You moved me in a way that I've never known

So, remember how blown away I was last time I told you guys what was going on and how much of a roller coaster this summer was turning into? I had no idea. The most excitement my life has ever seen, I'm not even kidding.

So, things were seeming pretty quiet for a little while. Like, a couple hours. :P My mom's car was in the shop to fix a noise it was making, so our family was juggling cars and that was fine. Almost as soon as mom's car came back, the bumper of dad's car fell off. Like literally. So then his car was in the shop. They were looking for a used bumper so it was in the shop for a while.
And just before we got his car back, I somehow mysteriously managed to have two of my tires go flat. At once. Without hitting a curb, because the road I was driving on doesn't have one. Your guess about that one is as good as mine. Anyways, fortunately when they took it in they discovered my brakes were about to go so they fixed that up for me.

In other news, I met a boy. His name is Chris. He's the most adorable ever. And...as of Monday morning (although, in a when-I-went-to-sleep kind of way it was Sunday night), he's my boyfriend. Yeah, I got a boyfriend. Who knew? :P Not only do I have a boyfriend, but he likes me and I like him too. It's like....an unheard of phenomenon. But it's super nice. :)
Anyways, I'm really happy about that.

Also, we had Pride. Now, Dark Lady had a three-day block party for Pride and I volunteered to work all three nights cause, hello, this boy needs the cashy cashy goodness. Friday night went decently, not fantastically.
And then, at the end of the night, a bunch of guys from Trixx came up to the stage and decided they wanted to get up. Which is all well and good, except we hadn't really said they could. Anyways, long story shortened, I ended up dancing with TJ Hawke. And like ten minutes later, I had met Guy Parker and Jesse Santana and dragged them up on stage with me. At the end of the night, I was hanging out with them and some of the Trixx boys, one of whom I hadn't met before but who tells me he's going to be going to school out near my school, actually! They all tell me I have to come by Trixx the next day and I tell them...if I get some time off during the night. But in my head, I'm like "What are the chances of that?"
(The boys with their shirts lifted up are TJ Hawke, Guy Parker, and Jesse Santana. I borrowed this from the Trixx Myspace.)

So, remember last time I learned that if a porn star invites you somewhere, you should just go? This is still a true fact. But we'll get to that.

First, the Pride Parade. After wandering around Providence for much of the day and miraculously avoiding sunburn, we went to Dark Lady to get ready. I was all decked out in green (I was either Tinkerballs or Twinkerbell, up to you...)
Anyways, eventually the parade started and we were off and it was SUPER fun. There's lots of pictures, but I haven't seen any of them yet, so hold your horses. They'll get up here.

Then the party at Dark Lady started. Everyone who wasn't working was having a blast, but it was one of those parties where you have to wonder "Why do I do this again?" Tips were few and far between, I got stepped on, and worse.
I went down into the basement, right? And as I'm going down the stairs, someone turns off the lights. The light switch is at the top of the stairs. I'm like "oh, crap" cause it's not hard to figure out what's going on. Fortunately, I have pretty good night vision and there's light from an exit sign down there to help with the seeing things. So I scamper down the stairs, grab my phone from out of my pants and start screaming things about how he needs to go upstairs while I'm trying to send out text messages to everyone who is there saying that I need help in the basement. But, unfortunately, I'm in the basement so almost none of them went out. Meanwhile this fat guy is liking slowly coming down the stairs, but, thanks to my screaming he disappears back out of sight. But I didn't hear the door open so I figure he's still up there. So I crept in an as-out-of-sight place as I could and waited. And about twenty minutes later, one of the bartenders came down. I've never been so relieved in my life. He made fun of me, but he saved my ass so that's okay.

And that's the story of why I asked for Sunday night off even though it was a three-day block party. See, I should totally have gone to party with porn stars instead.

