On the road again!
by Devon on Feb.20, 2012, under Adventure and Rest
Well, I have been busy, busy, busy with shooting new video projects for Anteros Media; however, the time has come to take a break from creating content and shift the focus to editing, promoting, and launching. There’s a great deal still to do, but in the meantime, I’m heading back on the road again. I haven’t traveled to see clients since September, 2011 – it’s amazing that almost six months have already gone by! CRAZY! At any rate, I will be traveling in March and part of April, and I hope to reconnect with a lot of people I haven’t seen in forever. So… Now to get organized! I already have made plans to visit New York City; Washington, DC; and Boston. I’ll add other cities once I have them confirmed. Check the travel calendar for more details. I hope you all are as happy and productive as I have been! In the past I would post an entry on the blog under “Adventure and Rest” when I was going somewhere to NOT work; however, I’ve been home in Charlotte so long that it feels like an adventure to get out of the Queen City for a bit! LOL
2012: Year of the Dragon
by Devon on Jan.23, 2012, under Humor, Identity
OHHHH, SHIT! I woke up today feeling so freaking energized and amazing that I can hardly stand myself… Okay, yes I can stand myself (but only just barely). I put some adjustments into place in the last few months and weeks, and I am so glad I did. I feel utterly fabulous right now. Haters be damned (see previous blog entry). I simplified my diet, adjusted my workout strategy, started napping (HUGELY important, I am finding), and decided to grow my hair out to the length I had in college. I’m sorry, but I can’t help being this fucking fabulous…
All this in time for the Chinese New Year, and this is MY year. The Chinese zodiac is a cycle of 12, just as the European, but rather than a 12-month cycle, it’s a 12-year cycle. So 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, etc. are dragon years. Within that 12-year animal cycle there is also a 5-year elemental cycle (earth, water, fire, metal, wood), so each animal/element combination comes around only once every 60 years… My birth year was a Fire Dragon year, and how appropriate is that for a flaming flamer of fiery burning energy such as moi? 
What I love about being a Dragon is that we’re the only people symbolized by a mythological animal on the Chinese zodiac: There simply isn’t an animal in the physical world that can truly encapsulate the marvelous creatures Dragons are. MWAHAHAHA! But I’m biased, so you should probably dismiss that part. Anyway, I’m feeling energized and ferocious. I attribute it to the simple, but consistent diet I’m eating (and the napping). Really, if you don’t nap… honestly… you need to. Find a way. I promise you, it helps whatever ails you. That and water. And being a Dragon.
Okay, I would write more, but I have to go be awesome somewhere. Muah. xoxoxo
RAWR!
The cycle of gay-on-gay abuse
by Devon on Jan.15, 2012, under Etiquette, Hurtful episodes, Identity, Positivity
“Question devon:
What does it take to be a male prostitute? Is there a college degree needed? Do your parents know that their gay child sells his scummy body with receding hair or were your parents of the same venue? These are questions that you need to answer yourself. Hopefully you will connect with the HIV virus sooner than later to eliminate your ugly scummy body mass from this earth.
How does it feel not paying any taxes; NO contribution of any kind to society ? Knowing that your future is about to end sooner than later?
Ever wonder about these items or do you justify being a sociopath? From one of your fans!!
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Answer smiley face:
I do not recognize your email address, so I’m not certain that we know one another; however, if we are acquainted and I have wronged you in some way, I apologize for that. Generally, it isn’t my intention to hurt people, particularly not to the point that they would choose to write me a note like this. If, however, we are not acquainted, I want you to know that although I haven’t hurt you, I am sorry that someone else has. It isn’t my place to apologize on behalf of the mistakes of other people, but I want you to know that you haven’t affected me, and that I hope you are able to work through whatever has been done to you. Whatever that was, you didn’t deserve it, but the only way to stop cycles like these is to consciously choose to break them. For this reason I am not going to reply to you again, no matter how/if you choose to address me after this. I have specifically created a beautiful and happy life for myself, and I hope you will also choose happiness.
