In 1992 I found an old record of the Broadway musical Hair at a used record store. I was sixteen at the time and was on the verge of coming out. As a result, I memorized all the songs easily and fifteen years later here I am: auditioning for a lead role in the San Jose performance of Hair.
Chicago Gay Games VII - Part One
Me and the SF Spikes - Soccer team
Sammy's pics from Chicago Gay Games VII photo credit: jim provenzano
The very first event at the Gay Games VII in Chicago happened to be my triathlon competition. I entered the water at approximately 6:15 AM on Sunday July 16th for the Sprint distance of the triathlon (750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run). The water temperature at that hour was right around 70 degrees, the day was already about 90 with strong humidity. It was the beginning of a series of blistering hot days during a heat wave which struck at an innoportune time for the athletes competing. Also, our event started at 6am but we were required to check our bikes into transition between 3:30-5am. Which means that after a treachorously long Opening Ceremonies (replete with Andy Bell from Erasure singing, Cirque du Soleil and fireworks, Margaret Cho and some other random political/poetry/country singing lesbian acts) I only got about 3 hours of sleep! The nice thing was that on my dark journey to the harbor that morning, I was accompanied by hundreds of other cyclists embarking on the Chicago Night Ride that morning- which started at midnight and finished coincidentally near our triathlon.
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