While I Was Out

Self,

I am so super glad I had a chance to see BabyBro.  It was so good to see him and spend time with him.  We went out to eat a few times, caught a movie, went bowling, and even went to a spa where we each got a massage.  Of course the great part was just having a chance to connect and bond.  I went there for him but I think it did me as much good for me to see him as I hope it did him to see me. 

In addition to to seeing BabyBro, I also had the chance to see meet and hang out with a new friend.  We've been chatting/texting for about 6 months I believe. I also enjoyed spending some time with him.

While I was on this trip of course TBH and I was in touch. That said I think he has hexed me because now even if I'm out of town I can act a fool....not as much as him though. so this is a text conversation I had with him while I was visiting BabyBro.

Pharoah: So I was driving around the city, taking in the sights as I figured out where I was going....just minding my own business, right.

TBH: You have already started to lie..but continue.

Pharoah: In my wandering I saw this sign that I just couldn't believe. I instantly wished that you were here to have seen it....but alas you are not...so I figured I would make my way back to take a picture to send you.

Believe me it was just there on the side of the road...but I couldn't have wished for a better sign!

TBH: LOL!!!!!!!! Just fell out the bed laughing.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

See his foolishness is rubbing off on me.

Get it Mamas

Self,

I found this on somebody's Facebook page and thought it was funny enough to share.




Funny Right?

Sincerely,
Pharoah

I think I've been Hexed

Self,

I am grateful for the ability to smile and laugh...and the friends that can make you do so!

So Thunderbolt has been running a fever and not been on his best behavior because of it. Due to Thunderbolt's illness I had to rely on other means of transportation to get to work this morning, mainly being my dad giving me a lift to the light railway station....which meant having to get up, get out, and on the platform by 5am. (I usually don't get up til 530, so this camper was not pleased.)

I made it to work and was setting at my dest when I texted my friend, The Black Hobbit (TBH).  When he asked how was I doing I responded "sleepy' because he already knew about my transportation ordeal from our convo from last night. 

This was his response:

Ok, do exactly what I tell you!!!! Since you are sleepy, you should go to your cubicle and say this prayer REALLY LOUD.  "Dear Jesus, thank you for granting me a good day today. You blessed me and gave me the strength not to harm my coworkers, especially the ones who are on the other side of my cubicle.  Thank yu for curing my coworkers stomach problems because if he had farted in the company car one more time, I would have vomitted all over him.  I'm graetful that you gave me this job and even though I'm smarter than most of these ignorant fuckers, you continue to sustain me in their presence. Watch over me while I sleep on my desk during company hours. In Jesus name, Amen."

I was in stiches from laughing because I couldn't laugh loudly.  I called him and told him how crazy he is.

About the same time I was looking at FB seeing the post from people I had missed over the last few days. I read one from a friend who posted that he was Engaged as an April Fool's gag.  I'm reading the comments and I get to the last one on the page from some girl who said he better invite her.  That's when out of the blue my fingers typed;

Yes invite me too...but I'm warn you when the ceremony gets to the part when they ask "if anyone objects to this union" I'm gonna shout " SSSSTTTTTTOOOOPPPPP!" and when every got over their shock and a silence has fallen over the room, I'll either whisper "I've always wanted to do that." or "That's just my baby daddy." LOL

Y'all I think TBH has hexed me to be a fool like him and it kicked in at that moment!  I feel so ashamed!   Beware of short black hobbits that are insane....they have magic.     Sincerely,  Pharoah   PS, I leave tonight to go see BabyBro tonight, I'm a bit excited to see him, it seems like it been forever...I hope he is too!

Strap It Up and Strap It On!?

Self,

So I don't know what I'm doing that is attracting this...array of people.

Last night on one of those social media phone apps....I got hit up by a WOMAN...no I don't mean a fem gay man....I mean a W-O-M-A-N who wants to meet a man that would be willing to let her F*ck him using a strap on dildo.

I don't know what made her think I would be open to it.  When she asked me about rather I would be open to it...because the conversation started with the game backgammon, I told her I didn't know cause I never thought about it.  I asked her why don't she do it with a nother woman...and she said he not attracted to women that way....go figure.

I feel like I am sending out a "bat-signal" into the universe that reads something like the plaque on the statue of liberty...."send me your inexperienced, horny, freaky huddled masses...."

I have had a number of virgins approach me ...some wanting me to be their first.  Did I mention the kid that asked if I knew any other tops/vers guys...and if I could host a group? 

Man, if I were to ever let my internal sex beast cut loose....I would either shrivel up from all the semen I would have to produce to keep up....or would simply drown from it!

