A week of research

My past birthday week has been very different for me, I'm normally very orderly, planned controlled. For once I decided to be spontanous and unplanned which has thrown up a few serprises.

I've not been affraid to try new things go to old haunts to see how they've changed. I call it a little reasearch.

I supposed this little exercise was good form me to re-access my view on gay culture here in London. I have been quite removed from it for the last 2 years popping out to a bar or club from time to time to be dissapointed or should I say overhelmed by it's intensity. But lately I've been able to look at it all with a bit of objectivity and think about what has the community become.

I have made new friends this week which has been refreshing some younger and older, some affected by the need to conform to what ever they think the should be etc. And some with their heads so screwed on it does gives me hope.

So many people share the same view as that while it's great to have a community that services our needs, but it has become so insular, almost elitist and exclusive when we could be more welcoming and of guidence to a younger generation which don't seem to be aware of who we are as a community and where we have come from to get to 2006.

Don't get me wrong everyone deserves to have as much fun as they what but so much seems to be slipping away from us because of being obsessed with chems & hedonisim with no apparent need for balance in other areas.

A little preachy by me, maybe but this my blog and my thoughts at the moment which is helping re access what I can do with others who are like minded.