OliverSaks

if he’s near DC, he’s in the best city already. He lists the candidate cities, don’t really expect that there’s anywhere else someone might add there are no hidden gems in that part of the country, in my experience the Midwest, Salt Lake City, Birmingham AL are all potential decent spots, but would require air travel and can occasionally be “misses” - I wouldn’t gamble on trips like that during COVID

DC, but this is an uncertain/bad time to try to “make a killing”

A plain-ol’ buddy it would have to be... I’m coming up on 6 months of no (THC) cannabis ???? decided to give my brain a rest for a while, enjoying Some hemp CBD pre-rolls when I get the urge to look like a totally cool smoker ?

I’ve been reading more, growing a beard (it ain’t great but why not?), learned to make baguettes, cook Seitan, brew kombucha, took a course on farming oyster mushrooms, growing some mushroom crops, playing Quite a bit of online poker (and thankfully doing quite well), connecting with a lot of my peeps more than pre-COVID financially, it has been quite unfortunate but happy to have had some Very good luck in My investments outside of ‘scortin’ - feel very fortunate and give myself a good, hard pinch whenever I drift to “oh I lost out on all these really substantial appts I had scheduled due to COVID” because I am so, so lucky

I’ve been watching (and lots of people have alongside me) a lot of performers live stream on twitch or Reddit. It’s been really cool to check out people on the accordion, traditional Chinese stringed instruments, piano... to name some. you might find that what you can offer up as a musician, might be something that a lot of people are interested in checking out happy to point you in the right direction if you’re unfamiliar with those corners of the internet - it might help others pass through some of the rudderless times just as it could give you a bit of a boost

pickleball opening in Broward County (only singles so far) is the best news! played 34 times in 2020 so far, jazzed to add to my total pickleball @ PS gathering 2021!!!

I’m a masochist.

expensive, but I’ve considered it... and am considering it again as I decide where to go get another degree If sex work were decriminalized there, I would likely move in a heartbeat, at least on a trial basis

DC DC DC

So you’d be in a great location to talk this over with one of the many (gay) men’s health docs in your city - it sounds like Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) might be a good thing to research if you don’t already know about it, just in case something happened to you again in the future during an encounter that put you into harm’s way - sorry, by the way, I understand how anxiety-producing that sort of thing can be

Doesn’t seem like you’d be a good candidate with those listed activities, which as you state are much lower risk ( with a small number of partners ) if you have significant anxiety about HIV, then it might be a worthwhile thing to pursue with a knowledgeable healthcare professional if you might share what part of the country / if you live in a big city, we could probably offer a little more info about where you might go to get this totally figured out

“PNP plug” ... ? Brazen!

Santa beard spring ??? Picss

Very interesting point about the alcohol dependence / withdrawals (which can be life threatening) - didn’t come to mind immediately but it makes total sense

When my pro membership lapsed, the moderators gifted me a free month of gold membership (which I promptly froze) so it appears that they’re feeling generous on both sides of the equation