Thursday, May 25, 2006
IT'S THE 24th OF MAY AND WE LIKES TO GAY-AWAY
It's been 4 days now since we all returned from our "Gay-Away" in the Valley and I am finally ready to do a little blogging on the experience. I've been feeling somewhat depressed and deflated since we arrived back to civilization, so it's taken some time to gather my thoughts. I've been telling everyone that I feel like someone who was stranded on a desert island and after having been rescued, I'm having a difficult time amalgamating back into society!
It was a relaxing and fun-filled weekend with the most fantastic group of guys you could imagine. We spent our frist night at Bev and Peter's (Stephen's parents) farmhouse in the Valley and then two nights at Trout Lake in their cottage. The weather turned out to be wonderful despite forecasts of gloom that I expected would keep us inside and give us all a nice case of the "shining." But instead, the sun shone almost the entire weekend and all we got was a nice case of the "Bonnie Raitts." Even the little rain we did have on the first night was more than welcomed as we sat in the outdoor hot tub at the farmhouse drinking champagne by a crackling fire as Madonna played in the background ... can you say HEAVEN! Stephen's parents were the best - they fed us a wonderful dinner and breakfast, provided us with robes for our wet and wild adventures, and put up with our loud voices and drunkenness. Stephen's dad even spent extra time getting two fresh flower arrangements ready for us ... now that's a man after a homo's heart! Bev and Peter were just fantastic as was their home ... It was quite a great way to start our weekend.
On Saturday we went to the cottage after a fun trip to the grocery store. The rest of the weekend consisted of sail boats & rock gardens; BBQs; Wally; Harry Potter fires; fashion shows in cottage couture; moulton cakes; drinks (and a lack thereof); Little Britain, Elvira and Drawn Together; MadonnaPod; Danger Bay phone; SCRAM; Can Can Can; dance parties on the roof; Bonnie Raitt; showtime Synergy; Patrick as She-Ra; Poo Jesus (wish we had Holy Jesus); peanut butter cookies that appear as if from no where (thanks Jeff); one time at Jay Wells'; Spiderman kisses; scraping the bowl; tapping the bowl; and a true blue sitcom ending! You really would have had to be there to understand what most of that means, but if you would like a more detailed description with visuals, just click here and pray to Jesus.
Throughout the weekend I wrote down some memorable quotes and I still have not recovered all of the pieces of paper ... lord knows what the clean up crew at that Wendy's will find written on the back of a liquor store receipt! Regardless, here is the best of the best in quotable quotes from the 24th of May Gay-Away:
> "I brought my piano book" ... "Really? I was totally hoping you'd play a song this weekend!"
> "I brought papers ... and I brought some needles too!"
> "No, you have to leave the peel on because the rough edges make it feel
good!"
> "I don't recall ordering poo on my face."
> "$8.99 at Old Navy ... it's the new Winners!"
> "One time at Jay Wells'..."
> "Sounds like you got too much stuff on the go Charles."
> "What? You all don't have memory boxes?"
> "Rocky, I didn't know you were a pillow biter."
> "Poo Jesus is like anal sex... it's good as long as you don't smell it
... and you might need some ice."
> "P.S. I'm the camp whore, I've been in everyone's back seat!"
