Me and Boy Taz with interpreters and MS. World 2005.

Current International titleholders with the interpreters.

Me with , IML 2009 Jeffrey, IMSL 2009, Lamalani, IDLB, 2009, Boy Taz with Jack Duke Mr. Texas Leather 2010

MR. Texas Leather 2010

I went to Dallas Texas January 28 to February 1st 2010. First let's say Congratulations to Jack Duke who won Mr. Texas Leather 2010. During my flight down to Texas things were going great until... there was a child about maybe 2 years old in front of me who was crying and screaming during take off. She wanted to stand and not be strapped in or sit on her mother's lap. I thought to myself, Thank god I am deaf. Well maybe I thought/spoke too soon as about 5 minutes later the child behind me who was about 3 or 4 years old started kicking my seat.
We had a bit of a bumpy flight as I guess there was a storm while we were in the air and almost ready to land. Once I was greeted by Lowell and Robert who picked me up things were much better. My only frustration was with my hearing aid even with a new battery it did not work for a while. It made it hard for me to read lips without my hearing aid. After a few hours hearing finally worked again. I was able to read lips and communicate much better. Later that night Court, my partner arrived and others arrived. The host and his husband arrived. It was so great to see so many people again.
I will write more about this trip when I get back from Baltimore for BLADeaf (Baltimore leather Association of the Deaf /GLADE.(Gay Lesbian association of deaf of the East) I will be driving to Connecticut today to stay with my aunt and then tomorrow drive to Baltimore. I sure hope the roads and all are fine by then.

Next trip Mr. Texas Leather

I am looking forward to finally setting foot in Dallas Texas to attend Mr. Texas Leather 2010. I will leave Maine on Thursday morning January 28th and stay in Texas until Monday afternoon February 1st. It will be my first time in Texas.Leather hugz to all

International sisters and brothers with Matt Bramford Mr. MAL 2010 Congratulations Matt
Me with International Ms. BB, Pony, International Deaf Leather Boy, Boy Taz, International Ms. Leather Lamalani and International Mr. Leather Jeffrey.

Mid Atlantic Leather 2010

I finally attended Mid Atlantic Leather (MAL) I can tell you all it was a blast and I definitely will go again. It was great to see my IDL sisters and brothers and also my Sash sisters an brothers. It was great to see so many others as well.
My partner Court and I both arrived in DC on Thursday night and Boy Brad IDLboy 2006 picked us up. We stayed with Boy Brad and Sir Y IMDL2008. Thanks Sir Y and Boy Brad for such wonderful hospitality. IDL BOy Taz arrived on Friday and it was great to see him again.
Friday afternoon we went to register and were thrilled to run into several people that I have not seen for a while. Friday night some of us went to the Green Lantern to attend the fund raiser for CLAW. It was a great night and my partner sure enjoyed winning 3 prizes.
Saturday afternoon I attended IDL meeting and then after that went to Green Lantern for IDL fund raiser. IDL Boy Taz and I went around selilng 50/50 tickets for our travel fund. IDL also sold draft beer and shots. Thanks to the Green Lantern for allowing us to have our fund raiser there.
After that I attended leather cocktails. I got to spend some time with Mr. Boston Leather and several others. It was great to see the parade of colors. It was also great to see my sash brother Jeffrey, Sash Sisters Lamalani, Pony, ILB Boy Brad. There were also so many others that I was happy to see and hope to spend more time with in the future.
Sunday afternoon we went to the 930 club to attend the contest. It was a great contest and CONGRATULATIONS TO Matt Bramford our Mr. MAL 2010. All of the contestants were great and they all seemed to have a great time.
After the contest we attended the reaction dance that night. It was fun. It was nice to spend some time with my IDL sisters and brothers as well as many others.
I finally visited Gallaudet but did not get to go inside the buildings yet. We saw the museums but did not get to go inside yet. I am definitely going back and going to plan to do more sight seeing.