Things To Do In Seattle When You Only Have $5

     So recently, I got a new gay buddy, Andrew!

     He is my mom's friend's son and when we were younger our parents planned our weddings. Coincidentally, we both turned out gay! So this was the first time we really hung out and we went to downtown Seattle. I had about $7 and he had $5. So what did we do?

     -Gelato! There is a GREAT place at Pike Place Market. I never had gelato...Andew showed me this place for the first time. Also, around Pike Place Market there are some interesting spiritual stores where Andrew buys spiritual rocks or whatever...(gays, I don't understand them)

     -Crepes! A new crepes place opened up at Westlake Center called Yummy Crepes...I think. But it's owned by a bunch of Asian people and their crepes are about $5 and you can watch them make them!

     -Ride the elevator! That's right. There is a really good one at Westlake Center. It's not actually part of the mall, but it is connected to Westlake and this building is a business place. When it goes down, we pushed our weight upwards and for about a second it feels like there is no gravity!!! Another one is at the Washington State Convention Center. The gravity thing doesn't have as much power on this elevator, but the convention center is so cool when it's empty! The elevator has clear glass so you can see the freeway and everything. 

The view from Conv. Center elevator

Andrew said this is the future of plants

     That's pretty much all we did. There's also the option of taking the bus to a random place and exploring that.

I'm a Big Kid Now!

Yay! This last week was so great! Look at all the things I accomploshed:

     -Cooked
     -Went to Seattle by myself
     -Figured out how to use the buses

EVEN STRAIGHT GIRLS SHOULD WEAR BOYS UNDERWEAR

     If you don't read Autostraddle, you should cause it rocks. There is an old article in there about underwear and most of the stuff they got on that page is either:

1. Too expensive
2. Sold out
3. Sort of girly

     I don't agree with all their choices of just briefs. I think they look really saggy and ugly (except the American Apparel ones). If you're going to wear underwear that's short like that...just wear girls' underwear.

     I'm more of a boxer briefs type of girl. I like the tightness, but it still feels really free (especially in the crotch area) and I feel more comfortable walking around in them because they have more leg coverage. They still fit under my skinny jeans too! Plus...the best part:

   I'll NEVER get a wedgie

     I'm really, really small. Size 0, 5'3 and 102 pounds to be exact. I fit into frickin' little boys' size 12 or 14. It's all good for me though because I save money!

So here's what I wear:

      -Calvin Klein Boys 

     These are by FAR the best fitting and the most comfortable undies I've ever had in my LIFE. They are just REALLY soft and low rise so it fits better for girls. Plus they make my ass look beautiful. I also like how the band isn't super huge and hard. They have black ones too. Calvin Klein is just an amazing brand. If you don't fit into little boys' just get men's. They're great too, I know cause my dad walks around in them all the time.

     -American Eagle Boxer Briefs

You guys already know I have the shark ones

I really like these! I just love the color orange AND blue!

     So I buy guys' x-small from American Eagle. I shrunk them in the wash and wear them with the band folded down and it fits really well. They are pretty soft, but not as soft as the Calvin's, but still...really good. I like the fact that they make their underwear fun too. If you buy them during their sales, they are great.












     -American Eagle Low-Rise Trunks

I have these exact ones

      The good thing about them is that they come in neon colors, they are softer than the boxer briefs, they are pretty low rise and just very comfortable. The bad thing is that they have the pouch for my non-existent balls. It doesn't open up so it's really awkward fitting. It sticks out a little bit...and sometimes I'll push it in and then it's just a weird looking dent. BUT if you don't plan on showing people,or you just don't care, they are super comfortable!










     -American Apparel Boxer Briefs

       They have a bajillion colors, that's what makes it appealing to me. I LOVE COLOR! Especially if they are bright. They just make walking around in your undies more interesting and fun. These are really expensive for me though...but they have a 3-pack deal.


     -Boxer Briefs for the CHEAP and/or the BROKE: Hanes

     For some reason the band really matters to me. I think it's cause I like to wear my underwear with the band showing a little bit above my pants. Fruit of the Loom does NOT have a cool looking band so therefore I've never bought them. But Hanes...are really cheap and the band is alright. $10 for a pack of 5. That's really good. The thing is though, they have like 3 colors so two of them are the same as each other (when I bought them at the store) and that bugs me. Anyway, these are sort of rough, but still more comfortable than girl's underwear. If you're cheap or broke as hell like Casey...get these!

      -Last bit, I don't have these...but I REALLY WANT THEM!!!