Sincerely,

Pharoah

PS...Dammit when I put it that way....it's kinda a turn on!  That is cutting the beast loose, not the strap on.

Would You Ever??? (PRIVATE: NSFW)

Self,
Let me start off by letting you this is NOT SAFE FOR WORK., for chil'ren unless you want to do some 'splainin', or anyone else you don't want all up in your "PRIVATE" business. You heard?

So the day that I went to the Playboy Jazzfestival...was a day of many things.  As I had mentioned I was late getting to the Hollywood Bowl...for a number of reason...but this was part of the reason.....

 Well ok my experience with the 2012 World Naked Bike Riders wasn't quite like the first picture (although I do like the REAR-END on the biker with the black and red bag.) This second picture is more like (actually almost exactly) what I saw.....SLOWING me the FUCK DOWN as I was trying to get to the concert. Between the slow ASS bikers and the drivers slowing down to get a peek, maybe even a PEAK, and pictures I think they added an extra 30 minutes to my travel time because I got caught in a bottleneck BEHIND them.

Now I had intended to write about this right after it happend....BUTT tother things got in the way.  On one hand I guess it's not a bad thing that I'm a little slow because it gave me a chance to find pictures to share....lol and comment on.  When I did the google search, I read some of the articles that went with the pictures and found out that the World Naked Bike Ride is a movement that promotes being eco-friendly.  The main idea behind the movement is to reduce the use of automobiles...and the nudity is just to get your attention to bring awareness to their cause....(Sex sells...even when there's nothing to buy.  I mean here it is a month later after I saw them and they are still crossing my mind due to the nudity, right?)

Let me say that these are not my pictures of the event I happen to do a google search for "nude bike riders" and the links led me to these pictures.  in truth I didn't see a whole lot of the nudity in my travels that day.  I mean yes I saw enough exposed skin to say "OH shit, they're naked" .....then  it was very much "I wish they would get they naked asses out my mutha fuckin way." 

LMAO.  Anyway here are some pics that I found and...well caught my eye!

These first two I just thought were funny and creative uses of body paint.

Come on you got to admit "The Cat in the Hat" and "The Grinch" is funny.  Is it me or does his hat seem to resemble a condom?  Well I guess you could also say it is also suggestive of a phallus.....no?  I wonder how much did they each have to spend to get that much body paint?  And who applied it for them?  (I am not assuming that they are together, although the common theme of Dr. Seuss' characters may highly suggest the likelihood of there being some cooridination on their part. But that said, it doesn't mean that they would have been comfortable as two men touching each other's naked bodies, to apply the body paint.)

So I like the idea of a basketball player. and on a unicycle....that alone I'm sure made him stand out in the crowd. I so totally was buy him as Larry Bird....with the blond hair and the green and white for the Celtics.....then I read the "Seattle 15" and was confused....lol and wondered if he was too. 

Now can we talk about the positioning of his "twig and berries."  Is it me or does it looks like that hurts a bit, or at the minimum is a bit uncomfortable?  I mean they do look as if they are being smashed.  Question; so did he have to seperate his balls to each side of his penis as he sat on the seat or is that just a coincidence?

I'm sorry I just have to confess that I think the implication of the writing "GO GREEN" equates to going "Down" is rather sexy.  I wonder what he looks like above the lips.I mean his body is fair...and yeah I would be curious to play with his "johnson."  The same goes for this guy walking getting a high five. Would you look at those abs! I'm a little disappointed that the abs are about the only thing you can make out in the photo...but oh well.

LMAO!!!  I would not mind placing my hands on the prints!  Of course if I was the one who applied the body paint to get those prints....he would probably just have two red streaks/strips back there from me gripping his ass from various angles multiple times.  As I kept looking through pictures, I found this other one with the two guys and realized that the guy with more pigment was my handprint on the ass guy from the front.  NO he don't have major abs but I still feel he has some sexy appeal. If he approached me to ask me out, I'd say yes.  I like men with a variety of body types....he as a stockiness to himself that I think is attractive.  The guy with the crown next to my handprint guy....does have some abs. Does he have an erection or is that just how he hangs and swangs?

Nothing too profound...I find these two sexy also...mostly the one with the spotted loin cloth, but the other seems to have a decent body also....his lower half...thighs will get me every time!  However the fact that it looks like he has toilet paper hanging out/off his ass...is such a downfall for him.

OK I had to take a break from talking about the guys that I found sexy.  "Bike Free" doesn't have much of an ass, he seems like he is probably older, and since we can't see his face I can't say if he has that distinguished gentleman thing going for him.  What caught my eye was the legs.  I mean the left looks at best average...but the right looks all musckular and stuff.