Sunday I hung out with Chris, which was super nice. We watched Camp which is a really good movie, but if the guy who played Vlad ever comes to RI I think I'm going to get dumped for him. (I think I would understand though, and I would probably even take Chris back when it turns out the actor's a horrible person in real life. :P)

Then Monday was my birthday. Cody was thinking he was going to come up to RI, but he didn't (chill, it's all cool) so I was going to spend the day doing basically nothing when I get a phone call from Matt saying he's at Doug's still (from Saturday night after the block party...someone else missed work on Sunday!!) and we decided I should come over for lunch.
And booze. Oh good god, booze. I became a total shitshow, which would have fine if I was actually fine but apparently I was more upset by Saturday night than I ever realized. I started throwing up, and then I started with the sobbing and breaking down. It was pretty and now that I've aired it on here, let's please not speak of it again. Then there was like an hour I don't remember, but the next thing I remember is being on the phone with Chris and he says I told him he woke me up, so I'm guessing I was asleep. Then we watched the end of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. And then Doug made filet mignon on his grill. And then they brought out the ice cream cake. And then Matt and I headed up to Providence and I got to my birthday party an hour late. I got to be a shitshow once more (not as bad as that afternoon), but Chris -- bless him -- drove me to his house and took care of me.

Last night Chris and I went to Downcity Diner for dinner -- it was delicious. So good. Then we went to karaoke at Dark Lady. Now I'm home, packing for leaving for PA tomorrow. We must continue the 21st birthday parties!! (Though hopefully with less drinking than we had the first day. Agh, agh, agh!)

So, yeah, more pictures coming soon!!!!

Oh, and what I got for my birthday: Will & Grace Season One, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, two Grand Canyon keychains (because I collect keychains but I hadn't started collecting when we went to the Grand Canyon when I was in 2nd grade), a pair of shorts, money, and several CDs including Spring Awakening and the Moldy Peaches (who did the music for Juno). So yay!

This is fast, because I've finally been declared better and I can drive once again and stuff sooo...

I just discovered I was wrong about the date of Providence Pride. I thought it was the weekend before my birthday weekend. I'm not sure where I got this idea from, but I was wrong. For anyone I might have informed otherwise: Providence Pride is June 21. Two days before my 21st birthday -- so the day before we start my birthday celebrations we'll all be celebrating Pride.
I don't care much, so long as I get to swing by Trixx and see the porn stars they have coming. Of course, I'll also have to work at the Dark Lady that night, so we'll see what happens. Cross your fingers that I can make it, or that I can meet them at the parade, because it would be so lame if I missed the Pride porn stars again this year. Seriously.
At least this year I have a really good excuse, I'll be working! :P

"Sex on the Beach?" "Anytime, baby!"

Some other random stuff to talk about....

Monday night I went to Energy when I didn't have to work at Dark Lady and first thing I see? Two girls I went to high school with!!! We chatted a little bit, got caught up...I'm so different now from when I was in high school. I used to be nerdy, definitely not-so-much with the hotness, a total prude, and more than anything I was a people pleaser. I mean, I was so intent on doing what everyone expected of me that I didn't even realize I liked boys. Duh, much?

And now look at me. I'm like the total opposite -- though I'm definitely more me. And people like me better. Let that be a lesson to you. Those Above The Influence commercials are actually kind of on to something. :-P

Actually, Topher knows somebody I briefly went to high school with too, came by Dark Lady while I was working one night. It's always interesting because there's a "What the fuck??" moment. And of course they're always like "I remember when you were 'straight'!" Which, yes, I remember when I was "straight" too, kay, thanks. :-P

Anyways, the girls were mildly shocked when the exchange that's the title of this post took place. :-P

On a completely seperate and very much shallow note: I hate clothes this season. I was forced to buy some stuff from A&F a week or so ago to fit in with this season's key look. The clothes are so blah, and I usually like at least some of the stuff. This season, there's nothing.
Then the other day, I was at the mall and I poked my head into the Gap. Hated it all. Looked in American Eagle and I liked one pair of jeans. I never really like what they sell at PacSun, but it was no worse than anywhere else. Hollister was full of crap (but it usually is). I went into Guess...and I loved everything.
Unfortunately, I can't afford anything there. But if I had money.....ooooooooh!!! I loved it!

