Collin Oneal

Panama!

2008-07-02T20:43:00.000-07:00

Well, what better to do when getting back from a two week major international, half way around the world, vacation, but to take another vacation! Sometimes I am not very smart when I book travel. I see a cheap fare, book it, and then forget about it. This time, a trip to Panama I booked a while back jumped up on me a few days after I arrived back from India/UAE/Bahrain.

I had just enough time in Miami to clean up some business issues, make a few reservations for the trip to Panama, and take a swim in the ocean just 2 blocks from my place....ahhhh...the life! Rich and I boarded our noon-ish flight out of Miami to only sit in American Airlines' VERY uncomfortable 757 slippy slope first class seat for about 4 1/2 hours as a thunderstorm quickly approached and stopped all departures and all but essential European arrivals for over 4 hours. The only benefit to being in first class was that we were given food and liquored up, but believe me, the coach seats on the 757 are WAY more comfortable. American seems to slip on the 757 and not install a simple foot rest or cloth ergonomic seats.

After arriving in Panama very late we were too exhausted to do anything but veg in the hotel room. Oh, and Panama has the WORST road signs ever! I think you are just suppose to know where to go, kinda like Beirut, but really no signs that lead an outsider into the center. It is easier getting around Syria! Over the next few days Rich and I met up with a friend of a friend of ours that showed us around. He took us to the Panama Canal, showed us the gay nightlife and helped book us at an all-inclusive in Playa Blanca. At the end of the trip we drove up to stay at the Melia Colon. Everyone told us, and I read several times, that Colon is very dangerous, but Rich and I always love checking things out for ourselves. The Melia was easy to find and in a secure compound just outside of Colon, but the hotel is quite lackluster. The smell of mold and the feeling that we were caught in "The Shining".....creepy cakes! We did make a run into Colon and take a walk through the secured free-trade zone the city created, but it is mainly filled with cheap Chinese junk and likely not worth the jaunt through the decrepit crime ridden center of town.

Now I have been back in Miami for a while and plan to settle down for a bit and get out my new release “Serbia” that you can find on my new website http://www.worldofmen.com/.

Dubai, Bahrain and back home

2008-06-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

So even though I did my best to relax my curiosity of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and my sense of adventure got to me. After having mojitos at the Burj's pool the first day and meeting an American couple (gay couple) and Sikh's that were mates from work from England that got a kick that 2 Americans took interest in chatting them up a bit, Rich and I finally thought to rent a car and go beyond the grounds of The Burj. We took the Toyota Earth Destroyer we rented and headed to Abu Dhabi to see something different and also see the Picasso exhibit at the Grand Palace. We also decided to visit one of Rich's friends' cousin that actually lives in Dubai.

The last time I was in Dubai it was definitely not as developed as this time. Skyscrapers are flying out of the sand an the world's tallest building, the Burj Al Dubai, is near complete and in the center of the new Middle Eastern, or rather, Persian Gulf, Manhattan, that when done, will be much larger and more grand than Manhattan. I did my best also to meet local gays, but most sexually oriented websites, including social networking sites, are blocked. In the end we gave up on finding gays to socialize with and headed to The Mall of The Emirates www.malloftheemirates.com, which seemed to be a bit cruisy, but you didn't hear that from me!

The rest of the time we did laze around a bit but always made it a habit to go every night to Wild Wadi www.wildwadi.com! I had not been to a water park since I was very young so I was kinda excited to go, but was even more thrilled when I found out how the park worked! You see, I think it is the only water park in the world where you do not drag up a tube to the top, but rather are jetted up to the top (see Master Blaster under the rides section) by jets that continuously propel you up the slide until the top and then you choose how you want to get back down! FUN!

Our trip all the way back to The States was not going to be a piece of cake due to connection times between Gulf Air and American Airlines, so I decided to take a half a day in Bahrain just to check it out. We rented a car and decided to bum-rush Saudi Arabia for shits and giggles (Bahrain is an island connected to Saudi Arabia by a 21 mile causeway). On our way there we say an amazing building that we saw the night before on the Discovery Channel where the architect designed three large windmills in between the two legs of the building so it will be the first electricity self sufficient building in the world. So we bum-rushed Saudi and on our way back we heard an ad on the radio for Bahrain's water park so after shopping for shoes (shoes, shoes, let's get some shoes) we drove out into the Bahraini desert to The Lost Paradise of Dilmun www.lpodwaterpark.com (it does seem as though we went on a tour of the fabu water parks of the Persian Gulf, right?!?) A quick Cartman at Casa Bonita 1 hour run through The Lost Paradise of Dilmun and we headed back to watch a quick movie at the mall before getting on our flight to New Delhi, so instead of seeing the Indiana Jones movie which we missed by a few missed we watched a New Zealand flick called "The Ferryman." Sometimes it is cool to see other countries' flicks!

