tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post1335081956828233574..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: Gay friends and other ruminationsThe Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-92177412453639148052013-04-04T07:02:24.841-04:002013-04-04T07:02:24.841-04:00I don't recall if I ever actually got together...I don't recall if I ever actually got together with that girl. I have no memory that it happened, so I cannot comment on whether or not her vagina was special. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-64916980800867599032013-04-04T04:34:12.371-04:002013-04-04T04:34:12.371-04:00Platinum vagina is echoing round my psyche.Platinum vagina is echoing round my psyche.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-77870703752265356212013-04-02T05:01:54.408-04:002013-04-02T05:01:54.408-04:00Oh I see! I feel very naive now :)Oh I see! I feel very naive now :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-19601091339593392472013-03-31T21:10:27.133-04:002013-03-31T21:10:27.133-04:00Well, I still have my hair (albeit, a shade whiter...Well, I still have my hair (albeit, a shade whiter than when I wore a younger man's shoes). And I have a few gay friends left, too. Who am I to complain? For this evening, I'm docile. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-7518192717871437582013-03-31T21:00:14.877-04:002013-03-31T21:00:14.877-04:00Wasn't it Leonard Cohen who said,
'Well m...Wasn't it Leonard Cohen who said,<br /><br />'Well my hair is gone and my friends are gay'.... :¬)mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-25761437811492609242013-03-31T19:26:10.251-04:002013-03-31T19:26:10.251-04:00And what does that come to with interest, sir?And what does that come to with interest, sir?The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-52758456441049807482013-03-31T15:22:39.736-04:002013-03-31T15:22:39.736-04:00Speaking of that terrible memory of yours, you hav...Speaking of that terrible memory of yours, you haven't forgotten that $100 I lent you eh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871866841906377841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-51066518489072297072013-03-30T07:36:07.914-04:002013-03-30T07:36:07.914-04:00Good heavens is that true?! You couldn't comme...Good heavens is that true?! You couldn't comment?! Perhaps blogger is trying to bring me down by keeping my comment numbers low. Anyway, I think I might know how that story would have ended. Her pimp would have kicked my teeth in for stealing her away. Nothing at all like the movie.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-3691389607747511522013-03-30T06:59:45.330-04:002013-03-30T06:59:45.330-04:00Another goddam comment of mine disappears. I'm...Another goddam comment of mine disappears. I'm worried blogger may have recruited a gorilla-hating bigot to their team. Anyway, I think it's a pity you didn't ask that Latina hooker out for dinner and re-enact a scene from <i>Pretty Woman</i>. I'd love to know how these things work out in real life. Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-22644005965323278282013-03-29T07:51:09.265-04:002013-03-29T07:51:09.265-04:00Hummm...maybe I should rework that intro to pull t...Hummm...maybe I should rework that intro to pull the reader in instead of chase them away, although that sounds like work.<br /><br />"Do you want a date" is a euphemism for paid sex. I don't know how satisfying that would be. In my experience, sleeping with a woman was usually precluded by lots of begging. She made it too easy.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-13197402124974752282013-03-29T07:47:42.174-04:002013-03-29T07:47:42.174-04:00Gay people are a delight. Many of them have tragic...Gay people are a delight. Many of them have tragic pasts but they rise above all the horribleness they suffered as children. I'm glad things have gotten easier for them and that they're becoming more accepted. Glad it happened in my lifetime. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-14212792838670819942013-03-29T07:46:03.198-04:002013-03-29T07:46:03.198-04:00Also the seeds of my destruction. It was an unendi...Also the seeds of my destruction. It was an unending parade of dating that didn't lead to much.<br /><br />Our Daddy is in Russia?! Honestly, I had no idea. You kids and your Facebook-thingy. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-71552193850028405932013-03-29T07:29:05.447-04:002013-03-29T07:29:05.447-04:00After your somewhat deflating intro, that was fasc...After your somewhat deflating intro, that was fascinating. I am jealous of the simile of the rain sounding like bacon.<br /><br />And a random woman coming up to you in the street and asking for a date! What's the name of that area again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-289743800822888122013-03-29T02:59:57.417-04:002013-03-29T02:59:57.417-04:00Awesome, I love your past ramblings. The paragraph...Awesome, I love your past ramblings. The paragraph where you describe getting stoned and listening to gay friends bicker over adobo seasoning is my favorite. My gay drinking buddies have always cracked me upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-87072363867696236542013-03-28T21:23:38.156-04:002013-03-28T21:23:38.156-04:00fascinating - i love the tales, but mostly i can s...fascinating - i love the tales, but mostly i can see the seeds of your current writing style in here. you've gotten more efficient, but maintained (even sharpened) the snark! love it!<br /><br />and here's to gay mates! one particular one that we share is currently knocking around Moscow...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-31732484986832800712013-03-28T12:08:32.431-04:002013-03-28T12:08:32.431-04:00You and I need to kill a couple bottles of red tog...You and I need to kill a couple bottles of red together.