Pride
And Pride...
Well, my "pride" celebration started on Friday night at the Underworld Party. Lots of fun with lots of men in underwear, all dancing and sweating, having fun. High hotness factor. Very high. Talked to a few cuties (all of whom lived in San Francisco! How weird is that?) Got home at about 3:30 am. Slept until around 10:00 am, got up, protein shake, oatmeal for breakfast, some TV, etc. at around 11:30 am, I went and got something to eat (burrito: The Castro Diet, FYI.) Went back home to take a nap before going off to a barbecue Jamison was having, followed by another barbecue that Ronny was having at his apartment (he's a DJ at Badlands. Please don't ask me if Badlands is bad.)
Later that night, I met up with my friend Joey for Pink Saturday on Castro Street. I met Joey, we walked around for about 30 minutes, turned to each other, decided we were bored, and we both went home (at least I went home, Joey likely got pulled into a bar.) I got home at around 9:30 pm, bed by 10:30 pm. Hey, I've lived in San Francisco for 11 years, the Castro for six. If you've seen Castro Street shut down once (or twice), you've seen enough. Time for bed.
I got up at the early hour of 7:00 am, ate breakfast, went to the gym, came home, showered, and went to the grocery store. You have no idea how nice it is to go grocery shopping in the morning in the Castro before anybody is up, it is so quiet and peaceful. After I got home, I called my friend, Irany, thinking he would be up by now after going to COLOSSUS. He was up and at a friends house getting ready to go and watch the parade. I informed him the parade had already started about 1 1/2 hours ago. He was surprised it had already started (he thought it started at noon.) I told him I would meet up with him later that night (I didn't want to go to the parade or to the festival at Civic Center.)
I took a little nap and decided to get up and take a walk around the Castro where I ran into Jamison, Andrew, Kevin, and Morgan. All were heading down to the festival, except Jamison (he wanted to go to the Apple Store to buy a new laptop case for his new PowerBook) I decided to hang out with Jamison for the afternoon rather than go into the festival with the others.
Jamison and I went to the Apple Store where he bought his case and a wireless port-thing that was on sale. Before we left the store, Jamison tried to explain how the music compression stuff works on the iPods. I don't think I got it, though. After the Apple Store, we both just kind of walked around Union Square for a bit and then walked, yes, walked back to the Castro. All in all, it was one of the more enjoyable afternoons I've had a long while. Very relaxing and non pride-crazy. Thanks for the nice afternoon, Jamison!
After saying bye to Jamison, I went home, took a nap, and then went over to Tony's place to watch some movies with him and Irany. National Treasure was awful, so I told Tony (Irany had already gone to bed) I was going to take off. I went to Detour where the very strong drinks quickly put me in a friendly mood. Met two cute boys visiting from Fresno....they left my apartment at around 2:00 am. I slept very well.
So, there you have it.
Now I must go to work tomorrow. I. DON'T. WANT. TO.
Well, my "pride" celebration started on Friday night at the Underworld Party. Lots of fun with lots of men in underwear, all dancing and sweating, having fun. High hotness factor. Very high. Talked to a few cuties (all of whom lived in San Francisco! How weird is that?) Got home at about 3:30 am. Slept until around 10:00 am, got up, protein shake, oatmeal for breakfast, some TV, etc. at around 11:30 am, I went and got something to eat (burrito: The Castro Diet, FYI.) Went back home to take a nap before going off to a barbecue Jamison was having, followed by another barbecue that Ronny was having at his apartment (he's a DJ at Badlands. Please don't ask me if Badlands is bad.)
Later that night, I met up with my friend Joey for Pink Saturday on Castro Street. I met Joey, we walked around for about 30 minutes, turned to each other, decided we were bored, and we both went home (at least I went home, Joey likely got pulled into a bar.) I got home at around 9:30 pm, bed by 10:30 pm. Hey, I've lived in San Francisco for 11 years, the Castro for six. If you've seen Castro Street shut down once (or twice), you've seen enough. Time for bed.
I got up at the early hour of 7:00 am, ate breakfast, went to the gym, came home, showered, and went to the grocery store. You have no idea how nice it is to go grocery shopping in the morning in the Castro before anybody is up, it is so quiet and peaceful. After I got home, I called my friend, Irany, thinking he would be up by now after going to COLOSSUS. He was up and at a friends house getting ready to go and watch the parade. I informed him the parade had already started about 1 1/2 hours ago. He was surprised it had already started (he thought it started at noon.) I told him I would meet up with him later that night (I didn't want to go to the parade or to the festival at Civic Center.)
I took a little nap and decided to get up and take a walk around the Castro where I ran into Jamison, Andrew, Kevin, and Morgan. All were heading down to the festival, except Jamison (he wanted to go to the Apple Store to buy a new laptop case for his new PowerBook) I decided to hang out with Jamison for the afternoon rather than go into the festival with the others.
Jamison and I went to the Apple Store where he bought his case and a wireless port-thing that was on sale. Before we left the store, Jamison tried to explain how the music compression stuff works on the iPods. I don't think I got it, though. After the Apple Store, we both just kind of walked around Union Square for a bit and then walked, yes, walked back to the Castro. All in all, it was one of the more enjoyable afternoons I've had a long while. Very relaxing and non pride-crazy. Thanks for the nice afternoon, Jamison!
After saying bye to Jamison, I went home, took a nap, and then went over to Tony's place to watch some movies with him and Irany. National Treasure was awful, so I told Tony (Irany had already gone to bed) I was going to take off. I went to Detour where the very strong drinks quickly put me in a friendly mood. Met two cute boys visiting from Fresno....they left my apartment at around 2:00 am. I slept very well.
So, there you have it.
Now I must go to work tomorrow. I. DON'T. WANT. TO.
posted by Michael at 8:39 PM
1 Comments:
One of the disadvantages of living outside of SF is that, 95% of the time I'm in the Castro, it's at night. I never find myself wanting to live in The City more than when I'm in the Castro during the day or, better yet, the morning.
(Of course, at about 11:30 on Halloween night, I'm more than happy to return to my condo on the Peninsula)
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