Into the Starlit Night, Foolish Dreamers Turn Their Gaze...
Seasons Came and Changed the Time
2004 - 2005
April - Met Devin
Memories -
- 3 consecutive dates lasting until 3AM on work nights
- Making him watch Naruto with me
- Playing supersmash brothers with him on our first "date"
- Getting him sick on our first week
Devin
May - First Boyfriend
Memories -
- Taking him to see Batboy
- Watching him be drunk for his first time
- Oogling over topless skaters with him in Santa Barbara
- Getting my only write up at work for being on a personal call with him
- Fighting over inappropriateness with his ex boyfriend
- Double dates with Nolan/Tyler, Nick/Mark, Mark/Rodrigo
- Having someone to hold overnight consistently
- Experiencing my first break up
May 14 - Gay Day Knotts Berry Farm
Memories -
- Taking a cab there with Melissa, Crissy, Ray, Bayon, and Devin
- Coloring all over Bayon
- Riding Supreme Scream alone because Devin gets squeamish on rides
July 19 - Promotion
Memories -
- Taking it away from the person who was in line to get it
- Began my role as New Hire Trainer
August 7 - 10 - Fresno Road Trip
Memories -
- Ray getting lippy with the bartender at "The Circle"
- Marcus and Celine
- Being lost in downtown Fresno and being rescued by "skittles" the gay asian raver
- Subjecting ray to countless musicals on the ride there and back
- Being a bad friend to someone
August 14 - 21st Birthday Party
Memories -
- Having a stage brought in
- 2 live rock bands
- 80's DJ
- Fully stocked bar with bartender
August 19 - 21st Birthday
Memories -
- TGI Fridays with all my close friends
- Club Transistor
- Pretending I can dance
August 20 - 23 - Las Vegas
Memories -
- Staying at the Luxor
- Ray, Omar, Danny, Darian
- Spending 3 hours drinking margaritas and playing bust a move at Excalibur
- Chambord, Vodka, and Sprite
- Going to Club Gypsies and meeting Jamie
September 9 - 12 - Jamie's Visit
Memories -
- Double date to the abbey with Ray, Matt, and Jamie
- Taking Jamie to see Little Shop of Horrors at the Ahminson
- Taking Jamie to Disneyland on a double with Mark and Rodrigo
- Bartending Liane's Birthday party and making $100 in tips
- Jamie convincing me to audition for Toy Soldiers again
September 16 - Mt Baldy
Memories -
- 14 mile round trip
- Chasing mountain goats
- Seeing a twister blow off a ladies hat
- Reaching the summit finally
The Devils Backbone:
3 mile stretch leading to the summit with certain death on both sides
September 23 - 25 - Disney Auditions
Memories -
- Jamies 2nd time visiting me
- Making Toysoldiers again
- Taking Jamie to Hamburger Marys, Fire Island, and Silverfox
- Ending things with Jamie - on a good note might I add
October 1 - Gay Day Magic Mountain
Memories -
- Booking a hotel room 5 minutes away from the park
- Watching black ladies get in a fight with an arabian man on the tram
- The park having no booze at all
- Ray not approving of the boy I met there
October 2 - Gay Day Disneyland
Memories -
- Meeting with Charles, Mathew, Ray, Anajoe, Akira, Vincent
- Randomly deciding to go to Tijuana
- Shooting the idea down and going to Kingdom instead
- Getting hit on by a cute San Diego boy
October 30 - Rogers Halloween Party
Memories -
- Dressing up as a drug addicted boyscout complete with track marks
October 31 - Halloween
Memories -
- Renting a hotel suite 2 blocks behind Rage with Ray
- Arguing my way into Club Here telling them my tab was still open
- Making out with a girl and then having her draw a happy trail on herself
November 19 - Christmas Fantasy Parade Run Begins
November 19 - Position as Acting Manager Begins
December 11 - Department Christmas Party
Memories -
- Feeling like $1000 because I was wearing $1000
- Getting upset with Devin over him taking too long on deciding to go or not
- Having a guy get mad at me because he thought I was hitting on his girl (nigga please)
December 31 - 01 - New Years Eve
Memories -
- Booking a Hotel Suite 2 blocks from The Abbey
- Taking my famous Jager picture
- Kissing Jamie at midnight
- having my first fight with Ray
- Ray drunkenly buying tickets for Spain
January 19 - Official Promotion
Memories -
- Began my role as manager
January 29 - 30 - Las Vegas
Memories -
- Francisco locking the keys in the car while in Victorville
- Going to Gypsies with Jamie
- Causing a ruckus at the craps tables
February 3 - 7 - San Francisco
Memories -
- Realizing how important David is to me
- Being baptized in Wine
- Hanging with the 418 crowd
- Meeting Fuido and my_other_ljname
- Going to The Castro for my first time
February 12 - Single Awareness Party
Memories -
- Cohosting it with Roger Bueno and Joe Bravo
- Kissing a straight boy
- Drawing over 100 people in attendance
- Ray flying in from Spain to surprise me
February 25 -27 - Big Bear
Memories -
- Eating it face first in the snow
- Bartending for the girls
- Staying in a Beautiful Cabin
- Watching it snow for the first time
- Having an encounter with a Giant Mountain Yeti Dog 2 cabins up the way
March 4 - 7 - San Francisco
Memories -
- Driving a 2005 Infiniti
- Changing Richies name to Bitchie
- Leaving on the trip at 2AM right after Boys Room
- EthanIsASexyStud
- Buying the worlds sexiest jacket
- Watching Little Shop of Horrors
- Karaokeing "Dentist" at The Mint
- Getting hooked on Sex in the City
March 10 - Gay Porn Awards
Looking forward to -
- Being on the V.I.P. list
- The private afterparty at the Abbey
- Hanging out with Kris
- Seeing my boys Ray, Joe, and Richie
- Open bar at the Abbey
March 17 - 21 - New Orleans
Looking forward to -
- Crazy Antics with Ray, Charles, and Thomas
- Arriving on St Patricks Day
- Catching some live Jazz
- Being in a new city
April 29 - 01 - Las Vegas
Looking forward to-
- Nolans 21st Birthday
- Winning Losing money
- Going to Club Gypsies
- Hanging with Jamie