The new Salt Lake Metro came out last week, including the cover story I was so stressed about writing a few weeks ago.
It’s about crystal meth use among gay men in Utah, 
particularly those who then go to all-night (or all-weekend) orgies and have unprotected sex and engage in other risk behaviors they otherwise would shy away from. Utah is one of the highest meth-using states in the country, per capita, and gay men are no exception.
Thanks to the article, I’m all talked out about why that is, what can be done, and blah blah blah. So discuss amongst yourselves or something, okay?
The final story turned out okay; certainly better than I expected. I’m proud (enough) of it, even if I sometimes wonder if I could have done a better job had I been less intimidated by the subject matter. At least I’m not embarrassed by the story though.
August 13, 2004 at 1:14 am
Congrats on the story. I’m actually feeling green with envy: you’re published, I’m…not ;-(
But that’s a personal issue. Hmmm. Wonder if I should move your blog over to my writing blog (Way of the Writer).
August 16, 2004 at 8:37 am
Congrats on the story. The more information that gets out there, the better. Now we just need to get people to LISTEN.
August 16, 2004 at 7:49 pm
yes, meth is very bad and almost always screws up people’s lives and nobody should do it, ever…but i hafta say that sex while partying is the single best thing since ian thorpe’s speedo, packed with aussie goodness. it is possible to have responsible sex while partying. but not many guys are: able to, want to, or even think about doing this when they’re spun on meth and going out of their minds with cum lust.
i know i’m still going to rot in hell for doing drugs, but i lead a productive, very functional and satisfying life, even with meth as a part of my lifestyle. my teeth have not rotted and fallen out and i’ve never woken up after a three day blackout and i’ve never, ever had sex with anyone from any of the contestants on big brother. although i would do drew faster than you can say “soccer shorts and no underwear and i can see his sex bulge.” i was referring to the jases and the cowboys when i made the original remark. drew is definitely not of the same ilk. (that ilk being the inbred mall security guard who has been featured on cops a record setting fifth time sort of folk.)
some of the most profound moments of my life have occured during hour ten of an all-night pnp romp with a party pal, when i’ve serviced him orally the entire time and have accomplished the impossible (when partying, that is) as my buddy reaches orgasm for the fifth time and ejaculates about a quart of semen in my mouth. and as he lays back and starts to wind down from his epic climax, i stay between his legs and gently lick and nurse on his penis, now thoroughly relaxed yet still heavy and thick and still aching to feel my warm, soft mouth and tight, milking throat work it to another moment of total sexual fulfillment. and i of course oblige happily, lost in my own little world of chemically enhanced sexual wonderment and bliss, masturbating myself so perfectly that i have to momentarily stop sucking to moan a little, and to tell my friend how good this is. and then i put him back in my mouth and keep him eveloped there for another four hours or very possibly five or eight.
but like i was saying, nobody should ever do meth and if you do then you suck…but not as good as me. (that last line is a rather nifty use of word play, now isn’t it? i can play with words with as much finesse as i can play with an erection that’s about to go off like a postal employee on december 23.)
but really, don’t do meth. meth is wack, just like crack and the scary people who work at nordstrom rack.
we now return you to your regularly scheduled blather.
August 16, 2004 at 10:23 pm
I have no doubt, SDPartyBoy2002, that you lead a functional and productive life with few visible consequences of your meth use. The problem with meth use, though, is not the inability to lead a functional life.
Rather, the two major concerns with people using meth are:
1) engaging in other activities that are unsafe while on meth and
2) the irrepairable neurological damage caused by meth. That brain damage isn’t always apparent immediately or after short-term use.
Regardless, thanks for your experienced - if disjointed - opinion.