:)
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Friday, 9 September 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
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
― castanuts (DJP), Saturday, 10 September 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link
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.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 10 September 2022 04:00 (one year ago) link
thank you
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 September 2022 13:51 (one year ago) link
agreed.
HI EVERYONE. map i am thoroughly entertained by your Destinations Unknown live blog.
― Swen, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 14:35 (one year ago) link
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?? :/
― Swen, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
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?
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Thursday, 15 September 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
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.
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Thursday, 15 September 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link
omg I'm so sorry I've been away
― Swen, Saturday, 1 October 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
thank you so much for your encouraging words MAPsweetz
LEATHER
wait this is so exciting, like what kind of outfit did you have on
― Swen, Saturday, 1 October 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
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?
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 1 October 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
i'm currently bogged down with a head cold and out of sick hours so next week will be fun :P
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 1 October 2022 22:08 (one year ago) link
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?
― Swen, Sunday, 2 October 2022 08:26 (one year ago) link
ps i'm sorry to hear it, does that mean you have to go in sick? i just had covid and it suckkkkked
― Swen, Sunday, 2 October 2022 08:45 (one year ago) link
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.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 October 2022 10:30 (one year ago) link
We're moving into a houseMore 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)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 2 October 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
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?
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 2 October 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
oof cottage jealousyes I'm hitting the sativa edibles and resin vapes o snapintrigued by these illicit acts Alfy
― Swen, Sunday, 2 October 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
alfred, what's your scene like post-hurricane?
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
Miami never in the cone.
Sanibel, where I vacation every summe, was demolished.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
i'm glad you weren't too affected then.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
maybe it would be fun to name a recent crime we've committed. a few months ago i took a hit on my vape pen at work, like inside my cubicle. i was getting ready to leave and go for a run and forgot where i was, lol. luckily no one was in the area at the time. bad boy.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
LOL I've so vaped at workmy soul is a crime tbh
― Swen, Sunday, 2 October 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
what crime specifically?!
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 2 October 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
last week i went skinny dipping in a pond in the middle of the night in total silence and darkness. i accessed the pond through a nature preserve, but it mostly borders a really posh private island. someone's car alarm happened to go off (not my fault) and they must have heard me splashing around because someone on the island came out and shone their flashlight onto the water. that made me a little nervous.
― "H to the Izzo" means "I love you" (Deflatormouse), Monday, 3 October 2022 04:09 (one year ago) link
omg! what a thrilling tale. I'm jealous! xp the illicit act of existence is crime enough tbh
― Swen, Monday, 3 October 2022 07:56 (one year ago) link
ok what's up today
― Swen, Monday, 3 October 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
working from home in the cold med zone
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 3 October 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
skinny dipping at night in a pond, that sounds like living to me
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 3 October 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
I've never been a big skinny dipper - but I'd be willing to try
― Swen, Monday, 3 October 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link
Confession...
I've never swam in freshwater.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 October 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
you know - it's really nice I would try it
― Swen, Monday, 3 October 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
Confession...I've never swam in freshwater.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
Florida lakes and rivers are dangerous! Y'all got snakes too, and I can handle those, but you don't have flesh-eating bacteria. Maybe this explains the number of conservatives living in the Panhandle?
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
It's a "pond" in name only, technically a tidal marsh (so not freshwater). I've swam in it many times, including at night, but only recently discovered my strong preference for doing so without wearing shorts. The preserve technically closes at dusk but the gate is easily breached by anyone on foot, so it's a popular spot for teenagers to tag up the seawall and a couple of the abandoned buildings (and indeed, i passed a few on the way out). I'm not totally sure of this, but I think the 40 acre pond actually belongs to the private island. I've never seen anyone else swim in it, and of the laws I was breaking the only one that may be potentially kinda serious is trespassing.
fgti, congrats on the house/cottage! sounds like a good move
― "H to the Izzo" means "I love you" (Deflatormouse), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
*passed a few young graffiti writers, not abandoned buildings lol
― "H to the Izzo" means "I love you" (Deflatormouse), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
I get that about Florida— i still just find it surprising, but I also lived for a decade in a place where the ocean is barely swimmable except with a wetsuit or in extreme heat, whereas the lakes and rivers are simply lovely. Hell, I used to swim in a river nearly every day, for over a year. Just a different experience.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
Yeah, exactly -- for me it's living 20 mins from the beach. Now, I never go to the beach in Miami -- that's for tourists.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
I will say that swimming in the ocean is an absolute balm— I was jumping into the cove every chance I got this past August up in Maine
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
It's what I'll miss most about summers on the Gulf coast.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
are you moving??
i prefer swimming in freshwater but almost never have the opportunity
― "H to the Izzo" means "I love you" (Deflatormouse), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
I love freshwater swimming, but I’m always careful about my feet. Sharp rocks and things
My new lease was a VERY lucky score. The market is unbelievably competitive and picked over and we lucked out— or rather, the universe owes me and elected to start paying its debts this week
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
i love freshwater swimming! a few years ago my husband and i went on a western MA/VT road trip and our friend took us to this secluded pond that i think was technically in SW new hampshire, it was a warm humid weekday and we were the only ppl (+ dog) in this huge placid chilly pond. i dream about going back to it someday.
― donna rouge, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
we went to the beach last weekend thinking it would be the last super-warm day to do so here. it was super nice but we chose a beach in malibu that had some pretty intense waves. many years ago at the jersey shore i was knocked unawares and pulled under by a massive wave towards the shore, i’m pretty sure that i would’ve drowned if i’d been underwater for even two seconds longer. to this day i have a love/fear relationship with the ocean lol
― donna rouge, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
Yesterday was moving day, and I:
- gently threw out my back (it’s a quiet anger back there rather than a labour-ender)
- scrubbed the outgoing apartment’s floor too hard and tore open my fingerskin and it is infected
- realized that the bedroom of our cottage is impeded by a very steep stairwell and was required to dissemble bed and antique dresser, cart up the pieces, and reassemble them, which I handled myself in a pleasingly masc way
- suddenly hit a wall energy wise around 10pm and crashed, in my clothes, and slept for twelve hours
- predictably as we were waking up in a new place my bf woke up horny and I woke up sore and tired and I said “I can’t be both gay and exhausted, please try again later”
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
Vivid dreams last night, too. I dreamed about a lot of things and one of them was that I changed my DN to “my favourite “death to America” t-shirt” as my Thanksgiving tribute
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
Cross-posting Pumpkin spice has gone too far here since it is relevant
― castanuts (DJP), Sunday, 9 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
haha. no thanks to boutique poppers for me, pwd 4 life. i want them to smell like the back pages of a softcore mag from 1996.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 9 October 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
I have never once thought sex would be enhanced by inhaling a Yankee Candle
― castanuts (DJP), Sunday, 9 October 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
“Get that gourd in me” lolol
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 9 October 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link