DavidDust Turns 3 !!

It was exactly three years ago today when I started this blog - just days before my 40th birthday (see my first awe-inspiring post HERE).  At the time I had NO idea what I was going to write about, or had any expectation that anyone would ever read DavidDust.  I certainly didn't expect to encounter such a fabulous and loving group of people - my DustBunnies are the bestest ...

>P,B!!

My Second Blogiversary!

[This is a re-posting - with updates - of my first blogiversary post]...

Today marks my two year blogiversary! [NOTE FROM DD: Since I am in Pennsylvania, I almost forgot about this]. On August 22nd, 2007, I began this journey with the following post:

Is this thing on?

This is my first post. I hope this shit works.

Posted by David Dust at 5:23 PM


Pure poetry, yes? I know… and it’s been downhill ever since…

I started DavidDust exactly 4 days prior to my 40th birthday. I had been reading political blogs since before the mid-term elections of 2006. I had also stumbled across blogs with pictures of hot men like MostProper and Hoodsworld. But then I discovered Joe.My.God – a blog written by a gay New Yorker about New York and gay issues. He seemed to be having a good time with his blog, and his readers were (and are) extremely loyal – some commenting on almost every post. Joe.My.God made me want to start my own blog. So I did.

First of all, I needed a name. I wasn’t feeling very creative, so I happened upon a Band Name Maker. Yes, this is what you would use if you and a couple of buddies started a rock band in your basement. I typed in the word “David” – and out came a list of potential Band Names. One of them was “David Dust”. It sounded like “Fairy Dust” to me, so that’s the name I chose. Although I kind of like some of the other choices:

Fried David
Godless David
Nose of the David Nurse, or
David Queer – but I’d been called that enough in Middle School.

So “DavidDust” it was. At first I had no idea what I wanted to blog about. In fact, I thought I would simply write about my experiences turning 40 years old. I know: BORING! So I decided to post a couple of pictures of a hot Papi I saw on MostProper – and I called him the Daddy of the Day. To this day, HotDeiselLat is still one of my favorites.

Almost immediately I figured out that I would post pictures and stories about things I found interesting. I decided to create the perfect blog – for ME, and no one else. If other people liked it, that simply meant they shared my incredibly good taste. So that’s what I did, posted pictures of hot guys and other tidbits.

That was until November 15, 2007 – the day after Project Runway Season 4 premiered.

I had watched Project Runway the night before, and was immediately struck by how much Christian Siriano reminded me of “Mango” – the SNL character played by Chris Kattan. I did a blog search of other bloggers who had written about PR, and commented on their blogs about my “find”. My Mango post got some comments, and some recognition from other bloggers. Well, if you give me some attention, FORGET ABOUT IT, I’m going to keep doing whatever it was you gave me attention for. Positive reinforcement works that way, you know.

So the following week, while at my Dad’s house for Thanksgiving, I watched Project Runway and took some notes – and the following day I posted my “thoughts” on DavidDust. By week 3, I was doing full recaps. And people were starting to read them and make comments! I was in heaven.

I have to say, I completely fell into this recap thing by accident. I had studied journalism in college (although my degree ended up being in the generic “General Arts & Sciences”), and I considered myself a decent writer – but I never wrote anything. I never really wanted to write anything. I never even THOUGHT about writing anything.

Well, Project Runway recaps led to Top Chef, Step It Up and Dance, Design Star , and RuPaul's Drag Race recaps. I have been able to improve my writing and entertain myself and others. And some of you came on board as a result of one show or another and never left.

Therefore, the focus of my blog can be summed up into my simple tag line: “Hotties, Recaps, and Gay Stuff”. Simple as that.

My Dust Bunnies are too numerous to mention individually – I would be afraid I’d leave somebody out. You know who you are – if you’ve made a comment, sent me an email, talked to me on the phone, or met me in person – you are a Dust Bunny and therefore a friend. I wake up every day looking forward to hearing from you.

But there are two people I must single out for special recognition. DavidDust is what it is today because of these two wonderful individuals – Beth and Joy.

TrannyBeth and I bonded over Project Runway. We soon became “best girlfriends”, and I could always count on her to comment on my posts. For those non-bloggers out there, you won’t understand this – but comments are pure gold. It is instant gratification. Comments are an acknowledgement of good (or bad) work. I can always count on Beth to make comments and make me smile. I always say: Beth made blogging FUN for me. That is why she is the “Empress of the Dust Bunnies”.

