I felt like a pile of dog shit when I woke up from too much drinking, so the natural thing to do was to eat barely anything and keep drinking. Italian wedding soup at Brian’s American Eatery! I actually love this soup…and I never find it anywhere. I don’t think it’s even an Italian thing is it?
Hey, I realize my shirt is ridiculous but how else do you think I am going to get felt up during gay pride? George, his boy toy and I went to the festival to check it out. I had actually never been to it in all the years I have celebrated gay pride in San Diego. It was fun and there was a lot to look at but beers were expensive and you couldn’t walk around with them.
oooh he’s cute on the left. Even though he has WINGS on.
Me likey the one in the middle. Gay or not gay? hmmm
This guy is great…his name is Mike and he literally goes door-to-door in the absolute worst parts of LA explaining the stupidity of Prop 8. I told him I had a NOH8 photo and he was a little bit unimpressed. Basically saying that they weren’t really for the cause. We argued for a bit about it. Not in an unhealthy way, though. And I am sure I am not the first person to have this conversation with him. That photo campaign really has raised awareness for the issues on so many levels. It doesn’t mean he cares more about it because he physically hits the streets explaining it to ignorant people. I don’t know if he really saw my point or just wanted me out of his face.
George my favorite Gold Star Gay, Cameron Marshall and Dayton O’Connor
Ok this might be a little weird (TMI) for some of you. At the festival we wandered into the leather and bondage section and I bought this restraint thing for just 35 bucks!
Not being able to hold my own drink was a little annoying. lol
But it was fun for a little while to be led around. Now all of Hillcrest (or at least everyone who was at #1 on 5th between the hours of who the hell knows to who the hell knows) has photos of me on their cell phones! Great!
Puss and everything. Nice work.
I made my usual dash out of there without saying goodbye to anyone. I don’t even know why I do that. Sorry.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE CUTEST DOG ALIVE! Are you kidding me! Have you ever seen or heard of Mr Winkle? Please check out the official site. The dog in the photo is a Pomeranian, Mr Winkle is probably a mixed Pomeranian breed. Definitely a toss up of who is cuter.
Another sketched out little dog…come on just trust me!
I ran into my friend Charlie and his wife Stephanie and their new baby (I can’t remember the age or her name…I am so bad) I held this baby without it crying for approximately 20 minutes. It shocked the shit out of everyone.
Rich, George and I took off looking for some fun.
Pay close attention to the fashionable headband on Tommy’s head.
A girl after my own heart!
Rich Rich Rich. See, he gets in more trouble when he’s with women!
It was so nice to see Mike O! He was diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome years ago, then ALS and found out 2 years ago that it was a misdiagnosis and he has PLS. My father died of ALS so I am all too familiar of what happens and when I heard he hadn’t gotten any worse 2 years ago, I was elated. We chatted a while about his condition and he is living life to the fullest enjoying that fact that he doesn’t have a countdown It’s a miracle. Really.
It was this guy’s first day in America. And of course, Chris thinks anyone with an accent is Mexican. And then he turns on his Mexican accent to try to communicate with them.
Oh shit, that’s right I left him outside with these guys. Oops.
I love a straight girl at these events with enthusiasm.
Dallas’s outfit was quite a sight. She had taken marker to the back of her shirt and it said something like “Maybe if I spend a lot of time on my outfit he will fuck me.” Or something silly. Dallas…chime in here in the comments section. How long did it take you? What did it say? Where did you get your inspiration from?? We want to know!
Something is damn funny!
Jenn from LA was in town. Why so sad? Because I am in your face with the camera while you are trying to text someone? lol
Phillip Ashton and me doing this awful face that I can’t control anymore. It’s like when models and porn stars make the same face involuntarily when there is a camera around. Ew I need to stop that.
haha! YOU ARE faboosh Jen!
One of my fave pix of the day! This pretty much sums up San Diego Pride. Phillip raids the backseat of Dallas’s car and finds a costume.
Wow. Fashion faux pas.
There were more photos but honestly, they were as blurry as I was seeing. I went home at 3am. Ouch.
More Dallas videos for you. I told you, it never gets old!