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-68044194328892560702013-03-28T11:39:24.713-04:002013-03-28T11:39:24.713-04:00I LOVE the Booth Theatre! It has an intimacy that ...I LOVE the Booth Theatre! It has an intimacy that is unlike any other Broadway house....I have all this 8mm film I took of Shubert Alley when it still was what it was, back then....Loved The Belasco, too....So much History in both those theatres......<br /><br />Not to 'name drop', but Sue Mengers owned a painting of mine that was given to her by Herb Ross and Nora Kaye----I never met her, but I met them because of a dear old family friend, John Taras, who was a Dancer/Choreographer back in the day and became Ballet Master for New York City Ballet under Ballenchine----John, Nora and Herbie ALL started with American Ballet Theatre....Anyway, they bought a couple of paintings of mine and gave one to Sue Mengers....I hope you go see that show....! It's one of the things I miss so very much about NY...Going to The Theatre!!! Of course I cannot go anywhere anymore because of Health Issues---but, we have a lot of Theatre here, too.....It's not Broadway, but sometimes there are these "gems"......<br />Incidentally Joyce and I are still very very close.....She is a terrific person and a WONDERFUL Actress as well as being a great great friend. Betty G. was an incredibly special person, too. Joyce and I are the only ones left from "Spoon River".....OY! (I didn't mean to go on so.....)OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-41503290352038879372013-03-28T08:48:50.379-04:002013-03-28T08:48:50.379-04:00What a great experience that must have been! That&...What a great experience that must have been! That's something not many people get to do. <a href="http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=3020" rel="nofollow">I found your show on IBDB</a>. I see Joyce Van Patten was in the cast. And I love the Booth. One the the best houses. Named after actor Edwin Booth, brother of assassin John Wilkes. Bette Midler is doing a one-woman show there about Hollywood shrew Sue Mengers. The Belasco is another nice house, but there are some obstructed views because of pillars. Thanks for sharing. Fascinating to me.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-44223983831684310952013-03-28T08:17:25.888-04:002013-03-28T08:17:25.888-04:00Oh Yes...I know who they are....! I LOVE that you...Oh Yes...I know who they are....! I LOVE that you go to the theatre all the time.<br />Oh, how I would love to see Vanessa R. in the play she is doing right now....I heard, he is not so great but that she is Perfection!<br /><br />The show was "SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY" Based on the Poems of Edgar Lee Masters....It was a really Beautiful evening. I sang in it and wrote all the Original music for it as well as choosing all of the other music and writing new lyrics to some of the Public Domain songs.....There were just 6 of us in the show....A true Highlight of my life, in every way. We opened at the Booth Theatre and were booked as a "concert" type evening for four weeks. It was a hit, so after the four weeks we had to move to The Belasco Theatre....The whole thing was quite extraordinary....OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-68403320763029522782013-03-28T07:02:01.137-04:002013-03-28T07:02:01.137-04:00I can get really lost in these journals. Sometimes...I can get really lost in these journals. Sometimes I'll stumble across a long-forgotten hurt that I had painstakingly put out of my mind and I end up reliving it. That's not fun. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-86526632041120904652013-03-28T07:00:05.337-04:002013-03-28T07:00:05.337-04:00All alone but not lonely is a wonderful state of b...All alone but not lonely is a wonderful state of being. It's why it took me so bloody long to get married. I never had that insatiable need to have someone around at all times. Put me in a room with a piece of string and I'll make the best of it. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-16938038973458610102013-03-27T21:03:42.536-04:002013-03-27T21:03:42.536-04:00Well, the appeal hasn't reached its limit yet:...Well, the appeal hasn't reached its limit yet: 'all alone, but not lonely' is a lovely line. Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-31644040866828147872013-03-27T19:49:55.319-04:002013-03-27T19:49:55.319-04:00i read this earlier, but had to come back to comme...i read this earlier, but had to come back to comment (it's been a busy day). i think Naomi pegged it, your journals bring a sense of time and place i only knew from film, tv and literature. there is a sweetness and certainly youthfulness, that is very touching, sugarpie! i hope you'll continue share bits of your history with us. xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-32802714528331615932013-03-27T17:38:00.001-04:002013-03-27T17:38:00.001-04:00Which show!? Was it fun? Thanks so much for your k...Which show!? Was it fun? Thanks so much for your kind compliment. It really is the nicest thing that anyone can say to me. There's so much material here. Binders and binders full of stuff. But a lot of it's junk, too. Not worth typing out, much less sharing with strangers. Last night I saw a Broadway show with Jessica Hecht and Judith Light that's in previews. Any idea who they are? It was pretty great stuff. Hope the critics don't kill it. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-53038829455839918162013-03-27T17:33:08.651-04:002013-03-27T17:33:08.651-04:00The funny thing is that even after reading these j...The funny thing is that even after reading these journals, I still don't remember a lot of what happened. These things must have occurred. Why else would I have written them down? <br /><br />Pool is hard enough. Snooker looks ridiculously impossible. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.com