Real love -- I'm, like, searchin' for that Queer Love -- LGBTQIA+ Love // A Thread for the Real Ones

I'm a little thicker around the middle. So is Blache!

hahahahahaha <3 me2

I was in NYC last weekend and saw A Strange Loop, which was a trip and a half; if you can swing tickets I strongly recommend going, the story rules and the cast is incredible, especially the lead (he just finished college last year)

I just ended a Zoom interview with Narada Michael Walden.

!

hold up i thought that was the head of new age label narada or something, not the drummer for journey

well, he WAS, but you'd forgive me for wanting to ask about "How Will I Know," "Attack of the Name Game," and "Vision of Love."

oh dang, didn't he only start 2 years ago? life comes at you fast even when you're old :|

whoa that’s awesome alfred

i am very keen to see ‘a strange loop’, hoping it travels to LA at some point

i am going to a golden girls drag performance tomorrow night!

sorta forgot he was in the Mahavishnu Orchestra!

I still don’t know how you pronounce Narada. Is it nuh-RAR-da or is it NArruh-da?

my husband's off to burning man and i just booked a cheap motel in vegas for the weekend. i deserve korean food, weed and a trip to the bathhouse!

lol my oldest pal's there too -- first time! He's there for drugs and orgies.

well who isn't? i'm a little worried about the heat tbh. i think i wanna go out to a gay club too. get real fucked up on diet coke. maybe talk to a stranger.

vegas trip canceled - too hot! going to western colorado instead. a little less hot, and nature sounds more restorative than a cheap vegas trip alone.

wish i could rendezvous with ilxor pals instead - california or chicago or east coast or britain / scotland! gotta plan something, maybe next year.

rebooked vegas and canceled colorado. i need an adventure, not the same old. not sure why i'm serial blogging about this in the queer thread lol. maybe i'll have a good follow-up story or two. they might not be good but i'll still put them here probably lol.

I am appreciating it. I’m going to spend the weekend with my kids and I’m excited about it, but I’m also excited that others are planning their own getaways of whatever fashion

that's awesome, very glad to hear that!

ok so i might go to this pool party at the luxor

Temptation Sundays is the longest Running LGBTQ+ pool party in Las Vegas has become a must-do event. Summer is about to get even hotter.

featuring dj nick stracener, a semi-hairy ken doll who plays ... wait for it ... tribal house

i just want to be in some water somewhere at some point, and it's only $20

feel like you gotta

So! An hour into a date it come up in conversation that he's...not vaccinated. When asked why, I get the excuse salad with the same dressing: I'm young (24), I'm healthy, FREEDOM. We did make out but after dropping me off I rinsed my mouth with kinds of Scope.

I think he saw he'd infuriated me.

xps high five ok. at least i know there's good food and a good gym close by where i'm staying. my motel is likely pretty dumpy, hard to tell exactly how bad it is from the internet. person on the phone was nice enough. it's probably fine.

aw alf you deserve better than this

thanks, map. I need a good bacchanal like yours.

i'm more risk-averse than i used to be. i feel more vulnerable as a low-mid income person. cutting loose has gotta be on a budget, and there's safety to consider. glad i don't drink anymore, that was going to catch up with me sooner or later. i'll make the 6 hour drive and probably take it pretty easy. vegas can be intense especially at the budget level haha. but i'm going to do my best to keep it light and have some low key fun.

I'm more risk-averse too, in large part thanks to COVID.

it's so funny i'm sharing all this here. anyway, this motel canceled my (re)-reservation, because they thought that maybe they hadn't cancelled it right the first time. i don't believe in the "universe nudging me in the right direction" but in this case i'm going with that. i realized i didn't actually want to go anywhere, i was just trying to distract myself from feeling lonely. so i'm taking a nice long staycation this weekend and i already have plans with at least two friends :)

one reason that staying home has become more compelling option for me in the past few years is that a well-off friend of my man gifted us a really expensive mattress, by far the most comfortable thing i've ever slept on. i didn't know that simply laying on a thing could be like that haha. so now i feel this shudder of horror in my body when i contemplate sleeping on the mattress at a budget motel, and even the nicer places i've stayed at can't compare.

anyway i feel content, glad i'm not on the road alone. i hope everyone who posts here is doing well or at least hanging in there in their various circumstances.

hi queers

we're getting through it are we not?

i have a pretty firm rule on socials, if anyone posts anything fawning about this one human who recently died, that's an immediate unfriend/unfollow. idk it feels good to be strict about these things sometimes, like i have values and i honor them, you know?

lol what a silly post. anyway, wishing decent or indecent weekends to everyone.

