Pride Pooper
Jun. 12th, 2004 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpI am a Pride Pooper.
We got a good spot for parade-watching at Arlington/Boylston and, well, watched the parade. I think that was the perfect spot for us, close enough to the end to provide easy access to the Common, but far enough away so that it wasn't one big jam-up. And there was shade. The parade was fun - a lot of churches, a lot of politicians - but this was the first time in a long time that I watched a parade instead of marched in one (I've marched with KYC a lot). It was different than the parades I remember in Columbus - the C-bus Pride parades seem more carnival-like with a lot more floats and cars/trucks with music, a lot more costumes, heavier on the flambouyant. I guess Columbus Pride is a giant party for most of the eastern Midwest, so maybe there's more pressure for more of a show.
We met up with
Amy part-way through the parade and she bummed around with us all afternoon. We sneaked away for some fast food at The Corner and then came back to collect free things. I realized that the new-and-improved mature Amy reminds me a whole lot of Missy Goodtimes. Interesting.
We crapped out around 4:30 and came home. There are lots of Pride things going on tonight and tomorrow but I doubt we will hit any of them. We're going to Providence Pride next weekend with Laurie and Donna (people without LJs? travesty!) and they will undoubtedly drag us to the clubs afterward, so I didn't want to get too Prided Out.
Will someone come over and do the rest of our unpacking? I have lost all motivation.
p.s. Nothing warms my heart quite like joyous queer youth enjoying their first Pride parades.
We got a good spot for parade-watching at Arlington/Boylston and, well, watched the parade. I think that was the perfect spot for us, close enough to the end to provide easy access to the Common, but far enough away so that it wasn't one big jam-up. And there was shade. The parade was fun - a lot of churches, a lot of politicians - but this was the first time in a long time that I watched a parade instead of marched in one (I've marched with KYC a lot). It was different than the parades I remember in Columbus - the C-bus Pride parades seem more carnival-like with a lot more floats and cars/trucks with music, a lot more costumes, heavier on the flambouyant. I guess Columbus Pride is a giant party for most of the eastern Midwest, so maybe there's more pressure for more of a show.
We met up with
Amy part-way through the parade and she bummed around with us all afternoon. We sneaked away for some fast food at The Corner and then came back to collect free things. I realized that the new-and-improved mature Amy reminds me a whole lot of Missy Goodtimes. Interesting.We crapped out around 4:30 and came home. There are lots of Pride things going on tonight and tomorrow but I doubt we will hit any of them. We're going to Providence Pride next weekend with Laurie and Donna (people without LJs? travesty!) and they will undoubtedly drag us to the clubs afterward, so I didn't want to get too Prided Out.
Will someone come over and do the rest of our unpacking? I have lost all motivation.
p.s. Nothing warms my heart quite like joyous queer youth enjoying their first Pride parades.