I wish you peace,
Devon
Paris or bust!
by Devon on Dec.25, 2011, under Adventure and Rest
Tomorrow I leave for a week in Paris, and I’m fighting off an intense cold (which I think was brought on after a bout with strep throat last week). But you know what?? I don’t care – I am ready to be in Europe again! I have missed it SO MUCH! And, contrary to some Americans, J’ADORE LA FRANCE (et tout ce qui est français)! I just hope I’m not “that guy” who gives everyone on the airplane cooties for Christmas. At any rate, I will post pics after I get back January 2, 2012. In the meantime I wanted to begin breaking the silence a little bit about the projects I have been doing for the past several months.
Although it is an artificial deadline that I have created for myself (and therefore isn’t set in stone), I am hoping to launch a new gay adult website for Valentine’s Day, 2012. There is still a great deal to be done in the meantime, so I cannot promise that this date won’t change; however, we have been very busy putting together a site that specifically seeks to NOT be like any other I have ever seen or heard of. Yes, everyone says that, I know. But whereas the content of an adult site really cannot be reinvented all that much, the process can be (and that is where our focus lies). The who/what/when/where/why/how of this site definitely distinguishes itself from the typical porn pages. In fact, we won’t be making porn. You will understand what I mean once everything is in place and all the pieces are fitting together.
Something to note is that the interface for this new site will be drastically different from that which has become stereotypical to adult media pages. Because I am going to keep my blog at the same time (and because the two sites will be connected via links), I want there to be a sense of design continuity between my diary and the new content site. The pages won’t match per se, because they are two separate sites, but I would like visitors who go back and forth to experience something akin to a parallel interface. With that in mind the layout of this blog is going to have its first true redesign. Each year around January or February the blog gets tweaked and made more efficient and tidier. Generally it has been a fairly subtle rearranging and some color scheme changes; however, the next version of this site will be much different from those I have used before, and I ask that you please be patient and play with the new design once it is activated. It won’t look like Anteros Media, nor will it function just like the Anteros Media site either, but some of the concepts concerning organization will be implemented at a basic level, and that will require some playing/discovering on your part as a reader.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, that 2012 is full of success for you, and that wherever you are you know yourself to be valued and loved.
Happy Yuletide!
by Devon on Dec.22, 2011, under Positivity
Wow, has another cycle passed already?? That must mean it’s been a great year (and it has)! There is so much I want to put here in this public space, but I just can’t yet; however, there is so much going on, and soon I can talk about it freely. In the meantime, for those of you who remember when I posted pics of my engagement ring last Yule, I want you to know that exactly a year later I now have the wedding ring that I’d always intended to match with it. AND IT’S GORGEOUS! OMG Yes, I do still plan to do the wedding to myself, and I have even chosen the theme for the event. I doubt Mom and Gramma can attend in person, so I am thinking that including them via Skype would be nice. I can record everything and put it on Youtube after the fact. At any rate, I am very excited about everything and very grateful, too.
Tomorrow I have some work to do, and then I go briefly visit family for the holidays, after which I will be going to Paris, France for a week for New Year’s. Won’t that be amazing?! OMG I love my life.
I was far more thorough and precise about recapping 2010, but I just don’t feel like doing that this time around. Suffice it to say that I exceeded all my financial goals, I have started working on the website I’ve been envisioning since the spring of 2009, and I’ve strengthened some personal bonds with some very wonderful people. I am happy. 2011 has been a magnificent year for me personally, professionally, and creatively. I hope that however 2011 treated you that 2012 will be better yet. Also, it’s Yule – the Winter Solstice – the longest night of the year. This is when we celebrate the rebirth of the sun. Although the world is going to sleep, and the temperatures may drop, remember that from this point going forward the days are getting longer. If there is darkness in your life, meditate on the fact that the light is already returning. Have hope, and let this period of rest and planning be the preparation that allows you to leap forward into spring.
Happy holidays!
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KNOW YOUR STATUS!
To encourage people to get tested for HIV, Syphillis, and other STD's, I am going to keep my results current and public: HIV- and STD free as of FEBRUARY 3, 2011.
