Gobble Gobble
November 27th, 2006I packed a bag full of Fat Dick Simon promotional cards and hopped on a flight to the Mid-West last week for a family Thanksgiving get-together. Surprisingly, it wasn’t snowing, and I ended up having a lot of fun. It was tough to leave the laptop at home, but I’ve been working pretty hard on some new sites to be launched in the next few weeks, and I figured that some rest and relaxation would be helpful.
LAX on the day before Thanksgiving is way overrated. Everytime I have to travel the day before Thanksgiving, I get warnings from people about how the airport is going to be a mess. Accordingly, I always arrive at the airport about an hour before my flight, which I absoutely hate doing. This year, I was through security with my boarding pass in about ten minutes, which left me with about fifty minutes to get hammered before my flight. I ended up with a hundred dollar bar tab after many strong margaritas, and a new friend from El Paso named Rob. What’s up, Rob. If you were a hot chick with a nice ass I would definitely be using your business card to follow up with you right about now.
I passed out on the flight after a Heineken, which was much better than puking in the airplane bathroom as I did on the way to Vegas last week.
The next day, I started drinking at my family get-together around 11am, which was actually 9am Pacific time. I typically use the fact that everyone in my family is technically inept to my advantage by simply mentioning that I work with computers when I get questions about what I do, which causes everyone to tune out and allows me to skate around my involvement in the adult industry pretty easily. Unfortunately, after about eight Coronas on an empty stomach, I found myself in a pretty detailed conversation with a cousin about emerging trends in the pay-per-view porn industry. Once I realized that I had accidently given away my big secret, I also realized that my cousin was surprisingly knowledgeable about porn, and also drunk. I promised to provide him with a steady flow of pornsite passwords in exchange for keeping his lips closed, so I think I’ll be cool.
On Friday afternoon, I randomly ran one of my old friends, Erika, in downtown Chicago. Erika and I spent a lot of time together back in the day, and we ended up going out on Friday night for dinner and drinks. I hadn’t talked to her in years, and it was great to catch up. We went out to one of Chicago’s best clubs later, and I ended up in the VIP area getting bottle service. I only get bottle service on special occasions, but everytime I do, I love watching people approach me for free booze. I heard one of the best lines ever on Friday when a middle-aged woman approached me and said ‘I just found out my husband is cheating on me. Can I have a drink?’ Needless to say, she was on my tab from that point on.
Speaking of my tab, something amazing happened towards the end of the night. The club owner stopped by my table to chat for a few minutes and ended up being pretty cool. I’m not sure if it was my good looks, my wit, or my dancing, but something persuaded him to comp my entire tab, which was most likely around $2k. Fucking amazing.
Some crazyness happened at the club, and I brought a small group back to my hotel for some afterhours action which was even crazier. I finally got to sleep around 9am on Saturday morning.
Getting back to LAX on Sunday night was a complete mess. I had to wait about half an hour for a cab, and I was tired as hell, but seeing family and friends over Thanksgiving was well worth it. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday because its bullshit level is pretty low. Most other holidays are surrounded by a huge commercial bullshit lead-up. The lead up for Christmas is about six weeks, during which I have to hear a bunch of shitty songs and buy a lot of gifts. Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m all about capitalism and making money, and I understand that Christmas is a necessary evil. The lead-ups for Easter and Halloween get longer every year. Also, Easter is Christian and Halloween is Pagan, so you really can’t win if you celebrate both. Thanksgiving isn’t associated with any religion, and really the only people who stand to profit are Turkey farmers, which I’m not really mad about because they tend not to advertise.
Thanksgiving is simply about having a big meal with people you like, which makes it a pretty sweet holiday. Also, Thanksgiving dinner typically leads to some excellent blow-ups and disclosures such as ‘Dad, I’m gay’ and ‘Dad I’m getting married to Tyrone next month whether you like it or not,’ which makes it extra fun.
So, valued Fat Dick Simon reader, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving as I did. Also, now that I have taken a little break from work, I am ready to hit the ground running, and I’ll have some exciting new stuff to show you over the next couple weeks. Holler.








