(Not Just) Knee Deep: The Spring 2012 Gay Thread

sudden infant death syndrome

AIDS, whatever

Thrift store I volunteer at has repriced the dollar-bin Donna Summer records at like $8-$10 today. Is this despicable/should I say something?

What are you, a Communist?

yeah i mean if it's a worthy charity then i wouldn't fault them for it, it's not like donna summer LPs are a rare commodity and if they can squeeze a little more out of the spike in demand then fair is fair. people paying $10 for a dollar record are suckers anyway, and if they cared about Donna Summer on vinyl then they'd already own it. Think of it as a poseur tax.

Almost all the comments on gay blogs focus on the comments she made about AIDS. :(

Sorry, the comments she "allegedly" made.

i mean, i understand your reaction but the primary function of a charity thrift store is to generate income from donated goods, right? it probably feels icky to profit on the death of a musician, tho, i get that. *shrug*

xp

How long ago did Donna Summer die?

Like 32 or 33 hours ago maybe?

Oh duh that makes sense.

Things I learned today:

- Donna Summer is dead (though I didn't know that she wasn't dead before)
- Donna Summer was African-American. I realized that I have always conflated her with Suzanne Somers!

Jesse you are starting to serve Tuomasian realness all up in here.

:D

Br3nt and I saw Dina Martina last night and I was fucking crying with laughter throughout, she is amazing

Like I don't really go for drag performance much but she's kind of next level

Jealous!

I read those posts from the bottom up and as soon as I saw "Like I don't even like drag etc etc" I was like "oh I bet he saw Dina Martina"

Anybody read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/nyregion/Some-Gay-Rights-Advocates-Question-Rutgers-Sentencing.html?pagewanted=1&hp

Also: the Croat and I just finished our second meeting. We cuddled last week and had dinner tonight (I had to pick up a friend at the airport). He's exceeded expectations both times. I know he likes me already but the Old Hesitation kicks in, demanding I keep him at a distance.

just found out one of my favorite gay bars here (and where we ended up last night) is closing in a month >:(

Oil Can Harry's?

actually probably shouldn't say which because i don't think it's officially been announced yet, but no, not OCH

Oil Can Harry's is the name of a real place. That's awesome.

*first sentence was a question.

oh, I met a nice man last night. If he turns into my summer fling I would be pleased.

Wish some of you were here to go to Thundercrack! tonight.

http://www.ifccenter.com/films/thundercrack/

almost time for a thread change

after only 400 posts :(

Not much of a spring.

Spring affair when love continues to ignore you.

(The tautological flip of that is the real truth.)

Summer isn't unti mid-June, no? Weather notwithstanding.

I met a, uh, nice man, too. I was walking home on a quiet residential street late Saturday and said hi to the guy I passed, then a minute later we were making out and such, and then he got a text from his girlfriend who was at home waiting up for him. And such was the sum of my springtime romantic activity. <3

This happened a few doors down from jaymc's place, now that I think of it.

then he got a text from his girlfriend who was at home waiting up for him

horrible!

the sum of my springtime roantic activity:

and my romantic activity too

Yeh, I kind of wanted to interview him when he told me that. It would be a sort of "debriefing," if you will. xp

you should've sent the girlfriend an Instagram

do you know what's funny? when i found out Donna Summer died, the first person I thought of (other than Donna Summer) was you, Stevie.

i feel love

Not sure how often he (or anyone) checks this thread, but Happy Birthday, KJB!

HBD KJB! also you better vote in my ABBA poll!!!

heard on the Julius' jukebox last eve:

Donna Summer - "State of Independence"
Liza Minnelli - "Rent"

in the jukebox? Obscure!

well, so are the patrons.

I have four hangovers stacked on each other and have to go to work in an office this week while RG is on, something has gone v badly wrong with my life

On the other hand I spent yesterday afternoon and evening on a friend's penthouse roof garden overlooking London - we were looking down on all the other roofs - blaring an epic R Kelly mix and drinking rum so that was a bit of a life pinnacle

a bit woozy meself after a weekend of pina coladas in Marco Island.

I am sunburnt from the ballgame. I guess I need a flatmate to remind me when summer has started again and I need to smear myself.

This thread is horrible.