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June 17, 2005
The tin or aluminum anniversary
I was sitting in the kitchen of my sister's house in England. We always seemed to be in the kitchen, chatting while cooking, eating. I always was stretched out on the floor. I like the comforting feel of leaning against cabinets, the cold feel of the handles. I'm pretty sure I was drinking tea with milk and two sugars. I had some big news, at least for her. I know I had rehearsed it about a thousand times on the flight over. I don't really remember how exactly I said it. I just know that I finally said it. It felt so good, letting go of something I had held tight for too long.
"Ummmm, I'm gaygaygaygaygaygaygaygay. I want to fuck men, or at least kiss them for a really long time. I'm a knob shiner, I travel the Hershey Highway, I listen to the Village People, I eventually might even figure out who this Joan Crawford person is." Or something like that.
She was like, "Great! You know that Gay Pride in London is this week, right? You should go!"
Well, okay, maybe it wasn't such a surprise. Was it the perpetually naked Ken dolls when I was a child? Was it the gigantic hickeys strung like a necklace after a particularly drunk night in London about a year earlier, with a seriously pathetic story of a drunken American girl? Maybe she just knew her brother better than he knew himself.
Ten years.
Posted by G at June 17, 2005 08:03 PM
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Congrats!
We gay men have such interesting milestones, don't we?
Posted by: Tin Man at June 19, 2005 12:45 AM
happy anniversary. but let's decide here and now that from this point forward the ten year anniversary will be the stainless steel anniversary. that way it lends itself to body-piercings and/ or appliances. or a delorean if you're lucky! congrats mister gaygaygaygaygaygaygay!
Posted by: jiminy at June 19, 2005 10:44 PM
Yeah, we always stress out over the coming out event, and usually it is beyond anti-climatic. I received reponses ranging from "Okay. Cool. Oh, I forgot to put my Diet Coke away." to "We are not as suprised as you might think" to my favorite "Duh. You want a cookie or something?"
Bitches! At least gimme a pity guffaw!
Posted by: Chris at June 20, 2005 01:30 PM
Hershey Highway! Priceless!
Posted by: MzOuiser at June 20, 2005 05:02 PM
You said "knob shiner"... hehehe.
Posted by: palochi at June 20, 2005 10:34 PM
Happy Anniversary! I've never heard the term "knob shiner." Sweet.
Posted by: Jen at June 21, 2005 05:48 PM
yay! hooray! gay!
Posted by: jase at June 23, 2005 12:28 AM