The Year in Review

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, Hanukah or what ever you celebrate. The new year is right around the corner and for once I have plans for new years. Good thing cause I don’t think I can handle Regis filling in for Dick Clark. Should be a great night for me and I hope this next year will be great. But I wanted to reflect on this past year with me and my blog.

The year started, I was working and going to school. It was pretty normal. But work slowed down and I was laid off. Then I started working with the family, which again I urge you never ever do unless you have some serious mental health coverage. I went summer semester, again, more mental health there too. And then that ended and Christmas was here. I hit a point in my life around July/Aug where I just got fed up with everything in my life. I know I needed to make changes and I think I have. Well they aren’t complete but they are working on it. This past year I gained self confidence. I learned I can do a lot more then I gave myself credit for, and that I’m not defined by my past. Which is a good thing. I had this revelation while working with the family. It was one of the few good things that came out of that whole situation. I have gained some new friends that I really care about and who care about me. I am more open and as I said I’m a friend to my friends now. Which has paid off.

This was also a year for break ups too. J&B, and a few other friends broke up. More so then normal. I think a lot of things the relationships had in common is they let things go for too long without doing anything about it. I think if you have issues with something then say so. Don’t be an ass about it but just say I don’t like this. I have learned to do that in the last few years myself since I dated my ex. When I was with him went out of my way to make him happy and I suffered for that in the end. I think you should make your partner happy as you can but not at your own happiness. I think a lot of people just over looked things and never tired to fix stuff before it was too late. There is a point in a relationship where you cross that line and you can’t go back. No matter what you do. I try not to get to that point, or even near it for that matter. If you piss me off I tell you now. I learned just because you get mad or upset at someone you don’t hate them, you just have an issue with something and you deal and get over it. This is probably my greatest thing I’ve learned in the last year or two. Before if I got really mad at someone it was over, I know it was very childish and stupid but I never really trusted people. Now I trust people and I guess before I was very my feelings very guarded, and now as you can tell by this blog that I like to say it all. The perfect example is my underwear fetish, I used to not let anyone I know about it, only sexual partners or bfs now I don’t care. I like undies and I have found there are many more out there that like them too LOL. Go figure who knew.

This has really been a good year for me overall. Even with the work stuff, other things have been really great. The greatest gift I got this year is Thomas. The more I get to know him the more I love him and feel closer to him. He’s an incredible man. But I won’t get to sappy on you guys.

Now for the year in my blog. Well, it’s progressed a lot this year. I went from hardly working on it a few times and talking about TV shows to really putting my heart and soul in it. As I said above I really got fed up with my life and didn’t have anyone to really rely on and I just started writing one day and it really helped. I hope you don’t get bored with posts like that but that is me, the true me. I hope my humor shines through too. I am a smart ass and sarcastic as hell. If you’re listened to the podcast you get my sense of humor. That too is another new addition. Thanks Darin! For the idea. But I was told the sound on the podcast is great and two people said that it didn’t’ sound like me LOL not sure that’s a good thing or a bad thing. But I have gotten feedback from a few people, a few friends who said it was funny and one comment saying it was great. So I’m very happy, I really was unprepared to do it, I was bored Christmas day and just did it. I don’t think I told anyone I was doing it until it was done and posted. It was so much fun to do and I’m really glad for the feedback I’ve gotten so yeah I’m going to do them 2 times a month or so.

Another new addition is the Hot guy of the week. Well I did this as a way to get readership. And I’m not sure it worked. I got the idea from Scott-o-rama. He has his guys that do it for me gallery and figured why not have guys every week. But I guess Muscle Boy in Training is where I got the weekly posting from. He posts the inspiration of the week. So I didn’t have space to do a guys that do it for me on the blog and I can post pics on the blog so I figured Muscle boy had the right idea. I like this feature and I have gotten the most comments on this feature. I hope you enjoy and I try to have many types of guys as the hot guy of the week. From the twink to the muscle bear and everything in between. I hope to have a few surprises this year for the Hot guy feature. I also would love to have reader’s pics on there too. I know I have some hot readers if you’re up for posting your pic, send it over. I can add email link or home page or what ever.

After I got through the time in July/Aug, I think the blog has really come into it’s own. I get serious sometimes, I get funny, and out there and I just want to have fun with it. I love reading blogs as well and it’s cool to get a glimpse in someone else’s life. And please email me or post comments and let me know what you like and don’t’ like about the blog. I love chatting with people. I have yahoo, AIM and Skype. So if you want to talk let me know. I’m always up for making new friends and I hope this year I can get to know a few of my favorite bloggers out there. So I guess my new years resolution for my blog is to keep it funny and fun and get to know some of the other great gay bloggers out there. Ok, now you’re wondering who would I like to get to know?

