Let's make forever in one moment
So I started my day with the Wachowskis' Bound (1996)—which I will write about, although I might need to sleep more than two hours first—and continued it by attending Pride with a work colleague of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch's and meeting up with her best friend and his boyfriend and eventually a third mutual friend of theirs at the parade. City Hall Plaza was a glorious zoo of flags and signs and face paint and people of various ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities,1 orientations, and degrees of clothing. Thanks to him sending a picture of his immediate surroundings, i.e., taller people, we located the best friend right around the time the contingent from MSPCA-Angell followed by the Boston Hoohahs came through. (I had not been warned that he looked distractingly like a young Timothy Spall. I made it very clear that this was a compliment.) There was a lot of noise and confetti. I came out of it with a pair of rainbow sunglasses, a very large rainbow tote bag, and a triple string of beads in the colors of the bi flag which I will probably hang next to my delegate's pass from the Democratic State Convention. Twice we thought the parade was over and we were wrong both times; we finally left in search of frozen yogurt somewhere after Capital One. I was very glad not to miss the Boston chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, whom I will always cherish for canonizing Derek Jarman. I hadn't even known there was a Boston Gay Basketball League. The float for the Orlando Pulse survivors—its flags bearing the names of the dead—raised an earthquake of support. I left the house without a camera and got no pictures of anyone, but I would say it was a joyous afternoon. I spent most of my time applauding. I really didn't need to have brought a jacket. This may have been the first community/political event I've attended since the beginning of the year at which I did not run into anyone I knew already and I think that is kind of wonderful. I was at ease with strangers. There was a giant rainbow flag hung out at City Hall.
1. I saw people with canes and people with wheelchairs, but the pair of people conversing in ASL without disruption from all the cheering and music had clearly won communicating in a crowd.
spatch's and meeting up with her best friend and his boyfriend and eventually a third mutual friend of theirs at the parade. City Hall Plaza was a glorious zoo of flags and signs and face paint and people of various ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities,1 orientations, and degrees of clothing. Thanks to him sending a picture of his immediate surroundings, i.e., taller people, we located the best friend right around the time the contingent from MSPCA-Angell followed by the Boston Hoohahs came through. (I had not been warned that he looked distractingly like a young Timothy Spall. I made it very clear that this was a compliment.) There was a lot of noise and confetti. I came out of it with a pair of rainbow sunglasses, a very large rainbow tote bag, and a triple string of beads in the colors of the bi flag which I will probably hang next to my delegate's pass from the Democratic State Convention. Twice we thought the parade was over and we were wrong both times; we finally left in search of frozen yogurt somewhere after Capital One. I was very glad not to miss the Boston chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, whom I will always cherish for canonizing Derek Jarman. I hadn't even known there was a Boston Gay Basketball League. The float for the Orlando Pulse survivors—its flags bearing the names of the dead—raised an earthquake of support. I left the house without a camera and got no pictures of anyone, but I would say it was a joyous afternoon. I spent most of my time applauding. I really didn't need to have brought a jacket. This may have been the first community/political event I've attended since the beginning of the year at which I did not run into anyone I knew already and I think that is kind of wonderful. I was at ease with strangers. There was a giant rainbow flag hung out at City Hall.1. I saw people with canes and people with wheelchairs, but the pair of people conversing in ASL without disruption from all the cheering and music had clearly won communicating in a crowd.
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It is! I saw it for the first time last year and it holds up beautifully. Also some of the best sex I think I have ever seen filmed.
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I talked about that with people afterward! I'm not sure I'd seen that post of Bright's, though, so thank you for it.
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That's really cool. I hope he is having a wonderful time.
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Yeah, confirmed. Just chatting with some bunch of campaigners.
Also, fun fact: the Senator does not appear to have significantly changed his hairdo since 1975, despite his hair's own best efforts.
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He had a string of beads around his neck and I associate him with the block of the parade that also included BARCC and Staples.
Also, fun fact: the Senator does not appear to have significantly changed his hairdo since 1975, despite his hair's own best efforts.
Maybe it just naturally parts on that side.
Where were you along the parade route?
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I'm sorry I missed you, then. If you strolled through Government Center in time to see Senator Markey, we were in more or less the same place. We spent a chunk of time on Tremont Street, across from the sign reading "3 Center Plaza."
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I expected banks and such, but was pleased that an auto parts establishment also had a parade contingent.
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I can't remember if she was one of the people who high-fived the person standing in front of me! The person standing in front of me was doing a lot of high-fiving/hugging of people in the parade and I couldn't tell if it was personal acquaintance or community goodwill.
I expected banks and such, but was pleased that an auto parts establishment also had a parade contingent.
The corporate presence was slightly strange to me, but since I assumed in each case it was the people who worked for the company who would have been participating in Pride anyway, why not? Also it is nice to know which businesses are welcoming. Citizens Bank, check.
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You're welcome!
I'd have liked to get there, but my knee combined with the bright sunshine said no (after I did the Dyke March Friday, and decided my garden needed attention Saturday morning).
That seems a reasonable set of decisions. How is your knee today?
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I was awake at eight-thirty this morning. There was nice light. I hope your knee eases up soon.
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It was!
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Oh, that's marvellous! It is good to see friends at these things, but it's just great when there's an unexpected flooding-in of new friends and fellow-travellers.
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It was really nice!
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I swear to all the gods, at some point I will be neither out of town, sick, nor busy for Boston Pride.
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It was pretty excellent.
I swear to all the gods, at some point I will be neither out of town, sick, nor busy for Boston Pride.
Did you attend Pride in D.C.?