Sinister: fags, geeks & sex workers

[Jim Schmidt]

     all this sexuality talk has been getting me hot at work...i might duck 
     out for a quick wank.
     
     ian wrote:
     "good luck with finding a gay boy who's into belle and sebastian."
     
     it's not impossible...of course, i'm in san francisco and if you're 
     searching for a girl who's a boy who likes boys to be girls who likes 
     dogs when on wheels, well, trust me, they're out there...one night we 
     were at a club and a local paper was there taking personal ads (for 
     free drinks) and i was really "happy", so i wrote one that started 
     "arab-strapped boy"...well a rather smart-sounding fellow named jim 
     answered it, telling me how he couldn't believe there was another guy 
     into belle & sebastian...well that was before bowlie and we never got 
     the chance to meet, but 'those' boys are definitely out there...or 
     maybe i just answered my own ad. hmmm.
     
     as for gay bars being worse than hetero bars...ha! you obviously 
     haven't been cruising the het scene lately...drinking? people looking 
     to laid? bad music? not in straight bars!! never!!
     
     although i do have to say that the indie nights in london do have a 
     freshness that most places here lack. i was at room 2 a few weeks ago 
     after bowlie and not only was it excellent to hear TBWTAS, but it was 
     great to see such a mixed crowd...girls kissing boys...boys kissing 
     boys...it's wasn't about sexuality--it was about dancing to good 
     music. full stop.
     
     as for those of you considering the sex industry, one warning: 
     i deal with sex a lot with my job and i have friends who are sex 
     workers, and while san francisco in general provides a sex-positive 
     environment, i've seen it take its toll mentally (as well as 
     physically). innocence lost is never fully regained.
     
     and finally, my book recommendation is "geek love" by katherine 
     dunn...it was the first book i read when i moved to california...i 
     picked it up off the floor of some guy's flat where i spent the night 
     and i couldn't put it down...pure imaginative genius...disgusting and 
     beautiful at the same time. it made me cry and that takes a lot.
     
     cheers. jim.

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