A quick night night flight back to New Delhi, continued sleep at the ITC Sheraton (ITC, ITC, luxury hotel, 5 star...LOL...you'd get the joke if you went to India!)a quick run through the markets and then finally out of (not so) Incredible India. Another 15 hour flight to Chicago, popped in to town to see a good friend that just moved there and then on to LA to have a quick night with good friends before going back home the next day (gotta get those Elite Qualifying Miles!)

Goa, Mumbai and Dubai

2008-06-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

Seeing the Taj Mahal is always amazing, but getting to it may help destroy its image a bit. I won't comment so much on what can destroy the excitement of seeing the Taj Mahal right now since I will be posting my memoirs of my first trip to India from 7 years ago. Rich won out on the remainder of the India trip since locals were blocking trains to Rajasthan so I caved in to Rich's dreams of going to Goa. Supposedly Goa is a place that Israeli's and others go to hang on the beach and party, so of course, rich thinks it is something he and all people should strive to do since he thinks young Israeli's are trend setters. We logged into an internet cafe in Agra (where the Taj Mahal is) and looked into booking hotels. I quickly learned that Goa is a region and not a city, so we were both lost at where the "whoa dude, party" people hang out. I found a Kepinski Hotel online and decided I wanted to relax more than be around hippy-esque youngsters trying to delay adult life by becoming beach bumbs and renting $8 rooms (wow, that was me 7 years ago! Did I really say that?).

Anyway, we lazed around the hotel in Goa for 3 days just before the Monsoon season hit. I was finally able to relax and chill. Rich then wanted to go to Mumbai instead of Jodphur or Jaipur (two cities in Rajasthan that are truly magical). I caved in again with all of my warnings that Mumbai is a big dreary city, but hey, I was in no need to have Rich nag me. Of course we arrive in Mumbai just as the Monsoon started. After taking a day tour of the city, we headed for the airport. Monsoon equals massive flooding. Well, watch the video and you'll see what can happen. We got stuck and at one point our taxi was floating and water entered the car. Nevertheless we made it to the airport just in time for the flight to be delayed 3 hours.

After a quick night in Delhi the following morning we headed again to the airport and Rich learned of the secret destination I kept from him: Dubai. We flew on Gulf Air www.gulfair.com to Bahrain and then on to Dubai. When we arrived in Dubai Rich finally learned of the last surprise as a concierge from the Burj Al Arab www.burj-al-arab.com met us and whisked us through immigration and customs and to a private BMW. Rich and I have always dreamed of staying at the Burj al Arab, so I decided to finally implement the plan (they have a special through the end of summer that if you stay 3 nights, you receive free breakfast and a one way transfer in a BMW from the airport). I will describe the hotel as nothing less than magnificent (see my video clip of the room). Off to bed for now, but will update more soon.

Grabbys, Nancy Pelosi and India

2008-06-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

I am finally able to update my blog! Right now I am in Goa, India, trying to relax after a very stressful past few months. The last time I left off here I was going to post an update about The Grabbys, but I just didn't have enough time to really write anything, nor did I have any pictures to post. Lately, I have not been in the mood to post random pics on here, especially when I am not doing anything exciting and Chicago definitely fell into that category...ooops, yep, I said it, my time in Chicago was lack luster as compared to last year's event. First, I had major problems with a totally bitchy TSA agent at Miami airport and very nasty American Airlines staff who delayed me leaving for Chicago. When I finally did arrive, I went to Chi Chi's party where the atmosphere was very strange. Chi Chi was spinning awesome tunes and people were dancing around the dance floor but not exactly on it. The mood was very strange and lacked the fun of past events, but then again, the porn world is changing very quickly for the worse.

Instead of going out Friday night rich and I stayed in and worked. The following day I had to fly to Minneapolis and back before going on to the Grabby's where I was only nominated for best foreign film, a category I fought to be included in since all but one of my movies have been filmed overseas. To preface what I am about to write, I am NOT a sore loser and never entered this business to win any awards (the awards are a special perk that give one confidence in their work but usually, unlike 10 years ago, do not bring any additional income). Now, I DO stake my ground when it comes to my work. I work VERY hard to produce my own content in addition to doing all the accounting and planning for my business of which, between my business partner, Rich, and myself own 100% of our business. In the past few months I took Raging Stallion off my box covers, created my own label, and filed all copyrights for my movies officially to ensure I received credit for my work. I do not know anybody, no mater what job they hold, that would not want to receive full credit for their own hard work. So about 2 months ago I read a review of my "East Berlin" that mentioned Raging Stallion throughout it so I immediately felt I needed to correct this mistake and in the process picked a fight that I believe led to my lack of winning a Grabby (even though I was assured to walk away with an award by an insider). I love winning awards and writing this may prevent me from winning any more in the future, but I cannot stand by and have another company be given credit for my hard work. Enough said....but I had to get it out of my system.

