OK, ok... yes - i apologize for not writing more (or at all) for the past few months. i guess i have a habit of either writing when i am giddy with happiness or absolutely dancing with gloom and depression. i think perhaps when things are going well - in a
"wow, i-am- enjoying- my- life- right- now- with- no- trauma- and- no- drama- llamas- and- isn't- it- nice- to- be -off- the- road- and- at- home- with- my- beloved- Asbury- Park- Leather- Family- and- my- NYboL- Brothers- and- at- home,- sitting- at- my- Master's- feet" kind of way - so that i really feel like i have nothing to write about. Then i feel guilty for not writing and i'm not sure how to jump back in again.....
So, i'll just start back up by saying "THANK YOU!" to who ever suggested my story "bootblack dreams" to the Eros Blog. What an honor! (For the record, the story is fiction... some people have questioned who the guy is and why he was so afraid. LOL, He's a real person all right, with visually delicious boots, but the story never happened. And probably never will. Sometimes fantasies should remain that way. Or maybe not.)
All these busy months, i've been looking forward to October contest season, since it meant that i would get to be with my friends in
NYboL and Asbury Park. Being on the road so much, i felt awful - like the friendships i was starting to build were torn apart. Knowing that we are welcome to the boy's Thanksgiving again this year means more to me than words can express. i am so glad to be home.
Our NY/NJ contest season was a blast - shame on you to anyone who didn't make at least ONE of the contests. Starting with the Mr. Eagle NYC 2008 contest on Oct 6th, The title went to
Peter Schwartz. Peter is an associate member of
NYboL, as am i, so i look forward to getting to know him better and supporting him in his title year. i am sure he'll represent the title in a classy and outstanding manner. Some highlights of the evening: Meeting Daddy George from CA. A friend of pug's and now a friend of mine. (Yes, Victoria. Yes.) i also got to see my friend James, who i haven't seen in ages and who i really want to spend some time with. What else.... OH, yes, Please - someone, anyone: please tell me about that Luscious barback at the Eagle. The one with the goggles. That man makes my gears go round and round! Giddy!
October 13th we were again at the Eagle to feast our eyes on some luscious rubber. Yes, folks -
Mr East Coast Rubber. Daddy George was there again, i think i am in love with that man. Anyone who understands the Beckham Conundrum is a friend of mine. What a wicked sense of humor that man has.... OK, enough drooling over DG, before i launch in to a description of the hotness that was him in his bleacher style rubber. Skinhead indeed! There were contestants from overseas, so i became confused as to which East Coast, but still - a fantastic evening with about a million contestants. i always forget how much i enjoy looking at rubber until i am at this contest. Then i start smelling that delicious rubbery goodness and imagining a rubber clad hand covering my nose and mouth and.... Oh, my.
Master and i needed to leave before the winners were announced, because we are old and so get sleepy early. No, really, there really were a million contestants and we simply could not stay until 4 a.m. But i found out the next day that the winner was: John Weis. If you live here on the East Coast and you don't know who John is, well - i'll say it again: Shame on you. i met John at my first LPN. He was dressed like a cop. He made me swoon. His partner Larry also makes me swoon. But more that that, they are First Class, Classy Gentlemen of the Scene. Active in the community, for the community. Delightful! i am sure the title with be represented with all the style and energy that John is known for!
Once again, my eyes were drawn to that barback at the Eagle. Gosh..... wow. So. Nice. To. Look. At. (she makes strangling noises and shuffles her feet around)
October 19th -20th: Folks, Master Larry and i are HOME, with our
Asbury Park Leather Family. Sal, Dion, Tom, Hillary, Amanda & Amy, Storm & Lisa, every one of those sexy past NJ title holders and their hot partners ( DANNY!) (*grin!*), the Argonauts (who keep us well fed!) .... the bartenders and the staff at the club. This is the event that i look forward to each year. And i'll say it again: anyone from the NJ area that wasn't there - SHAME ON YOU! There was a fantastic and intimate presentation of the Carter-Johnson Library. You say you want a chance to talk to Vi Johnson about Leather History? You had a chance to do so, one on one. And if you weren't there.... well... it's your loss. Funds were raised to help out with the library's expenses and you weren't there to contribute. (Think on that. It's your history. Or maybe it's not because you don't really consider yourself part of the leather scene.)
i was so proud of Chuck, Mr NJ Leather 2007 & boi robi, Ms. NJ Leather 2007. What a great year you had. Chuck got to step down/aside, but since there was no female contestant this year, robi graciously agreed to continue to represent the title for another year. Go robi! (and even thought Chuck stepped down/aside, we still expect him to continue to be a community leader, as he has proven himself to be!)
There were 2 male contestants, Rob and spanky. Both did a fantastic job and both of them seemed to have fun through out the weekend. The contest is serious, to me anyway, but if you're not having a blast competing.... what's the point? By the end of the evening spanky was given the title of Mr. NJ Leather 2008. i hope Rob continues to participate in the scene, he's got great heart and has a lot to offer to us all.
i finally got to see the band,
Nekked and talk to the guys - wow, they blew me away with their music and their sincere questions about M/s and what our dynamic is. i think we need to take them out to lunch and give a mini seminar! (thanks for the cd's!) i also go to drool over Will Clark, our fabulous MC. That man.... is .... Yummy.
That's it in a nut shell: 3 contests, 3 worthy people chosen, 1 incredible boi robi carrying on for us, 1 hot barback, 1 new incredible friend from CA, lot of
NYboL's, and... where were YOU?