     So there you have it...that's the underwear I wear. I tried putting on a pair of girls' underwear the other day and...no....just no! I took them off. There's no way I'll ever go back to wearing THOSE after I started wearing boys' underwear. And I know Casey is just a boxer shorts type of girl. Maybe she'll write about that later.

Role Models

Landyn and I are the only queers out at our school. You'd think that this would suck, and it does because you wind up dating straight girls who are sexually confused for like two or three months then go and change their mind, but then it's AWESOME because you get to feel cool and special and make lots of gay jokes that don't seem to get old. At least to the heteros, which is... everybody.

"damn straight! oh wait ahahahahaha not for you. you're gaaay!"

........ no, really.

We've got it really easy. Take our generation and couple it with our area's more liberal population, we don't have to put up with too much shit. But even gays like us still need something to look towards as an example. So we went to Captiol Hill! I can't get over how lucky we were to have been born so close the gayest place on earth. Our friend's lesbo sister picked us up and we met up with her girlfriend and their friends, to get a good idea of where we were headed after high school and bond with our chosen people.

Everybody there is either gay or a TOTAL hipster. Landyn and I, who usually get stared at for our androgyny, fit right in. And there were lesbian couples with gaybies! Not even doing anything, just being in such an awesome place like that, was encouraging. Like, we've got a legitimately cool community to become a part of. The best part of this whole thing, though, was we got to meet and talk with these freaking tight ladies who could give us a good example of what we wanted to aim for as we got older. We learned about power lesbians and what to call trans folk and a shit ton of places to check out so we could meet more people. There're also loads of places for queer youth to chill, in case your rents are like mine and won't let you run around the city unsupervised. Landyn's got this idea that we need to finish high school early so we can get up there as fast as we can. But the point of all this is that we got some more ideas on what kinda people we wanna be, and where we wanna go after school. Knowing that you're headed somewhere awesome makes being a minority loads easier. So go out and find some adult homo who you respect. Christian guidance counselors and your nervous wrecks of parentals will only get you so far.

Aaaaaaalso, we went to this underwear store run completely by gay men. :D You can probably tell from the other posts that we're obsessed with guys' underwear, so this place (Under U4 Men) was pretty much a dream come true. Guys are so lucky... everybody deserves to feel as great as this.

THEY HAD ONES WITH BACON!!!

What I Found At The Mall Yesterday

     Ok so Casey and I went queer clothes shopping and so I'm reporting about American Apparel and Urban Outfitter.

Urban Outfitter
     This store is amazing as you probably already know. I mean...look at this shirt we found!

 ^What a queerio^

     Urban is probably the best place for cool (guy's) t-shirts and also Hot Topic has cool t-shirts too.

Here are some of our favorite things we found at Urban:
     -This Jacket

 Here's a pic of us wearing it, but...I'm making a weird face so...

     -These leather sneakers

     -AND this OTHER jacket

   

     It's quite interesting and the color is guyish. It's weirdly cool! Looks like something our friend Kayla would wear. She's an interesting character, we'll have to interview her sometime.

     So those our 4 of our favorite things we found. Plus Urban is generally really good for all kinds of shoes, hats and ties!

 I like the American Flag looking ones. Very patriotic! 

I'm thinking about getting some American Flag boxer briefs

Love the blue and white striped. The are ties within the tie!

American Apparel 

     I don't think anyone buys anything from here besides their hoodies, underwear and occasionally their neon stuff for costumes.

  Got this from Am Apparel to make a spoof workout video. (Before I got my haircut)

     -Anyway, I think American Apparel has some pretty neat things in there, besides the hoodies. There's sleeveless hoodies! 

     $38 or you could just cut the sleeves off an old jacket. I think anything looks cool sleeveless these days. I know a girl who cut the sleeves off a blazer and another one who cut the sleeves off a denim jacket.

     

     -I also liked their really colorful running shorts.

I have yet to jog with these. 

     -These baseball shirts (I call em), but apparently they're called 3/4 Sleeve Raglan shirts. I didn't even know they had a men's and a women's one! Casey tried on the men's one and it was effing beautiful.

    

But she's insecure about her C cup breasts so I had to get a picture off the website.

     -I LOVE the texture on their bow ties!

     And of course...buy their legendary underwear. They have really nice shiny shoes, men's shorts, undies, leg warmers...what a crazy store. I LOVE IT. It's so gay in there cause everything's unisex.

     So that's what I found! Pretty soon we're going to do a report on finding tuxedos, suits and formal wear and how to pull of guy's clothes without looking like a total tranny.

"The teachers said I can wear WHATEVER I WANT!!"