So after Chicago I went home for a day and then off to San Francisco to see my bambino and do some work. I am only mentioning this little bit because since American Airlines removed the 767 from the Miami to San Francisco route I now go through LA on their 767 to ensure I have a restful flat bed experience for the 5 hours. (by the way, I will be posting travel tips on my new webiste www.worldofmen.com soon). On the way out rapper Shaggy was sitting in front of me and Matt Damon 2 seats in front to the right....very cool....and best of all, I had Nancy Pelosi sitting behind me on my flight from San Francisco to LA and when the plane landed, before she was whisked down the stairs to her government vehicle, I had to thank her for giving me faith again that my government is going to return to going in the right direction. She firmly shook my hand through my spiel to her while thanking me over and over and looking me straight in the eyes before hugging me then being escorted away with, um, secret service? Ms. Pelosi is a very nice and wonderful woman in person and I just had to mention it. (Shaggy, on the other hand was less than personable when I warned another passenger about pushing me or him to get to the front of the plane.)

So this all leads me to one of my trips I take every year to an exotic destination without my professional camera: India. On our flight from Miami to Chicago Rich chatted up the flight attendants while I tried to rest, but I finally decided to go see what was going on between Rich and the flight attendants. After about an hour or so Rich divulged to Beth, a wonderful South African woman, who I was exactly (Collin O'Neal) and she asked me for my autograph for one of her "boyfriends." I have had many ups and downs lately with the airline I fly constantly, but when you run into flight attendants like Beth and her co-workers, well, it puts a big smile on my face. After working feverishly at the First Class lounge at O'Hare to make sure I had all my "t's crossed and i's dotted" before the big trip Rich and I boarded a 14 1/2 hour flight to New Delhi. Thankfully it went by fast with the help of flat bed business class, Xanax, Ambien, Skyy Vodka, and my strategic collection of other pillows and comforters to make sure I dreamed away the long flight.

I'm now going to save most of my India stories for my next post, but I was inspired to do something unique that you may find interesting in the coming weeks. You see, I came to India about 7 years ago when I was 26 for about 3 weeks and on about $8 a day. I tried my best this time to follow in those footsteps, but definitely not on $8 a day, but rather about $80, but my planning failed miserably. I think in my old age I just can't put up with as much as I use to. So I will be scanning in the diary I kept and some pics from years ago and juxtapose them to the story I will be writing about my current journey. Oh, and all of you travel whores out there, check back in a few days because I will be posting something you will drool over....its a secret right now because I have kept it from Rich. So, tootles for now...oh, and bambino, sorry I have been incommunicado, but where I am at right now has no cell service and my fancy hotel's in room wi-fi does not work so I can't call you from skype!

Rome/Malta again...no success

2008-05-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

Once again I am over in Europe, but to be more specific Rome, Malta and then on to Spain. Most porn directors/producers never speak of their failures, but then again, I don't think I am your normal porn director (the majority of my blog is dedicated to politics and travel and not my porn-doings). The first failure was back in March, but in the end that failure was foreseen and I planned for it. I was suppose to film a movie in Malta back in March but I decided to pay down some debts which left me with little cash (I am a cash run business basically) to film, so I decided to take my bambino along and turn it into a much needed vacation. This time, however, I had the funds but models flaked both in Rome and Malta! AHHHH! Well, not so ahhhh, because I had massive jet-lag (I have not had such bad jet lag in a long time) so Rome was shot and my quick hop over to Malta for 1 1/2 days ended up in meeting a very nice man that offered his yacht and farmhouse for future shoots on this amazingly unknown and extremely cheap part of the European Union.

Even though Malta is about a 1 hour and 10 minute flight from Rome, dear Air Malta loves to make a stop in Reggio Calabria on the southern tip of Italy before continuing on to Malta (a quick 20 minutes....wolf down the crackers and drink up the cup of water quickly!) As annoyed as I may sound and as ridiculous a stop along such a short route sounds I do suggest doing it once. Why you ask? Well, you may not be able to tell from the picture but that is the lava from Mt. Etna. You have to take the late afternoon departure from Rome and make sure the plane stops in Reggio Calabria and sit on the right side of the aircraft to fly right over Mt. Etna upon departure from Reggio Calabria. If that did not excite me enough, upon landing in Malta there was a whale on the runway! Well, not the sea going type, but the flying type...the Russian manufactured Antonov aircraft! You have to see it to believe it with its wings hovering from the top of the fuselage instead of sticking out the side like the American made Boeing 747 or the European made A380. OK, call me whatever you want. May I suggest geek or nerd, or total geek or just travel tard? As some of you get turned on my huge, well, think for a minute, I get all excited by huge planes, oh, and that other thing that I made you think about too. Confused you yet? I think I confused myself!

Anyway, off to Spain tomorrow to finally get some work done!