Guess what....I found a picture of an African-american from the event.  He might even be the token attendee but for sure the token photo-op. So can we talk about this brother? Really?? An afro, and tongue hanging out.  Yeah I know, I know WAY too fuckin skinny....but PHAT in the right place!  I wonder if there were a bunch of guys pissed this brother showed up that day.  LOL I wonder how many secret "n*gga" he was called? 

OK so clearly from the discussion of al the photos up to now it's safe to say I'm a gay man.  That said, Yes I am aware that this next picture is a woman.  All I can say is that ...well for some reason the idea of having sex in that position seems REALLY appealing to me.

Ok now that you have seen a few pictures and get a slight idea of what the event is about....could you go naked in public?  Say at a nude beach? Or even on a naked bike ride?  These last two pictures are are here to represent what I believe would currently be the only way I think I could go through with something like this.  Tecate taste ok but I would require something strong than just beer....and probably so much so I probably wouldn't really be able to stay on the bike.  AND if I did manage to drink enough to have the courage to get on a bicycle naked and have the wherewithall to funtion properly, I would need some sort of mask....and this guy is still missing the wild wig and big sunglasses that I would wear.

 Sincerely,

Pharoah

One of Those Silly Moments of Mine

Self,

So yesterday while I was working, I rode by a bus stop that had a cover and on one side a panel for advertisements.   The ad I saw was this one.........

and no it wasn't new to me, I've seen it on other billboards.

But it struck me about how much Kim Kardashian is a non-celeb....and it all came from a sex tape.
 
SO...yeah I went there, being silly...This is the text I sent to a few folks:
 

I need to find someone to make a sex tape with and change my name to Karda$hian, so I can get PAID! Know anyone who'll be down? LOL.

 
I got some good responses.  {The other person}   {and ME}
 
A new friend in Houston;
"If we splitting the cash 50/50 I'm in!"  "LOL your cut depends on what role you play in the tape....you can't have me doing all the work and expect half of my shit! Besides you haven't shown me the goods for me to know if I want to do a sex tape with you." "LOL! Trust me, I would definitely be up for an ava (adult video award) And neither have I seen the goods! Atleast you seen (a pic of) me in underwear."  "LOL Have I....that profile pic could be anybody...nothing that specifically identify you!" 
 
A new friend here in LA;
"No but I do have a good therapist you can see immediately."  "Sex therapist? Is he a "hands on" type?"
"He will more than likely use his hands to put your crazy ass in a straight jacket."  "LOL. That's not what I had in mind....but a sex tape in a straight jacket may be a good gimmic....to one up that Karda$ian heffa."
 
Another new LA friend;
"HA! You have Kim's ass?" "Oh is that a requirement?"  "Nah, not for me."  "Oh so you would do the sex tape just to do it?"  "Ummm I'm not sure.  Never done one but I think it's kinda hot. I guess itt depends on who I'm doing it with. So my answer would be probably...lol"  "LOL. Well your co-star would like to see your equipment before agreeing to being seen on film with you! =)"
 
LA friend;
"LOL...I'll put the word out to any exhibitionists I may know...let me see if Ray J may want to do a part 2.  U may need to get a long wig and lashes..."  "LOL What ever it takes! But Ray J is cute but obviously not hot enough, because if he was he would've made the millions on the scandal, not her...I think she used up his combustability factor, so he would be seen as washed up."  "Lol...I know I'm not quite ready to go viral or straight to dvd...lol"  "LOL come on....your apple probably could rival hers!"  "And mine is real! No booty shots. It's in the genes...and my jeans.."
 
A Friend newly arrived in Michigan;
"I am sure you have a great pool to make a selection. Let me know when the video becomes available"  "LOL I'm lookin for options" "You got plenty"  "The more the merrier!"  "So you are looking for more than one person? Will this feature a gang bang?"  "LOL Sure for multiple audition tapes....but no gang" bang"  "Why no gang bang?  I am sure folks would double or triple their offer"  "LOL...,not sure if I can handle all that"  "I'll teach you"  "Oh you are an expect at being the subject of a gang bang? That's news to me."  "Private lessons before your screening" 
 
Prince Esquire;
"LOL! No. but you realize she was worth $25 mill before the tape...you're starting waaaay behind the 8 ball....or black balls as the case maybe"  "She wasn't...her DADDY was....so technically we are on even ground.  She was a broke freak...to start"  "No when she did that her dad was dead...therefore her cut was already $25 mill. Sorry sir.  And it started with Paris...see, you gotta be rich already for that shit to make you more rich...or at least famous. Ha!"  "You know Mr. [Esquire] you are not very supportive of my dreams of taking over the world...."  "Oh but I am!  I just have to make sure you see every angle, that way you can approach it properly"
 
Duke Darktomahawk;
"I just live here in the sticks. Ain't no one famous. How about Will [Smith] or Bruno Mars?"  "Hmmm I would do both of those....hmmm and actually I would have to do them both together...I gotta one-up that bitch if I want to jack her for her job!" "You stooopid"
 
There were two responses that I wasn't expecting...not because they were funny but because....well they weren't funny at all.
 
