h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ukkel isn't all that special. Not at all, actually. But I love Bruxelles. Nothing specific, but I went to high school there, and after being there almost every day during six years... Dunno, when I get in Bruxelles now, I feel I miss it. The scene of the big city with the small people...

The Great Market is just awe-inspiring, I just sat there for hours this summer, taking it all in

It is. But there are other places that aren't really known, but... Like the Central Station: there is this huge hall (Horta, coïncidence), and just hanging round there, with all the travelers that pass, and the street-musicians, teenagers going home from school... Or de Nieuwstraat, the big shopping alley in Bruxelles. I totally HATE shopping (very a-typical for a gay guy, I know, but that's just the way it is), but walking through that really crowded street, watching everybody... I dont know... I kind of fantasies all kind of stories behind every face...
And for some reason those things don't feel the same here in Leuven as it did there.

Central station is very cool, a great introduction to the city. It's just really cool and the Mannekin Pis is just funny

Lol. Especially when they dress him up. But those touristic gadgets they make of manneken pis... dunno, those little statues with a long pointy corkscrew in stead of his ... They always make me say the word 'painful'.

I bought one of those! A friend wanted the stupidest souvenier I could find so I got her that

Painful...

The Italian police got a little jumpy about it but otherwise I thought it was quite funny

Lol, is there a real story behind this Italian-police thing? Cause in that case it sounds like something I'd like to hear.

Not really, I got to Milan on September the 11th of last year and they were all a little nervous. I was putting my rucksack in a left luggae office and they made me empty it out, to check for explosives and they saw something sharp and pointy. In the end I opened a bottle of wine for them

Lol. The Italian Police just IS quite jumpy I guess. We had a trip through Italy last year with school, and at the airport they made one of us go full monty In a special cabin, of course. He just kept triggering the metal detector...

HELP! I accidently clicked on 'unsubscribe' I'm so sorry.

Bizar, it didn't change anything... Ah, well, all the better...

I hate doing that, especially when i'm not sure what i've unsubscribed from

Mjeah, but nothing seems to have disappeared, so it's all right. But I'm gonna go to bed. Lot to do tomorrow. Nightnight!

I was just about to say the same thing. Night

Hello HonestIago,

Long time no see, but I have some questions.
Well... Where to start... There is this guy (yes, you guessed it right, it's about a guy) that I really really really like. But he says he's straight.
Normally, when a guy says he's straight, I can totally control my emotions, and keep myself from falling in love. But with Karel... :-s It's kind of hard not to fall in love with a lovely guy when he's constantly hugging you, you know.
Not only that... he also told me he never had a girlfriend either (which is kind of strange for a good-looking, nice, not-too-geeky 18 year old guy). But he still keeps saying he's straight.
And everytime I say to myself I'm going to try to get him out of my head, he does something that confuses me even more. Just to give you a very stupid example, I'm going to tell you the story about the 'cantus'. (Sorry If I'm boring you) I'm not going to explain what a cantus is, but it involves a lot of singing, drinking and, well, drinking. And a personal book with lyrics. And when there is a break (imagine fifty people running at once to the toilet), people can write messages in other people's lyrics-books. And Karel (very stupid, I know, but still very confusing) put a hart in my book whith his name written in it. He might have been a bit drunk, but still... Imagine the guy you thought out of reach writing a hart on your papers...
What would you do in this situation? Cause I really don't know...
Sorry for the whining

Mikael

This is a nightmare situation, I really couldn't say what I'd do. Does he know you fancy him? I have one straight friend who knows I fancy him but hugs me quite a lot and sometimes leaves me little messages, he just likes flirting but we both know nothing will ever happen between us. If he doesn't know you fancy him you could tell him in a subtle or jokey way and see how he reacts. If you do something dramatic you could lose the friendship, I'd say just take your time, eventhough that's the hardest thing to do. This will have to do in the meantime.
Good luck

Thank you. I've just returned from a party - and guess what, he hugged me again. And said once again that he was straight. That's another thing: how many straight people keep repeating they're straight? Not as an answer on a question, but just in a conversation? I just don't know who he's trying to convince, me or himself - that's the problem.
And no, I don't think he knows I fancy him. But he does know I'm gay. Ah, well, he's going to be with me the entire afternoon tomorrow. Other friends will be there too, but maybe we'll have some alone-time. I'll keep you informed!

Of all possible endings to this story, this is the one I least expected... Yesterday, Karel (the guy I told you about) told me something... He's dating a girl, Nel, someone I know rather well. AND THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS!!! That means... all the time I had been fancying him. He said they wanted to keep it a secret because of... well, all sorts of fuzzy reasons (the ex-boyfriend of the girl, and some friends of Karel that didn't like her at all).
But I STILL believe he's bisexual. *stubborn*

Greetings,

Mikael