Another big night...

Foolish foolish boy that I am...I swore to have an easy night at home last night, to recover from Thursday night's revelries. James and Jacqui both agreed with me, and they were going to do the same. Incidentally, James and Jacqui are the colleagues at work who got together, as mentioned in my previous blog entry Distractions at Work...

So, we finished work around 4'ish and there's always drinks on after work Fridays. James and Jacqui were going to have one drink and go home and CGWG was going to have a drink as well. So I allowed myself to be persuaded to join them...for ONE drink.

Well, 8pm came and it was down to 4 of us, and about 6 bottles of wine gone! And there was some serious flirtation happening between CGWG and myself. And plenty of leg contact under the table. James and Jacqui suggested we hit the Red Oak, a great pub/brewery in Clarence St. So we toddled down there, and had a few very pleasant beers. By this stage, one of my hands was on his leg (the other hand was obviously holding the beer) and his hand was on mine.

James sent me a text message (from across the table)..."You just think very carefully before you proceed my friend". Jacqui sent me a text message (again, from across the table)..."Take your hand of that man's knee!". But, by that stage it was tooooooo late! Monty was seriously inebriated and even more seriously horny!

So, brought the boy home and well, you know how it goes. His chest, as suspected, was magnificently furred! And he's a very good cuddler! Very good! We had breakfast this morning and I dropped him back at his place.

Was this a foolish thing to do? How is it going to be on Monday morning? What's happens next? Hmmm, methinks Monty is in for some interesting times ahead! Watch this space...

PS...

Got to work this morning and Cute Gay Work Guy (CGWG) was tie-less and his top two buttons undone. I may be tired, but not too tired to notice that his chest was rather nicely furred...mmmmmm! ;-)

Sleep deprived...

I'm a little peeved at the moment.

Last night, had a great night - dinner at my friends James and Jacqui's place...delicious porterhouse steak and salad. The steak was magnificent...truly delightful - James cooked it to perfection. And I brought one of my 3 remaining bottles of Bin 2000 '02 Shiraz which is just really starting to taste sensational - worked perfectly with the steak. We then proceeded to consume another 3 bottles (yes, 4 bottles between 3 of us humans) of sundry reds over the course of the night. Staggered home (thankfully, they live around the corner) and hit the sack around 2am. (stick with this, I am getting to the point)

Woke up this morning, remarkably not suffering any ill effects. I was just deadly tired. And so I have dragged myself to work, my mind not fully functioning, desperate just to sleep!

And what have I encountered? Firstly, my boss didn't turn up until 10.30am, so I could've had at least an extra hour of sleep without any consequences. Secondly, our main client management system hasn't been working for the past 90 minutes and so, I have been here at work, tired out of my brain, AND ACCOMPLISHING BUGGER ALL!!! If I was actually able to work, at least the dragging of my poor tired body out of bed and into work would feel worthwhile!

Tonight, I'm going to go home, make some dinner, and watch a DVD. AND go to bed EARLY! Blissssssss!

Distractions at work...

A new guy started at work this week - he is replacing a colleague who has been promoted. My colleague sits next to me, so once she goes, the new guy will be sitting there. He's gay, 25 yrs old and very cute! We've engaged in some mild flirtatious behaviour but nothing serious...yet.

It's a conundrum for me...everyone says that it's inherently risky to get involved with someone you work with, particuarly given that we will be sitting next to each other. If things go wrong, it can be seriously tricky to deal with in an office! HOWEVER, the colleague who is getting promoted actually started a relationship with another colleague last year. When I found out about it, I asked them to make sure that they had an exit strategy worked out, just in case things didn't work out. They just laughed at me and to be honest, they haven't yet needed it. They went on their first big holiday over Christmas when they went back to England to meet her parents. They just moved in together before they left for O/S. Everything seems to be going well, despite the fact that they do work together. So obviously things can work when two people work together...BUT...does that apply in a gay relationship which seems so much more likely to be transient???

Oh what a weekend...!

It's certainly been an eventful weekend - mainly due to the efforts of NSSG! The weekend was bookended by two QueerScreen movies - Friday night and Monday night. The Friday night movie was hilarious! And it was certainly an interesting experience, in a movie theatre packed to the rafters with gay men, all laughing so loudly that you couldn't actually hear parts of the movie! It was a great experience! And Max Brenner's afterward....mmmmmmmm chocolate!

The Monday night screening was a series of short films...some were great, some were CRAP - particularly the Australian entry! But again, an interesting experience.

Fair Day - there's been quite a lot said about Fair Day - it didn't really do it for me...and I was trying to think last night why it didn't do anything for me...and I think it's because I don't really feel part of the Sydney Gay community yet. Not sure I want to feel part of the Sydney Gay community either. For me, being gay is not my identity, it's not something that consumes my way of life...rather, for me, I'm a guy that likes other guys. That's what makes me gay. And so, something like Fair Day didn't really mean a lot to me. There's no doubt that my newly OUT status has something to do with it - but I do wonder whether that's going to change really.

The Bloggers' meet on Sunday night, however, was very good. It was great to see Gav again. It was fantastic to meet Muzbot! And certainly eye-opening to meet and talk to Aussielicious and Drew. And as NSSG has reported, it was bigger than Melbourne's meet, and that's all that really mattters! ha ha!

An interesting addendum to one of my previous blogs "A Disappointed Fan..." - after getting so excited finding Ian Roberts' Gaydar profile and then getting disappointed when he didn't respond to my message, who should walk into the Tilbury on Sunday night but Ian Roberts! With my body double in tow! Doh!

And one more thing to get excited about...I was talking to my good friend Carl in Budapest last night and mentioned that I was a blogger! It's an interesting thing really - as Gav mentioned at the Bloggers' meet, he doesn't tell his friends that he's a blogger. And up until now, I hadn't told Carl that I was a blogger, despite the fact that I tell him pretty much everything that happens in my life. I don't know why I hadn't told him - he is privy to much more information than ever goes on the blog. But it came up last night, and so I did end up telling him my blog address. I was very excited when I got a message from him this morning with his new blog address! I've linked it to my blog now! The bloggers' web continues to spread! I look forward to reading more from An Englishman in Budapest!

Unconscious Mutterings

Threshold :: Pain
Jason :: Argonauts
Suspicion :: Terror
Tender :: -ise
Tempted :: beyond belief
Crimson :: velvet
Repulsive :: frog
Bulldog :: Canterbury
Garage :: sale
Racket :: ball

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The Gay Education Continues...

Chatting to NSSG today about the Bloggers' Meet on Sunday night and he mentioned to me that everyone is going to Fair Day on Sunday afternoon. Fair Day? What the heck is Fair Day? It's times like this that yours truly feels so very inexperienced in the ol' Gay world...despite all my advances to date.

Just when I start feeling like I've got a handle on stuff, more new things arise! The Learning Curve is a very steep one at the moment!

Ah well, it's all fun, and the Fair Day promises to be a bit of fun! A whole park full of gay boys! You can't complain! To be followed by an evening with a bunch of bloggers and friends (many of whom sound single and cute - always a good combination!) - wahoooo! LOL