And here's the "It" Girl gossip from my point of view....
Now, ya'll know I looooove Lindsay Lohan. But dear God I hope she gets jail time. It might be the only way to get her the help she needs to live until I make it to Hollywood.
Britney Spears...I used to hope for a comeback from her, but it just seems like she is too far gone.
Paris Hilton....is a lying skanky hobag. She hasn't changed since jail. Who's shocked? Nobody.
Nicole Richie, darling, my second favorite....why have I not heard anything about you lately??? And why have I not heard more about the medical problem doctors were investigating, that was preventing you from gaining weight? (And before the skeptics jump in and say that problem was anorexia or cocaine or something, I'd like to point out that there are other medical problems that can prevent someone from gaining weight. Point in case, mine. So shove it.)
Lance Bass....are you kidding me? How does he get such hot boys??? Oh, right, famous.

Central PA Pride is this weekend. Unfortunately, I won't be there. But it sounds like it's going to be amazing, I so wish I could. Club XS is kicking the weekend off with a drag show featuring all the best drag queens from Baltimore, so that's hot.
The next morning there's the parade (and the protesters!!) and then there's the festival. There's a stage for all the drag kings and queens. This year they are actually bringing in some headliners -- Frenchie Davis for one!. Then, of course, Stallions is having a wild party. But Club XS is too -- and they're having DJ Seth Gold for theirs.
Agh, I wanna be there!! Alas, I can not.

Pretty Person!! (Post-dated)

Today we're going to focus on...Colton Ford! Former porn star, now singer...appeared at Pride RI.

Sure he's older (but then I'm only turning twenty tomorrow so maybe I'm younger and he's normal?)...but he is *hot* and, if I may say, I could see the bulge in his pants from where I watched him perform....and I really doubt he was excited. I mean, that's not usually something I focus on (as you know, I'm a face guy) but there are times when you just can't help noticing when somebody is hung.

He's a great singer too! Seriously! I mean, you guys heard the video from the other day, so you know but he's really good. Listen to his Myspace too.

His smile is incredible -- dazzling, seriously. So dazzling that he beat out Sean van der Wilt for this week's entry, because I'd had that thing all planned out. Not because of the bulge (though that wasn't exactly a handicap) and not because I didn't get to see Sean...but because of that big-ass gorgeous grin.

I was so hoping he was going to be one of the headliners at Mirabar (because, not gonna lie, I didn't pay even the teeniest bit of attention to their line-up :-P) but alas, no such luck.

Outside of porn (because that career is over and done with so let's focus on the now...), Colton's done a film about his move from porn to music and a film called "Naked Fame". They might actually be the same film, I'll have to double check that. I'm having a blond moment.
(I've been having this blond moment since...about this time twenty years ago. :-P) And then there's his great great great music!

I'd heard of Colton Ford before this weekend, of course, but I wasn't really aware of him before. I'm so shocked by how enamored I am.

One last picture, from his Myspace, because you know how I love guys when they're wet:
Mmmmmmmmmmm....

"Why should I worry? Tell me, why should I care?"

Firstly, I apologize for the uber length of this post!

Okay, before I begin I have an anecdote to share. I slept in this morning, went down for breakfast/lunch/afternoon snack and mom comes in while I'm eating and goes "Hurry, you're going to be late!"
"For what?" I ask.
There's this pause. "I don't know, don't you have something to do today?"
"No..."
"Well, I know I don't. I know your father doesn't. Do you mean nobody's doing anything today?"
This is such a bizarre event that mom is like...I thought she was going to meltdown on me for a minute. And that pretty much sums up my family.

