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Doin' Time in West Hollywood

Ah, in sunny LA where I presented a show with Momma this morning at WeHo Church. It is our Dragged Out of the Spiritual Closet piece we did at True Colors this year. This time our audience was mostly gay Christian men (with a smattering of women and a German TV crew that has been stalking me since Friday).

After service we all headed off to The Abbey for some drinks, snacks and chatting. Momma, being the big Hollywood big shot, was immediately shown to the best table in the house and given a bunch of free munchies. Glamor has its perks.

Since I was first visited the Abbey last year with my long lost buddy Joe and filmed my first vlog entry there, I thought I would take out the camera and shoot some more video and photos.



Photos:
1. Daniel Gonzales, Timothy Kincaid and Me
2. Daniel and Momma
3. Momma and Me before our show (I'm playing Dr. Rev. Meadows)
4. Momma momentarily pissed (she got over it right away; she's classy that way)




Oh, and Nathan, the cute guy who appears in the video next to Momma showed me the following video. Pretty much the funniest five seconds of video you will see.
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Anonymous said…
I can see you are 'suffering' for the cause surrounded by cute guys and of course basking in Momma's glow. (sigh) Wish I was there. :-D

Did you say gay Christian men? Which way did they go? Hey, I'm not kidding! :-D

And for crying out loud, no one should treat spinach that way! ;-)

Regarding earlier response regarding hair, we aren't that old yet. Although I did get beat in a volleyball game tonight by a team made up of 60-somethings. :-/
11:09 PM
Anonymous said…
For the love of God, Peterson, I've been here in LA all along. I remember our time at the Abbey. It's a fun place to hang out. Dear God, the men were far better looking for you than when I was with you there. God does smile upon thee on occasion, yes?

BTW,are you still in town or do you fly off somewhere else ASAP? Do you still have my email or have you lost it because you have so many other men's, I mean, people's emails?

I wish I could have seen you at WeHo Church. I attended that for a few months, but didn't go back. Bastardo!

I also have a new blog that I have minimally posted on. I linked to it here. Oh, I'll add you to my blogroll if you insist, you attention seeking whore.

BTW - I'm going to be closer to you than ever before! I was offered and took a job at a school in Columbus, OH. I move sometime in early August.

Love me!
11:55 PM
Anonymous said…
BTW, Momma is quite the dish!
11:58 PM
Jonathan said…
I am absolutely SICK that I missed the fact that you were going to be in WeHo yesterday. I mean, you are practically right next door to me.

I'm assuming you are in town the whole week. Perhaps we can get together. Would love to see you! Am hoping to get down to Irvine this weekend. Depends on Little League Championships (Paris is playing for the WeHo Spartans and they are ranked #2...YAY!).

j.
7:23 PM
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