Went to the Big D

Friday night I stayed in and watched a movie. I really wanted to go out, but I knew I was going to have to wake up at 7am to meet up with the boys and leave for Dallas at 9. I watched “Sex Drive” with James Marsden, who actually was barely even in it, but still it was totally worth it. I love him and it was pretty funny movie.

Saturday I got up early, went to Robert’s house and then we headed to Taylor’s to meet up with everyone else (Reno, Taylor and Eric) and went to Dallas. We had made plans to leave early so that we could watch the St Patty’s day parade, but ended up missing it all.

We picked up Randy in Dallas and went to where the parade was and hung out in a bar called The San Francisco Rose for a bit. I know I’m old now, but the entire time I was there I kept wondering why the music had to be SO LOUD. Seriously, what’s the point? If there’s not a dance floor why does the music need to be at a deafening level?

Not that it ever really needs to be loud (dance floor or not), but at least if there is a point to the music you could make an exception. We could barely even talk to each other because it was so loud… also, had it been music I liked I may have been more tolerant. Instead I was the cranky old man asking everyone, “Why is it so loud in here?!?!?!”

We decided that there really wasn’t any point in hanging out in a straight bar anymore, so we ditched on the San Francisco Rose and went to lunch at Uncle Julio’s. We had barely been in Dallas a couple of hours at this point and my phone crapped out on me. It wouldn’t respond to any of the buttons. I could still accept calls, but texting and doing anything else was pretty difficult.

We went to the mall for a bit, then back to the hotel where we just killed time and napped. Robert and I were sharing a room and the rest of the boys where in the other room. Robert and I made a quick trip to Target to get some things for him and to get some Diet Cokes for the boys to make mixed drinks in the other room. We also got some food from Wendy’s.

We had some drinks, got prettied up and headed out to the bars. Reno left before us to meet some friends! We started off at Sue Ellen’s, which Robert and I weren’t happy about. Gay boys hanging out in a Lesbian bar? What’s the point?

We left there and the other boys (Randy, Eric and Taylor) went to S4 while Robert and I went to the Round-Up. I don’t enjoy standing around in bars drinking. If I’m out, it’s to dance, and the Round-Up had the kind of music I wanted to dance to… COUNTRY.

Robert saw some friends out and I was trying to get him to help me find people that he knew that could dance, but I eventually gave up and went to find some on my own… and that’s where I stayed all night long. I went from one guy right to the next, dancing all night…. as Robert said, “You sure were Mr. Popular last night.”

I got called Tim McGraw a bunch of times and several boys told me that they loved me. I vaguely remember dancing with a girl, but I may be wrong on that. There were a bunch of really good dancers and some of them were really cute. The dance floor was just slick enough and it made for the perfect night of dancing. I haven’t had that much fun dancing in a long long time.

Robert and I went back to the hotel by ourselves. I don’t know where the other boys were. At some point during the night I woke up a little bit and I noticed that someone’s arm was around me. My first thought was, “Awwww… Cuddles.” Then I noticed that Robert was still in his bed and remembered that we came home ALONE. So, of course, my next thought was, “Who the HELL is in bed with me?!?!?!”

I turned around real slow and looked over at this person, but it was dark, and I think I was still drunk, so I really couldn’t tell who it was. I was freaking out. How the hell does a stranger get in your room and crawl in bed with you?!?!? After the insanity died down a bit I realized that it was Reno. I forgot we had given him one of our room keys.

I don’t recall drinking too much, but I woke up extremely dehydrated. I woke up around 8ish and I had to get up and take a shower because the smoke smell was still on me and it was making me sick. I found an unused (sanitized glass) in the bathroom so I had three glasses of water from the tap in the sink. It was nasty, but I was needing it bad.

When I got out of the shower and went back into the room I saw a Taco Cabana cup sitting on the floor on the side of the bed that Reno was on. JEALOUS. I could also tell it was Red Fanta, which is my super fave. I wanted it so bad. I was still super thirsty but I could not drink anymore of that nasty tap water.

Nobody else was awake, so I relaxed on the couch and tried to go back to sleep. I couldn’t play with my phone because it wasn’t working anymore, so I just laid there thinking about how thirsty I was.

The boys finally got up around 10am and started to get dressed. While Reno was in the shower I went next door and tried to get the boys in the other room to open up and give me a Diet Coke, but they were ignoring me. I was DYING!

I finally remembered that there was a vending machine near the elevator so I went over there, but I only had a $5 and a $10! OH DAMN THE LUCK! Luckily Robert had some change and I was able to get a Mt Dew.

When Reno got out of the shower he saw the wrappers from Wendy’s and was all jealous and so I told him how jealous I was that he had gone to Taco Cabana, at which point he got more jealous because he had NOT gone to Taco Cabana. Then Robert chipped in, “We went to Taco Cabana last night. Don’t you remember?” I so did not. Once he told me a bit more I started remembering it and man was I bitter when I realized that drink on the floor that I had been wanting all morning was MINE! Damn you ALCOHOL!

I was asking Robert if he had talked to this cute boy named Austin that he saw at the bar and he replied, “No but you danced with him, and you were dancing pretty close.” Ooops. I totally don’t remember that either. That’s when I realized that I had drunk more than I thought.

I remembered briefly seeing Eric, Randy and Taylor at the Round-up, so I asked Robert how long they had hung out and he said it was pretty brief. I wish I had been able to spend more time with them out.

When everyone finished getting ready we went out to get lunch. Some of Eric’s other friends met up with us at the restaurant, so there was 11 of us. While we were waiting for our food Taylor mentioned something about dancing with me at the Round-up and I was shocked. I really didn’t remember dancing with him either. I asked him if I had asked him to dance or if he had asked me and he said, “You didn’t ask and I didn’t have a choice. You just grabbed me and dragged me out there.” “Yup, that sounds like something I would do.” I’m bossy sober, but when I’m drunk… you better watch out.

I was still SOOOOO thirsty at lunch that I downed 8 or 9 glasses of iced tea. They were all teasing me about how much I was drinking, but I just could not get enough. I was DYING!

After lunch we stopped by Woody’s Sports Bar to have a cocktail and hang out. Some of the boys were looking at the This Week in Texas (TWIT) magazine and seeing it caused me to have a flashback from that night. One of the photographers from the magazine took my picture and asked me for my name. I hope I was sober enough at that point to look cute. I have to remember to check the TWIT and GAB this week because I’m really not positive which magazine he was from.

Robert and I left Woody’s before everyone else and went to visit his family for a bit. It was someone’s first birthday and a ton of his family was there. We hung out there for a bit and then headed home. I didn’t get to my apartment until about 8:30 and I was exhausted.

Last night I spent 3 hours at the Sprint store trying to get my phone issue resolved, so again I didn’t get home until about 8:30… but at least I have a working phone again! All I want to do tonight is go home and relax.