NYSuitor;
"Uhm. Nope.  Not even close"  "You are no help. Besides you of all people I was expecting a smart funny response...-nope- is too boring....try again."  "Nope. I'm not here to entertain you"
 
A entertainment Lawyer here in LA;
"Magic Johnson"  "Hmm lol well he is still kinda hot, but that's a high risk option."
 
The fact that the name was ALL he said about it...made me kinda wonder if  he knew the Magic would be down for that and if he could set that up if I was serious....for some reason, that was a little spooky for me.
 
 
Well that was my random act of silliness of the month...maybe just the week, we'll see.   I'm glad to have shared with both those who participated and those who are learning about it here.  I got a few other responses about wigs or how crazy, stoopid or silly I am...some who simply said "me."
 
As I was writing this post I got one today who said "I already did that and it's gone viral, but it will be expensive to see it now, because the person is a high ranking official and they had it blocked."  I thought that was funny too.

Also today a female friend in ATL said She'll do it!  which is hilarious because as I was writing this I thought it funny that nobody had suggested any females for me to make a sex tape with....Do people simply think that me in a sex tape with Queen Latifah, Jessical Alba, Lucy Liu, or Scarlett Johanson wouldn't be a scandal!?!?!? I mean I am talkign about trying to get paid!
 
Sincerely,
Pharoah

What a Start!

Self,

So I get up this morning, and  to my relief I'm awake early enough that I can take the Metro to work and save on gas.  I dress, drive to the station, buy my ticket, board the train at 5:10am, and I grab a seat that has a vertical handrail that can serve as a headrest.  Great, I settle in to my seat for the 12 station long ride north to downtown Los Angeles.

The next thing I become aware of is the recorded announcer saying the station name at which the train is arriving.  It's the name of a station only two stops away from where I started.....and I thought I had already passed it.  I my slight confusion I look out the windows.....I see that the train is on the wrong side of the station than what I was expecting.   I look at my phone for the time....6:17am.  I start to stand and sit back down a couple times, trying to process the info, but knowing there's a need for action. 

My analysis....the train is now traveling south....apparently I rode it all the way downtown and back, while sleep. 

The conclusion, all I could do was ride the train the two additional stops to where my car was parked and drive to work.

I should've stayed in bed for that hour.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

I Need to Start a Pettition....

Self,

So I've been working graveyard shift again.  I don't know about other parts of the country but gas prices has rose to almost $5 a gallon here in Los Angeles....and Thunderbolt as a gas guzzling SUV has been hard on the wallet so while workign graveyard I've taken to riding public transportation....with the hopes of continuing to do so when I go back on day shift.

Now that the background has been put in place, I can tell tonight's story.

I raced to the "subway" (it's actually above ground) station to catch the 9pm train to Downtown LA.  I swipe my TAP card and walk up the platform's ramp.  There's not many people on the platform, but there's four people near where I like to wait for the train.  There's a guy with his bike standing  off to himself with earbuds. Not more than four steps passed him there's three youngsters sitting on the bench, two guys and  one girl but the girl is actually sitting in one guy's lap.....which made it look like it was only two people sitting on the bench until you got close enough. No big deal, I've seen similar scenes before.

I stop about five feet away from the trio to wait for the train as I adjust my jacket.

"Hey, are you a registered voter?" asks the guy with the lap that's empty except for a clipboard.

I hesitate to respond...not really wanting to be bother. "Yeah, I am."

"Would you like to sign this pettition?" The kid holds up the clipboard towards me from where he is sitting.

I instantly regret having identified myself as a registered voter, but I move on.  "Well, what is it for?"

"It's for [mumble, mumble - blah blah blah,]" he says still holding the clipboard out to me.

Okay so sometimes I am hard of hearing So I don't know if he was really inarticulate with what he was saying or if I just was having a deaf moment, so I don't really know the point of the pettition.  I figure I'd save us both a headache, "Naw, man I'm not interested."

The kid flips a page on his clipboard then says, "Well, what about this one that decrease taxes for eduaction?"

Damn.  I was I should've known there was another one.  Lower taxes and promoting education....I ought to help.  After a couple seconds of indecisiveness I ask, "what you say that one is about again?"

