 14 were gay and 5 of them I took multiple times. Hmm, interesting stats (at least to me).
If I get up the motivation, I may scan a some photos from past trips for a post tomorrow night, who knows?
POLT
1998: Went with Ag, Carl and Harley (and older couple we knew from Headquarters), and two other guys my age that were friends with them that I didn't know so well: Arnie and Jeff.
1999: Went with Ag, Amie (on her only trip) and Johnnie (on his first). Didn't actually get to the Parade, as I had car trouble on the way down, had to be towed back to Waynesboro and then we drove down in Ag's car. Made it in time for the Pride Festival (which in those days immediately followed the Parade. Now it's the next day).
2000: Went with Ag, Johnnie (again) and his friend Paul.
2001: Went with Ag, Johnnie (his last time), Jen (a girl I worked with at Borders), two guys we knew from Deer Park Randy and Brian. Met my friend Mark down there and he hung with us. Also met a college girl named Kendra on the metro. She was by herself and we kind of adopted her and she hung out with us the whole day.
2002: Went with Ag, met Mark down there and he hung with us again.
2003: Did not go, because I was in the wedding of Mr. And Mrs. A Local Celebrity, Mr. David ParisPeking.
2004: Went with Ag. Spent the weekend down there in a hotel right on DuPont Circle cause Saturday was the Parade, Sunday day was the Festival and Sunday night was a Madonna concert that Ag and I had tickets for. Could one HAVE a more gayer weekend (even though it did not, unfortunately, include any of teh gay sechs).
2005: Went with Ag.
2006: Went with Ag, my friend Gar and his boyfriend at the time Troy (you can find out all about him by going the Labels over in the sidebar and clicking on the first one "T").
2007: Went with Ag and that total loser she ended up marrying, Andrew. Yeah, what a fun time that was.
2008: Went with Michelle, her brother, his girlfriend at the time Kara, and the sexy, blonde, English Conrad.
2009: Went with StratCat (her first time).
2010: Went by myself. Had a fun time, but it just wasn't the same without someone there to enjoy it with me. Right after the Parade ended, I did meet up with the FABulous VUBOQ for a few short minutes.
2011: Went with StratCat and her cousin CC. VUBOQ joined us and watched a good portion of the parade with us.
2012: And this year, I'll be going with StratCat and CC (again) but this time with CC's son Josh, and "Viva-La-Swirl" Paul and his insanely cute boyfriend Travis! YAY!
Wow, I had no idea I took that many people with me over the years. By my count, I took 25 different people to the Parade over the years (including this year's upcoming one). And of those 25, 11 were straight, 14 were gay and 5 of them I took multiple times. Hmm, interesting stats (at least to me).
If I get up the motivation, I may scan a some photos from past trips for a post tomorrow night, who knows?
POLT
Call me in three months time, and I'll be fine (Part 11)...
Thursdays Three
So let's see what's made this past week a winner for me.
1) Beautiful Days
After a hot, humid, sticky, generally icky Memorial Day weekend the weather has dramatically improved. Over the past week, despite a lil bit of rain, it's been generally cool (like in the 70s), sunny with very little clouds in the skies and a cooling breeze. At least while I've been taking my walks. It's simply been glorious!
2) A clean house.
A house that is clean, neat, orderly, almost fresh. And smells of Pine-Sol, Orange Pledge, and definitely fresh! I just hope I can keep it this way until my weekend guests arrive on Saturday. But I like how clean is looks and smalls.
3) This video.
It just cracks me up. Im not even sure the kid in the back blinks even once.
POLT
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
About to hurt them, like a tagteam (Part 10)...
Sport Or Sex?
Yeah, I'm not totally sure either, but whichever it is, I hope Mr. Red Singlet gets a little bit a lube on his hand before he goes any deeper into Mr. Blue Singlet.
POLT
The back of your hand somewhere on my behind (Part 113)...
Tooshie Tuesdays
This week, since it's the 5th of June, I give you 5 pics of 5 Tooshies each (that's 25 tooshies total!!!)
POLT
Monday, June 04, 2012
You're exhausted, by your own life...
So, guess who's an exhausted puppy. Yeah, me.
Mom came down today to help me clean and tidy up the house a bit for my upcoming weekend visitors. (Oh, I don't think I've told you, Paul "Viva-La-Swirl" Wykcoff and his insanely cute boyfriend Travis, and coming down Saturday from Long Island. They're going to accompany me and my 'group' to the Pride Parade in DC, then spend the night at my place before leaving Sunday to visit Hershey Park, spend the night there and then return home. YAY! How excited am I?) So we cleaned up the kitchen, the bathroom, the spare bedroom, the dining room and the kitchen. Took us 3.5 hours to accomplish it all.