You're good, map. I like to know my queers are okay.

:)

Just wanted to check in and say the long weekend with my kids was fantastic and my partner is really fantastic with them in terms of not letting them get away with being assholes while also following my lead on discipline and not overstepping, it’s amazing to watch really

An hour into a date it come up in conversation that he's...not vaccinated. When asked why, I get the excuse salad with the same dressing: I'm young (24), I'm healthy, FREEDOM. We did make out but after dropping me off I rinsed my mouth with kinds of Scope.

― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),

Soooo not worth it imo. Alfred, you're a gentleman. You don't need this.

My aunt went to the Luxor once. She brought me back a mug with my name spelled out in hieroglyphics.

thank you

agreed.

HI EVERYONE. map i am thoroughly entertained by your Destinations Unknown live blog.

i don't have much to report other than i've been getting laid which is nice. this thing is happening though where i'm not sure how to disentangle myself from someone once we've hooked up and they're interested in more. like sometimes a thing is just a thing, let's move on etc. but i'm super not good at the "i'm not really up for anything more" talk - historically i've been more of a fizzle-outer. am i dick?? :/

you aren't doing anything wrong!! we need to normalize one night stands again!! i feel like it's probably worth trying to be more clear about an expectation like you say, but sometimes we need people to pick up on context clues imo. as long as you aren't leading them on with mixed messaging i think you're well within acceptable behavior.

i'm pretty excited because after years of wanting to do this i've been able to afford some leather - fun! checking out the local leather scene via a bar event and monthly party. the organizer is at least a stand-up guy so it seems promising. we went out last weekend and i smoked a cigar. i forgot it would make me nauseous so we ended up leaving early. my husband was the best buddy the whole time.

anyway what's up with all youse?

we went out last weekend and i smoked a cigar. i forgot it would make me nauseous so we ended up leaving early. my husband was the best buddy the whole time.

this was unclear, i went out with my husband, not the other dude.

omg I'm so sorry I've been away

thank you so much for your encouraging words MAPsweetz

LEATHER

wait this is so exciting, like what kind of outfit did you have on

some mr. s stuff, a bar vest, cap and fingerless gloves. also some wesco boots which i've wanted for years. they're black mister lous and they're incredibly beautiful and sexy and i'm figuring out how to wear them. i put it all on for my dj gig at the gay bar like why not?

swen how are you feeling about fall?

i'm currently bogged down with a head cold and out of sick hours so next week will be fun :P

that sounds so cool, i'm glad you did that. super sexy.
well I've already broken out "The Shining" which means i'm feeling festive for fall. i aim to continue the getting laid streak but i took a break this week to eat unsubstantiated amounts of pizza and ice cream. work sucks right now, it's a pressure cooker. so trying to connect with the creative side of what i do and also write lots of music on the side. hey map what are your thoughts on w33d?

ps i'm sorry to hear it, does that mean you have to go in sick? i just had covid and it suckkkkked

Hung out at a buddy's for most of the night doing not-so-legal things. At midnight, my idea, we went to the local karaoke joint, my first karaoke since early 2020. We hung out until before 3 a.m. I sang "She's So Cold." Got home at 3:30.

We're moving into a house
More of a cottage, really, but it's beautiful and in a great neighbourhood and reasonably priced (considering the shitty asshole that is the market right now)

houses and late night karaoke are fucking awesome.

swen, i'm going all in on edibles and tinctures lately. where are you at these days?

oof cottage jealous
yes I'm hitting the sativa edibles and resin vapes o snap
intrigued by these illicit acts Alfy

alfred, what's your scene like post-hurricane?