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June 12, 2006
LGBT Agnostic Chickens
It was a beautiful weekend here in DC. Perfect weather. Perfect company. Perfect fun.
That said, I thought the parade was kinda lame this year:
The Running For DC Mayor Parade was disguised as the Pride Parade.
There were very few drag queens; usually we see Miss Gay Virginia or Miss Gay Thomas Circle or Miss Gay Church St. in Between 17th and 18th, but not this year. Where were they?
There was also a huge lull between some of the marchers, and none of the floats were all that unique. The parade is sadly in need of a durban bud float. Next year, baby. :)
We still had a great time. Our buds, Tim & Donn, came into town, so we grabbed a bite and headed to Blowoff. I was exhausted but still had fun. I don't think I've ever been to a club and had iced coffee as my main beverage. Times are definitely a-changin' for this big geek.
I did my "one, two, tap my foot, shift weight to the other leg, one, two, tap my foot" dance. It was all well and good for about one song. Then my dance changed to "one, two, tap my foot, inhale smoke, shift my weight to other leg, one, two, rub my burning eyes from insensitive out-of-town otter boy blowing smoke in my face." I can't wait until January when that shit is banned from these establishments.
The weather couldn't have been better for the festival. It was sunny and warm with NO humidity. That is a first in the 10+ years that I have been going. We saw lots of friends, but Tim & Donn appeared to run into a lot more people than we did, and they're from like, the Baltimore area.
Me: How do you know all these guys?
Donn: Manhunt.
At the Pride festival, there is a booth for every type of cause and company. HGTV had their own booth. I believe it was right next to the LGBT Agnostic Chickens booth. HGTV is Rob's favorite station. It was okay to watch the first few months after 9/11, but now I'm so sick of it. Watching people shopping for a new home or renovating one of their rooms is either incredibly boring or very stressful. I start to feel envious or annoyed like, "Why didn't we do that when we were renovating?" Rob would remind me, "Cuz we ran out of money." Oh, yeah. I wish they had a Gay Court TV booth instead. I could be the new narrator for Forensssssic Filessssss.
I think I have enough Pride to last me until next year.
Posted by durban bud at June 12, 2006 02:06 PM
Comments
I dunno I still liked the parade, though I could have done without the big lags in between groups...
I liked Blowoff upstairs moreso than when I was at the one downstairs... a very cool space befitting a very cool event. It was nice to finally meet Tim and Donn and see all the other homobloggerati too...
Posted by: TOS at June 12, 2006 08:33 PM
Well not everyone we know is from ManHunt. The ones we do I hold Tim responsible for, he's the king of chat (and ICU) not that you heard that from me. It was great spending time with you guys for our first official DC Pride.
Posted by: Donn at June 13, 2006 04:16 PM
Hey it was nice seeing you guys again at BlowOff. We didn't hang out long because I HATE the DJ stuff and it's so LOUD that it's impossible to try to communicate with people, it's kind of frustrating really. Yes Tim and Donn know EVERYONE, but that's a good thing.
Posted by: Steve at June 14, 2006 11:10 AM