I know I'm behind on my postings. I've thought about posting a few times, but I just haven't had the time and frankly I'm really bored with Blogging at the moment. I'm bored with my blog, reading blogs, and pretty much the entire Blogging community in general. It's so overdone these days. No offense to anyone, I'm just being honest here. For me Blogging is a past time, not a way of life, so I guess I've just been too occupied with living my real life to actually have time to sit down and blog. I know it goes in phases for me just like everyone else, so I'm certainly not going to be one of these people who gives this long and dramatic farewell because I'm not going anywhere. I'm just busy, so deal.

I guess the fact that I'm not blogging as much as I used to is a good thing, for me at least. Ever since the White Party in April it's really been a non-stop summer for Justin and I. I'm as happy as ever, and I never could have imagined that this year was going to turn out so well for us. We've gotten even closer to Philip and Bernard, and the four of us have become really found of traveling together. We all enjoy doing the same things and just have so much fun when we're all together. We've already started talking about our travel plans for next year. Justin and I have also been making a ton of new friends as well. Who knew that many of the same people go to all the circuit parties, so party after party we've been seeing familiar faces and making new friends from all around the country. I guess it's just yet another part of the circuit appeal.

So what's been going on with me lately ... Well he's a little bit of an update:

San Diego Pride (Circuit) Weekend:
(Jul 28 - Jul 31) At the end of July we headed out to San Diego for Pride weekend. I guess you could say it was during pride weekend, but not really for pride weekend. The purpose of our visit to San Diego was to attend the long circuit party weekend which started on Friday night with a boat cruise off the San Diego Harbor, continued with Circuit Daze at the Sports Arena on Saturday night, the Zoo Party on Sunday, and the Closing Party which took us into the wee hours of Monday morning. It was a jam packed weekend of non-stop parties and dancing.

Justin and I got into San Diego late on Thursday night where we met up with Bernard and Tony at our friend Tony's house where we were all staying for the weekend. On Friday afternoon Philip arrived, we got up, cleaned up and walked over up to the Hillcrest District to have a bite of Sushi for lunch and then up to Hamburger Mary's for a few drinks.

It was a little crazy because I think all of gay Phoenix was in San Diego for the weekend. We stood in Hamburger Mary's and watched guy after guy from Phoenix walk into the bar. I think we drank a little too much because most of us ended up coming back to Tony's and passing out for a few hours before we had to head out for our Friday night party. Philip used this opportunity to take advantage of Justin while he was passed out.

After we all finally pulled ourselves together and got cleaned up, we headed down to the San Diego Harbor where we were having our first party of the weekend aboard the California Spirit. It was a 2-hour dance party boat cruise.

Following the cruise, we headed up to 4th & B for the after-hours party and made it back to Tony's around 5 AM. Just enough time to get a few hours of sleep before everyone started to arrive at 9 AM for the Pre-Pride Parade Party at Tony's.

Bernard, Justin and I did get a chance to walk up to the pride festival during the afternoon, but San Diego was un-godly hot for some reason this weekend, so we just walked around the festival a bit and quickly headed back to relax and get ready for an evening of dancing at the Sports Arena with DJ Manny Lehman. Prior to heading out to the Sports Arena, Justin's sister Sarah and her husband Jed drove down to meet up with Justin and I for a bit to eat. It was good to see both Sarah and Jed again, although unfortunately it was a very short visit due to our tight weekend schedule.

I didn't take my camera to the Sports Arena because I didn't feel like carrying it, but the event was a blast. We stayed until 6 AM and then even went over to Ocean beach for a little while afterwards to relax and chill out a bit before heading back to catch a few hours of sleep before the Zoo Party.

We awoke around 2 PM on Sunday, got ready and immediately headed over to the Zoo Party. The Zoo Party is the premier event of the weekend and as you might have guessed is held at the San Diego Zoo. It's really cool because you go into a separate entrance just for the party but then you can walk around the zoo as well. The zoo is still open to the public, with only the party area being restricted to ticket holders, so it's a somewhat strange experience to have a bunch of gay boys wandering through the zoo while families and children are there as well. Lucky for us we even got to see two turtles making some sweet love. I mean seriously, could the weekend get any better at this point?

