Wednesday, February 20, 2008

GAYVNs and Denver

So after the Cybersocket and Xbiz Awards and a quick jaunt to Palm Springs Rich and I took off to go see my boyfriend in Colorado....but more on that a little later. I really want to talk first about the GAYVNs and my BIG WIN!!! My totally sweet boyfriend, my high school girlfriend, the Manhunt crew and I all went to the awards together. I was so excited to be surrounded by people I love and then we ran into Monica from gayhotmovies again which just added to the excitement. I answered a few questions by Sister Roma on the red carpet (they mostly had to do with my studly boyfriend) and then we settled down at a small table to watch the awards and wait patiently.


I am usually not one to write my complete thoughts (as some other people in my industry sometimes totally trash others within the industry) but I must say Lettuce and Romaine, or whatever they call themselves, were underwhlemingly un-entertaining. They started out as talking flower pots and probably should have just stayed that way! Lady Bunny appeared but, from my understanding on Chi Chi's last minute request, and did her, as she told me last night, "same old show." But Lady Bunny's "same old show" is always as entertaining as the first time you see it! Go Bunny.


So, as they announced "Best Pro-Amateur" I was not nervous since I never thought I would get such an award for the second year in a row, so when I heard my name called I was a little struck aback! I ran up to the stage (and I must say, I was one of the few people that actually spoke into the microphone so everyone could hear me) and announced "second year in a row baby!" And that's exactly how I feel! Thanks to all of the GAYVN judges that voted for my efforts...and a big thanks to the fans! I was very nervous when it came to my 2 nominations for Best Ethnic-Latin, and was so let down when my Santo Domingo lost to a random Brazilian porn. I really thought my work in an exotic Latin location would beat out what has become a cheap easy place to make porn, Brazil, but I'll keep my mouth shut concerning why I think that award was given to some other company. You win some and you lose some and I always walk away being thrilled to just be nominated! Some other companies argue and bitch and moan ...I mean it is porn people, but there is someone in the industry that thinks he is part of the mainstream TV/movie industry. Get over it and stop bitching and whining!


My boyfriend, girlfriend and I went to get some microwave burritos during the intermission, I mean we were really hungry, but when we returned it appears the people at my table used my award as a trash receptacle...so I had to take a picture so you all could see the horror and shock I was in! Anyway, after the awards my baby and I just went home to cuddle since the previous evening we went out to the Rentboy pre-party at the End Up and ran into a ton of porn people and my good friend Chi Chi who totally tried to molest my bambino as he did a little strip show....HOT!


After visiting my family Rich, my girlfriend and I took a road trip back to LA where I have been ever since. Last night we actually went to HERE and ran into DJ Chi Chi LaRue, cute Blake Riley, the infamous Jonathan Chang, Jason Sechrest, the ever entertaining Bobby Trendy and then Lady Bunny stormed in. What more can one ask for than a ton of hot dancers and two infamous/famous drag queens pumping up the house! I decided to make it an early departure since I am actually getting quite tired of party party party....and more party! Tomorrow I finally go home to Miami Beach after basically two months on the road.















So, between the time of the awards in LA and the awards in San Francisco I went to go see my bambino in Colorado. If any of you watch South Park then you may have seen the episode where Cartman crashes a Mexican restaurant called "Casa Bonita." Well, my bambino told me that it actually exists at a strip mall in a Denver suburb so we totally had to go and rip through it just like Cartman did! The food is soooo lacking anything authentic, especially the Velveeta cheese used to smother everything, but it is fun to go to Black Bart's Cave, see the Cliff Divers and watch a man in a gorilla outfit chase a "gringa" around the restaurant while Mariachis play "la cucaracha" and other typical Mexican music.




Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Cybersocket Awards!!!


Sorry for not updating in a bit, but hey, my company is called World of Men and that means a lot of traveling. So after Berlin I went to Madrid for 3 days to stay with my friend Martin Mazza http://www.martinmazza.eu/ and shoot a scene. The few days I had in Madrid went by so fast and before I knew it I was on a plane to Miami. After a quick afternoon and relaxing evening at home the next day Rich and I packed up and once again boarded yet another plane to LA!

After a few meetings in LA it was time to attend the much anticipated CyberSocket Awards on Wednesday evening. I was up for a few nominations and I was very excited to be up for best porn star website and best new website so I crossed my fingers and hung out with my good friends that evening. Chi Chi was not in drag but just as much fun as ever and looked very cool with his new haircut. I also ran into Blake Riley (yummy! and such a sweetheart!) and Jeremy Hall (I was the cameraman for one of his scenes and I never knew he had such a pretty ass!). Lady Bunny http://www.ladybunny.net/ hosted the awards and as always was a blast! I didn't win the best porn star website (I shall keep my comments to myself and also out of jail...ooops) so I waited patiently for the best new website to be announced.....and guess what? I WON!!!!! WOOO HOOO! I asked Rich to accept the award with me if I won, but he was no where to be found and during my acceptance speech I called him out letting the crowd know he was probably chasing some twink. I did thank Rich for creating the aesthetics of my site and Steven Scarborough and Chi Chi for being great mentors. Later that night Chi Chi, Blake, Rich and I went to Here Lounge where we found hostess with the mostess Jonathan Chang! After blowing about $30 tipping the hot dancers we ll ran off to Chi Chi's for a fun time talking and, well, drinking?!?!!? the night away...the hoochie way!





After an awesome night I headed out again for another awards show. I was excited to be nominated for 5 categories for the XBiz Awards, but was not sure if I would win any of them....tough competition out there! I ran into all the people I do business with and my good friend and fabulous business woman Monica from gayhotmovies looked ravishing in her red dress. Of course, before we took a photo I had to pick some lint off her dress that actually made for a hot before and after photo! I hung out with Chi Chi for most of the awards and then with Keith Webb (we made a pack to clap for each other if either of us won....and he did!) Although I did not win any awards I was star struck by Dave Navarro...it was so cool to see him live in person! Later that night we all went on to Lounge at Arena hosted by Paul Nicholls and always packed! I ran into Brandon from Rentboy www.rentboy.com and Angel, blogger/reporter extrordanaire, and hung with them for a while and then hung with Chi Chi for a bit when Janet Jackson blew by! Who knew???? But hey, star struck and happy to get a glance of Miss Jackson in person and she looked go...go Janet!

Ok, so Friday came and Rich and I decided we needed to get away and also go see Jesus, one of my models, that happened to be in Palm Springs. After much traffic we arrived in Palm Springs and were quickly rushed off to dinner to find Bill and Andy from http://www.bigmuscle.com/ !!! They were so surprised to see us show up at their dinner. It was nice catching up with Bill and Andy since they are not only hard workers, but also live so far away from me. The next day we drove back to LA and took a quick flight to Denver to see my new sexy boyfriend.....more to come!