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End Of The Week #104

31 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in End of the Week, It's A Gay World

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Now that’s a power bottom!

that's rude 37 Conversation Rules for Gentlemen is an excerpt from A Gentleman’s Guide to Etiquette a book on manners published over 100 years ago which also makes for a handy list of dos and don’ts for gay Thailand message board posters. Okay, it makes for a good laugh considering how many posters will immediately spring to mind as you read through these.

tommy boy Olympic diver Tom Daley now has his own comic book. Damn. And I thought beating off over comic book heroes was over when I turned 14.

enjoy the show If watching the boys having sex on stage at Soi Twilight’s gogo bars get you a bit too excited and you’re embarrassed by the ensuing unsightly wet marks on your pants, there’s now a product for that.

yoko ono is not a ladyboy I’m somewhat torn over this Canadian dentist’s idea of using a rotten molar to clone John Lennon, but mostly because I’m concerned that by doing so with a diseased tooth he may grow another Yoko Ono.

killer karaoke Killer Karoke is a game show in Thailand. The very idea of which should make you beg to just be put out of your misery. But this clip has a twist; the contestant denies he’s gay . . . watch until the end.

asian stalker This week’s offering of naked male Asian flesh thanks to Yahoo’s purchase of Tumblr and its decision to make finding NSFW Tumblr blogs more difficult is Asian Stalker, who is quite skilled at that.

tiny penis syndrome I knew PETA was big on issues involving meat, but it’s good to know the organization is concerned about the size of your baby’s penis too. (I knew chicken nuggets were the work of the devil!)

happy sexpat Obviously the answer in Pattaya is that you’d turn into a lonely disgruntled alcoholic who spends his days on the Gay Thailand message boards, but for the rest of us here’s the answer to What If You Stopped Going Outside?

wet gogo In Bucky’s world of make believe, that the brothels in Nevada are experiencing a slow-down in business means the future of gogo bars in Bangkok is doomed. Don’t tell him about this place or he’ll be sitting shiva. Though come to think about it, Bangkok already has this bar at the far end of the soi. It’s just not as lively.

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In Loving Memory

30 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in It's A Gay World

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The passing on of an old and cherished friend is always a bittersweet moment in life; the sadness of your loss seems to be all encompassing, yet memories are stirred of the good times spent together, memories of times shared that can’t help but put a smile on your face. In time those pleasant memories, you hope, will break through to replace your feelings of loss; you’ll always miss him, but, slowly, why you miss him will become more vivid than the loss itself. This week I suffered such a loss. And though my grief is great, and my loss still fresh, already the years we spent together and the good times we shared are what spring to mind when I think of him.

I picked up Hurley during a weekend trip to San Francisco years and years ago. I’d like to tell you it was love at first sight, but the truth is it was more a case of settling. He didn’t make my heart start beating faster, there was no instantaneous spark that signaled he was the one. It was more of an, “Eh, as long as I’m here, why not?” Whodathunk ours would become a close relationship that would last over a decade? But that’s the thing about those with whom you form close relationships. They grow on you. If you are lucky some end up fitting your life like a second skin. They become such a integral part of your being that you can’t picture life without them. Until they are gone. And then you miss them. Greatly.

It was later that week the first time we went out together. The Xmas holiday season, which in California can still mean quite pleasant weather, is always a busy time of getting together with friends, both new and old. Hurley often joined me at the holiday parties that year, and while I’d also like to tell you how impressed my friends were with him, for the most part he went unnoticed and unremarked upon. Though I do recall someone, pleased to see the most recent change in my life, muttering, “It’s about time.” But it wasn’t long before us showing up together became the norm. Hurley quickly became part of my life. It wasn’t that we were inseparable, but seldom a week passed that we didn’t go out to paint the town together.

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It has become common when celebrating someone’s life at the time of their passing to share stories of the times you spent together. That’s difficult with Hurley because there were so many. Whether it was a day’s outing – either visiting somewhere special or just an excuse to be out in the sun – a night spent at home cuddled up watching the latest blockbuster movie dvd release, or even just a quick trip to the grocery store, Hurley was often part of those times. And we travelled the world together too. So much so that it is difficult to remember which holidays he joined me on and which he stayed at home while I flew off to some exotic locale. But going through photos of those trips it’s surprising how often we’re pictured together.

You seldom notice changes in those friends you see all the time. Someone you see only once every few months you may recognizee a change in almost immediately, without thinking exclaim, “God you are getting fat!” and then consider your inability to think before speaking may be why you see those people so seldom. When your relationship spans years too, gradual changes, like getting old, just don’t make much of a blip on your radar. So it was with Hurley. And, we were after all, aging together.

That’s my only excuse for having not noticed how tired looking he’d become of late. I’d like to think that if I had noticed, if I had picked up on the small but telling tears in the fabric of his life, how frayed he’d become, I might have treated him a bit differently over the last few months. Perhaps I may have been a bit more gentle, a bit less demanding in our going out together so often. Not that I hold myself responsible for his failing health. Or think that I could possibly have done anything differently to extend his time on earth. But I do believe that had I known how little time was left to enjoy his companionship I may have appreciated and cherished those times just a bit more.

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Hurley’s end came quickly, a blessing some would say. There was little time to prepare for the day when he’d no longer be there, no time to plan for the end, no opportunity to stop and fully enjoy our remaining time together. Life went on even though for one of us that life would be shortened much too soon.