Anyways, this weekend started off special aside from Pride. Our cousins from the Carolinas came for a visit! We haven't seen them since our road trip down to them a few years back -- sophomore year of high school, I think. That's a Monday Memory (when I get back to doing those) for another time. Probably three or four Monday Memories actually.
But anyways, we didn't get see my favorite cousin, Ed, that trip because he's been in the Coast Guard for the past several years (we think it's been seven years, and we realized we hadn't seen him in 10 years). Ed's been my favorite cousin since the incident with the giant turtle, which is also a Monday Memory I'll have to share. Anyways, Ed is one of my heroes, for sure. We watched a video of a rescue he did this weekend that kind of cemented that feeling -- Ed did basically all the work. Here, watch this:
It's not as well-done as the video we saw but it's the same rescue. Ed is the one standing up in the rescue boat, doing *everything*.
So we spent Friday with the cousins, catching up on years that we've missed.

Saturday was Pride RI (or, the much-catchier name for it is Providence Pride, because it alliterates). It was in a new, smaller location which wasn't too much of a problem despite the fact that this was probably the biggest turnout Providence Pride has ever had. The fiascos going on with NYC Pride probably contributed to that.
I hung out with Joey, his ex-boyfriend Felix, and his friend Jesse all day because they were the first people I knew that I ran into. I saw a lot of people I knew though -- some of the Crockett Clan (who I went to high school with), Joey and Matt (two of Mirabar's shotboys), Justin, Preston, Bruno and Kenny (two of the strippers from XL and who were caught on film paying more attention to their adorable puppy than to me :-P), DJ (who I think recently quit from XL), Jason....I don't really know why I'm listing all these people. :-P

Anywho, Grace and Ryan and his friends Sam and Mike met up with us part way through and we kept adjourning to Joey's hotel room (to drink). Mike is pretty much awesome, and Sam is pretty fabulous too. I feel super bad because I have Mike's number so we could hang out next time he was in town, but I seem to have lost it. I'm dumb like that sometimes. Anywho...

So we watched some of the acts that were on the main stage...acts that included Frenchie Davis, Peppermint Gummybear, Colton Ford (who is STILL hot!!), and more! I was looking forward to Sean van der Wilt but, alas, he was cut from the lineup do to timing issues...and I'm sure he wasn't happy about it, because the crowd was amazing!
Colton Ford was pretty good, though at first he had the mic too close to his mouth.

We actually missed the parade because we went to get dinner and it took longer to find a place that didn't have a ridiculous line (hour 45 minute wait??? That was the shortest!) and then to eat, so we missed the parade. That was sad.
Then we went to Mirabar. And we stayed at Mirabar because....and this is said, I was gonna have to pay again in order to get in a second time. So...there was no trip to XL, there was no Roman Heart.
I'm not complaining though. Mirabar was amazing -- of course, the numerous other parties at the other clubs had to be just as good! Some of the headliners from the festival were performing there, including the fabulous Alyson whose performance really was great and you could tell she was having a good time, and Jenna Drey and others, all of whom were great! Jenna Drey is frequently on the CD for A&F so it was exciting but simultaneously nauseating just because I hear the songs so often. :-P
I also saw basically everyone at Mirabar.

Really it was two parties, too. The block party outside and the party inside, and everyone was going in and out but it was crowded! Fun though.
Part way through the night Brendan and Cody called me to discuss things about my upcoming birthday extravaganza, where they were coming up to party with me. There was gay drama, which would continue until the next day and lead to the party's cancellation. That's all I'm gonna say on that one, but it contributed to a funk I found myself in after Pride.
The other things that contributed? There was also drama between Joey and I, which I won't get into too much but it ended in, basically, him making a whole bunch of "if we're gonna work, this is what you need to do" demands -- not like to make up for anything I did because he definitely was the one who'd screwed up, but somehow it turned around to I was the one who needed to change for him. And I'm pretty sure I'm cool with A) that little about-face in who's the screw up, or B) the fact that he wants me to change for him before we've even been on a second date. Cause, apparently I'm not good enough as-is?
Then I ran into Jonathon, who got pretty shitfaced, so I helped him get to his car at the end of the night. On the way, we stopped by Energy, which was still open. And who to my wondering eyes should appear? Kyle and Dom -- who had both moved to Florida and I hadn't seen since January!! So that was exciting.
After that, as we went to my car so I could give Jon and "his driver" a ride to their car, he decided (because he's an honest drunk) to regale me with all the reasons we can't date. Or even try to date. Or in fact, do anything more than what we have been doing, which is hang out like friends and then make out just enough to get us (or at least me) riled up and then leave before anything happens.
So I was in a serious funk. Or a "gunk" as they would say on Kyle XY. ("He's in a gunk." "What's that?" "A guy funk." "So what do they call a girl funk?" "Redundant.")

