The first few days spent here in Barcelona were not met with the rapturous touristic embrace I'd imagined. Here was a city, a people and a culture, I'd earlier hypothesised, that I already adored before I stepped off the plane. For those reasons alone it should be the ecstatic sojourn that Prague was, not the nonchalant intrigue I was experiencing ( Read more... )

London is an amazingly fascinating place to be. It seemingly unravels as you spend more time here, and more than any other place I've seen it has a definite sense of identity which is what draws people in. Firstly it seems that London is where everyone crazy from all over the world moves. Those foreigners who love partying, drugs and drinking may ( Read more... )

FridayI awoke early for yet another day shift at work where I was met by Kyle, my best friend simply because one day we decided we would be best friends and ever since then it has been true. He's an English-born actor and I get along with him famously, very lucky considering we spend nearly every day together in one way or another. It was a ( Read more... )

Christmas came and went in a flurry of gifts, family, friends and a sickening amount of delicious food. Christmas Eve was a house night, and after a plan to have a picnic at the beach was ruined by rain Mario and Michael decorated the main room with fairy lights, covered the floor with quilts and bought a tremendous amount of food and wine, and we ( Read more... )

Here I lie with a headache from too much crying, a persistent dry cough from chainsmoking my way through the evening, and no ring on my finger. I feel like I've been dumped, but I've done the dumping. This afternoon, after ten months, I broke up with Christian ( Read more... )

An hour ago I picked up my bags, said my goodbyes, and walked out of Blackbird for the last time ( Read more... )

The longer time drags on after the crazy events of Saturday night and Sunday morning the more I feel like a period has ended in my life. I look back on the last couple of months as a blur, where my mind and actions were constantly consumed on going out and taking drugs. Some things fell apart around me and I didn't even notice. I feel like Sunday ( Read more... )

The Queen's Birthday is a time for celebration. Mostly its for those who have a day off for a birthday that happened a month or two ago. But for the gay community the word "queen" seems enough for a few puns and a few big events. With well-planned outfits, a determination to dance all night and hundreds of dollars of drugs, we all headed over to ( Read more... )

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It’s getting to that point of the year where you run from the shower to your bedroom to escape the winter chill, where you smother yourself in every inch of blanket at night and where you now seek out direct sunlight to warm up. I’m lying in bed at 2am in the morning on my new iBook, delighting in the joys of having my own laptop and that feeling ( Read more... )