I guess we both were having issues with this exchance because the kid looks down at the paper with a slightly confused expression on his face.  A split second later the confusion is gone and replaced with annoyance ashe stands up and walks over to me. "It's to reduce taxes for education."

As he hands me the clipboard I am also hit with the pungent odor of weed.  I'm not a fan of the stuff but to each his own.  I look up and there's a train starting to pull into the station.  I guess the kid sees something in my face as I notice the train to cause him some concern of not getting my signature.  "Yo, your train is coming."  Maybe he thought that pointing out the train would push me to sign withtout reading the pettition, so I wouldn't miss it.

I see the distance train is and estimate how much time I had before it would leave again.  I figured I could skim the summary and scribble my name even if that meant doing so while hanging out the train doors for a second or two to finish.  So I look down at the pettition and see a block of text.  I look for the beginning of the paragraph to read as much as I could in the time I had left.  The first line read:

Increases personal taxes......

I was disappointed and didn't want to read anymore, "Ah man it says it Increases taxes....I'm good, but thanks." I hand him back the pettition.  The kid looks at me like he's upset that I could read and saw the error of what he had told me.  I look away and look to see how much longer before the train stops, only to see that the sign on the train says it is out of service.  The train continues without stopping.  The kid walks away and sits back on the bench with his friends.

I take a few steps to the other side of the platform. As I'm sending Schehimazade a text about a kid wanting my signature for a pettition but was too high to explain what the pettition is for, the kid gets up while his friends get on the train going in the opposite direction....the last text I send Schehimazade;

...he has a nice ass too...lol he might have got the signature if he wasn't sitting on it when he first asked me.

Yeah I know, I'm a journey like no other.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

As I'm exchanging texts with Schehimazade, a train going in the opposite direction arrives and the

The Things One May See

Self,

So in an effort to save money towards the end of the year I have taken to using public transportation to get to and from work. The best part is that my primary job reimburses us employee for doing so. The bad news is that I'm working the graveyard shift this week. Although my mom was worried about me using the subway (ok LA's version of it,) at night versus the day. But as a wanna be New Yorker, I do alright. The reality is people are just using it to get to point A to point B.

There are a few differences between the daytime riders and those night-riders. For instance last night, I'm on the underground portion of my journey and only traveling one stop (about 4 minutes.) I get on the train and stand towards the back of the entrance. Others get on and take seats either to the left or right of me. Then a youngster walks in pushing his bike and stands in the area where I am. I check him out, about 5'6 tall, dark brown skin, baseball cap, pants saggin' and long sleeve t-shirt with a fairly developing chest poking out, but only about a buck twenty. Ok, kinda cute but a kid. I turn to look the other way and wait for the doors to close so we can move on to my stop.

Train rolls on to my stop and I step off along with a few other passengers. While walking on the train platform I see the guy with the bike going opposite of me to the other exit which surfaces about two blocks away from where the exit I'm going to will surface. There's a mezzanine level between the train platform and the surface where passengers buy tickets before going down to the platform. However when you are getting off the train this level just represent more space you have to walk through before getting to the stairs that leads to the surface. As I walk to traverse this space dud with the bike rolls by me using his bike like a scooter or skateboard. Although he doesn't get THAT far ahead of me, he does get to the escalator that leads to the street level before me. Before I even get to the escalators myself I see him on the escalator with his bike up on one wheel just before passing beyond the top of my field of vision towards the surface. At this point I assume that's the last I'll see of him. I continue my walk to the escalator so I can get to the street to catch a bus for the last leg of my trip to work.

JUST AS I AM COMING UP THE ESCALATOR AND THE STREET LEVEL IS ENTERING MY FIELD OF VISION ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY I THE GUY WITH THE BIKE LIKE THIS...



Well flip the image and instead of his hands down in his pants one is holding his bike and the other is ON HIS HIP.   I mean I understand the urge to go hits you when it hits you...but he didn't find a dark corner, a bush, or a wall to mask the situation.  Basically he was in the middle of an open courtyard that basically anyone going to the stairs to get to the subway would have to see him. 

I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh to myself.   Then I text THEBoyfriend and told him what I had just seen.


Sincerely,
Pharoah

I Shoulda Been Workin'

Self,
So I was at work....and for some reason I was cruising YouTube.com and finding all kinds of videos.

Here's a few....











I hope you got as good of a laugh as I did.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

Commercial Break

Self,

Well since I've moved back in with my parents, I've been watching a lot more TV....more than I should be, that's for sure.

Although for the most part we watch almost everything on the TiVo/DVR and can fast forward through most commercials (my dad insists on it)  I have seen a few commercials that I thought were cute and like.

