#throwbackthursday Heres Junior five years ago at his first vet visit! We named him Junior because he showed up as a stray kitten in June and looked like one of our other cats Varmint. #catsofmastodon#fedicats#cat#cats Kitty #love 😻❤️😻
I was cuddling with my cat Tennessee, giving him tummy rubs, and found myself singing to him “Yummy yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy, and I feel like loving you.”
Where did that memory come from? (And can it please disappear?) Does this qualify as a #ThrowbackThursday post?
I found this track among dozens of tracks I made from the early 90s. It doesn't have a name so I can't find the DAW work file easily. This was digitized off a four-track. I used hardware synths but I don't recall which ones. (Is there a way to find out the synth model from sysex dump?)
The question is should I try to recover these lost tracks I made and clean up and record them digitally and release them?
For #ThrowbackThursday, on this day in 2019 I was at The Bourse, which was a bustling "food hall," with multiple vendors I loved. There was a bar that served excellent non-alcoholic shrubs, and a great fresh pasta stall. Has it recovered at all yet? Last time I stopped by it was dead and the stalls were empty.
COVID-19 hadn't happened yet, and normal people didn't know it was going to happen (despite Cassandras who knew we were not prepared for the next pandemic).
I was on the west-side of Jacksonville today for my chest x-ray. (I'll get results/details at my next appointment, on June 5th)
Perfect opportunity to take a nostalgic trip around the neighborhood where I met my very first boyfriend ever! 🥰
I didn't come out openly until I was in the process of leaving the Navy after my 20 years.
During the late 90's I began to seek out LGBTQIA+ places.
One night at a popular bar in the 5-Points area I explained to the girl hitting on me that I was gay but didn't know any other queer people. She suggested a few places in the Riverside neighborhood. And as they say, the rest, plus gay dot com, is history! 🤣
At a gay bar she recommended (3-D, now called InCahoots) an older gentleman suggested I check out a place called The Boot Rack.
The bartender that night at The Boot Rack was named Todd. We quickly hit it off. He asked me out, and when I said yes, he kissed me! My first kiss from another gay man! 🥰
We were together almost 5 years, and were great friends even after we separated.
Here's 1990's Bryan at the Boot Rack collecting Todd after his shift one night. Someone snapped the photo and gave it to us. Back when pics were developed and printed on photo paper! 🤣
The second photo is one of my favorites of Todd. He was the kindest, most gentle soul I've ever known! 🥰🙏❤️
The third photo I took this afternoon at The Boot Rack, incredibly still going strong, having survived lockdown! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️