Bring it on!
well, maybe i will use this thing again:
just now, i used a best buy gift card given to me by my dad's ex-fiance (whom i hadn't talked to in a year or so) to buy two very gay things (and all the gayer for being bought together): one was a dvd copy of terms of endearment, which i love, and not just because shirley maclaine and debra winger are fantastic(ally bizarre), and which was on sale for $4.97; the other was a dvd copy of THE GAY GAMES VI: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: UNDER NEW SKIES--five long hours of "professionally shot" footage of gays on athletic parade (plus parties, interviews, outtakes, and more). when i saw this little gem nestled in among all the other "other, other interest" dvds on bestbuy.com, i knew i couldn't pass it up. i believe i will organize a superbowl-esque party at home (or maybe at blegen house) to showcase my great find. on a related note, all summer long i thought the gay games were coming to chicago because there were signs posted everywhere about them in boystown, lakeview, etc.; perhaps my excitement got the best of me, for i did not notice that the signs said "Gay Games VII 2006"! Maybe I'll be out there for them next summer; one can only hope (and pray).
i, myself, am not an athlete, though i do enjoy exercise, and often fantasize about taking a yogalates class at school or at the funky little new age complex across the river on the other route 9. i do, however, enjoy watching the athletically inclined do their thing. it would be a little puritan of me, anti-sports culture person that i am, to not recognize the attraction to a homo of watching hot, sweaty guys run around and often wrestle (or knock) each other to the ground. in retrospect, gay kids often get a lot of crap for watching men's gymnastics and figure skating, the idea being that we're so girlishly attracted to the artistry involved. i'm sure that's true, maybe. a more plausible reason for me, now, is that these are two sports that often feature attractive, muscled, lean, and truly fit men whose bodies are fully present and whose motions denote flexibility and awarness of self, as opposed to, say, baseball players, who tend to be about as attractive as a stuffed bird. these are also sports that, filmed, present the attractive, muscled male body most closely, slowly, and lengthily. no wonder i know that blaine wilson has pretty, brown hair and a dark beauty, but couldn't tell you a thing about derek jeter and his runs-batted-in.
and now, as i go to accompany my mother to the fabric store, i look forward to the day the gay games, sydney shows up at my door. it's the gayest day of my life, i swear. i'll keep you posted.
just now, i used a best buy gift card given to me by my dad's ex-fiance (whom i hadn't talked to in a year or so) to buy two very gay things (and all the gayer for being bought together): one was a dvd copy of terms of endearment, which i love, and not just because shirley maclaine and debra winger are fantastic(ally bizarre), and which was on sale for $4.97; the other was a dvd copy of THE GAY GAMES VI: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: UNDER NEW SKIES--five long hours of "professionally shot" footage of gays on athletic parade (plus parties, interviews, outtakes, and more). when i saw this little gem nestled in among all the other "other, other interest" dvds on bestbuy.com, i knew i couldn't pass it up. i believe i will organize a superbowl-esque party at home (or maybe at blegen house) to showcase my great find. on a related note, all summer long i thought the gay games were coming to chicago because there were signs posted everywhere about them in boystown, lakeview, etc.; perhaps my excitement got the best of me, for i did not notice that the signs said "Gay Games VII 2006"! Maybe I'll be out there for them next summer; one can only hope (and pray).
i, myself, am not an athlete, though i do enjoy exercise, and often fantasize about taking a yogalates class at school or at the funky little new age complex across the river on the other route 9. i do, however, enjoy watching the athletically inclined do their thing. it would be a little puritan of me, anti-sports culture person that i am, to not recognize the attraction to a homo of watching hot, sweaty guys run around and often wrestle (or knock) each other to the ground. in retrospect, gay kids often get a lot of crap for watching men's gymnastics and figure skating, the idea being that we're so girlishly attracted to the artistry involved. i'm sure that's true, maybe. a more plausible reason for me, now, is that these are two sports that often feature attractive, muscled, lean, and truly fit men whose bodies are fully present and whose motions denote flexibility and awarness of self, as opposed to, say, baseball players, who tend to be about as attractive as a stuffed bird. these are also sports that, filmed, present the attractive, muscled male body most closely, slowly, and lengthily. no wonder i know that blaine wilson has pretty, brown hair and a dark beauty, but couldn't tell you a thing about derek jeter and his runs-batted-in.
and now, as i go to accompany my mother to the fabric store, i look forward to the day the gay games, sydney shows up at my door. it's the gayest day of my life, i swear. i'll keep you posted.