A bunch of my favorite gays were in town for Pride so I headed up to Mo’s for some happy hour delights before Tommy/Suite 703′s event tonight at Rich’s. I tried for a little while to lure Rich to meet us but Chris was mad at me for flaking last night and he said that Rich misbehaves when he is around me (not true) and gay porn stars (kinda true). He keeps threatening to demolish me the next time I have an actual boyfriend and is plotting to TRY lure him out when I want quiet cuddle time. Hey, sorry if I am so damn fun.
Tommy 5tone and Phillip Ashton who deems himself a “pocket gay”…who I would gladly keep in my pocket at all times.
Jayden Grey and Howard (Papa Bear)
Phillip, Ryan Raz, Jayden, and of course the love of my life (during gay events), Trevor Knight.
oooooh my favorite Hillcrest bartender….Wesley!
Tommy, seriously, you are going to eat french fries for dinner? No wonder you weigh 2.7 pounds.
I received a backhanded compliment from 818 on this cute shot via Twitter. He will say it wasn’t backhanded but his words were ”Whoa there’s a girl in that photo” and then “You don’t look like a tranny.” Well there ya have it folks. My pre-sex change operation medication is evidently not working after all. It’s his immature passive way of being sweet to me. So retarded. I haven’t seen him in a long time but we are being civil and chatting once in a while. Whatevs. He definitely owes me a dinner, though. Perhaps one day when we are in the same city for more than a minute and a half he will take me out. Although I do expect to eat dinner in the front seat of his car. I mean like Taco Bell, not road head you sickos. I’m actually only writing this to see if he reads my blog. lol
I had to nap (again…sorry I was up at 5:30am for yoga! I get tired!) so when I showed up super late to the club I got attitude from Tommy until I reminded him that I was in fact there. My shoes made up for my tardiness. And I ran and got him a fresh drink.
Tommy and his hags! Jenkki Jen, Miss Vanessa and Jenncalistyle.
Since we were in the VIP area over the dance floor there was a nice big window where Vanessa and I could show our butts to everyone below! Hahaha! I was a little concerned at first about being photographed but realized none of those boys down below would even pay attention to us. Now that I look closer, she didn’t even have her ass showing. Mine was fully pressed against the glass. Oh gawd.
Plus it was so fucking hot in there there was no way they would be able to see through the steamy sweaty fog. It was so gross. We were soaked. I used Tommy’s gift bags as wings to cool myself off as I danced.
#thingswethinkarewickedfunnywhenwe’vebeendrinking
Joe picked Vanessa and I up and dropped me off at my place. I tongue kissed her dog Kali. It’s the least I can do after the kidnapping incident.
Bikram kicked my ass today so all is good with that. I started prepping for my month long trip around the east coast and am really looking forward to the extra week now… I have never been to Martha’s Vineyard so I might try to pull that off. Also my nephew Danny will be in CT for a week and I am pretty excited to hang out with him and redeem myself for going to Vegas 3 times in a row and not seeing him.
Tommy and I went to Fiesta Cantina to have a drink to properly kick off my birthday week. Every year I say I don’t care what I do for my birthday and that it doesn’t really have to be a big deal and then it turns into a week of celebrating. Since this is the last birthday I will ever celebrate (there will be no 40th next year!) I was ready to get it started. We met Chris for sushi at Ebisu and then Tommy was meeting some friends so he took off before the food came…but it doesn’t really matter because he rarely eats on Fridays. The sushi was awesome as usual there… Chris’s treat for my birthday! Thanks babe! Chris and I grabbed Rich and headed to Humphrey’s to see The Comedians of Chelsea Lately. Tonight’s line-up was Whitney Cummings, Josh Wolf and Jo Koy. With a special guest appearance by Chelsea’s midget assistant Chuy!
I have to be honest, Whitney Cummings was not that good. She was talking so fast and furiously (well she was like screaming) and barely gave the audience enough time to laugh between jokes. She was funny enough at times, but her delivery was rushed or something. Plus she had a few jokes that I definitely had heard versions of before from other stand up comics. Recycled material if you will. Josh Wolf was funnier, but he talked about his kid a lot. I was getting tipsy so maybe I am exaggerating…I dunno when I am totally comfortable getting up to pee in the middle of a comic’s set and then chit chatting with a girl in the bathroom about her upcoming trip to Australia, the comic is probably losing my interest. Jo Koy on the other hand was awesome!! Definitely worth the forty two bucks just for him.
