Hahaha welll... That would be a hell of a leap (we’ve known each other/been in fairly regular/close contact for the past 6 years, but from a distance; in person, we’ve spent a grand total of 7 days together at this point), and I love LA and worked my ass off to get here, but... I suppose nothing is entirely…

That makes me a feel a bit less like I let too much slide for my first trip, haha thank you! I feel kind of similarly about LA after nearly 6 years, though in the past couple years I’ve definitely made a more concentrated effort to go out and do more things here, which has been really nice.

Thank you very much for such helpful and insightful comments, truly. (Funnily enough, dude in question is a psychotherapist working his way through extra analysis training as we speak. I’m sure he’d agree with you.)

Gah! That does sound pretty crazy. We ended up a little surprised by the weather, too; last Saturday started off warm enough for shorts and tank tops, but by the time we came home we were literally caught in a sudden rain storm! Fortunately, it was fun in the moment.

Sounds like a solid game plan to me!

Gah, that is a lot! (One of my old friends I managed to squeeze a catch-up lunch in with in Harlem during my trip is currently rounding out finals week at Columbia. It was great to see him, but he is clearly very ready for it to be over.)

Having spent much of the past week with one, having basically the best week ever... Good god, unselfish male partners who are above all else into pleasing us are fucking gems above all others (and far too rare).

Oh, nice! Will certainly make a note of this to remember for the future. I really do hope to make it back again (even if, given my work/vacation/financial constraints, it couldn’t possibly be any sooner than at least next year).

Stairs are treacherous as fuck, my god.

It was wonderful. Exceeded all possible expectations. I’m so glad I went.

Thank you for that! (I know my host goes at least once or twice a season, usually bringing his little sister, and I think he suggested something similar.) Definitely something to keep in mind for next time...

It is, and it’s been so long since I traveled anywhere, let alone for a genuine vacation, I had not really prepared myself for it once I got home, haha.

I can absolutely see what you mean — for instance, I didn’t make it to a single museum this time, but definitely would want to at least hit either the MET or the Whitney next time... And my host even wanted to take me to the opera with him (since I’ve never been, period), but it’s close enough to the end of the season…

I absolutely did, very much so! (I remember you commenting on at least one of my posts from the planning stages too, so thank you again for that!)

I think this is the first time I’ve ever happened to pop over to Jez just in time for SNS!

“It’s isolating. It’s ugly. It’s a total mindfuck. And even as I was doing all these things to change myself and improve, I still hated myself and had this nagging feeling that my effort was pretty much hopeless.”

Ugh, this bums me out. The Clippers “Spirit” dancers do not get paid a dime, either.

It is my favorite .gif of all time. I have genuinely cried tears laughing at it on multiple occasions.

I don’t know about nylons — which, for me, would be stiflingly hot — but I was definitely was required to perform in (sheer) tights in my tap years, and I was still a pre-teen/teenager back then. Same for when I was older and doing a lot of Latin ballroom. It’s both for the look — evens out the skin tone, tightens the…

Wait, he did endurance racing? Shit, I did not know that; that’s awesome.