Burning Man 2009 Time Lapse

Evolution (Burning Man time lapses) from Delrious on Vimeo. I first heard about Burning Man back in 2003.   An aging hippie chick who owned a costume store was raving all about it to my friends and I.    While I'm not a hippie chick and my idea of roughing it is more akin to the Marriot vs a communal tent city....I have always toyed with the idea of going to this.  Maybe one of these years I will....

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Just Because

The male form.  Idealized, conceptualized by the individual, yet all are strung together by a common thread of male essence.   Smell, touch, stubble, muscle, masculinity. Is there anything more beautiful, more raw, sexy and lustful than a man? It's the lips pressed together so tightly kind of kiss where you share breath, saliva and your teeth click as your tongues caress each other in an attempt to savor the man in your arms. The male form in whatever form it takes for you, Is Art ...

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The Man In The Blue Underwear

We weren't supposed to be going through my parents closet, my sister and I, but we were.  We had lived at 1763 Maplewood drive for less than a year and the house had these cool closets with storage above where you huhg your clothes, and we were exploring.  We never snooped for christmas presents, so I'm not sure what the motivation was but  I do remember my older brother had shown up strung out, acting sort of crazy, and my parents had taken him to a treatment center after a stressful and confusing 'visit'.  We found the magazine, pages askew, thrown against the back.   It wasn't just any magazine though,...

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Perfect Video For A Saturday

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5 People Who Hit It Big...In Their 30s!

So you're about to turn 30, or maybe you're well into your thirties, and you haven't become the success you always dreamed of?   I found an online list  (at geektyrant.com) which I had to share of famous people ”who were still clearly on their way up at age 30. Some had found their path but hadn’t attained any success… some were in a completely different career… some were on the verge of giving up or had given up. But they all peaked after turning 30, found their true calling and hit their prime.” 1. Sylvester Stallone, deli counter attendant. After getting no career traction as an actor in his 20s, Stallone attacked his...

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Time Travel Thursday

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Today Is "Celebrate Bisexuality Day!"

And what better way to say "Way to go bisexuals!" than a celebratory 'snap' from newly admitted "bisexual" coverboy, Mika! In an interview with the Dutch magazine, "Day & Night" Mika say's..."I've never ever labeled myself. -- Call me whatever you want. Call me bisexual, if you need a term for me." And he goes on to recommend the label-less route for everyone else:  "There are ways of being a role model without having to always having to establish yourself with a label. Let's say if you're a 16-year-old guy, and you're not sure about your sexuality, you should be as free as you want...Having a role model who makes...

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Sorry Tina, We DO Need Another Hero

When you stop and realize that the gay rights movement is really only about 40 years old, it's amazing to see how far we've come.   GLBTs have battled against discrimination on the federal, state, and personal levels.   We've fought against those who called us abominations and a class of people out to corrupt children.   We have, as a community, fought against a disease that ran rampant through our ranks and all the while...each decade, each year, each day have managed to look fabulous while doing what we do as Out Gay Americans. One of the main problems I see with the Gay Community today, is we lack cohesiveness.  ...

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No Time

Last night I made a decision.   I decided to change my whole approach to....everything. Literally. I've spent too much time waiting.  Waiting for that check to come, waiting to do this project or that chore. No more.  My new approach is that I'm out of time.  I'm not going to wait to do....anything this week and see how things go.   I think if I tackle my day as if I had HALF the time I actually do....I'll not only get more things done, but I'll be left with more 'time' to enjoy the things I really love.    I dunno....I think it's worth a try.   So far today I've taken...

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A Favorite Movie On A Sunday Morning

Waking up to a cool morning with plenty of sunshine, the monsters snoring in my ear and Practical Magic on tv....right now I couldn't think of anything better. I don't remember if it was much of a success commercially, but I loved this movie. Sndra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Diane Wiest, Aidan Quinn, and the hunky Goran Visnjic? Absolute pleasure. I loved spotting some of my favorite actresses who really had bit parts in this movie too.  Mary Gross from Saturday Night Live (when that show was good), Chloe Webb who played Mona in "Tales of the City", and Margo Martindale who is an amazing character actress.   My...

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Happy Rosh Hashanah

There arent many Jewish people where I live, and although I'm not jewish, I wanted to send a shout out nonetheless.   "Happy Rosh Hashanah"!  ...

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Pop Culture H-E-A-V-E-N

In my most favorite line ever by Karen Walker on "Will & Grace", "This is so good, it's got to be fattening" My world stopped this morning (which is a sad commentary in and of itself) when I found out by accident Kathy Griffen was guesting on "The View" WHILE Kate Gosselin was guest hosting! OMG......I was in heaven. Kathy, a huge gay ally/icon, is brutal in her act to just about every celebrity around......and lately she has been skewering John & Kate in prime time. Would there be shade thrown? Would Kate "throw down" with Kathy? Or would it be a dissappointment? None of the above. They even showed Kathy's hilarious sendup...