Humphrey’s is a neat place because you sit right by the water and see the boats in the harbor…I haven’t been to a show here in forever and I always think how fun it would be to get a room that over looks the audience and the stage and have a little party in there while you catch the show. Poor planning on our end this time… Chris and I love to do things in style so sitting out in the audience freezing our asses off with all the other heathens was not the best way to experience this show. Next time for sure a room with snacks, drinks and a balcony overlooking the commoners.
I was home in bed by 11pm. I was being summoned to go to Hillcrest for some more fun but honestly I knew yoga at 8:00 am would be a real bitch so I stayed in.
I spent the better part of the day (after Bikram’s torture chamber) going through digital photo files from the last 6 or 7 years for the Super Secret Project. It’s time consuming and annoying even though I am very anally retentively organized with my archiving. I am far from done and will be spending the majority of my weekend scanning negatives. Boooo.
I had a date with Rich, one of my favorite homos, at 5pm to go to the rooftop patio at Mr A’s for a glass of wine and an appetizer. I knew Chris was out of town so I decided to seize this opportunity and spend some quality time with Rich. Sorry Chris, you are just too damn busy these days and our schedules never seem to click We had turkey sliders and 4 glasses of wine for just 33 bucks! For Mr A’s that is quite a deal. I can’t wait to come back again this summer.
I couldn’t quite get the shot so here is a lovely rooftop and parking lot in the background instead of the gorgeous harbor.
3 drunk girls came up to these 2 guys sitting next to us and starting giving this guy shit about not having gel in his hair or something. I dunno but it was funny as fuck and then we got to talking. He saw my fancy camera and asked me to take a photo of him and his friend and email it to him. I am not sure what exactly transpired here but I got these awesome pics of Stephen.
And now it’s motivational poster time!
After pretending that we were adults at Mr A’s we went over to the Brass Rail for some lousy gay house music. Hot Lisa’s super hot secret service bf is out of town protecting the President so he had her wear a yellow ribbon in her hair til he returned. Awww. Hey Lisa, when you are done with him, send him my way, k? Thanks in advance.
Tommy is that the moon in the corner?
Hi Joey! The last time I saw him his friend had just put her dog down and he was very upset. He told me that she replaced the dog with 2 new ones! Why two? Because the first one was deaf! That means she got a service dog for her new dog. Awesome! I would love to meet them.
“Hello Chris Hansen? I have a new predator for you and guess what? He’s GAY but he’s hitting on underage girls in bars!”
The most amazing homemade potato chips in the whole entire world.
I really have no idea what this was. It was their daily special and I think it was pork and crab cakes? What the fuck was I thinking? pork and crab in one dish?
I was home in bed by 11pm. I am bound and determined to get up and do Bikram again for my 3rd day in a row.
I was shooting some senior photos of a high school kid that I know and then I was heading over to Tommy’s keg party at the house his parents sold in Hillcrest. Tommy has been “squatting” (for lack of a better word) in the back bungalow for many months and tonight we were going to send his place off in proper high school/college frat party style. When I arrived I saw people doing keg stands and playing beer pong.
Check out this AWESOME video of Dallas doing her black lady voice over. I swear to God, I have made her do this at least 100 times. IT NEVER EVER GETS OLD. People often ask why she speaks in a high pitched voice and I then drag her over to them and make her do this. It usually sheds some light on the situation. She also has a Puerto Rican woman routine as well as a butch lesbian named Francine who works at Home Depot. For another day, people.
Quickly it went to “wrap everyone in cellophane” (no idea why and Tommy has no idea where the cellophane even came from)
Nice rack Jen!
Lauren is wearing her cellophane as a corset and Dallas is wearing hers as a skirt.
spin the bottle…no, not with the dog. I can’t really post the photos of Drew and Dallas making out because it would ruin his reputation as a gay man. Or is he? hmmm.
