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On Boylog...

Posted June 9, 2000 9:23 AM.

So, anyway, I went to this weblog called BoyLOG this morning, and the first thing I did was jump into blogger and write a slightly snarky comment. I think I was still reeling from this TV program on yesterday which was about people with online diaries. They all came across as completely self-indulgent self-promoters. Perhaps I am the same. I don't know.

That's beside the point. So I get to this site this morning and the first thing I see is this very attractive picture of a young man wearing very little but an absurdly cheeky grin. First thought (honestly): Nice... Second thought (honestly): What an Egotist!

But then I started to read it. Good stuff. Honest stuff. Much more honest than I feel able to be myself. Much more frank. Much more ... revealing. And after I had read pretty much all of it (some swiftly, some less so), I came to a new conclusion. That Chris of BoyLOG is just OPEN. Open about sex, about love, about his body and about his life. So go and read it. Read it thoroughly. Come to your own conclusion. And take your time to do so...

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