Saturday, October 2, 2010

A Quick Trip To Dallas

Hey Guys. So, I would have posted sooner, but I've been so busy and so tired! Fashion Show today for some major labels, and I have been catching up on sleep. I've lost sleep for a few reasons. One, is all the gay teen suicides have been so troubling to me. Especially Asher Brown since he was a member of my community. Logan and I tried to talk about it driving to Dallas but neither one of us could without choking up or shedding a tear or two. It is really hard to imagine being so distraught that death is a better option than living as a gay man. Logan tweeted something the other day when he was sitting at S4 in Dallas brooding that I totally agree with. "It just hit me, we're no longer children. It's our time to be strong and protect them. Let's make #ItsGetBetter, better now." Something that I strongly agree with. It is time for all of us to find a way to make a difference in our community. No Bullying At Any Age! No Hate For Any Reason! I've really loved, and loathed watching everyone's it gets better videos. Its so hard to watch them but so inspiring. Please everyone take a moment today to remember Asher, and the other young men who have taken their lives because they saw no other way out this week. 


And there is no real good way to transition to my Dallas Trip so this line will be some fancy and good transition that makes perfect sense. <<JEDI HAND WAVE>>


So, Logan, Rhett, and I all went to go see Cazwell in Dallas and were going to stay with our friend and Logan's self-proclaimed husband Tyler. Well, come the morning of the trip, it was hard to get a hold of anyone! Logan, Rhett, and Tyler. Turns out Tyler had to fly out for a business trip. So when I did get a hold of Logan we decided that we'll take it by the seat of our pants. We didn't know where we were going to go or stay but we're young enough we can do it! So, we left at around noon to go pick up Rhett. We get to small town Texas, get Rhett and stop at the world's slowest Dairy Queen. No really, it took twenty minutes to get our burgers. Twenty minutes! At least Rhett and Logan weren't bickering. (They love each other but for real, bicker like old women.) So, (I'm aware I'm totally over using the "So," line in this post.) we get to Dallas around 5:00pm and have no where to go and nothing to do. Thankfully, it is the time of year that the Texas State Fair is going on and Logan really wanted to go so we do! We walked around and checked out the boys, and the eats that are terrible for you. Here are some of the items we saw listed: Friend Pickles, Fried Cheesecake, Fried Bacon, Fried Butter, Fried JalapeƱos, even Fried Margaritas... Yes, Fried Margaritas. (You scooped it out.) Oh, and while we're on the subject of eats. Dippin' Dots, the Ice Cream of the Future? When is this future coming? Because it seems to me it is the Ice Cream of the past! 
The real fun started when we hit up the carnival section of the fair. The rides were anywhere from $5-$7 dollars a ride. A rip-off? Yes! But, they were so worth it. I have lots of videos to post of us on the rides. We were thrown and flipped, jostled and slammed, and in the end had our bodies thrown about as they never should be. But it was worth every penny! I'll post these videos as soon as I can get them uploaded! 
They're Sad Flowers... Don't Ask!
After a few hours we were all faired out and needed to get ready to go to the Cazwell concert. The real problem was... NO ONE IN DALLAS WE KNEW WAS ANSWERING THEIR PHONES! So, being as classy as we are we went to a mall, had some dinner and took over the restrooms and primped and changed. I was in the family restroom so long the janitor started banging on the door and telling me to get out! "FAMILIES ONLY!" he yelled at me in broken English. I didn't care though, I was going meet Cazwell and I looked good! We got to the club early so we could hand out Porter propaganda and made friends with some of the bartenders like the fabulous Sassy! 
Cazwell gives out free icecream hats!!!
We walked around the gayborhood, where we checked out the scene. For all the Dallitude there supposedly is in Dalls, we were only met with smiles and good conversation. I love how it is laid out too. There are shops, and eateries sprinkled throughout the club scene. (We had to talk Logan  out of buying an mermaid ornament that looked like his ex, Aiden Ash... As the Chance the clerk said, "That's not healthy man!") But we enjoyed an amazing drag show full of Britney Spears and Glee music before the main event. CAZWELL! It was packed! So packed people were literally fighting for spots. All I know is that if I got a black eye because of some stupid fight over a spot there would have been hell to pay. 
So cute! 
But when he came out Cazwell rocked that joint. People were singing and dancing, and he was smoking hot! (Not to mention who doesn't love someone who gives out free Popsicles? Everyone tried to give it their best head, minus someone I was with who didn't get that it was supposed to be sexy and not to chow down on it. ) 
After a great show he did a meet and greet, where he signed ice cream hats and posters. I was so nervous to meet him. Oh and this made my day. I said, "I'm Porter Wescott, we've tweeted." He smiled really big and said, "I know exactly who you are." That was so exciting. I actually brought a gift for him, a signed Randy Blue DVD I'm in. He told me he likes and wants me to send him one where I'm a bottom. (So my next DVD I bottom in, I have to mail to Cazwell!) 
So the boys and I all chatted him up, got our photos and then went to the last drag show. Which was fantastic. (Videos of that to come to come soon as well!) But it was 2am, I had to be in Houston by noon, so it made no sense to get a hotel for three hours of sleep, so we just drove home. We got back around 6am. I got a few hours of sleep, then had a meeting to be at, and after that slept all weekend. But I gotta go boys, I am in a fashion show that starts in a short while so you know the drill...
PEACE OUT BRO SCOUT, 
Porter Wescott