East St. Louis and Drama

2008-05-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

I haven't been updating my blog for many reasons, but work has really overtaken my life lately. Besides work, I have been with my bambino a lot lately and he has kept me busy also. After New York (and my "I'm not Michael Lucas, I Have a Sense of Humor Exhibit," yes, I let people draw all over my mug, but then again, I do not take myself so seriously you know), I went home to rest for a bit while my bambino went back to his home for a bit. I then went to LA, San Diego and then to San Francisco for work. So about 1 week ago my bambino and I flew to Colorado to pack up his stuff and drive back to Miami. I like to keep a lot of things private, especially when it comes to information I have on others, but I think my boyfriend will understand me writing about him. He is 19 and is having a bit of a rough time with life and has anxiety issues which sometimes climax into emotional break downs, on both our parts. While stuck in traffic in midst of of a snow storm, we decided to part ways, well, for at least for the moment. We drove to Denver airport where I picked up a rental car and he flew home to California. I was going to continue to drive back to Miami since I promised Manhunt that I would do shootings for them across America, but after driving a day through snow and then into tornado ravaged Kansas I was over it. The violent weather and XM radio kept me entertained on my drive across Kansas and Kansas City is actually quite a pretty city. Today I drove across Missouri to St. Louis. It is amazing how different Missouri is compared to Kansas in regards to geography and demography. After a pleasant drive through the rolling hills of Missouri I landed upon St. Louis. I drove past the airport that I have fond memories of my youth when I was flying TWA all the time. Since TWA's demise I had not flown through St. Louis in a long time. I was very surprised about how close St. Louis airport is to the city; basically only 15 minutes or so right into downtown. I checked into my room, did some work and then thought I would drive around a bit since I had only flown in and out of the city, but never checked out the city. I drove through historic downtown St. Louis down Market Street, made a right onto Broadway and then a left onto Eads Bridge. I was looking for a good view of the St. Louis Arch when I happened upon one of the bridges that crosses the mighty Mississippi. Maybe it was fate, but I crossed the only bridge crossing the Mississippi that does not connect directly to a freeway system but rather drops off into East St. Louis, Illinois. Now, I have been all over the world and have seen some pretty economically depressed areas. My ex boyfriend is from a favela in Brazil and I go to visit his family every time I go back. But what I saw today I just didn't think existed in America. I drove down Broadway until it ended and what I passed along the way made me sick; businesses abandoned long ago, beautiful historic buildings empty and falling apart, partially boarded up public housing, historic homes in disrepair, and empty lots with trash. I had mixed feelings about my safety and my desire to get out of my car and engage the residents, which I finally did. Yes, I parked the car and approached some young black guys walking with a young white girl. I told them I had never seen anything like this in America and I wanted to know what they thought of their neighborhood and what I could do in any simple way to help. The oldest kid, probably about 20 or so, flat out told me to write the government and tell them what I think. All of them had their input except the white girl that just looked at me with suspicion. Another 2 young black guys walked up and they were equally happy to jump in on the conversation and tell me their thoughts. The original kids finally left as I insisted that one of them take my personal e-mail so I could communicate with them and hopefully help them some way in the future. I asked one last time what I could do to help and one guy politely asked for $2 for the tram. I pulled out my wallet which surprised them. As they came closer to me I looked at what I had and decided how much I really needed it. I asked one of them if they all were friends and if he would share the money that I would give him and he affirmed. I gave him a $20 and he was so thankful then he ran over to the rest of the guys and promptly showed them the $20 as to share it with them. They all gave me a "thumbs up" and waved bye to me with big smiles....it made me feel faith in humanity that the kid shared it with his friends.

Popeye Village, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid...now breathe

2008-04-01T13:11:00.000-07:00

OK, so our last days on Malta were actually spent on Malta and not Gozo. We decided to stay at a gay hotel in Paceville called Adam's Hotel and Bar. The hotel was nice and quaint, but the standard double rooms are quite small and not much is left to the imagination when going to the bathroom (the 1/2 glass door does not provide adequate privacy). Like most places on Malta hot water is an issue (this is excusable because Malta has no natural source of fresh water) so tanks are put on top of the apartment complexes along with heating units. Other than that, the owner is nice and is helpful and brings in a diverse crowd in the evenings to the bar making a fun place to hang out.

As a quick side note, I celebrated my 33rd birthday a few nights ago and my cute bambino wanted me to post my little birthday cake pic, so here you go!

Both of us were at a lost to do on the two small islands since we basically did everything in the previous 10 days so I took my baby to the famed Pompey Village! Yee hawwwww! If you are my age or older you may remember the movie Popeye with Robin Williams, well, it was filmed in Malta and the actual set is nestled in a little cove. It is worth going for shits and giggles, but there is not much to do. Of more interest is the nearby city of Rabat which is purely magical medieval town that is well preserved.

The last few days were crappy weather so we basically slept in, I worked, and putzed around St. Julians until we finally went to the airport to leave for Rome. We were both a bit exhausted by the time we arrived at the hotel, so we just rested, but the following day we were total tourists, had a great Italian lunch and then headed back to the airport for Barcelona. The following day I showed my bambino around Barcelona and then headed to the airport in the evening for Madrid.

Dizzy yet? I think we were a bit!

