I'm walking home, westward on N Street on the south sidewalk. A couple's on the north sidewalk heading the same way. The woman is twirling like a dervish and it looks like flowers are flying out of her hair. I swear to god. Her boyfriend is just sort of watching. So I yell over a compliment, she yells back some gratitude. We keep this up until BAM! I put my forehead into a street sign.
Painful but classic.
She's all, "O My God, are you OK?" and I'm like "I'm good, I'm good", while her mans is enjoying himself to the maxxx. From across the street, even, I can totally see him grinning at my new scar ...
Fifteen or so minutes before all that, I'm at Steve's Barroom, where Junior Salinas and Big Sexy are controlling thangs with no Tom B. For the moment it's looking like a hypeman of the KJ sort comes with the wednesday package. A couple of folks griped about it, though I'm not sure if their beef was with K or me when I got on the mic and when on about BYT and how them pantses better be tight, or something. Same deal as last week: it was live as shit. And as usual, people have to basically be forced out at closing time.
Even before that, I dropped by the Go Magazine hosted "Elite Wednesday" at Fly Lounge. As if any of the other nights of the week here are somehow raggedy and low-ballin'. Seriously, table service expenditures are pretty much dick-size competitions. Seeing some folks blow paychecks poppin bottles is like watching any animal that's not a lion or shark on Discovery. Even the conspicuously conspicuous were having trouble settling up they tabs. The blessed serendipity-doo-dah highlight of the night was catching Napoleon's Courtney on the first night at her new job. Apparently she doesn't work in Adams Morgan anymore, so, fanfolk, take notice.
ยป More photos here (no scarface).
My scar's looking so rad. Not really.
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- 2/14: 101 Reasons To Love DC-Part 2
- 2/13: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use:
- 2/13: 101 Reasons To Love DC-Part 1
- 2/10: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
- 2/9: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
- 2/8: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
- 2/8: Perfect Date Outfits + Outings
- 2/7: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
- 2/6: DC News You Can Maybe Use:
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God loves a cheerful giver.
Hate to be a hater, but I'm confused. Too many catchwords. What exactly are these events? Are they special? Why? Should I care?
Nice enough photos for you who were there, but tell me why it's live as shit or even what it is.
Either that or forget the tape-recorder diary stuff.
I'm also confused. You're obviously using a web browser; why don't you just look up some of those catchwords that trouble you so?
And why would you -- or anyone in their right mind -- assume that you and whatever you *do* care about will be catered to on this page? You're the one who clicked the link with the snappy lingo. So you ended up disappointed or turned off or whatever due to who-gives-a-ferk. And?
The last thing you wrote though ... why do you even bother? Scroll to the top of the page and do a search on me. Do I write or comment like some quivering pussy who takes advice from randonymous hateration?
Hope that was clear.
: )
heard it always referred to as the herpes triangle
It must be something in the water here, DC is full of haters.
(I was trying to be as polite as possible, but I see -- and know from regularly reading BYT -- that polite is not your style. Thanks for constantly keeping that middle finger up; better in the air than on the keyboard.)
I asked out of genuine curiosity, and I ask again: what are these events? I am intrigued by the diversity of the crowd and am/was interested in finding out more. Greeting honest questions with knee-jerk belligerence certainly makes people want to try new things, right?
I'm not some casual browser who can't click search; I'm a DC-lover who finds himself at many a BYT-blessed evening not for show but for fun. I thought BYT was about inclusion, reaching out to show DC love and spread the good word, but perhaps I was wrong.
This much is clear, dear: if you keep your fun obscure by coating it in jive talk, slinging ad hominems at anyone who doubts your glory, and dismissing questions with a callous "if you don't know, you'll never know" -- and these are most definitely your style -- you're simply making your scene into the pretentious, exclusive, and hate-inspiring mess that gentle-hearted folks like me were trying to escape from in the first place by shunning the Jaeger-bombing mainstream.
So keep up the good work. And yes, that was a real email address, jerk.
in your first comment you're confessing to being hate-y, now you're "gentle-hearted folk" with "honest questions"?
I'm making my scene ... pretentious, exclusive and blah blah what? Casual browser, what makes you think I'm part of any one or two scenes. WTF?
As for my glory, even I'm in constant doubt of it. But never my sexy. Nope.
Anyway, sounds like I touched a nerve and go you all bitchy and even more confused.
shweet.
:P
(Again with the ad hominems, Fitsum. Attacking me as a casual browser or bitchy does not refute my argument; you still fail to answer my questions, gentle-hearted or not. Drop the macho screen and listen, wouldya? )
I know you're not part of one scene or another -- I see that from the diversity of the events you cover and the places I see you -- but this openness doesn't always come across in your write-ups and comments. Especially your comments. Blind defensiveness only encourages the faceless haters and turns off those with qualms that might have a basis in reality. I vote for less venom and more sexy.
If you can't take constructive criticism, don't place your work in a public forum. WTF indeed!
With that I'll step off my pedestal and go back to having fun. You should do the same.
I don't really have a problem taking constructive criticism or your comments ,publicly or no, and in verse or in person. I mean, I could just deleted all your comments.