The Weekend

This was the one of the best weekends I have had in a while. Mostly because it was mine. I took back my life and time from someone that I had been allow to spend time with me, even though his presence was draining my energy. So to finally have my time actually be MY TIME, felt good.

I did a lot of things different this weekend. I spent Friday night in the house. Saturday, I washed clothes in 2 hours at the laundrymat instead of spending 7+ hours at a friends house only to leave with damp clothes.

Saturday night I went to a cookout with someone that I don't normally hang out with and had a really good time. My buddy Barry is someone I have known for years but we fall in and out of contact. Well he invited me to a cookout and I decided to go. I cooked some Mac & Cheese and we hit it out to his buddies house. He also invited another friend of his, Joshua. I had met Joshua at Barry's birthday party a few months ago.

Now what I didn't know at first was that the host of the cookout was someone Barry had been seeing. But not the only person Barry was seeing. Actually after picking me up, he dropped off another date first! AIN'T THAT HOTT!!!

Well when we drop off date #1 to head to date #2's house, that's when I get the scoop. The guys name is Jeremy and he is in the military. I am told he is supposedly new to the life and a top but willing to try taking willie from Barry. (How many times have we heard that story in DC? But I don't know the guy so who am I to judge...)

On the way, I am introduced to XemVanAdams. A YouTube celebrity who gives a run down on popular gay terms. So as we ride down the road we are getting an G-english vocabulary lesson and learning how to use these terms in a sentence. I felt so educated and well informed... I think I may be bilingual now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZgUn4b0w0 (check it out)

Now Jeremy was a cool guy. I think I have seen him before. Probably saw his picture scroll by on some sex site online. He's got some music playing and he has pictures scrolling by on the television. He is still putting food on the grill and I start playing with his dog. We are the first people there. Barry makes us some drinks and we just chill. It's about an hour or so before other guests arrive. And another 4 hours before we eat - and I was HUNGRY.

But it's when the other guests arrive that things start getting interesting. Someone Barry used to date or screw or some combination thereof shows up and Barry asks "How do YOU know Jeremy?"

"From online"

Barry looks at me and Joshua, "Oh and he says he's new to this stuff." Of course the assumption is that if the met online, there has been some sexual interaction.

Then someone else comes in and Barry overhears something to make him think that this is another of Jeremy's "pieces." Barry clearly starts to get flustered. And even more so when the dude goes out to his car and comes back with a bag and proceeds up to the second floor of the townhouse as if he may be staying over - oh and did I mention that Barry has seen an empty condom wrapper in the back yard?

Barry was undone (and the drinks didn't help). But I was sitting there looking at Joshua saying "Wait, didn't Barry just drop of his other dude before we came over here?" In my mind, even if dude is inviting all of his conquests to the party Barry is playing him too so why be mad?

I go over to Barry and try to calm him down. I even tell him in his ear that he was only mad cause he was felt like that player (himself) just got played. And then the guy who went upstairs came back down with his bag in tow, after having changed his clothes. Then he said his good byes and left. I look at Barry and say "looky there, and you got all upset for nothing."

We finally start eating and the food is really good. The only problem was that as Jeremy cut into some of the ribs, they started bleeding. I was looking right at him at the time but no one else seemed to have noticed. So before he threw them away, I ran in found a pan and put them in the oven to finish cooking.

After playing some cards and getting tired of the scene, we left about 11pm and went to this club called Remingtons. It's normally a country western club but now it will have a hip-hop night. So we got to see the line dancing couples do their last few turns as the music went from Garth Brooks to Jay-Z. I haven't danced that much in a long time. And was glad to see a few other friends show up.

It was a good night. Well maybe not so good for Barry - his #2 quit that night.