We stayed a few days in Madrid with my buddy Martin Mazza who is always so accommodating to his friends with his centrally located penthouse condo. So we spent the last few days of our European tour just relaxing, walking around Madrid, and talking with friends.

After a nice flight back to Miami I then had to go to NY for the LGBT Expo, which turned out to be very fun and interesting. I also did a promo at Splashbar www.splashbar.com for my "Santo Domingo" movie which turned out to be great fun since I saw friends I have not seen in a long time. The following evening I also helped out with "Porn Bingo" at the 9th Street Bistro which was also a blast and help Will Clark www.willclarkworld.com for the NY Gay Men's Football League...oh, and yeah, some of them are really hot!

I finally came back to Miami Beach to have some relax time with my bambino on the beach and get back to a normal life, but once again after 4 days I headed to the airport for Atlanta, so here I am now for a few days.

Forced Relaxation

2008-03-22T05:15:00.000-07:00

So for the past few days my "bambino" and I have just been taking a break. We have been visiting all of the natural wonders the island of Gozo has to offer; walking along cliffs, taking boat rides, and walking from our farmhouse to the coast and getting lost along the way. I have been doing my best to not work as my sexy boyfriend really wanted, but today has been a bit cloudy so I decided to sit back and do some work while Neal watches our limited TV stations since we have no use for the, and no kidding, 25 channels dedicated to sports. I have a feeling our farmhouse is marketed to low class British vacationers who can't miss a footy match while away from home.

Just another few days here and then its off to Rome, so hopefully the weather will be good again so we can catch some sun!

Gozo-mania

2008-03-16T03:54:00.000-07:00

No, I'm not talking about Gonzo, the style of porn, but a small Island in the Mediterranean that belongs to a very small country. If you don't know where Gozo is then I suggest you google it! After about two weeks of being locked up in my South Beach apartment preparing my accounting for tax season I decided to take a vacation and possibly film in a country many people have never heard of or thought of going to. So I hopped on a plane, met my bambino at Chicago O'Hare and boarded a 9 1/2 flight to Rome treating my bambino to flat-bed first class (the only way to fly to Europe!)

Another quick flight and we landed in Malta. After picking up the rental car we drove to the car ferry and headed to Gozo where our 4 bedroom private farmhouse awaited. After settling in and getting some rest, the following day we trekked out to see the capitol which boasts a very beautiful citadel. We then had to go back to Malta as some friends flew in for a visit and we picked them up. We wandered through Valletta then stopped by Tom's Bar, a small gay bar near the port and talked to the owner a bit before heading to the airport to pick up my friends. Their flight was a bit delayed so we missed the last car ferry to Gozo for 3 hours so we all went to Paceville to go to the local gay club.....very interesting!

So all my bambino and I have been doing with our friends is basically catching up on sleep and driving around Gozo a bit. Yesterday we went to a beautiful area for sunset. I'll update more later, but basically I have been trying to take it easy since my schedule before this trip was quite hectic so there may not be much more to say than a herd of goats delayed our car ride or roosters woke us up to early!

Oh, and last night we heard this big explosion but could not figure out what it was but then my bambino opened the refrigerator door and found out that the 7-up glass bottle exploded because it froze!

GAYVNs and Denver

2008-02-20T17:02:00.000-08:00

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.

Cybersocket Awards!!!

2008-02-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

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!

Where am I?????

2008-01-31T04:38:00.000-08:00

After a show in Athens I flew to Thessaloniki to perform another show. I took some of the time to rest and catch up with some work (I do run my business, so when I mean work I do not mean directing models and such...LOL). Later in the evening I went to Da Da Bar to do a show again with Niko from Athens who is a total blast to work with! So many people came out to see me in Thessaloniki, so much so, that I was quite surprised! The Greek audience is so much fun and people are a bit shy to come say "hi" but a few brave did come talk to me for a bit and I was more than happy to chat them up a bit.

The next day I woke up late (finally some rest), went to the Starbucks for a cofee and some work, and then leisurely made my way to the airport where I boarded my flight on British Airways to London. I upgraded to myself to Business Class and was completely happy on this 3 1/2 hour flight. The lamb stew was incredible for airplane food and packets of whole macadamian nuts were passed out, not icky peanuts! When I finally got to my hotel I totally crashed after taking a long hot shower.

The next day was full of meetings that turned out to be quite successful. But I am really over how expensive England and especially LOndon have become. The cheapest room was $300 per night (well, I could have gone for something out of National Lampoon's European Vacation) but my privacy and the need for cleanliness trump a $150 roach motel the size of a twin bed! That evening I went out to "Salon," the hottest and chicest place to go in London's Soho on a Tuesday evening. It was nice to see Minty and Aubrey, the most glam hosts out there, and catch up on lost time since I left London 2 years ago to return to Miami Beach. Minty bought me drinks all night long (whew, at $20 a drink, that was a relief) and we talked and talked. I also ran into my friend Chris Jepson, photographer extrordanaire of London's nightlife, and someone I have hired to take photograph's of my models and myself. See Chris' work at www.chrisjepson.com

OUR ECONOMY! Talking about Europe and England I have to slip in that our $$$ is now worth nearly nothing over here! It has dropped over 30% over the past 4 months making Europe incredibly expensive and London prohibitively expensive (a night out can cost you $150!!!). We are in a recession (not on the brink of it) and our economy is tanking quickly people! Make sure you do NOT vote for a Republican again. Gays should have no interest in Republicans anyway. If they had their way, we would be exterminated, so what the hell with Log Cabin Republicans!?!?!?!? Needless to say, we need to make our $$ a little stronger so we can go back to Europe and actually enjoy it instead of counting pennies.

