Weekend Update

Just a quick update for hittin' the sack tonight because ya know, there are times you wish you had a camera with you (and weren't driving so you could take the picture). I drove up to SF on highway 280 which is a bit more rural to some degree. Always like it better than our highway 101 which is more like driving to through industrial-ish ya know? So I should have known it would be a cool trip when I saw a doe eating some dried grass by the side of the road. Just hangin out pretty as you please, not seeming to be scared by all the cars on the freeway. It was just really nice and I would have loved to pulled over but..wrong lane to get over in time, and no camera.

The trip up was nice and it was just a little time spent on the Castro (only buying one book at Different Light Bookstore). I actually found parking, which is a miracle to some degree, and popped in my quarters for an hour on the meter. So I wandered down to this little shop I had looked into when they were closed. What was it? Well there on Castro in gay central is now a Comic Book shop! Yeah baby! He's been open maybe 3 months but I'm glad to say that I saw a fair number of folks wandering in and poking around. I just think it's cool that I'm not the only gay man that likes to read comics. And, while I was there, this flyer caught my eye. Already been to their website. More coolness from the comic realm!

Go check em out. They have a FAQ section that sort of explains what they're doing. Personally I can't wait to see the first issue whether online, or in a shop. More money to spend (ka-ching ka-ching), but whether or not you think comics are "worth it"...I'm gonna read it. Pridecomics.

And then back homeward I wandered. Well, I did browse a few other shops but it seems that the Castro has changed a lot since I moved out here low these 20 years ago-ish. Kinda sad that most of what I saw were basicaly porn stores to some degree. There's still the cool funky artsty kind of stores there but it just seemed that everywhere I turned, you could buy porn either in print, or in some form of media. One shop even had old Super 8 movies...that's right...real film! Ah well....didn't stop me from buying a me new mystery and a cute rainbow bear at Different Light. And yes, it felt nice to feel "at home". Sometimes, ya just need to be a little bit gay :)

Be safe. Be happy. Be PROUD. Be Loved!