The main DJ was Tony Moran and he kicked off his set around 7 PM and took us through to the end of the party.

Because the Zoo Party is only a T-Dance it ended at midnight and was followed by the closing party. I think we left around 11 PM and headed down early with Bruce and Tracy to 4th & B for the closing party. This space is an amazing space and filled up very quickly.

It was jam packed with people, really hot, really sweaty and an overall amazing night. The DJ was Rosabel and they spun one of the best sets I've heard in a really long time. Bernard thought the music was a little 'dark', but I don't know I must have been in just the right mood, because it just kept me dancing all night long.

The entire weekend in San Diego was a total blast and many thanks to our good friend Tony for letting us crash at his house and pretty much takeover his bedroom. I'm already looking forward to going back again next year.

Justin's Birthday Weekend (8/4-8/7):
(Aug 4 - Aug 7) Imagine it, two weekends in a row of non-stop fun. Now you know why I haven't had time to blog much. This past weekend was Justin's birthday and both Philip and Bernard came into town for the celebration. It was only 3 days since we all parted ways in San Diego and here we were back again at our house for a weekend of relaxation and hanging out by the pool. We decided to have a very small get together on Saturday night so that we could celebrate Justin turning 25. Ugh, he's such a puppy still.

The party was fun, we grilled up some food and it was a great time hanging out with friends, enjoying the pool and the Arizona heat. Philip and Bernard headed out on Monday and Justin and I probably won't see them again until we all head up to Montreal together in the fall.

So that's pretty much the summary of what's been going on the past few weeks around here. It's been busy, busy, busy to say the least. We did finally get our floors finished as well, so I'll post some photos of them here shortly.

I do have to admit that I'm glad we have a little bit of a break for a few weeks now. Justin and I are both somewhat drained from party hopping and we're in need of some rest, and some quality time here at home together. I'll be headed back to Philadelphia in September to help my Mother finally move back out here to Arizona, and then Justin, Philip, Bernard and I will be headed up to Montreal in October for our last Circuit Party of the year, Black & Blue. It's a week long event that will be our first trip all together out of the country.

I can't express how much fun I've been having with Justin, Bernard and Philip this year. It really started with the White Party and I think none of us ever expected what was to follow. We've been forming a great friendship, the type of friendship where you know you'll hopefully be partying together and traveling together for many years to come. I always thought that to have a close circle of friends who enjoyed doing things together, everyone had to live in the same city. I couldn't have been more wrong. I think the fact that we live in different cities really helps to strengthen our friendship, because when we travel together to these events, it gives us all something to look forward to and we never take each other for granted, we just enjoy each others company and the short time we have to spend together. These guys are like my family now and I'm glad I know I can always count on them and count on having a wonderful time with them.

Alright for being bored with blogging I've sure rambled on enough with this post. That's my update for now, keep yourself posted for more to come. Now that I have some down time I may post a little more frequently, however I'm not promising anything.

*Circuit Party Note ... 'When Boy's Fly':
I just have one last thing. If you're not familiar with and at all curious about these Circuit Parties and what goes on at them, you should rent the movie 'When Boy's Fly', a film/documentary by Stewart Halpern & Lenid Rolov. It follows a few different guys who are into the circuit scene to one of the parties, namely the White Party. This movie will give you a very accurate portrayal of what goes on at a typical circuit party. While I disagree with a few parts of this documentary and feel that is focuses on mainly the negative part of the circuit scene, it really does give some insight into the circuit, much of which I do not discuss in my blog. If you've seen this movie, or rent it as a result of my suggestion, drop me an email and let's chat about it because I'd be interested in your thoughts and feedback, especially if this is your first look into the Circuit.

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