I think my favorite is the one with the kid wearing the Darth Vader costume running around trying to make things happen by using "the force"  and nothing happens until the father pulls the car (the selling item of the commercial) into the driveway then goes in the house. The kid tries "the force" again on the car...and the father wacthing from the window with the mother, remotely starts the car to make it seem like the kid started the car.    I like it cause I think parent/adults should do things to encourage the imagination of children.  No I don't me lie to them or allow them to be deceitful, but just be creative....like if they want to draw a pink and purple horse, let them.

I also like the one with a little girl running around repeatedly saying "That's for babies," but when she is offered some cereal (the item being sold in this commercial) she says, "That's for.....oh, I like those" and reaches for the cereal box.  I find it very hilarious, because of the irony in the fact her instant switch in thought to suit her wants/needs is a very grown up thing to do. 

The third commerial i crack  up over is another car commercial.  It opens with all these robots fighting and shooting at each other which makes you think it's an advertisement for a video game, then a car pulls up and these "hip" hamsters jump out and bump some music.  The robots all stop and look at the hamsters....then they start feeling the music. The robots start foot tapping, hip rocking....and lord have mercy if they don't break out in to coreographed dance numbers!  lol HEElarious!

Sincerely,
Pharoah

Seriously?

Self,

So why have I been contacted by yet another person from my past? This dude is FINE as hell...body, good looks, Phat ass....juciy....well you know. Whew!

However, I haven't heard from him since 2009. And like Nakki, I think he contacted me because he doesn't remember my profile (although it has not changed, much) on the site we were on initially, however he is using a new profile.

Honestly I don't know what to do with this...part of me just wants to brush him off like he did me back then, particularly since things with KB are going well. However, I be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to find out why he contacted me and if he remembers me.

Sincerely,

Pharoah

Twitter, bin Laden, Mendenhall, and Facebook - Oh My!

Self,

So I went to log into AOL and say a teaser about what an athlete had to say about Osama bin Laden on twitter.  Out of curiousity I clicked the link.

In short the article touched on how athletes in this case in particularly, Rashard Mendenhall of the Steelers, need to be careful about what they say in public (or in this case social networking sites) and how technology has advance beyond or protocals and (maybe in some cases common sense.)

Here is the article: Mendenhall

I'm quoting from the article that Mendenhall tweeted:

“What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side.”

The article talks about the backlash he got for that, how the Steeler's owner had to cover himself and the franchise's ass....blah blah blah.

I got to the end of the article and the first comment called Mendenhall a "dumb jock" and a lot of the following comments chimed in that sentiment or spoke his right to freedom of speech rather individuals agree with him or not. 

Well I was frankly a little pissed off, because I understand what the man was trying to suggest with is comment.  So I started to write a comment of my own to come to his defense (not because I'm a big fan....I had never heard of him until I read the article,) but because people are just soooo stupid.

So this was the comment I wrote;

Why does Mendenhall have to be dumb just because he's an athlete?  If some of you all were as smart as you thought you were, then you would have been intelligent enough to deduce what he was trying to say (and see he might actually be smarter than yourselves.) Basically I would guess that he's a government conspiracy theorist.  And that his comment suggest that MAYBE the events of 9/11 had some assistance from the President of that day.  (I mean, it is a little far fetch to think it was just a coincidence that after 9 months in office while the public was disputing his "victory" in the election that a national tragedy occured and all disagreements went silent? Oops, that might be too much for some of you all to grasps.)  Mendenhall's real mistake was not fully articulating his thought which left it open to the asinine interpretations of the imbeciles within the general public and media...and their negative feedback.

So I hit the "Leave comment" button and a new window opens up that says to "Log into Facebook" to leave a comment.

Damn, the devil thwarts me again.  LOL.  I am half tempted to create a Facebook account just to be able to refute the idiots that are on it.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

They Do It Big in Texas.....

Self,
...And by big I mean extreme!

The other day on the news I saw this clip....and was floored.



Get into it!  God is Good.  Does pole dancing to gospel music count as being sactified?  Not judging, just asking.

Hey if they keep this up, we might actually get to a point where being gay is okay too.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

PS. To my Texans....I'm sorry but they did it!

Silver Fox

Self

Picture it: 2011,  Florida - Miami - Club Twist.

So I've walked the club devoured the eye candy that was present and available and have kinda settle into a corner with my second beer and just people watching. My soul-brother-#1, Prince Esquire (I'm not ranking my soul-brothers n degree of importance, it's just that he's the first we met when we were 4,) and his girlfriend, Lady X, have found me and are standing next to me, chatting among themselves.