…and then before I knew it my boyfriend Brody (Great Dane) was pinning me against the wall. I know this looks like he was mounting me, but honestly, he was just playing. There was no sexy time. His owner Mike said he doesn’t really act like this to anyone… I think he thinks I am his playmate or something. (The night I had him in my loft we were literally running back and forth the length of it jumping on all the furniture.) Anyways, he was biting my hair, jumping on me, trying to wrestle me to the ground and bite my neck just like I was another dog. It was so goddamn funny and everyone was paralyzed with laughter. No one could find my camera, stop laughing long enough to figure out how to operate it, or even control themselves long enough to do anything at all but just laugh at me. I think I might have even piddled a little bit. It was so fucking funny. I wish someone had video. Look how red my head is! haha!
This is what it looks like when you try to waltz with a 7 month old Great Dane! It looks like I was involved in some weird S&M shit. Like I was caned or something. It really started burning pretty bad and I was nervous that there was nasty crap from his nails in my skin so Erin swabbed my back with a paper towel and vodka. Thank you Florence Nightingale lol
Drew, Dallas and George (**sigh** he’s still gay. Dallas was flirting with him and I grabbed him by the throat and told him that if he was ever with a woman and it was anyone but me I would hurt them both. He is a gold star gay…meaning that he has never been with a woman at all.)
Not too many people were in costume. I certainly didn’t have any wardrobe from my high school days 175 years ago. Props to Jenkki Jen for her cougar hat.
I didn’t even play drinking games at all… I am kinda bummed about that.
Brody and Kali in what appears to be a stand off.
Mike has to bring this tennis ball on a string to entertain Brody at parties.
So the next part is a little awkward but I have to get it off my chest. Things with 818 have been weird since we got back from our trip. Like I have said before we have never had “the talk” nor defined what we “are”. I felt that he needed space so I gave it to him. I hadn’t been talking to him very much over the last couple weeks since we saw Chelsea Handler and I figured if he wanted to see/talk/hangout he knows where to reach me. I know at this age if a guy acts like he doesn’t give a shit about you it’s because he doesn’t give a shit about you. And I am not about to chase someone 11 years younger than me who lives in another city. But I am not going to lie, I was a little anxious about seeing him tonight at the party. I was pretty sure that he would not be coming home with me afterwards. Towards the end of the night I decided that it would be best to leave the party and get some fresh air. Baker, Jenkki Jen,, George and I went to the bars in Hillcrest. Here is Jen passed out by the time we got to Rich’s. I think this photo is actually pretty brilliant
The bouncer kept an eye on her while we went in to grab a drink and so George could see how many phone numbers he could obtain in 15 minutes. George and I went back to my place and ordered a pizza and passed out in my bed. He wouldn’t even get under the covers!!! LOL We had to get some rest because tomorrow is the “Order Everything off the Jack in the Box Menu” Party!
I got my hair did by Becky at Salon Bordeaux and she did that straightening thing again that everyone loves. I think she’s convinced me to do what’s called the Brazilian BlowOut where they put this protein keratin shit in your hair and it somehow magically makes your hair straight for several months. I will give it a shot since I cannot for the life of me get this flat iron thing down.
Off to The Local for happy hour and Michael’s 21st birthday celebration! Actually I am lying he is not 21, he turned 40 but doesn’t look a day over 30. He was smart and used lotion on his face in his 20′s and you would never know he was the age he is. Tommy and I suprised him with Trevor Knight and Drew Cutler but he was not having it. Much like when my friends made Charles Dera come to my birthday party in LA in 2006 to strip for me and I locked myself in the bathroom because I was too embarassed. Michael didn’t lock himself in the bathroom but he was mortified. It’s funny when you meet your celebrity/porn crush and you are too nervous to even deal. I finally got over my issue with Charles Dera and now we are actually friends. I was just texting him the other day to say hi because I remembered that he was on an episode of SNL where he comes in as a male stripper for Alec Baldwin when his co-workers think he’s gay. Anyways back to happy hour…
Mike, Dusty, Michael and his roommate.
Chris and me in case you don’t recognize me with my fabulous hair.
Trevor, Drew and Tommy
Tommy, Drew, Trevor and his new boy toy Dave all went to Celadon in Hillcrest for dinner. I ordered the pineapple fried rice which was delicious and perhaps because of the sake shots I forgot to take the leftovers home. I hope the boys grabbed them.
