Last night’s Rock the Walk event, LAUNCH, was a success, despite the fluctuating attendance in the club. It turns out that yesterday was Long Beach Gay Pride, so everyone and their lover was up there instead of filling the gayborhood clubs, like they normally do. But, like I said, despite that, we still walked away with ahead after paying out the dancers, DJ’s n’ such. We’re still tallying the numbers and it’s not a couple thousand like it probably would have been, but considering we were beginning to worry if we covered costs, we’re thrilled with the result. Thrilled.
We didn’t have throngs all at once, but a steady flow of people over the course of the night. GFI, Roger the Non-Blogger (hehe, I had to, Roger!), Mr. and Mrs. Z, Lyn, Stef and Jen… the gang was all there. Also? Note to self: Never remove anyone from your myspace friends list again or risk being embarrassed on a sidewalk in front of a gay bar when someone calls you on your shit. Apparently, Alicia (Hi, Alicia!) was on my myspace friends list and during one of my “housecleanings”, I removed her. It wasn’t intentional, but color me embarrassed when I hear someone say “Oh my god, are you Joelle?” followed by, “I was your myspace friend, but I guess I’m not anymore.” If anyone knows me at all, even from just my blog, you know I felt like a dick. Oops!
Steve West of 91X is just such a sweetheart. He had some great tunes and really, playing Book of Love was enough to keep me happy. Jacob at The Flame — we love that guy. LOVE that guy. He totally helped us with last minute stuff and really was just instrumental in helping us pull off the evening without any real hitches. If you’re in San Diego, go to the Flame and smoosh him. He’ll probably look at you funny, y’know, being a stranger and all, but just tell him we sent you. 
Caroline from Planned Parenthood is not only easy on the eyes, but cool as hell. I made a new friend. Go me. Anyway, she made these kick-ass “goodie bags” with condoms, dental dams and some with both… y’know for us equal-opportunity folk. They had candy and cards, stickers, lube… they were awesome. We littered the whole club with them, along with various flavored condoms and more dental damsn. We had two dental dam mini-demos in the bar. Both Cara and Mrs. Z put their mad Planned Parenthood skills to work explaining the ‘practical application’ of a dental dam, which comically involved Cara opening one for the bartender and giving a pantomime. I wish I’d had the camera for that. Thank you, Caroline!
I really need a nap already (damn those Kamikazes!), so I’ll expound more on Creepy Guy later.
Photos from last night are online here!