A late night in London meant a crappy next day in Amsterdam, although my meetings went well. I took the train into the city and visited Xavier from Drake's (the most popular and central porn shop in Amsterdam). After a quick nap on Xavier's couch in the office I took a quick flight to Berlin and so here I am!

Escaping Al-Qaeda Operation in Turkey

2008-01-26T05:29:00.000-08:00

Well, I made it out of Turkey all safe. I say this because on January 24th my gang and I had just left our hotel when we heard gunfire and what sounded like bombing. Jacko, Jean Franko and Jesus thought nothing of it but I knew something fishy was up especially when a few minutes later people scrambled through the streets and police cars sped wildly toward the scene just a few blocks away. (see story here: Guardian and here: Turkishdailynews) We continued on the the Gaziantep museum which has the 2nd largest collection of mosaics in the world. It wasn't until we were leaving the museum that we stopped by the gift shop that was playing the operation live and then it really hit home to both the guys and myself. The guys and I toured Gaziantep's castle then the guys went to the gym while I went looking for some last minute gifts. That evening we finished up shooting and I really wanted to get to bed by 10pm, but no luck! I had a ton of paper work to do and packing up so it was not until 1:30am until my head hit the bed when I had to be up in 2 hours to head to the airport for a 4:45am flight!

Jean Franko had to catch and immediate flight to Barcelona from Istanbul but Jesus and I went to a hotel to take a nap and then take a quick tour of Istanbul before heading back to the airport. Jesus was very excited to see the Blue Mosque and the Aga Sofia. Actually, Jesus just loved every moment of my crazy porn adventure from walking across no-man's-land in freezing cold weather to get to Syria to a drive we took through the beautiful countryside. Anyway, Jesus and I went our own directions at Istanbul airport; he boarded a flight to Madrid and I boarded a quick flight to Athens. So, now here I am in Athens after a crazy night doing a promotion for Greek super-promoter Paul Sofianos since it was his birthday. I have not danced, stripped and shook my thang for a long time so it was a bit interesting to get back up on a stage.

Middle Eastern Adventure!!!

2008-01-21T10:25:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Well, as I said in my last entry I may not be able to update my blog over the next few weeks, but I decided today to throw a bunch of little interesting happenings at all of you that happen to read about my adventures around the world. I first want to share a photo that my bambino (Neal) took of me when I was working late at night in Miami Beach and he was begging me to come to bed. He said "This pic epitomizes you in your work mode. LOL. I thought it was funny. :)" That evening he warned me about working so hard, but here I am again near killing myself to make you all some porn that I hope you will enjoy.

So I left Las Vegas, stopped in Miami for a few hours to do some work, and then got back on a plane to Madrid and then continued on to Alicante where I picked up a model that I flew in from Belgium then drove to Murcia to pick up my model Jesus and then on to Almeria. I have a secret place to film outdoors near Almeria, but in the middle of the shoot a herd of goats rampaged through my set and I forced my models to pull up their pants and luckily they did since the herder soon followed! After a pleasant 20 minute conversation the herder moved on and we finished the shoot. A few more days in Almeria and I took off with Jesus to southern Turkey (the magic of frequent flyer miles! ha!). The reason I do not give away some locations is that first, I still try my best to keep the Roman Ragazzi stalker off my back and potentially calling local authorities on me like he called the Israeli Consulate and the NY Post on Roman Ragazzi. Second, I have a producer here in Europe that is trying to hunt down and use my models and there are some models I want to keep to myself, such as Jacko. So I dare any producer to do what I did ......keep on reading!

So the first night I arrived I tried to get into Syria. Since Jesus did not have a visa we had to try and convince the border police to give him one. After a quick drive through no man's land by a taxi we arrived in Syria, but after 30 minutes of trying to convince them to give Jesus a visa, they refused, and we had to walk all the way back to Turkey in 35 degree weather in just undershirts....oh, I forgot to tell you Iberia and Turkish Airlines lost all of our luggage with our jackets! After passing Turkish immigration again we drove back to the border town and spent the night.