The other person I’d like to recognize is my Darling Joy (AKA “Auntie Flame”). As a semi-retired teacher, she always complimented and encouraged my writing – before I even realized I WAS writing. Joy is also quick with a cute comment – but her encouragement of my writing made me want to write more. Because of this, Joy has her own title: “Grand Duchess of the Dust Bunnies”.

A milestone we celebrated this year was the first ever Drunken Dust Bunny Weekend, where a bunch of readers of this blog came together in NYC one weekend. It was an absolute blast, and we are doing it again October 23/24/25. PLAN ON BEING HERE!!

So, thank you to EVERYONE for giving me a great two years. Now let’s start Year THREE...

I love you biatches.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Happy Blogiversary, Kitty Bradshaw!

Please wish a Happy One Year Blogiversary to my girl Kitty Bradshaw HERE. Kitty doesn't blog as much as she used to, probably because she spends so much time on Twatter Twitter - where we have reconnected lately. But no matter what medium she is on, Kitty is FAB-YU-LUSS, trust me!!

Speaking of Twatter, I'm starting to kinda "get" the appeal of it. Yesterday when I came back from McDonald's, it was very satisfying to Twat about the McD's Counterbeeyotch who charged me 22 cents (!) for a Sweet and Sour Sauce for my fries. The incident wasn't blog-worthy, but I felt I needed to bitch to someone about it. And I'm sure my few dozen Twatter followers really appreciated my enlightening thoughts on the subject.

I am also thinking about LIVE TWATTING a TV show - maybe The Fashion NO. But I don't know how many times I could type the word "GROSS!" in one hour before getting bored. What do you think??? I wouldn't want to do it unless a bunch of you would "Twat" along with me during the show. You can follow me on Twatter HERE.

Anyway, PLEASE VISIT KITTY BRADSHAW and wish her well. One of these days, Kitty Girl, we are finally going to meet face-to-face!! XOXOXOXO

Thank You!

Thank you all for the kind words on my one year blogiversary. I would like to share one comment in particular that literally made me cry this morning. It is from Dust Bunny Cuz_I’m_The_Mom:

Happy Blogiversary, David Dust. I never mentioned this before but for some reason, your blog is the first one I've ever read. I was looking for info on one of the contestants of Design Star and you popped up! And I'm so very glad you did.

You see, I lost my Mom in February after a long illness. We were very close and shared a warped and sarcastic sense of humor. I've been really down and out. Not sleeping much. Dreaming awful dreams when I do sleep. Lately though, laughing out loud at your words has really made a difference, especially in light of Mama Bunny's obvious connection with you. Give that hilarious woman a big hug after you read this, please. She's a gem!

I probably should have sent this to you in an email or something, but I think it might be a good thing for folks to know how we can sometimes really help others, even when we don't know.

The sleeping is getting better and the dreams are starting to be happy memories of Mom. I hope that you'll keep doing what you do and know that you really made a big difference in what has been a really shitty year so far.

Love ya!

I am touched beyond words - and I don't know how to respond. You don't know how much hearing this means to me - thank you.

My Dust Bunnies are incredible…

XOXOXOXO

Blogiversary Hotties - Blasts From The Past

Last, but certainly not least, we have my all-time favorite Papi, Franky G. Do a Google Image search of "Franky G" some time, and see how many DavidDust pics come up!

Happy Blogiversary To Me!!!

Today marks my one year blogiversary! On August 22nd, 2007, I began this journey with the following post:

Is this thing on?

This is my first post. I hope this shit works.

Posted by David Dust at 5:23 PM


Pure poetry, yes? I know… and it’s been downhill ever since…

I started DavidDust exactly 4 days prior to my 40th birthday. I had been reading political blogs since before the mid-term elections of 2006. I had also stumbled across blogs with pictures of hot men like MostProper and Hoodsworld. But then I discovered Joe.My.God – a blog written by a gay New Yorker about New York and gay issues. He seemed to be having a good time with his blog, and his readers were (and are) extremely loyal – some commenting on almost every post. Joe.My.God made me want to start my own blog. So I did.

First of all, I needed a name. I wasn’t feeling very creative, so I happened upon a Band Name Maker. Yes, this is what you would use if you and a couple of buddies started a rock band in your basement. I typed in the word “David” – and out came a list of potential Band Names. One of them was “David Dust”. It sounded like “Fairy Dust” to me, so that’s the name I chose. Although I kind of like some of the other choices:

Fried David
Godless David
Nose of the David Nurse, or
David Queer – but I’d been called that enough in Middle School.

