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Matt ([personal profile] mattblakk) wrote2004-06-27 07:07 am

Showing my stripes

This is what happens when you miss a spot with sunscreen and then ride around in a golf cart with a cute gay doctor all day.

I don't think the photo does really quite convey how briht red this patch is. There are three, one near the neck where my tshirt was too big, and one on each arm in almost the same place. Go me. Nope, no melanin here. (fortunately Blake has nice olive skin like my mom which browns quickly in the sun and doesn't burn through sunscreen or the car window or both like mine)




Had a great time yesterday. Handed out 3 bandaids, a ton of sunsreen and didn't have to deal with any major crises. In fact, the thing that people seemed most upset about were the naked men running around. The cops were great, "Just part of the whole experience, we were told to look the other way"

I wish I'd looked the other way. Because you know 99% of the naked folks at pride are creepy old trolls who can't get attention any other way and therefore, I thought I would share the naked men I had to suffer through with you. I took pictures of three out of four naked guys. I did not take pictures of the naked guy (in his 80s) in the wheelchair with his tshirt pulled up over his head like Cornholio. But the crix-bellied ghoul, the guy wearing nothing but a sun hat, and the oh so asking for third degree burns bear with no base tan nor sunscreen (but plenty of cocktails) are all captured for a digital eternity. I promised to share them with the other medical volunteers. hee.

Did I mention the cute gay doctor was single and baby-crazy? I don't think he's interested, but he did mention that he was bi after I told him I was trans. Ahh, well, at least I have his email address.

[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2004-06-28 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] chriso and I carry large bottles of sunscreen when we work the parade route. Every half hour or so, we wander up and down our section offering it to folks.

This year we used up 2-8oz bottles. We aimed for the Conan O'Brian types first.