Then, since the petunias in the front garden are pretty pathetic, we decided to go get some more, which we did. A batch of deep purple ones and a batch of light purple ones. And these much more healthy than the ones we got a few weeks ago. So then we came back here and planted all 12 of them in the garden. And they're looking much better after less than on day than all the others have looked after two weeks. So that's good.
Seeing as how it was now almost 2PM, we were both quite hungry. So we went to the Parlor House, where I had delicious broiled haddock, an equally delicious salad, and so-so green beans. And a glass of water. Totally fit into my diet. After returning home and wasting time here, I taped up a package I needed to send, and walked it over to the Post Office and then back. It only took 24 minutes, which isn't as much as I have been doing, but it was a walk nonetheless. And it was the third say in a row I took a walk, so that's all good too. Oh, and in the middle of all this, I also washed and changed the bedsheets on both my bed and the spare one, and laundered several blankets that needed done.
SO now, for the rest of the day, I'm in. In and doing nothing but putzing around online and watching crap on TV. I'm not going out again tonight come hell or high water. Although a hot Asian twinkie with a hairthing may tempt me out, but even that's not a guarantee tonight!
POLT
Mom came down today to help me clean and tidy up the house a bit for my upcoming weekend visitors. (Oh, I don't think I've told you, Paul "Viva-La-Swirl" Wykcoff and his insanely cute boyfriend Travis, and coming down Saturday from Long Island. They're going to accompany me and my 'group' to the Pride Parade in DC, then spend the night at my place before leaving Sunday to visit Hershey Park, spend the night there and then return home. YAY! How excited am I?) So we cleaned up the kitchen, the bathroom, the spare bedroom, the dining room and the kitchen. Took us 3.5 hours to accomplish it all.
Then, since the petunias in the front garden are pretty pathetic, we decided to go get some more, which we did. A batch of deep purple ones and a batch of light purple ones. And these much more healthy than the ones we got a few weeks ago. So then we came back here and planted all 12 of them in the garden. And they're looking much better after less than on day than all the others have looked after two weeks. So that's good.
Seeing as how it was now almost 2PM, we were both quite hungry. So we went to the Parlor House, where I had delicious broiled haddock, an equally delicious salad, and so-so green beans. And a glass of water. Totally fit into my diet. After returning home and wasting time here, I taped up a package I needed to send, and walked it over to the Post Office and then back. It only took 24 minutes, which isn't as much as I have been doing, but it was a walk nonetheless. And it was the third say in a row I took a walk, so that's all good too. Oh, and in the middle of all this, I also washed and changed the bedsheets on both my bed and the spare one, and laundered several blankets that needed done.
SO now, for the rest of the day, I'm in. In and doing nothing but putzing around online and watching crap on TV. I'm not going out again tonight come hell or high water. Although a hot Asian twinkie with a hairthing may tempt me out, but even that's not a guarantee tonight!
POLT
You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 356)...
MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS
This week, since this is June 4, I give you 4 photos of 4 Hot Shirtless Guys each.
(16 hot shirtless guys in one post! Enjoy!)
POLT
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Salsa cookies...windmill cookies....
This is creepy and yet awesome at the same time!
Brillance, sheer brillance.
POLT
Brillance, sheer brillance.
POLT
Let's get unconscious honey (Part 309)...
UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS
These come each week from http://subliminal.lunanina.com/
POLT
These come each week from http://subliminal.lunanina.com/
I say ... and you think ... ?
- Model :: Fashion
- Clash :: "Rock The Casbah"
- Frightening :: Republicans In Charge
- Instinct :: Magazine
- Award show :: Oscars
- Editing :: Reviewing
- Frumpy :: Old Lady
- Everyone :: All
- Lifting :: Weights
- Agencies :: Federal
POLT
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Friday, June 01, 2012
Spinning round and round over you....
So how's it going, Polt? Well thanks for asking!
See, yesterday, today and tomorrow, I am the only one from my department who's going to physically be at work. So I have to pretty much do everything that needs to be done over those days myself, whether it's the usual, everyday work or something that only needs done occasionally, or the rare really odd things. And so, you ask what the last two days have been like? Let me show you.
Yeah, something like that.
POLT
See, yesterday, today and tomorrow, I am the only one from my department who's going to physically be at work. So I have to pretty much do everything that needs to be done over those days myself, whether it's the usual, everyday work or something that only needs done occasionally, or the rare really odd things. And so, you ask what the last two days have been like? Let me show you.
Yeah, something like that.
POLT
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