Throw on Your Best Cardigan and Celebrate Fall 2011 with the Gays of ILX

In my experience the decision to Act My Age around younger prey depends on the guy's demeanor. In a couple of cases "role playing" is unavoidable: he sought An Older Man, so that's what I'll play. I find the practice slightly loathsome because the exchanges can't escape a certain condescension, and it's alien to my nature.

it's not alien to my nature, but I think most younger men are confused when one breaks into laughter.

(i'm trying to parse the prey doing the seeking in the first 2 sentences)

A healthy sense of irony, like a well-used semicolon, is catnip.

This weekend I had an overnight encounter with a 52 year old who after we had already spent a lot of time together revealed his age like he was dropping bit of a bomb on me.

aww. was it fun?

jess what is the name of that kitty litter thing again?

It's Smart Cat Box. http://www.smartcatbox.com. I'm getting an error message when I visit the site right now, but it was working earlier today (I was buying more seeds, I wasn't just browsing).

lol

thanks!!

I started using it the first week of August and the 4 lb. bag of litter (seeds) lasted until the second week of October. That's longer than I should have waited before changing it and the seeds were beginning to lose their waterproof quality. It's probably realistic to say that a 4 lb. bag 6 weeks.

xp- NP! Also, FYI, I have two cats, one of whom I wonder if she is* sort of diabetic or something b/c she pees so much!

Anyway, I really recommend it with no significant qualifications.

yes you know - my cat is peeing more in her older age so i'm thinking this is the way to go

Sometimes I think about starting a thread in which I recommend products, "life hacks," and what not, and where others do the same. If there were such a thread, I would say: The Roomba is a miracle appliance. More value in my life than the dishwasher.

is that the DIY vacuum?

they need to make one of those that mops

and btw a "jesse reports" thread would be most welcome

very drunk 24yo hit on me while I was watching World Series in a gay sports bar. We kissed a little and I gave him a hug when I left.

It's kind of the opposite of "DIY"! It's DIFY (does it for you). And they do make one that mops

http://www.robotbuy.ca/images/products/secondary/125.jpg

I just remembered the name of M1ndy K@ling's blog: Things I've Bought that I Love.

I do not know what a Smart Cat Box is, but it sounds intriguing. Might have to get one for the boy's 4-month-old kitten.

Write-up of the queer camp @ Occupy Baltimore, wheeee!!!

http://www.baltimoreoutloud.com/lgbt-news/local-news/item/831-mortville-the-queer-encampment-at-occupy-baltimore

omg i want that mop

PS awesome Morbzy!!

great name choice. there's a punk house slash performance art/music venue in chicago called mortville that i always get dragged to, so usually the name has a semi-bad connotation for me, but it's really perfect for the circumstances (also: hi guys)

*~~**-Hi-**~~*

Who are you??

hi, uh, i live in chicago, have lurked ilx off and on for a long time but have only recently started posting a little bit?

Couple Chicago peeps on this thread (including me). Welcome. :)

hi, gays!

Huzzah!! I am so happy you decided to join us!!

You should be getting your honorary membership card and safer sex packet within 4-6 weeks.

Do you two know each other?

No, but I always get rly excited when we get new homos.

thanks stevie, although i'll probably lose the membership card like i did my cosi card and my blick card

the hipster thread is that way ====>

there's a punk house slash performance art/music venue in chicago called mortville

mortville!

mort is my middle name

woah. that's quite a revelation.

this is v exciting to have a new person on the thread.

the hipster thread is that way ====>

:( sry i didn't know cosi was so exclusive

i used to love cosi bc they had pizza that i liked, and smores, on the island

cosi the restaurant? there's no way that shit is hipster

there's a punk house slash performance art/music venue in chicago called mortville

mortville!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Living

there's one in the lobby of my office building, it's p aight

good breakfast sandwiches

cosi's bagels are called "squagels" because they are square, and i always found that name disgusting but i sort of miss them now that i'm not next door to a cosi every day

Hi there, new person!

So I won a pile of booze at the gay film fundraiser silent auction last week (two bottles of scotch and one bottle each of silver tequila and spiced rum, to be precise). Unfortunately I feel sick-ish at the moment, but a good strong scotch totally relieves sinus congestion right?

i find a shot always goes a long way. a shot and then like keep drinking your water and tea or vitamins or whatever.

Or or or wait til roommate gets back and then make hot buttered rum??

cosi's bagels are called "squagels" because they are square, and i always found that name disgusting but i sort of miss them now that i'm not next door to a cosi every day

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lol i really would love to tell the founder of cosi that making a bagel a square instead of a circle and calling it a "squagel" doesn't make it unique or anything

everything in the score should be a square or served in a square cup

store*

a square bagel i just don't know - that's like against a law of nature

it's really stupid

i feel stupid saying "squagel" but i've worked at enough food chains with fucking stupid names for their products to know that the only person stupider than the person that doesn't say "squagel" is the person that goes out of their way to be to cool to say "squagel"

I only heard about squagles/Cosi through a David Cross bit. Had no idea they were real until I moved here. I like their caprese sandwich, which is especially good when I'm in the Loop, which is kind of a food desert after 7pm.