Southern Comfort, Vol. 2

After being here all week, I have to say that my enthusiasm has hit a wall (my gay enthusiasm).  All these hot, military, post frat looking guys and I cant read a single one (well, I can read one, but he is a screaming Mary).

While the food is great and the city itself is pretty, I can't get over the fact that downtown Charleston has only 1 gay bar.  After living in NYC for 11.5 years (and all the years in Miami before that), I hate to admit it but I miss all the Gay's.  I am used to being myself and feeling comfortable about it.  I know that I should be comfortable ANYWHERE I am, but at lunch all week, I kept seeing the same item conveniently placed between the utensils and the newspapers.  As if to entice someone to come and read it.  Actually, I found it quite offensive (as it reminded me of all the things I don't care about my culture AND so many other cultures).  I am talking about a BIBLE (and yes, that is the BIBLE in question, sitting on top of a magazine).

At first I thought it belonged to one of the cashiers, but on the same day they were both out, it was there (along with a 2nd bible).  With everything that is going on in the world right now, I can't help but assocaite a lot of it with fanatics fighting over whose GOD has the biggest bat (and I start with our own President).

Considering I was on-site at Blackbaud, I thought things might be a bit more progressive.  I mean this company was founded in Long Island for Christ's sake.  Then I remembered the strong Catholic presence in the area. No wonder all these guys are so closeted.  On the last day that I am here, the one guy I wanted to be one of us, confirmed that he played on our team, arrgghhhh.  To hear him say that he keeps his sexuality on the "down-low" made me feel empathetic and annoyed at the same time.  We take a lot of this for granted in NYC.

At least now I am sitting at the airport waiting to return to a concrete jungle.  Boy, a dive bar like RAWHIDE never seemed so good as it did this week.

Comments

[Mike @ MAO]

Hey Cuban!!
We all missed you at FI this weekend!

Well.. mostly C2.. but Sheepy, WeatherJeff and I did our best to keep him entertained!
;-)

XO.. see you soon.

[Rafael]

Hi MMAO,

Hope to see you soon also! When are we making Cuban food?

Rafael

[Mike @ MAO]

Hmm....
But, didn't C2 & I just have a Cuban sandwich a few weeks ago?? Tastes like chicken?