11. 06.04

Yesterday was wonderful I was out like a real grown up…all day. I met up with this girl from high school named Courtney to go to capital pride. We took metro down to Dupont and since we got there a little early we parked ourselves under a tree in the shade cause it was a little toasty. We walk 2 miles in the blazing sun, up new Hampshire Ave over to U street and down Massachusetts in the Dyke March. 500+ gay folk, of all walks of life. I didn’t think about it at the time but it was pretty cool that all those people were out there in support of gay rights. It was an good experience cause I had never done anything like that before. The topless dykes that were behind my friend and I kinda make my stomach turn but it was still cool. That’s one thing about some white folks, they can be really free with themselves, not shaving, wearing or not wearing whatever… I admire it their free-spirtedness. After the march we got Chipotle and this cute chick that I had spotted earlier was there. I kid you not, I would have talked to her but I think she was with her girl and…..she was deaf. I’m sure the communication barrier could have been worked around but, I just watched and admired from a far as usual. After lunch we had, 3 hrs before the parade started so we just sat in the park. It was really nice, I need to do stuff like that more often.

The parade was short but the MC from the edge was there…”the one we call”…Shaquita Lee. There was this random boy vouging and there were floats representing different cultures. Then of course there were politicians, men in leather, church groups, lesbian drummer groups and bands also followed in suite. It was an interesting parade. I’m sure it’s going to be nothing like the one in NYC but I’ll let you know when I see it. Bri and this girl from the board came up to see the parade but couldn’t find parking and caught the tail end of it. Meeting her was and experience because she left a bad impression. I have no desire to get to know her…she was very indecisive and just soured my mood. Bri and I dropped her off all the way in Woodbridge and she and I drove to Adams Morgan to go bar hopping. At this point I had been out since noon, hadn’t been able to change and felt pretty icky but I made the most of it…Actually, I had a blast. I saw a couple of people from high school, spent money I shouldn’t have, found this bar that had great live reggae music, saw a fight and saved Bri from being molested by to foreign guys. The highlight was definitely that reggae spot…gotta go back.

The other highlight was talking to this guy who’s soul purpose for being out there was to get numbers. He was explaining to me how the whole “grabbing of the arm thing” works at getting girls attention. I was thinking to myself that’s a horrible way to get a girls attention. It’s disrespectful and it really doesn’t show that you’re interested. The way some guys operate really pisses me off. They just think that by putting themselves out there that girls are just supposed jump at the opportunity to talk to them. I just shook my head at all the guys that tried to talk to ladies that I went out with.

This has been a long enough entry so I’ll do more later. I wanna go talk to logic

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