now that I have your attention
*following the Pride debacle*
quite a bit happened during the intermission. since breaking to allow for network sponsor plugs and the like, thousands of miles have been traversed, lessons have been learned and the game called life went on uninterrupted. the attempt tp meet with other locals in the community net with failure but afforded a brief respite from the hectic online bustle and bristle afforded superheroes, mystery men and celebrity impersonators these days. upon my return I was a bit shocked to find that a position as moderator on the RLSH.net forum had been offered to little old me. not a big "Banning Level" Global Mod gig, just a couple sections to encourage civil and unoffensive interaction in. I of course accepted, embracing the opportunity to see what goes on behind the curtain. for the record, there was no campaign involved, that's the cool part. in fact, being a mod wasn't even a goal I'd set... it was actually on my list of things I was avoiding............ clown act didn't work. some people actually do pay attention. some people think I'm an idiot....... and I wonder about both the hearing and basic comprehension of those in the second group. being one that generally frequents Manga or comic sites or the .net forum, types random sentences in the search bar (which linked me to Futurama when I looked up Quantum Theory and informed me that a "Jelly Donut" was something really raunchy someone gave their girlfriend last night... I don't even want to know) or uses the Wikipedia to increase my knowledge, comprehension and general intellectually oriented resources, being a mod on .net is like being awarded a medal of honor or getting the bronze in the pentathlon at the special olympics. okay... the special olympics thing was wrong/ I apologize for that if it offended anyone.
moving on;
Agent Beryllium once noted that including a picture increased the chances of grabbing someones attention and getting read. following her advice, I have include this one from San Francisco '08. interesting note; I saw one of these girls after the parade, after she had changed into jeans and a comfy shirt..... she seemed put off that I recognized her with clothes on.
about 2010 Pride;
I missed most of the good stuff due to rotten luck. I was sitting around the corner when the shooting occurred and witnessed the surreal dispersal of the multiple thousands of people that went from entangled pushing to empty street almost instantly. being on the scene, I attempted to learn what had happened, the music had muffled the shots. stories there ranged from riot, to car hit somebody, to it's over and they're clearing the streets... at one point I thought the Backstreet Boys had tried to perform and the crowd fled rather than bear the stigma of seeing that live. an intoxicated friend and his party left towards the barricades and line down the block.... where he was happily groped for likely close to an hour or more. the next day he had no clue what had happened. aside from that, there was a guy doing some disturbing things with his bicycle seat and quite a bit of flesh. I was disturbed by the lack of consideration afforded the sick and injured in attendance. even the police got shown no quarter by the milling masses. we shared a bit of our resources with a couple homeless types, who showed great appreciation for our kindness, one man even stated that our actions had given him hope and reminded him a bit of the 60's...... or he may have been saying something about being dirty cause soap blinded greasy hippies. he was kinda slurring, so it could go either way.
since there's so many things of historical and cultural significance there, we'll be going again. next time, we will be fully prepared to photographically document our adventures.
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