• Well top of the list would be have a drink with Joe My God, I think he is one of the best bloggers around. His posts and honesty are some of the best in the blogsphere and he has a way of telling a story that is just incredible. I hope I can do just as half as good of a job as him at my postings. At times I think I am and other times I’m wondering what the hell I’m writing.
• Next would be Darin of All Prep and No H. I love his blog and his podcast and he sound pretty damn cool. We chatted briefly on yahoo one day but didn’t get to chat too long. One thing I really like about Darin is his honesty, just look at his enema post, now I will admit that I’ve thought about doing posts like that but always chicken out, but he did and my hat’s off to you Darin. And his time and effort into supporting podcasts and the Christmas podcast where they talked to other bloggers, which Donnie from Fresh N’Tasty. Was great, Thanks Darin, if I get to Phoenix ( never can spell that city thank god for spellcheck).
• The next would be Rick from Rocket Mans Launch Pad. He’s one of the first blogger to give me a link from his site. I think me and him are a lot a like and I think if he lived in ATL or me in Chicago we’d make great friends. I love reading his blog and just makes me reflect on myself.
• Next is Billy at Kinda Like porn, no plot. He is the first blogger I talked too via AIM. He’s a great guy and I enjoyed chatting and wished I still got to DC like I used too and I’d take him to dinner and hang out. I know he’s been busy and not posting as he used too but I still check every few days for a new post.
• The next I want to meet is Large Tony. And not for obvious reasons. If you notice a theme with these bloggers is they all seem real to me, they seem like they are just being themselves and just typing whats going on and not trying to impress or say look at me. Hell I’m the first one to make fun of myself. Hey if you can’t make fun of yourself who can you? Tony is not the typical gay guy and he makes me laugh and think too.
• Dave at Speedoguy.com. I love his postings and he sorta resembles my love of speedos and just fun. I gotta get back into speedo shape so I can wear them in the summer. . Its just great to see someone who really gets into speedos and is not ashamed of it and just has so much fun with it. The think I am jealous of the most is he’s from Australia and which I think most guys wear speedos and he gets to see hot guys in Aussiebums and other gear on the beach, here we get board shorts and stuff. But I wish I have had half the experiences he had in speedos.
• One of the recent additions is Ragan Fox of Fox in the City. He’s got prob the best podcast around. I really respect him for the effort he puts in to it and the production he does. He makes me laugh so much. I think he’s cute too. He’s honest and out there and I love that. Plus he’s a power bottom, so what’s not to like about that! Opps don’t want to get into trouble, so I gotta keep it on the clean. Love you T LOL But if you read this Ragan I think you’re a f’ing genius. And the Star Jones Reynolds parts, I swear I laugh so hard at your podcast I can’t breath and end up crying for laughing so hard. Good luck on the thesis too!
• The last two bloggers I’d love to meet together. That is Jared from Completely Naked and Alex from The Great Cock hunt. These guys really capture the inner slut that is in me. They remind me of my younger wilder days and I think their blogs are incredible and one of the most entertaining out there. I’ve heard a lot of banter around the net that what these guys write is fiction. They just do it to entertain. I think they have both posted on this too. But I think it’s real, not just because truth is stranger as fiction, but also there is a consistency with what’s going on an the people. If you mad this stuff up you’d have to keep track of what’s going on and you’d eventually mix something up. But these boys do what I know a lot of people would like to do but would never give in. I will say in my wild days, which were pretty wild, I don’t think I did half the stuff that these two boys do, my hat is off to you two boys. Keep up the blog and the good times

Well I guess I need to wrap up the year in review. But I will say one more thing, I know won’t I ever shut up, no not really LOL. Since the posting of Skin Tight parties, my readership has tripled or more and I’m very happy, you like me you really like me! LOL Well I just hope I’m entertaining and I’m always trying to think of new posts and topics to write about and new features I can bring to you. Like the podcast. Now if I can just find a job! That is top priority this year and after the first of the year I’m going full force into it. Well I am now but this week isn’t a good week to try to find a job, not many people are working. But OMG I’ve gone to three pages in word and I think this maybe the longest post I’ve done, or one of them. Have a Happy New Year and Look forward to entertaining you for the next year!