The next day I got a wild hair up my butt to not leave Jesus behind at the hotel and try to convince the Syrians to give him a visa again and Jesus was up for it so off we went! After a brisk 20 minutes walk through mine laden no man's land we arrived at our friend's the Syrians and their lovely border post. After about 15 minutes of begging, they let us back behind their glass to get warm next to their heater and share coffee with them (we were freezing without jackets)! Another 30 minutes of the border police playing with my computer and cell phone we got pulled into the big chief's office. I begged and pleaded, but he insisted that we wait for a fax from Damascus that would take 3-4 hours, but I said we only planned to go to Haleb for that amount of time. In the end he gave the "ok" wink to the worker and we were on our way to getting a sneaky snake visa for Jesus...yee haw! And off we went in a taxi speeding down the bumpy, dusty pothole filled road to Haleb! After what is probably going to be about $50 in phone calls to confirm a meeting point my friend Annas arrived with Jacko not too far behind. We drank coffee and then went to the Citadel for lunch and finally said goodbye to Annas and headed back to Turkey (Try all that KB, ha!). I thought we would have problems with my Syrian at the border, but in the end no problems at all except for the taxi driver left us on the Syrian side and we had to walk all the way to Turkey....bastard! We barely had time left to drive to the airport and pick up Jean Franco, but we made it, ate dinner, harassed the Turkish Airlines agent for our bags and finally drove back to an amazing hotel I found. So here I am after wandering the streets with Jean Franco, Jesus and Jacko to replace lighting that is still missing.

New Year and Hustlaball

2008-01-12T11:18:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since my last update, but I have had a major distraction with me every since right after x-mas. A while ago I met someone that has become very special to me and we have been spending a lot of time together! So right after x-mas with my interesting family my baby (il bambino) and I took off for Los Angeles for New Year's Eve where we spent the night at Here lounge as guests of super-promoters Paul Nicholls and Jonathan Chang. The night was quite interesting in addition to being very fun and full of porn stars!

The next day we took off back to Miami Beach to relax a bit in the sun, but when we arrived a cold spell just hit and we were shivering for a few days until the heat finally returned and we were able to go to the beach again. After a bit of fun and work we headed to Las Vegas for GAYVN and Hustlaball. My baby was a bit overwhelmed with all the people and production so after talking with a few business affiliates (such as Chris Baker from AEBN) Chi Chi pulled us back stage to enjoy the rest of the evening in a more quiet setting to talk with my baby and I in addition to some of the performers.

Now my baby and I are going to take our last few days to ourselves before he goes back to school and I go off to Europe to do some shooting! I will do my best to update my blog, but I will be in some remote areas of Spain and Turkey and doing a promotion in Greece!

Back Home!

2007-12-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

I know I said I would update you all from Europe, but I hit the ground running when I arrived in Berlin and really had no time to sit down and write. In addition to not having time, I also had major internet issues at the hotels I was staying at in both Berlin and Paris.

So now, I'll rewind a bit and let you know I had a fabulous time at ManHunt's annual x-mas party in Boston. My business partner Rich Richards and I nearly froze our Miami Beach butt's off, but once we got to the venue it was nice and warm. Of course, the company heated up the place. Not only are some of ManHunt's employees are hot, some of their guests sure made the party memorable! X-mas parties are all about free licquor, but with that, comes the consequences of tipsy party dares for shits and giggles. See Lisa and I compare boobs and butts in the bathroom. Then Lisa accidentally kicked the toilet paper and I just had to point it out, burp! The later it got, the more interesting photos Phil, Lisa and I started to take, although none stranger, at least I think, than me pointing out the toilet paper in the bathroom.
So after a fun night with the ManHunt crew we slept in a bit, ate, worked a bit and then headed to the ariport. My flight to London and Rich's flight to Miami amazingly took off at the same time!

There is not much to say about Berlin except I worked my ass off and it was the first time I did everything myself including filming 3 scenes and taking still photographs. Oh, also got caught riding the Berlin U-Bahn without a ticket....naughty me! ooooooops! Everything went pretty smoothly: all models showed up and liked their partners and my locations were all organized and were available when I needed.....a special thanks goes out to someone I cannot mention by name, but he knows who he is...thanks!

A quick flight to Paris and I landed in the old TWA terminal bringing back memories of my jet set youth. The design is so retro futuristic and always fun to re-experience every once in a while! I had one day to myself to do laundry, catch up on some e-mails, visit retailers and mail some screeners off.

My free day in Paris went well, but my shoot was in shambles! A model that also had a location did not answer his phone, ugh! So not only did I have to replace a model I also had to replace 2 locations at the last minute....and last minute it was! I found a replacement model literally 1 hour before a shoot and he turned out to be fantastic! (Thanks Marcos!) When the last shoot was done I was exhausted and pretty ready to fly home, but instead of flying to my home in Miami Beach I flew to my original home to be with mom. Oh, and on the flight home I saw the poor Arctic that seems to be suffering from global warming, yikes!