Monday I went out to get a job at Dark Lady. Except, in my funk, I couldn't bring myself to ask without moral support. So I ended up at Energy...which added to my funk. Two guys I had previously liked were there, neither one into me and one of them there with someone else. Ordinarily this wouldn't bother me at all, but, hey, funk!
So when I was introduced to my friend Josh's friend Neil, who was gorgeous and flirty, well...it helped a lot. So, I'm starting to come out of the funk now.

Tuesday was full of little things: new manager at A&F who seems pretty nice, movie night at Justin's, Jonathon called me again (and again today, I don't think he remembers what he said), and, oh, I think I blew the Italian oral exam out of the water.
That's right, this is my last week of class!!

Oh, and for people wondering what's going on with Club XS these days...my friend Jenny just put up this video of their latest amateur drag contest! Cody tells me my ex-boyfriend has been showing up to participate in them lately. You'd think he'd have gotten the hint: you've been doing drag for years and never gotten better than runner-up....they're trying to tell you something.

NOTE: There will be more pictures, I just have to ask my friends if they mind showing up on my blog is all.

I would love to tell you all about Pride right now, and about Friday, but I am getting ready for work.

I will just say that I had a very eventful weekend, full of surprises.......

.....one of which was that I missed Roman Heart -- again!!

Oooh, and exciting? There's gonna be pictures in my next post!!

OH MY GOD

So, while I won't be working for XL, I'm still gonna be going there sometimes. My friends work there.

And, oh yes, there's this:
You don't understand how much I'm NOT missing him this time.

Okay, small dilemma here...it's Providence Pride. All of my friends will want to go to other parties. Fortunately, I'm pretty sure the clubs are gonna be open later than usual sooooo...the plan is this: I go to XL. I meet Mr. Perfect. I remind myself I have no chance in hell. I tip Mr. Perfect. I leave, meet up with my friends, and am giddy all night.
Sounds good to me. :)

What if he's at Pride?? I could meet him there if he's there!
My God, I'm already giddy! I have to get myself under control.

So, last night was fun/interesting/I'm a total pimp I guess.
As we know, I have crushes on three guys: Jonathon -- who I like the best, but who has basically no time; Joey -- who has some time, but lives far away and I'm not sure but it's prob'ly gonna turn out we'd be better friends; Ryan -- who I don't trust (not that I trust the other two, cause I don't trust men, but whatev) and who I've been told I should steer clear of (and there was the incident with the face-punching) but who I can't help but be drawn to.

So, I went out with Joey after class. A short date. We went to Dunkin Donuts and spent four bucks and chatted for a while. Most of his chatting involves him telling stories about other boys he's liked or been with, which I'm pretty sure I'm not chill with but the stories were funny so that made up for it.
Then I was like "I have to go back through Providence, so I might as well hit a club. They're free on Tuesdays." So I go to Mirabar. It's dead, but as I'm leaving I run into Ryan and his girls out on the street. So I'm like "I'm going to Energy, Mirabar's dead." They decide to come with. Or rather, the girls decide to come with. Ryan seems like he couldn't care less that he's seeing me, and so now I'm perturbed by this. And he kept acting like that all night. I know I'm going to see him out tonight, so if he's acting like that again, I'm gonna ask what's going on cause I'm not cool with that either. He was all over me at the club Monday night.
Anyways, I followed him back to his house and got my shirt back.
Now, I know I've said to a couple people that after I got my shirt back I was going to try to extract myself from him. But...that was totally a lie. I mean, I should. From what I've heard about him, it's in my best interest to just be club-friends with him and nothing more. But I never have used my common sense in this area, have I?