Posted on 07/13/2006 7:06:53 AM PDT by Mike Bates
With more than a dozen parties competing for your attention during the Gay Games, which run Saturday through July 22 throughout the Chicago area, just keeping up with the festivities could be a medal sport--with extra points for knowing exactly what to wear and how to prepare for each event.
Some, such as the lavish "circuit parties" that are part of the gay scene in major cities, will keep you out dancing until breakfast time. Others are great for an early-evening transition into party mode.
Debra Minghi is a self-described international circuit party veteran. She's also marketing program manager for the Gay Games. Minghi helped us develop this pre-game strategy for going to some of the biggest Gay Games galas--and figuring out which parties are best for your nights on the town.
PARTY SURVIVAL PLAN
Be early: If you want to meet new people, arrive at the parties about 15 minutes before they begin. This way you can mix and chat before the music gets too loud.
All are welcome: Even if parties are labeled "women's" or "men's" events, everyone is welcome because "the games are all participation, inclusion and personal best," Minghi says.
SNIP
Have flair: Although sporty outfits are likely to prevail, Minghi says, "you'll also see a lot of sequins and feathers. We encourage people to show their creativity."
When in ... : Just like when you were in high school, a good rule of thumb is "to call your friends to see what they are going to wear. Some people like to come theme-dressed with their groups of friends like `Boy Scouts gone crazy' or something," Minghi says.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Direct from the LA Times:
"In retrospect, lighting the match was my big mistake. But I was only trying to retrieve the gerbil," Eric Tomaszewski told bemused doctors in the Severe Burns Unit of Salt Lake City Hospital. Tomaszewski, and his homosexual partner Andrew "Kiki" Farnum, had been admitted for emergency treatment after a felching session had gone seriously wrong.
"I pushed a cardboard tube up his rectum and slipped Raggot, our gerbil, in," he explained. "As usual, Kiki shouted out 'Armageddon', my cue that he'd had enough. I tried to retrieve Raggot but he wouldn't come out again,so I peered into the tube and struck a match, thinking the light might attract him."
At a hushed press conference, a hospital spokesman described what happened next. "The match ignited a pocket of intestinal gas and a flame shot out the tubing, igniting Mr Tomaszewski's hair and severely burning his face. It also set fire to the gerbil's fur and whiskers which in turn ignited a larger pocket of gas further up the intestine, propelling the rodent out like a cannonball."
Tomaszewski suffered second degree burns and a broken nose from the impact of the gerbil, while Farnum suffered first and second degree burns to his anus and lower intestinal tract.
Daley, an outspoken proponent of gay marriage, was asked whether Chicago's decision to host the Gay Games would enhance his administration's reputation as "pro-gay."
"I hope so. Yes. Definitely," he said, to a round of applause from event organizers.
"It's very simple. First of all, they are great residents of Chicago. They're our doctors, our teachers, our lawyers. . . . They're involved in child care. They're parents. They're raising families. Definitely. They're great citizens of Chicago."
Involved in child care? Wonder how that flew into his pretty little head?
He ain't pretty. But he brain is small.
His father used to go to Mass every morning. He is an alleged Roman Catholic. He embraces anal intercourse between men in exchange for power.
I saw him in the elevator the other morning, I did my best to puke on his shoes but didn't have enough time before his floor.
what's he wear on his feet, loafers? As in light in. . .
Unbelievable! But puts a whole new meaning to the term, bottle rockets.
link to the above:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbyol4.htm
I guess I made my point that I don't like him.
Did you read the line about the Boy Scout costume theme?
These idiot homos have no shame. They promote pedophilia.
Would that the nation be swept up in a justified wave of Pervertophobia.
Just to sum it up, he doesn't just tolerate it, he embraces it for power. And so do the vast majority of politicians in this state. And most other states.
It's a duck.
And yet, don't they always whine that what they do in their bedrooms is their business?
I want to see the gay Mob float as it winds its way through the old Cabrini Green area.
Maybe they'll dress up like Frank Nitti.
Don't forget the bathhouse butterfly stroke 100
The IOC doesn't do much right but they put the smackdown on this turnout when it used the name 'Gay Olympics.'
The IOC permitted the 'Special Olympics' to continue using the name, however - good for them.
I guess truth is stranger thin fiction. Id think the gerbil would suffocate or leave a bacteria that make the rodent stuffer terribly ill. This kind of thing seems awfully close to urban legend to me.
Frank Zappa - He's so Gay
He's so gay
He's so gay
He's very very gay
He's so gay
He's so gay
And he likes to be that way
With his keys all on the right
He's into rubber every night
He's so gay
He's so gay
He's almost everyone today
He's okay
He's okay
He's got a role he wants to play
He's okay
He's okay
He's just a cowboy for a day
Of course, his evening's not complete
Without some meat in the seat;
Let's skate away
Down santa monica today
Maybe he wants a little spanking
Maybe he'll eat a little chain
Maybe his lover should be thanking him
For the way he makes it sprinkle
Into drops of golden rain
He's so gay
He's so gay
He rules the city in a way
You could say
You could say
It's sorta different today
All the taffeta and chintz
And every leather boy's a prince
Hey hey hey!
Please don't look the other way
You could be just like him
Tomorrow!
Maybe you'll get a chance
To borrow
(borrow)
His bouquet
And maybe later...maybe later
We'll all be
Gay-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y!
Do you really wanna hurt me?
When did he edge out Patty Murray?
Ready, set, party for the Gay Games
So bizarre to ponder I am momentarily without comment... LOL
The day he was born.
(OK, maybe they are tied)
To prove that the east coast is not behind the west (poor choice of words...), the Boston event was equally depraved:
http://www.massresistance.com/docs/events06/pride06/emcee.html
I got nothing against gay people, I just don't want their sexuality shoved in my face all the time... A huge STFU to most of their activities...
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