Done with school! After we got out, Landyn and I headed back to my place. When I came downstairs, she was wearing glow in the dark shark boxers and eating rice krispies, proclaiming that the teachers said she could wear whatever she wanted. But this is very true. Everybody's gotta be able to express themselves. Shortly after we found this tumblr.

Theeeeeen we headed to the mall and we went to look at more boxers! :D American Eagle is a pretty excellent place to check if you're looking for guys' underwear. Like these ones with whales! You can also get high-quality ladies' stuff, too. And they also have whales. It's wonderful. American Eagle is actually a really tight store, especially if you're looking for guy clothes. Everything's decently priced and high-quality, so you'll get a lot of wear out of whatever you buy, and look ridiculously hot at the same time. Check out skinnies for both guys and girls to find what fit you like best. And then buy one of their striped polos because they make you feel like some sophisticated kid who rows crew and reads classic novels and gets lots of girls.

We went to a few other places, then wandered into Express. There is a ton of great stuff in there for when you want to look... put together, or a little more sophisticated than AE polos make you look. There were lots of dress shirts and flipping sexy ties that we fell in love with, as well as these beastly jackets. (This stuff is pretty pricey, but if you can't afford it, look at these, find styles you like and then check out Macy's or Nordstrom's or even smaller shops for similar and cheaper things) Our schools' like... end of the year dance was last week and Landyn and I impressed the shit outta everybody by wearing blazers and wayfarers. It was awesome, and definitely felt a lot more comfortable than a dress did, so you should try it. Seriously, CUT YOUR HAIR. Get something that looks legit but actually costs half the price at Nordstrom Rack. And be confident. It's a lot easier to be attractive when you're comfortable with yourself.

Musyc That Landyn Lykes (Don't know why I'm spellyng wyth "y"s)

Ok so...like most teenagers I listen to a ton of music too...and not any of that mainstream shit on the radio. That stuff f*cking sucks! But you know what doesn't? Listening to Skrillex with one of these. I'll be def by the time I turn 20.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure a lot of people have heard of Skrillex. I don't actually listen to THAT much dub. Skrilly is just an incredible artist. I'm more into...trance, house and electro and blah blah blah, I'm not great with genres. My favorite artist as of now is probably The Twelves.

Here's some of my favs by The Twelves:

Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix) by Yelle
Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix) by Groove Armada
Killer Sexy Guy (The Twelves Remix) by Undershower
Help I'm Alive (The Twelves Remix) by Metric
Hurricane Jane (The Twelves Remix) by Black Kids
YOA (The Twelves Remix) by Theater of Disco

ANYTHING by The Twelves sounds amazing!
Here are some songs that sound similar:


Youth Blood (12th Planet and Flinch Remix) by Little Jinder
Kelly (Breakbot Remix) by Van She
Baby (Breakbot Remix) by PNAU
Contender by Fenech-Soler
I'll Get You (Treasure Fingers Remix) by Classixx
What You Need (Hey Champ Remix) by Priors
With You Forever (FM Attack Remix) by PNAU
Crooked Piano (Joe Zee Remix) by The 666 Order 
Somebody To Love (Redial's Sunday Drive Remix) by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl

And here are just some really good songs I found that doesn't really sound like the ones above, but...whatever:

Cookies Fly (12th Planet Remix) by Ladybox
Whisper (Bullwack Remix) by Asian Trash Boy
Pick Up The Phone (Disko Dali Remix) by Dragonette
Shelter (Flinch Remix) by The XX

Blast away

DUBSTEP and other awesome things

So music is probably the third greatest way to kinda step back and take a break from life for a bit. Seriously, one of the few upsides to my first breakup was that it pushed me to find a TON of new tunes. Mumford and Sons, Airorne Toxic Event, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Eric Hutchinson... A weird combination, but all worked excellent in getting my mind off of girls. You should definitely check these out.

-(anything by M&S is fantastic) but Roll Away Your Stone
-Innocence by Airborne Toxic Event
-Rocks and Daggers by Noah and the Whale
-Snow by Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Either Way by Beta Radio
-Everyday by Dave Matthews
-Parachutes by Coldplay
-Sam's Town by The Killers
-Time to Pretend by MGMT
-Armistice by Phoenix
-Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol

Dubstep is so amazing beyond description. My first dubstep experience was In For the Kill (Skrillex remix) and it's pretty tight. Here are a few songs to check out. Landyn knows a ton more than me and I'm cheap so I just listen to hers.

-Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix)
- Ghosts and Stuff by Deadmau5
-The Island (parts 1 and 2) by Pendulum
-Timestretch by Basenectar