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Cool Concept / Whackedout Divas

God forgive me.....I'm getting hooked on Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta". I'm embarassed, I need help. But aside from that, I am 100% in love with this whole "Alter Ego's" thing.    LO LO J-LO LOVE IT!!   Seriously...what an amazing idea, and the photographer, Derek Blanks?  I am in awe of his skill.  If you're not aware of what the Alter Ego photo craze is....in a nutshell it's one subject, modeling two distinct persona's and the photoshop/melding of the two into one portrait.    I loved the portraits of the Real Housewives so much, "I" want to do one! Sheree Whitfield is a bank...

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Time Travel Thursday

Before Judy donned her ruby slippers and sang her heart out.. before the first punch was thrown at Stonewall,  and way before gay.com hit the internet....we were here, we were queer...and we were posing in front of the camera. I find these photos every so often and I love them.   This particular one is off the web, but I have a handful of 'old timey' picture cards where two men are in intimate poses that are usually a step or two beyond general male affection. I love looking at them and wondering the context of their relationship/friendship.   Could they be two siblings from a close family?   Was it just...

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PC BS at 12:30 am

I was checking out a story on a fairly popular gay zine recently about two actors, one was TR knight (who was famously outed by Isaiah Washington) of Greys Anatomy, and the other was Zachary Quinto who you might recognize from Hero’s or as Spock on the last Star Trek movie. The story wasn’t anything spectacular…just a “hey these famous gays do normal stuff like us!” kind of piece with accompanying photos. Because Quinto is one of the myriad of celebs who live in a glass closet….you know….they enjoy their gaiety but never live their lives honestly (Jody Foster, Anderson Cooper etc) there were a few comments by righteous queers that really, REALLY...

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Just Because

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Okay We Get It....You're Weird

But at the same time......I'm totally diggin it.   Okay, look.............I know I have questionable taste in music, and even though I'm gay I'm still outside Gaga's targeted demographic age-wise.....but I like her alot.   Forgive me Kevin if you read this, but isn't Lady Gaga doing the exact same thing Madonna did early on in her career?  She's grabbing every bit of attention she can get while putting out catchy hits left and right.   Yes yes yes her costumes are often just as weird as her antics are freakish but her style is more akin to the cone bra of her highness than to the goose dress worn by Bjork. This...

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Ahhh The Memories

Recently I was at my mom's house, helping her clean out closets (insert gay joke here) and we came upon a stack of old magazines.    Now when I say 'old', I don't mean a couple months 'old'....I'm talking decades.   I wasn't surprised to find them as she's always saved Christmas editions of "Family Circle", "Good Housekeeping" and "Better Homes & Gardens", but these hadn't seen the light of day for a very long time. It's been fun flipping through the pages and reading the articles, but I've enjoyed looking at the Ads the most.   There are some funny ones, some that you wondered whatever happened to the...

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Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums

"Could this really be that sad little Sessums boy? Is he really as odd as all that? Those seemed to be the two questions the nurses on duty that night were asking themselves when it dawned on them that it was I beneath the witch’s cap and green makeup, my dress and cape flowing behind me as I swept toward my mother--my grandmother looked embarrassed for me, but I liked the attention-." “Mississippi Sissy” by Kevin Sessums is one of my all-time favorite reads. All of us who grew up as ‘sissies’ (myself included) will identify with his story…..and the title pretty much says it all. His style is chatty, infectious and I confess when I was absolutely...

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Rest In Peace

Patrick Swayze 1952-2009 I kept an eye out for Patrick Swayze news partly because I always liked him, and also because one of my brothers is fighting the same disease. Patrick fought his cancer with a brave and defiant dignity.  My brother is doing the same thing. When people die, we are reminded how short this life really is.   Even with a brave heart, the miracles of modern medicine and support of our loved ones, in the end we are all subject to the confines of our own mortality.   What matters is how we live each moment.  To love, to care for others, to enjoy the precious gift of each moment...

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Eternal Flame

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A Diva Makes A Comeback....

.....and so does Whitney Houston. Alrighhhht....I may not be a "Diva",  but after a truly rough patch in june, I wasn't sure if I was going to be back or not (in any capacatity) but here I am. What's the old saying?  "If it doesn't kill you, it just makes you stronger"?  I won't bore you with all the details, God knows I shared enough of those in my previous blog, but suffice to say I really am in an all around much better place and I've missed blogging.   Not that I have that much to say....but I have missed it. One thing a gay guy reallyreallyreally loves is a Diva making a comeback...and I'm stoked for...

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They Could Not Break Our Spirit

Remembering, and honoring all those who fell, and perservered when evil reared its ugly he...

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