So now here I am typing this up at home in Northern California after an argument with my mom today about the fact that I do not have a normal job (she thinks an 8-5 is the only valid job out there) and that I am going to give my cousin some money, especially since I do not have a normal job so I don't have money and I have to take care of myself first. Anyone else out there find this logic weird? Anyway, not much happening until New Year's except my quick flight x-mas eve up to see my father in Oregon to spend x-mas morning with him and then fly back down to have another dysfunctional x-mas dinner here where the gays will outnumber the straights! YEE HAW!

Thanksgiving and stuff!

2007-12-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

After Nicaragua I went home to Miami Beach for one night and then took off to San Francisco to have Thanksgiving with my mother's side of the family. Family events for me are usually a kick in the pants, so I thought I would share a sneak peak into my very private life for some shits and giggles. You see, it is just my mom, her twin sister and her lesbian daughter and my great aunt (who we all suspect of liking the women folk too). Oh, my gay brother (yes, all 3 children from the 2 twins are gay) was missing for this wondrous event. My mother's family gatherings are also funny because of the weird ass conversations and my cousin and I winking at each other concerning my porn career that has eluded my mother's knowledge base. As you can see the dog barfed on the carpet and we still have a dear head in the living room that my grandfather killed like in the 1960's or something.

After a nice massage from my cousin everyone left including myself but not until the next day. I went down to LA for a few days to meet with people (business you know!) and meet up with a potential model that I really ended up liking...a lot! He is still not sure about doing porn, but after spending a few days with him I may have interest in him other than trying to get his gorgeous self onto film for me! Midweek I flew up to San Francisco for 1 day for a quick meeting and returned to LA to have more meetings before flying off to Oregon to spend 3 days with my dad (another interesting experience!).

So, dad is another complete whack ass experience also. He is as right wing of a Republican as you can get and is married to a quite liberal, but quite Christian woman. Amazingly enough dad and step mom know exactly what I do; they are just thankful I do not work for Hizbullah, the Lebanese government or even the CIA as they have thought for a long time now, so porn director was a relief for them! First, they live in the total outback, thus, no cell reception and they are working on a 56K modem! AHHHHHHH! so basically forced relaxation. I had to do some work so my stepmother dropped me off at a local coffee shop where the customers and staff were all trying to take a peak at what I was doing.......nosey butt heads! After several political arguments and a discussion of how my mother made my brother and I gay it was time to decompress and fly back to Miami for 2 days of work and rest before heading out to NY, then Boston then Berlin....more to come from Europe very soon!

Nicaragua Update

2007-11-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, so here is the deal on my trip to Nicaragua! I was all hopeful to find some hot guys to do something in front of my camera, but at last I discovered getting to the hot guys and then convincing them to do something slightly scandalous is quite hard to do. I went out on Thursday night to only be stopped and trapped within 3 minutes of walking into the bar by local regular guys with inflated egos saying “soy un abagodo” (I’m an attorney). Big deal! I was on the hunt to meet the hot boys but this group of guys kept getting in my way so I finally left. The next night I tried the same bar and this time I was able to talk to the bartender who totally blew me off! I left soon after and went on to their gay club to only be attacked again within 5 minutes by a little guy that would just not leave me alone. Once again, I left without any luck.

The following day I called a gay hotel called Joluva in the city of Granada (http://club-alegria.com/joluvanicaragua) to find out if they could help me out somehow and the nice owner promised he would. Since I was so over what happened Thursday and Friday night in Managua’s bar scene that I decided not to go out and get good rest instead. So on Sunday I made the quick beautiful drive down to Granada past volcanoes and lakes to talk to the owners of Joluva. Francis and Jan, the owners of Joluva, are a really nice Belgian couple that immigrated to Nicaragua a few years ago. I spent the day talking and laughing with them about all kinds of different things.

Jan told me a very interesting story of how he collected money from gays around the world to help out street kids in Granada. Basically, the local church runs a center for street kids and Jan and Francis wanted to donate a water tank and shower facilities so the kids could take showers. A very noble and wonderful idea, right? Wrong! The local Bishop found out the donation was coming from “our” kind of people and forced the center organizers to not only refuse any donations from “our” kind of people but to also not allow Jan and Francis to come near the center. So I know what you all are thinking, but come on, I spent much time with this couple and know they have no fishy ideas about their help, but rather found a cause in the city they immigrated to that they wanted to support. While I was at the hotel for 3 days I noticed that many street kids still come to the hotel asking for food or just simply clean water and Jan and Francis try to help them out but do not believe the kids should be coming to them directly for such help especially when there is a center. Go figure, the church is making the local population completely dependent on its own center with its own agenda: to keep the children dependent on the church and strike the fear of almighty in their innocent heads. But in the end, the Bishop can care less about the children especially since they blocked a wonderful donation of a clean water source. If any of you out there are touched by this story please let me know! I am very interested in helping build a non-denomination center to help street kids in Granada that will not deny them basic necessities because they have to come from one source: The Church.

Ok, so now I am getting off my soap box, board a plane and will soon let you know what a funky Thanksgiving I had.

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http://www.gaynicaragua.net/

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2007-11-16T16:32:00.001-08:00

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