So this group of guys walk by and I notice that the last man in the group is a bit longer in the tooth then the ones that are ahead of him...and he's holding the hand of the one nearest to him.  It was kinda cute to see that these two seemed to be a happy couple and I let them pass and moved on to the next group of bypassers. Then there was another older patron in the club, and I realized that I had seen quite a few older guys in the club that night.

I kind of chuckle to myself and shake my head and take another sip of my beer.  Prince Esquire noticed and asked me about it.  I tell them how I have noticed a number of older guys in the club that night. and that they hve my permission to shoot me if in my 50's or 60's I even suggest going to the club.  Lady X laughed and said she'll remind me of that after we've all showed our ID to the bouncer and hobble in on our walkers.

I laughed and started to turn back to watch the crowd and take a sip of my beer. Out of the blue someone clinks a glass against my bottle spilling some of the glass contents on my hand.  As I shake the liquid off my hand I turn to see this older man smiling.  Now I'm a little anoid that my hand is wet, but I brushed it off since it was his drink and not mine.  But I found it extremely ironic that no sooner did I talk about not wanting to be an old man in the club, that this "Silver fox" as Prince Esquired as dubbed him had approached me.

He started the conversation off by asking if I was gay...(in my head I'm like "HELLO...I'M IN A GAY CLUB.")  However, I politely confirm my gay membership.) ...which he felt the need to question two more times.  (LOL I know I look all manly and butch and shit, but really, when a man says he's gay you should believe him.) 

Anyway he moved on to asking about my racial background and where I'm from.  When I told him Los Angeles, he proceeded to tell me that he had attended UCLA and had met members of the group Lincoln Park during that time.  He asked if I had heard their latest CD.  When I said I had not, he stated that I was being ignorant for not having done some because he loved the cd and thought it is their best ever.  OK now wait...ignorant?  Yeah I'm intelligent enough to have instantly understand that what he was trying to convey was the idea of being exposed to new things.  However...1 he should have came up with a better way to express it and more importantly 2) he was making the statement without fully determining what was my exposure level.  But I'm a trooper and didn't over react and continued with the conversation.

"As I said it's my favorite. I have the cd at my house, you are welcome to come over and listen to it.  No sex, unless you want me to fuck you."   (REALLY???)

Aside from the fact that in a creepy sort of way he reminded me of my actual father while looking old enough to possibly having a child my age, he hadn't won enough brownie points to seal that deal.

I declined, he hugged me like three times and walked away. 

I finished my beer and we left.

Sincerely,
Pharoah
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From the Window to the Wall?

Self,

So as recently I've been hearing from some guys from an online profile I have. Most of the conversations have been online...some have progressed to more personal communications.

I've been chatting with this one kat lol for maybe a week...if that. He asked me to spend a my weekend as a volunteer in some capacity at the Long Beach Grand Prix, with the incentive that I would get to spend time with him.  (although we haven't even met yet.)  Not a bad I idea but I wasn't about to tie-up my whole weekend on someone I hardly know on short notice.  However he explained that the event isn't until mid April and I told him I'll think about it.

Today though he sent me a message about having some dream about me where the cops came to our house for some domestic dispute where he went to jail and I ended up in the hospital (he don't know that he would be dead and I'll be in jail, but anyway). And when I recovered I realized how much I just loveded him and we made wild hot angry make up sex.  And then he wanted to know how to make it a reality.  Ok I'll give him a few points for some refreshing originality, so I told him it can't ever be a reality if he doesn't start by asking me out.

SO he asked me to meet him with some of his boys at a club and that it going to be a hetero club because he don't roll like that.  and once we get a bit acquainted we can leave to go somewhere else.

OKAY, no I'm not a fan of meeting in a club (gay or straight) because it is usually load as fuck.  How are you suppose to "get acquainted" in a place where you can't hear yourself think?  Then you going to add into the mix that your boyz don't know that you are into dating men, so you aren't going to actually speak about yourself freely....this is your recipe for getting to know each other?  REALLY?

I'll entertain the idea since it is suppose to be more of a professional networking event....so even if he ain't intriguing or engaging, maybe I can make some contact for my business and it wont be a waste.

Sincerely,
Pharoah

I Just Gotta Laugh

Self,

So on Wednesday, after I wrote the post about not knowing if I would be writing any more post or not I hear something  that I found.....crazy, ok, ok let's just go with interesting.

I was listening to the radio and I heard an announcement that the Catholic church has launched an application for the iPhone for people's confessions.  The story is that of course the app isn't designed to replace the act of physically visiting a confessional inside a church with a priest. The apps purpose is to provide the devoted a means to keep track of their sins.