Tommy rearranging the place.
And then Jessica and her bf Blaine picked me up because they were staying at the Marriott downtown for a wedding this weekend. We went to have a drink on the rooftop bar and I was dressed like a slob feeling like an idiot in a place where people were all dressed up. I was wearing this tshirt so I made sure to fully zip up my hoodie before Blaine’s parents came out to meet us. Awkward! You can’t take me anywhere!
They were a a lot more but these were the best.
I feel slightly overwhelmed this week with too many social activities between now and when I leave town again. It’s all fun stuff, but I think I might have overbooked. I honestly have no idea how I had a life at all when I was working 60 hours a week for 6 years. crazy.
I met Tommy at a place called The Big Easy for a New Orleans style dinner. Frank Terzoli, a former Top Chef contestant, owns the place so I was excited to try his food. We sat down and realized that they don’t have a liquor license yet so we politely told them no thank you and left. It’s my own fault for trying to go to a restaurant without a functioning website. What an idiot. We went approximately 25 feet across the street to none other than Fiesta Cantina: our favorite place for drinks and gawking at hot gay guys!
This is Bonnie, the cutest sweetest lab mix who kept licking my fish eye lens.
This is by far one of my favorite fish eye shots to date!
Tommy had to head home so I flipped a coin and met Tim down in Ocean Beach at Tony’s and then we ended up at Sunshine Company. I like OB, I need to get down here more often.
He was with some friends who I cannot for the life of me remember their names. I am so bad.
This is lovely. Maybe one day when I get published in a magazine I will use this as my “Meet the Contributors” shot.
It was good to hang out with Tim, we did a little shit talking about NA which is always healthy! haha! I think I might have offended his friends a little because I was kinda fired up today. His buddy is a Hawaiian, Eskimo, Asian, part Black dude with a red beard and I just could not wrap my head around that. He was a cool guy and he began giving me a bunch of shit back, too, so I think it was fine. I told them about my new idea for a video blog and they loved it. It’s basically like Man vs. Food…. but it will be Girl vs. _____. Fill in the blanks with whatever alcohol is on the menu for the night. What do you think? I think it will be highly entertaining and self deprecating which is always a blast. I am going to wait and shoot it with the Canon I am ordering
In other news: Today was interesting because I took a call from Christian who I haven’t spoken to in months. Christian was a very good friend of mine for a long time but things got a little ugly with us professionally (he is a content provider) and I chose to stop speaking to him because of the unnecessary drama he was causing me in my life. I am sure he has a different opinion about why we stopped being friends, but nonetheless, we hadn’t spoken in a very long time. He sent me a text a few weeks ago telling me about how my blogging during my trip to Australia and New Zealand has inspired him to see and do more while he was traveling. Christian likes to sit in his hotel room playing World of Warcraft and he likes to go to the gym for hours on end. I’m sorry but if you can do that shit at home, then why bother going on vacation at all? Anyways, in a nutshell he called to tell me that he underappreciated me while I was at Naughty America and he wanted to take me to dinner. (I am going to go ahead and take this as an apology for his erratic and ridiculous behavior towards me earlier this year.) I told him the only way I would go to dinner with him is if he flies me to Texas (his home state) and takes me to dinner there. That fucker owes it to me. So we shall see if it happens. I do miss him a little bit. And I meant what I said when I was a guest blogger on his blog at the end of 2008. (PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! there is a bunch of smut on there with no warning page and stuff you might not want to read about) Our relationship had changed dramatically over the course of 2009 and we were far from BFF status. Maybe now that I don’t work in the industry and have to deal with his unprofessional horseshit on a day to day basis, we can become “friends” and talk about things that do not involve porn. I can think of a few people who might disagree with the decision of letting him back into my life, but hey…things are on my terms now and I don’t have to talk to him if things get ugly again. I’m hoping we can be friends and I can continue to assist him in being less of a douchebag. Hi Christian I know you’re reading this.
