Getting Out - Cinco de Mayo for Uno

Today I woke up and put on my celebratory Cinco de Mayo t-shirt and started work as usual, then I finally got a twinge.  I don't know if I'm the biggest weirdo in the world, but I have really been enjoying this quarantine stuff!  I don't mind being alone and I don't miss people because I see and hear family, friends and co-workers everyday through Marco Polo and Zoom- Heck I see more of my family now than I did before!  

...But I remembered the excitement I had when I bought this shirt to wear today

I anticipated seeing my friends at Marix, having a couple of margaritas, eating chips & tacos and laughing, like we've done for years before.  Then, I realized by this time in the year, we would have had a few Sunday Fundays or big brunches... just the usual fun get together stuff.  Today for the first time, I feel a twinge of missing life outside.

Then, I think of all the idiots out there, who are not acting responsibly and probably dragging this out much longer than need be .  I think of the people who are risking their lives to help those who are fighting to keep their lives.  I think of those who have lost their lives.  I think of those who have lost loved ones.  I think, "Yeah, I can do this longer."  

So, instead of going out for margaritas, laughs and spotting hotties today, I'll just remember the past celebrations with the crap load of photos I have.  Cripes, why else do I have so many?

So in no particular order here are some fun memories of Cinco de Mayos past...

Finally, a pic from when I spent a Cinco de Mayo with Chico's Angels, performing at Here Lounge (now, dead and gone) posing with a bartender.  You may know him as Dean Phoenix, I know him as one of the sweetest men, ever!

So Gay!- I'm Way Mask

I am so gay, that I tried to make my own protective face mask out of an old airplane sleep mask, an old quinceañera dress and some glue.  You see, I'm not so gay that I can sew.  Well, it was an okay try, but the fumes from the glue (which was not specifically fabric glue) got to be too much.  So I moved on to something else just before I passed out.  This something else came by way of an email from Starrfucker Magazine- One of my favorites!

I was instantly attracted to the GAGGED face mask, so I ordered it!

The graphic is a little larger than I expected, but I love it! And, while I'm one of the hottest models in my home, it probably looks better on people with necks.

Then, I couldn't believe my luck when I saw they had a face mask featuring Chris Rockway,

whom you might remember I fell in love with when I took his picture at LA Pride 2008 (so gay!) 

You can imagine my delight as I tried it on.  I figured, if I can't have him in my mouth, I'll have him on it!  I'm very excited to wear it!  There are even some naughty bits, but you can't see them on account of I have no neck.

The Chris Rockway face mask has a so many images of hunky Chris on it that I can wear it so many ways and never see the same Chris twice!  There are 360 full degrees of hot to display all over my face!

Yes, I am aware that these masks are only to protect other people from my spittle or snotage- even though there is almost no chance of me having it because I almost never leave my home!  Cripes, I even only check the mail every 3 days!  

Well, I love my face masks so much, that I went for a walk around the block and enjoyed the sunshine and some Spring flowers for 7 minutes.   

If you'd like to be So Gay! as to sport one or more (There are many to choose from!) designs you can get them HERE.  There are also other fine merchandises for sale including art, pins, mags & more!

I may go get groceries tonight, because of my masks!

Gay of A Certain Age - The Falcon and the Go Man

Happy new Decade, Folks!!

I know many of you are anxiously waiting to find out if I got a calendar without dead porn stars in it, so here's the news... I flipped every page of my HOT HOUSE 2019 Calendar without seeing one dead porn star!  I was very excited.  I was also slightly disappointed that Austin Wolf's month photo was a rear view, with most of his delicious frontage turned away from my craving eyes.  Sure, he’s got a nice tush, but I would so enjoy a 30 day gander at his furry pecs.

 (Sure, he was on the cover, but that’s mightily inconvenient to flip every day to for just a loving glance.)

I am pleased to announce that my favorite of the year was Mr. December, Sean Maygers, of whom I had never heard.

