Ah! To perambulate the old French Quarter...

[clintswan]

My trip to New Orleans this year was a interestingly good one.

I guess I will follow others in breaking events up by day.

Maybe not.

The flight out thursday was uneventful. The flight attendant was kinda a cranky bitch.
I was traveling and staying with my best friend/neighbor Randy. One of his running buddies was
also on the flight so we all sat together (Southwest Airlines-open seating).

Arrived and took a taxi to the quarter. When we got to the guesthouse, we walked in and were met
by a very stinky french young lady. She stuttered instructions to our room and looked at us oddly.

I said thankyou and closed the door in her face. (freeeeek - lol)

A bit run down, it was; but, hey, it was a room 2 blocks from all the bars!

It was around 7 o'clock by the time we got settled and Randy's tummy was very upset.
We set out to the bars. Randy had to bail about an hour afterward. I was alone.

Ah well, lets see...

I felt like a tiny piece of flotsam on the oceans of very handsome men.

And that's where this post gets undone.

For the next 3 1/2 days that feeling of being alone didn't change. I wasn't sad, per se.
I just felt like a outsider looking in. Not shunned, just out-of-phase.

I did have a good time, however.

There was no public sex on the streets, which disappointed me but was ok too.

Gosh, I had more to say but I don't feel up to it.

Any questions?

Comments

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good time.
I have a theory about why you didn't get any sex:
1) You're very attractive; that intimidates some people.
2) You don't seem to think too highly of yourself; others can sense that. Once you learn to love - or at least like - yourself, other men will too.

[michaelnolan.livejournal.com]

what he said.

[marinebear.livejournal.com]

Questions

#1 no kiss?
#2 no sex?
#3 did you smile alot?

[xanaducub.livejournal.com]

I gather that this year's event was rather tame in comparison to year's past.

I am shy and alone feeling at most events, it is not always that bad.

[bassbehr.livejournal.com]

You must not have pee'd at Rawhides.

[penguininbondge.livejournal.com]

Dude!! How can you talk about your trip with no pictures!

[jawnbc]

I usually skip the "big gay events" like Folsom and Dore and IBR in SF. I find the likelihood of me having a "fat ugly stoopid" day increases dramatically when there's an event. Ditto IML and the like.

And I have to be vigilant that I don't pressure myself to force magic to happen that just won't. That too can be icky.

20,000 homo guys can often been like a year 8 dance--a bunch of people uncomfortable and insecure striving to appear self-possessed and cool. Ouch.

[but I've also had fun at such things too]

[woofytexan.livejournal.com]

I forgot call and tell you...Ron came down with the same thing you and Randy experienced. Ya'll must have shared a straw at some point. I told him to take a Midol.

ahhh, Decadence

[bearringsd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was my first one and I also came down with/have friends that got a bug of some sort...hmmm...

To hear all the comments about how rowdy the event was I was expecting to see public sex the way one would expect to see a tourist attraction....

"....and to your left we see St. Louis Cathedral...and next we will go to the French Quarter were homosexuals will be having sex in the streets. Please do not touch them. Thank you."

Re: ahhh, Decadence

[ca-bounty.livejournal.com]

"....and to your left we see St. Louis Cathedral...and next we will go to the French Quarter were homosexuals will be having sex in the streets. Please do not touch them. Thank you."



That was great. Thanks for the laugh I needed it