There are great friendships that have been written about – David & Jonathan, Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Hallam, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Cheech & Chong – all pale in comparison to what Hurley and I shared. The relationship too between a boy and his dog is often celebrated and speaks to a deep bond of companionship, a union of souls that transcends the norm, much as Hurley and my relationship did. But as unheralded as the connection between a man and his favorite T shirt may be, it is a bond that is just as deep, a friendship just as great. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust rag, I’ll miss Hurley. Life without him just won’t be the same now that he has moved on to the great spin cycle in the sky. But he will live on in my heart and in my mind forever.

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iPhone Friday #86

30 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in iPhone Fridays, It's A Gay World

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Ah decisions, decisions . . . so who would you rather?

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Looks Like It’s That Time Of The Month Again

29 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Thailand Travel Tips and Tales, Tips

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Wat Chedi Luang is without a doubt the most popular Buddhist temple for visitors to Chiang Mai. Its massive crumbling stupa is a major draw, its popular Monk Chat program is almost as responsible for the huge number of touri who decide it is the one wat in the city they have to see. Less well-known, and surely to put a dampener on the number of visitors the temple receives – at least those considered second class citizens – is the ban on women in the wat’s ubosot. A diplomatically worded sign announces this prohibition, making the ban clear without resorting to stating the reason is because women are unclean. (Not that the tiny bot is generally open to male touri either, but let’s just keep that little fact to ourselves, huh?)

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Across town at the Silver Wat, the sign prohibiting fish is a bit more basic and to the point. And, obviously makes a good photo op – Chris, AKA Pretty Boy, couldn’t resist (that’s Noom doing his Samson pose in the background). I couldn’t find the accompanying shot showing what the dykes we were travelling with thought of the ban, but then you’ve seen that gesture many times before I’m sure.

The prohibition at the Silver Wat is more of a temporary measure, and one that is generally followed at all wats. That Ubosot is still under construction and until it is finished and properly consecrated, thereby protecting its sanctity from the damage female presence would otherwise cause, women are taboo. Obviously, if you are visiting Chiang Mai with some females in tow, you need to put both of these wats on your agenda. Just to remind them of their true worth in the world. And keep your camera ready for the reaction shot.

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Absolutely Thursday #86

29 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Absolutely Thursdays, It's A Gay World

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Amateur photo, amateur abs . . . but, oh Mommmmiee!

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And You Thought Second Hand Smoke Was Bad

28 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Blogs & Message Boards, Gay Thailand Message Boards

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While the big news of the day is the U.S. busy rattling its sabres at Syria while the powers that be decide when, if, and how the country will enter the fray – because our involvement in internal conflicts in the Middle East have always been so successful in the past – or, what a total skank Miley Cyrus has grown into (which would destroy her Daddy’s achy breaky heart if her career wasn’t responsible for his upkeep) depending on your choice of news agency, locally a still out of control wildfire that has already destroyed 184,481 acres is getting most of the press. Whose attention you can only get if you give your fire a name, and I can’t think of a more attention-grabbing moniker, or one more appropriate when it is burning as close to San Francisco as it is than ‘The Rim” fire.

Appreciation of its name aside, while the fire – the 11th largest in California’s history (so far) – is about 23% contained it is getting seriously close to many homes; both mandatory and advised evacuations for residents have been issued. I have friends and family who have been effected by the spread of the blaze, not to mention (and possibly more importantly) many individuals and businesses who are responsible for a large portion of my annual cash flow. So today’s post, as well as possibly those over the next few days will be on the light side while I spend most of my day at the evacuation center in Sonora helping in the Red Cross’ efforts. I did so yesterday . . . my suggestion of handing out marshmallows to the evacuees didn’t go over as well as I thought it would, but I’m sure they’ll appreciate seeing me there again today anyway.

Monk Shot #64

28 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Bangkok, Monk Shot!, Travel Photography

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Bangkok’s amulet markets are a never ending source of fascination for me. The one held by the Grand Palace – the Mahathat Amulet Market – really gets going on weekends and is filled with sidewalk vendors offering everything you could possibly need to make your life better. Most of which, evidently, depends on parts of dead animals, creatures that are generally considered endangered species in the rest of the world. Which should make you think that they may not be quite as lucky as those selling pieces of their carcass claim, but then I’m not a Buddhist, so what do I know?

Wat Ratchanadda’s amulet market is a bit more commercial in nature. There you’ll find more plastic than flesh for sale. It’s a popular shopping destination for monks from smaller wats in the city who pick up wares to resell back at their home temple. So it’s also a good place for nabbing some Monk Shots! Which is where I snapped this ‘Is It Live Or Is It Memorex’ one.

The pieces of elephants and tigers on sale at the Wat Mahathat Amulet market don’t bother me as much as they probably should. A table full of tiger claws, still fresh enough to attract hordes of flies, grosses out a lot of visitors; the idea of purchasing a swatch of tiger skin gives many the willies (FYI: a small pieces of pelt from the forehead area above the animal’s eyes, where the ‘third eye’ resides, draws top dollar). The realistic looking monk ‘dolls’ for sale at Wat Ratchanadda, on the other hand, give me the creeps. I know Thais are infamous for producing knock-offs, but this is taking that skill a bit too far.

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Wednesday Wetness #86

28 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in It's A Gay World, Wednesday Wetness

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Ahh, those Bali-style showers . . .

Ahh, those Bali-style showers . . .

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