So as all of you may know, I made the trip across the continent to California to visit Long Beach for their pride event over the weekend and might I say, it was quite interesting. I kind of knew what to expect with having been here on the forum for the past few months.
I met a lot of current fans and also made some new ones. Like Adam said in his post, we didn't have too much time to ourselves once the even started. From the crack of dawn, until the wee hours of the morning we relentlessly promoted Broke Straight Boys and what we're about. There were a lot of very colorful people there too. And I don't mean rainbows, I'm talking burly men, princess faries, butch lesbians, THE HOTTEST GIRLS IVE SEEN IN MONTHS, and everything in between.
My trip started extremely early Friday at about 4am when I left to the airport to catch my 6am flight to meet up with the one and only Sha in Atlanta's gigantic airport. Then we continued on to LA to meet with Adam and Kellan from College Dudes and start the weekend finally. We checked in at the hotel and made our way to find a place to get some grub and get to know eachother. The rest of the day was mostly spent settling down and resting for the next day because we had to be up and out before 8am. Friday night was also when Brandon joined us because he is sort of local to Long Beach.
Saturday started with breakfast at Jack in the Box which is a new thing for me considering I've never even seen one before. I was throroughly pleasedand stuffed to the gills with food to get me through the day haha. After breakfast we made our way to the event to set up our booth. The day went well and we all got a bit of sun, but nothing I've never roughed through before considering I'm from FL haha. Saturday ended with us closing up shop and running to Denny's before crashing back at the hotel to do it all over again the next day.
Sunday, we got about an hour more to sleep in because we were able to keep most of our things at the booth. Sunday was a lot busier than the day before because they held their pride parade which ran everyone right into the event afterwards. Like Saturday, Sunday was long and sunny, with a cool ocean breeze coming off the Pacific. We got to meet a lot of new people again as well as some we had seen and got to know the day before. I also met a few really cool people Sunday that stuck out in my mind more than Saturday. One was the owner of the first Marijuana dispensary in California. He was a really animated older guy wearing all black and had the swaggg of a miltiplatinum rap artist. The other was also an older guy who has faught cancer with HIV and is alive today to tell his story and bless others with his optimism and motivation. He caught my eye from a good distance away and I wasn't going to say anything at first, but found myself walking towards him to congratulate him on his perserverence and strength. He was such a great guy, and believe it or not, had also done porn, met the President, and even does celebrity impersonations on the side.
All in all, Long Beach will forever have a special place in the back of my mind as the first of many pride events I will attend in my life time. I really enjoyed myself and even got to know myself better as an individual. I appreciate any questions or comments on the matter and look forward to the next few weeks. NEXT STOP, ORLANDO!
Peace, Love, and Lots of lube,
Paul Canon
I met a lot of current fans and also made some new ones. Like Adam said in his post, we didn't have too much time to ourselves once the even started. From the crack of dawn, until the wee hours of the morning we relentlessly promoted Broke Straight Boys and what we're about. There were a lot of very colorful people there too. And I don't mean rainbows, I'm talking burly men, princess faries, butch lesbians, THE HOTTEST GIRLS IVE SEEN IN MONTHS, and everything in between.
My trip started extremely early Friday at about 4am when I left to the airport to catch my 6am flight to meet up with the one and only Sha in Atlanta's gigantic airport. Then we continued on to LA to meet with Adam and Kellan from College Dudes and start the weekend finally. We checked in at the hotel and made our way to find a place to get some grub and get to know eachother. The rest of the day was mostly spent settling down and resting for the next day because we had to be up and out before 8am. Friday night was also when Brandon joined us because he is sort of local to Long Beach.
Saturday started with breakfast at Jack in the Box which is a new thing for me considering I've never even seen one before. I was throroughly pleasedand stuffed to the gills with food to get me through the day haha. After breakfast we made our way to the event to set up our booth. The day went well and we all got a bit of sun, but nothing I've never roughed through before considering I'm from FL haha. Saturday ended with us closing up shop and running to Denny's before crashing back at the hotel to do it all over again the next day.
Sunday, we got about an hour more to sleep in because we were able to keep most of our things at the booth. Sunday was a lot busier than the day before because they held their pride parade which ran everyone right into the event afterwards. Like Saturday, Sunday was long and sunny, with a cool ocean breeze coming off the Pacific. We got to meet a lot of new people again as well as some we had seen and got to know the day before. I also met a few really cool people Sunday that stuck out in my mind more than Saturday. One was the owner of the first Marijuana dispensary in California. He was a really animated older guy wearing all black and had the swaggg of a miltiplatinum rap artist. The other was also an older guy who has faught cancer with HIV and is alive today to tell his story and bless others with his optimism and motivation. He caught my eye from a good distance away and I wasn't going to say anything at first, but found myself walking towards him to congratulate him on his perserverence and strength. He was such a great guy, and believe it or not, had also done porn, met the President, and even does celebrity impersonations on the side.
All in all, Long Beach will forever have a special place in the back of my mind as the first of many pride events I will attend in my life time. I really enjoyed myself and even got to know myself better as an individual. I appreciate any questions or comments on the matter and look forward to the next few weeks. NEXT STOP, ORLANDO!
Peace, Love, and Lots of lube,
Paul Canon