So “DavidDust” it was. At first I had no idea what I wanted to blog about. In fact, I thought I would simply write about my experiences turning 40 years old. I know: BORING! So I decided to post a couple of pictures of a hot Papi I saw on MostProper – and I called him the Daddy of the Day. To this day, HotDeiselLat is still one of my favorites.

Almost immediately I figured out that I would post pictures and stories about things I found interesting. I decided to create the perfect blog – for ME, and no one else. If other people liked it, that simply meant they shared my incredibly good taste. So that’s what I did, posted pictures of hot (usually Latin) guys, and other tidbits.

That was until November 15, 2007 – the day after Project Runway Season 4 premiered.

I had watched Project Runway the night before, and was immediate struck by how much Christian Siriano reminded me of “Mango” – the SNL character played by Chris Kattan. I did a blog search of other bloggers who had written about PR, and commented on their blogs about my “find”. My Mango post got some comments, and some recognition from other bloggers. Well, if you give me some attention, FORGET ABOUT IT, I’m going to keep doing whatever it was you gave me attention for. Positive reinforcement works that way, you know.

So the following week, while at my Dad’s house for Thanksgiving, I watched Project Runway and took some notes – and the following day I posted my “thoughts” on DavidDust. By week 3, I was doing full recaps. And people were starting to read them and make comments! I was in heaven.

I have to say, I completely fell into this recap thing by accident. I had studied journalism in college (although my degree ended up being in the generic “General Arts & Sciences”), and I considered myself a decent writer – but I never wrote anything. I never really wanted to write anything. I never even THOUGHT about writing anything.

Well, Project Runway recaps led to Top Chef (Moana Lisa!), Step It Up and Dance (Sexy Papi Michael Silas!), and Design Star (Mikey V!) recaps. I have been able to improve my writing and entertain myself and others. And some of you came on board as a result of one show or another and never left.

Therefore, the focus of my blog can be summed up into my simple tag line: “Hotties, Recaps, and Gay Stuff”. Simple as that.

My Dust Bunnies are too numerous to mention individually – I would be afraid I’d leave somebody out. You know who you are – if you’ve made a comment, sent me an email, talked to me on the phone, or met me in person – you are a Dust Bunny and therefore a friend. I wake up every day looking forward to hearing from you.

But there are two people I must single out for special recognition. DavidDust is what it is today because of these two wonderful individuals – Beth and Joy.

TrannyBeth and I bonded over Project Runway. We soon became “best girlfriends”, and I could always count on her to comment on my posts. For those non-bloggers out there, you won’t understand this – but comments are pure gold. It is instant gratification. Comments are an acknowledgement of good (or bad) work. I can always count on Beth to make comments and make me smile. I always say: Beth made blogging FUN for me. That is why she is the “Empress of the Dust Bunnies”.

The other person I’d like to recognize is my Darling Joy (AKA “Auntie Flame”). As a semi-retired teacher, she always complimented and encouraged my writing – before I even realized I WAS writing. Joy is also quick with a cute comment – but her encouragement of my writing made me want to write more. Because of this, I would like bestow upon Joy her own title: “Grand Duchess of the Dust Bunnies”. Wear your crown in good health, my darling.

So, thank you to EVERYONE for giving me a great Year One. Now let’s start Year Two…

I love you guys.


XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

I Don't Like Mondays

Sometimes I REALLY don’t like Mondays. After having such a good week of diet and exercise, last night I went on a binge and gained 6 pounds in ONE FUCKING DAY! To make matters worse, this morning I got a voicemail message from one of my Pennsylvania girlfriends. Apparently, one of our very dearest mutual friends is in trouble with the law (again), and I’m sure will be going back to jail (again). I am physically SICK about this.

Today is also my 2-month “blogiversary”. Although I have really enjoyed doing this blog over the past 2 months, I must say I don’t feel like getting anywhere near it today.

My Blogging Rules

Tomorrow will mark the "one month" blogiversary of David Dust. Over these last 4 weeks, I have decided on a few rules to live by:

I will not talk shit about my friends, family, or anyone else with whom I interact. After all, they may one day read this and get pissed off.

I will not talk shit about my job, bosses, or coworkers because my job pays the bills.

I will try my hardest to keep all posts at a PG-13 rating. I'm not a pornographer, for goodness' sake!

I have to say, I am BUSTING AT THE SEAMS right now NOT to break the first rule. OMG! It is taking all the strength I have not to totally destroy a certain someone (you know who you are).