Bee Gay, Do Crimes

He says things like "I like to make love like a man... I want to be a beautiful man making love to another beautiful man" and fuck does that quote run that through my head everyday.

Another quote is from page 89 when him and his lover "J" were out at a saloon and a gay man offered them both a ride home:

"The guy used his hands to make motions of feigning love to J & I saw bracelets all on his wrists... J leaned over the seat close to him playing the role of the lover... I realized I'd never be able to participate. No matter how I tried i could never have joined their game. I felt a deep sadness at finally realizing I'll never have my deepest secret dream filled, ever"

I know that soul hunger of wanting to be a man who is loved by other men. I know that ache. This book is so good and too much at the same time

#5 Beekeeping Wizard

he then proceeded to tell the tale of when he and his friends went backpacking to greece back in their early 20s. then one day they found themselves completely penniless. so they decided that the only reasonable thing to do was to set up acrobatic shows in skimpy outfits on the beach at day, and then drink up the money at night.

after a week or so they gained some traction, and a gang of young greek men walked up to them like “hey y’all are cool as hell, can we join y’all for drinks tonight?” and my brother’s professor was like “of course! y’all have to wear these revealing outfits and do somersaults with us tho” and the greek gang said “sounds dope. y’all are invited to live with us for however long y’all want.”

anyhow, they proceeded to live like this for the better part of 3 months, doing shows, drinking, and sleeping at the greek gang’s apartment. but after a while they decided enough was enough, and said thank you for everything, but we’re going back to sweden now. and the greeks said “sure! love y’all have a safe trip xx”

half a year later my brother’s professor gets contacted by the greek police. they ask him about the months they spent in greece, and then informs him that their greek friends have been convicted of serial homicide and robbery. that the group of young greek men had joined up with several tourist groups for several years “for drinks”, and then killed and robbed them all, terrorising the beach city for several years. with one exception, of course, because “this one group of swedish acrobats in slutty strongman suits were just ‘so damn nice’”.