  I checked out a bit of his reel and, based on the photo, was pleasantly surprised by his luscious deep voice.  I also enjoyed his hard work. Thank you HOT HOUSE!

So, here’s to another year, hoping to happily flip through the months without being struck by the boner killing face of a recycled dead porn star. (Like I saw consistently in COLT MEN Calendars)

This year I went with THE MEN OF FALCON based on the cover photo, their great history and the fact that I had only 4 or 5 choices!
It’s getting crazy hard to find a nice porn star boner calendar these days!  A lot of the fun bookstores have closed down and Barnes & Noble must have them hidden somewhere away from the

Don’t Fuck With Cats, Dog Shaming  and those gross exploitative SPORTS ILLUSTRATED girlie calendars.

It’s not easy choosing these from Amazon, which is what I did, because they give you very little to go on and it makes me so reluctant to try a brand I’m not familiar with. I need a little bit of a sample to make sure the images are clear, well lit and tasteful.  And real classy, you know?
'Cause, as a Gay of A Certain Age, if you gotta watch time fly by, it might as well be with classy  view of a porn star's boner!

Speaking of classy, I also posed for the BEST IN DRAG SHOW 2020 Calendar

and if you like your porn stars tastefully (and strategically) posed with some drag on the side, you should definitely get your Calendar HERE.

Tell 'em Reba Areba Sent you!

Too Busy For Love - Year of the Crown Part 1

You know I've been lamenting how busy I've been, and these last few months have been crazy, but I assure you, it's not just a cute heading for my blog.  I've been so busy, it's taken a year for me to post this tidbit.   About half of my 2018 was dedicated to BEST IN DRAG SHOW, a fundraiser for Alliance For Housing and Healing, as well as for Aid for AIDS.

It started in April, when I auditioned.

Once I found out about the auditions I got to work getting the idea for my show together.  I had to come up with 4 categories; INTRO

SWIMSUIT

TALENT

Evening Gown/Interview

 And they announced their six contestants

David Anthony Flores (Miss Washington), me (Miss Texas), John Green (Miss New York), Andrew Felix Garside (Miss California) and Philip Watrous (Miss Louisiana)- Not pictured Jason De Puy (Miss Colorado)

Once I found out I made it into the show, I had 5 months to get it all together.  I immediately went to Carol at Carol's Bridal.  She's who I usually run to to get my dresses made.  She said, "Sure! Get the fabric and I will make these."  She immediately got started on my Intro dress.

Later, I realized that Carol and I  hadn't discussed fabrics and construction strategies, (really, what fabric does one use to make a Nacho Poncho that stays crisp on the catwalk?) so, I decided I needed some advice.  I remembered that my friend John Coulter usually had fabulous Halloween costumes;

John the Rock-n-roller and me as The Virgin Murray

 I made a call and invited him to breakfast to show him my costume designs for advice & wisdom.  He took a gander and said he would give it some thought.  The next morning he called and said he would make my costumes!  I was all "WHAAAAAAT?"  That was an amazing and miraculous blessing!  I shared my budget and John went to work!  He sent me photos of stuff in the works.

We discussed new ideas and he improved on my original designs and ideas.  I did my part crafting a few details

with a little help from friends

Here's Brett helping me figure stuff out and put it together

like my Intro Blue Bonnet head piece,

 rigging the pecans that would drop right under my my dress on cue and these Dora the Explorer shoes that would be the cherubs in my Lady of Guadalupe evening gown...

Before I knew it, a few months had passed and it was time for the photo shoot for pics used in the show 

to promote the show

and for the BIDS calendar

Miss May with Alam Wernick
(and for a peek at his naughty twitter click here)

Might I say, the Calendar shoot was my favorite part?

Arad Winwin, Trent Ducati, Devin Franco, Remy Cruze, Alam Wernick

With the main photography done, and publicity for the show going out, I had just a month and a half before the show! 

I'm really busy, so I'll show you the show tomorrow!