I'm not Catholic but my understanding of confession was to have a priest absolve a person of their sins. I know historically there were periods where people would pay to be absolve...and now I wonder if this iPhone app is  free or if there is a fee....and does the Catholic church receive a portion of that fee.....

is the fee per sin?

Sincerely,
Pharoah

Commercial

Self,

The other day I went to the movie. During the previews I saw I thought was the best commercial.

It's a coke ad. They went back to the one of their old promos.

The ad is a series of words that flash on the screen.

"We'd like to to teach the world to sing,"

"In perfect harmony"

"Preferably, without Auto-tune"

I thought it was brilliantly hysterical!

Sincerely,

Pharoah

PS to "Where my boyz at?"

Self,

OK this is the "post script" because it was in the process of writing that entry that I noticed a few things.

So as I was writing the the post "Where my Boyz at," I did a web search for images of male bonding/male friends because I didn't want the post to be all text.

Why were like 75% of the images that came back in the search seemed rather homosexualized (if that isn't a word, then I just made it one,) or very homo erotic? I mean looking back at the pictures in the post, the black & white photo of some guys drinking and smoking cigars does not fall in to the category. For that matter neither is the one of the guys sitting around the table.

The picture of the guys hugged up in the water was a little suspect but I also found to be extremely playful that it basically out shined the tinge of homo-eroticism.

However I found others pictures that leaned more the other way. And I want to see am I crazy or do others see/get it too.

So this first group are pictures that I think do not have an homosexual or homo-erotic overtone:

Ok so those seem pretty basic; you know just folks having a good time and enjoying each others' company.

Now these I thought were....suspicious to say the least;

So the three walking on the beach may be more innocent than I think butlike the three on the jet-ski and the ones on the sofa suggest the idea of a threesome, with the three on the jet-ski pushing for a sandwich like scenario. The guys in blue I could almost let go as just a group of surfers or hell scuba divers if it wasn't for the one layed out on the floor wearing slacks and a silky shirt tied like a mid-drift.

And these last two are just over the top.

Honestly I like this one of the guys kissing. Yes it is very gay but I think its fun and a bit playful. I could almost buy it as three straight guys caught acting out an inside joke. (And yes I think they are all rather cute.) Although the reality is that it may be two gay friends expressing their affection and maybe even attraction for the third. The locker room shower....well I get that it's may be an advertisement to sell the shower equipment, playing off the idea of athletes bond as a team continuously as long as they are together. However, it looks like the boys are checking each other out. And the two in the bed...someone actually had the nerve to label it as "two straight guys bonding", REALLY????? Can't be. I mean I've shared a bed with str8 guys before and even if the conversations got deeply intense and personal, we were not laying up next to each other naked while covering up our crotches with pillows.

Anyway like I said I would love to hear some feed back on these pictures.

Sincerely,

Pharoah

Where My Boyz At?

Self,

The other day I blatently experienced something that I was already aware of but not sure what to do about it. What I experienced was basically a sense of isolation.

Last Saturday I was put out the house. NO, not permanently! See what had happened was, my parents were hosting a social engagement that...well I wasn't intended to present. I mean I could have stayed home in my room, just coming out for food/drink and to use the bathroom, but that didn't really appeal to me. However, the situation served as a reminder to me that to some degree on a social level I seem to remain ...aloof or a misfit. Simply stated, I became aware of the fact that I really had no place to go.

There was a time, years ago, that like clockwork on certain days (particularly weekends) that I knew what I was doing and who I was doing it with. If all the details weren't figured out, I atleast knew who I would be hanging out with as we figured out what we were going to do that evening. Essentially, as the phrase goes, I'd be "kicking it with my boyz." (Granted unlinke this picture, sometimes there were women in the group as well but you get the point.)

This incident highlighted the fact that I don't have any "boyz" to kick it with on a regular basis like before. back then there wasn't a question of "if" we were going to see each other, it was mostly just what shit we had to do BEFORE we would see each other. So rather we were sitting at a table, making a mess and laughing like these guys. Or doing something wild and crazy that caused us to act as silly as this group.

I mean don't get me wrong I'm not a total hermit that only interact with people here in cyberspace. There are folks that I talk to almost daily, and some even 4-5 times a day, however they don't live here in Los Angeles.

I suddenly feel like the dude in "I Love You, Man." LOL Do I need to start having folks set me up on man-dates for a Bromance?? LOL ok and in the realm of Gay folks, how is that going to be different from just dating? LMAO maybe this will be a perfect use for (the devil,) Facebook.

Wow well I would like to hear some suggestion on how to solve my dilemma. ANY LA locals out there HOLLA!

Sincerely,

Pharoah