I took the 3;30 flight back to San Diego and raced to Hillcrest to Ono Sushi for Sigrid’s birthday dinner. They got a babysitter for the night so it was on! It was great to have all of my very best friends together tonight… With our busy schedules and hectic lives (well, not mine so much lol) it’s been a long time since we all hung out. Tyson had a March birthday but the others are all this week so I offered to take them all to dinner. The unemployed one should not be buying dinner but I cannot let someone pay for dinner on their birthday. It’s just wrong.
After dinner we walked over to The Ruby Room where they were having some sort of “art” show. (loose interpretation of the word art.) This used to be called the San Diego Sports Club and was one of the diviest bars in San Diego but it looks like they are trying something new and it looks like quite the hipster place now.
Tyson had his “portrait” done.
Which looks absolutely NOTHING like him at all.
I am always trying out the camera in low light conditions so these girls were happy to model for me. I am a few days away from buying the Canon 7D…. I salivate thinking about shooting HD video with the lens of a SLR.
Rich and I in the photo booth. Moments later our tongues touched and we both almost vomited. Me because he is like my brother, and him because I have a coslopus.
I snuck out early without saying good bye. Sorry guys but I know how that usually goes and I would have been out all night. I really had no excuse except that I knew that I had a long ass day of editing photos ahead of me tomorrow. I love shooting but I can hardly keep up with my habit these days.
(On a side note I lost another bet tonight. Sigrid and Kim and I had eaten in this quirky little place in Hotel Circle called Albie’s Beef Inn. It’s a strange place that hasn’t changed it’s look since about 1920. We were arguing about whether or not it was part of the San Diego Restaurant Week list. I said no way, because generally the places involved with that are more high end. I swore that the reason we went there was because they had some early bird special. Lo and behold, she was right and I now owe her dinner at Albie’s Beef Inn. My memory is failing me and I cannot keep making bets like this.)
As it turns out, I had nothing to worry about because it all came back to me! It was a long ass day and I am tired because I couldn’t fall asleep last night til like 2am, but all in all, it was a success. The clothing designer seemed to like me and told me that she was impressed that I was getting what they needed so quickly and without having to overshoot. They were able to watch the images on my laptop as I shot them, so really, unless I fucked something up in a huge way that we weren’t able to see on the screen, it was a great day and the client was pleased. PHEW! (when they relaunch the site in a week or two I will explain how this all came about and who the designer is)
The day consisted of mostly mix and match of the clothes on a seamless backdrop…pretty boring and tedious…but then we were able to get some outdoor stuff in just the last 15 minutes we had the model. I literally ran around the building looking for any bit of color or greenery so I could take the model outside and get some candids for their fall catalogue. I had to move quickly and work extremely efficiently and I think I did a pretty good job. THAT is the fun part.
A little bit of editing and that ugly cement picnic table goes away…voila! That doesn’t appear to be an industrial parking lot at all… why it looks just like Julian doesn’t it?
Tomorrow we are hoping to finish the studio shots earlier and take the model to some of my favorite spots to shoot in downtown San Diego. I gotta tell ya… this sure beats sitting in an office and pushing papers around. AND I get to wear flip flops and shorts!
It was Rich’s birthday and he and Dusty had been bar hopping all afternoon so I was going to meet them for a quick drink at #1 on Fifth but when I was looking for parking I got a text saying that he relocated to another place. I love both of them but in their condition I can only imagine how very quickly it would be that I wanted to punch both of them in their stupid annoying drunk faces. Besides, I had to get home by 7:30 to see the birds fly into that chimney again!
I arrived at 7:00 and Beth said that she hadn’t seen them yet today so I was pretty upset that this whole thing might be over. We chatted for a minute and then about 7 of them showed up! So I ran to my place, dropped my stuff off, put on a sweatshirt, called Joe and Vanessa and told them to walk over, and ran back to meet Beth with a fully charged Nikon. Only about 30 birds came tonight, so I think last night was my lucky break. I guess they had been at this for about 2 weeks already and had been thinning out over the last few days. Last night was so creepy to me and I cannot even imagine what it was like when they were at their peak.
Anyways, here is Kali jumping up begging for carrots.
I apologized to Joe and Vanessa for dragging them out of the house and hosting a sucky bird party
It’s a miracle. Really.
We had turkey sliders and 4 glasses of wine for just 33 bucks! For Mr A’s that is quite a deal. I can’t wait to come back again this summer.
