Good Luck, Devon

[jimmer]

Hi all,

 

I had the good fortune of dining with Devon recently not far from his temporary abode in Fall River, MA.

 

He's a nice guy and I know that many of his friends here want to wish him well as he enters a new phase of his life.

 

Good luck, Devon!

 

Jimmer

[Rick Munroe]

A sweet message from a sweet guy. That was a nice gesture on your part, and I too wish Devon well.

[flguy]

Devon, Wishing you only the best on Thursday and look forward to hearing via your diary how you are doing.

[Candyman]

I think that all of us that have read Devon's diary wish him well. Devon opened himself to all his readers. Letting us see the good times and the bad. When times got bad and his world came crashing down Devon let us in on his personal termoil. He could have just disappeared and we would have never known what happened. I hope that Devon is happy and does well in whatever comes his way. I also hope that he continues to share his life experiences with all of us.

 

Devon, I do not wish you luck, because there is bad luck as well as good luck. I wish you happines and contentment and peace and good health. Take care, your friend-Candyman

[Guest niceguy]

Best wishes Devon!

You are a beautiful man of many talents. A great painter, and a facinating writer (I have always enjoyed your diary). You have been so open and willing to share important parts of your life. Us readers were introduced to the characters and friends in your life. Now you share with us your move to your Mom's house and how she became your hero.It's not the tintilating jabber about sex most want to hear. But it's nice. It reminds us that this is about people.Your openness and sharing more than deserves a thanks from all of us that care. All the best to you, your Mom. Now we wanna see where that diary will take us and whose private art collections your stuff shows up in.

[curious2000]

>Best wishes Devon!

>You are a beautiful man of many talents. A great painter, and

>a facinating writer (I have always enjoyed your diary). You

>have been so open and willing to share important parts of your

>life. Us readers were introduced to the characters and friends

>in your life. Now you share with us your move to your Mom's

>house and how she became your hero.It's not the tintilating

>jabber about sex most want to hear. But it's nice. It reminds

>us that this is about people.Your openness and sharing more

>than deserves a thanks from all of us that care. All the best

>to you, your Mom. Now we wanna see where that diary will take

>us and whose private art collections your stuff shows up in.

 

I totally agree with everything you said niceguy...ditto for me...Devon's documentation of his candid journey was groundbreaking in the internet world of blogs, and his desire to share it all with his readers and be so generous with every intimate detail of his life was what drew us all in for many years.I hope that he archives it and makes a book out of it( or screenplay-what a great indy film it would make)! Here's to you Devon. Thanks for an amazing ride, and wishing you all the best to closing this chapter, and renewing yourself for the next chapters of your life. I hope they are filled with creative energy,good health,and personal happiness and satisfaction.

[curious2000]

>Best wishes Devon!

>You are a beautiful man of many talents. A great painter, and

>a facinating writer (I have always enjoyed your diary). You

>have been so open and willing to share important parts of your

>life. Us readers were introduced to the characters and friends

>in your life. Now you share with us your move to your Mom's

>house and how she became your hero.It's not the tintilating

>jabber about sex most want to hear. But it's nice. It reminds

>us that this is about people.Your openness and sharing more

>than deserves a thanks from all of us that care. All the best

>to you, your Mom. Now we wanna see where that diary will take

>us and whose private art collections your stuff shows up in.

 

I totally agree with everything you said niceguy...ditto for me...Devon's documentation of his candid journey was groundbreaking in the internet world of blogs, and his desire to share it all with his readers and be so generous with every intimate detail of his life was what drew us all in for many years.I hope that he archives it and makes a book out of it( or screenplay-what a great indy film it would make)! Here's to you Devon. Thanks for an amazing ride, and wishing you all the best to closing this chapter, and renewing yourself for the next chapters of your life. I hope they are filled with creative energy,good health,and personal happiness and satisfaction.

[HotdadENYC]

Am I the ONLY one who recognizes what dribble Devon's diary is? And how mindless all of the written observations are ?

 

Should he be elevated against all of the other escorts who have had problems and dealt with them.? Or even the clients, who also had problems, but like the problematic escorts, have chosen to keep their issues private?

 

I like this sight for the reviews and sometimes, for the incisive discussions, but in my opinion, Devon's dribble is a waste of valuable space, an unnecessary stream of consciouness, and an insult to those of us who would like to learn something from conversing with other like-minded individuals.

 

Devon, I don't give a shit about your problems, nor do I care about your experiences, unless of course they pertain to the main issue here: hiring and enjoying escorts.

 

And I can't see that you have discussed either.

[BgMstr4u]

Devon,

I haven't met you, but I feel I know you. Thank you for your wonderfully self-disclosing diaries, and for your willing vulnerability during this difficult time, Many of us care and are glad to hear of better times. Please keep us posted. We wish you well.

[+ Lucky]

One of the nice things about this site is that you don't have to read anything you don't want to. If you don't like my posts, don't read them. If you don't like Devon's diaries, don't read them.

But why kick a guy when he is down and trying to get things back together?

[Flower]

>Devon, I don't give a shit about your problems, nor do I care

>about your experiences, unless of course they pertain to the

>main issue here: hiring and enjoying escorts.

Hey Bud--don't hold back--say what you really mean. It's nice to see there are still a few people that early on were suckled on the milk of human kindness. --god bless and Peace be with you :*

[woodlawn]

RE: Good Luck, Devon, You'll Need It

 

>Am I the ONLY one who recognizes what dribble Devon's diary

>is? And how mindless all of the written observations are ?

 

I don't like Devon because of the many petty and vicious remarks he's made about me and others on this board, but I don't find his writing to be mindless. On the contrary, I can't deny that it shows he thinks quite a bit. Unfortunately for him, his thinking never seems to lead him anyplace but to the same conclusions that got hin where he is today.

 

>Should he be elevated against all of the other escorts who

>have had problems and dealt with them.? Or even the clients,

>who also had problems, but like the problematic escorts, have

>chosen to keep their issues private?

 

I'm not sure why you think he has been 'elevated.' It's true that Devon's story is an extremely common one -- an escort has serious mental problems that lead him to get involved with drugs, which in turn cause a 'meltdown' of some kind that leads to his arrest and his exit from escorting. Happens all the time. It isn't often that one of the many escorts who has been through this writes about it in a fairly intelligible manner, however.

 

>Devon, I don't give a shit about your problems, nor do I care

>about your experiences, unless of course they pertain to the

>main issue here: hiring and enjoying escorts.

>

>And I can't see that you have discussed either.

 

I don't read his diary often enough to know whether you are right about what he has or hasn't discussed there. The few entries I have read provide some background to the all-too-familiar tale of a gay man who drops out of school to pursue a bohemian fantasy of some kind, gets involved in drugs and prostitution, and ends up sadder, older and broke a decade or so later. If you feel his story is rather trite, I can't argue with that. But I can't agree that it has no bearing on the world of gay escorts. Quite the contrary.

[BuckyXTC]

>

>Am I the ONLY one who recognizes what dribble Devon's diary

>is? And how mindless all of the written observations are ?

>

>Should he be elevated against all of the other escorts who

>have had problems and dealt with them.? Or even the clients,

>who also had problems, but like the problematic escorts, have

>chosen to keep their issues private?

>

>I like this sight for the reviews and sometimes, for the

>incisive discussions, but in my opinion, Devon's dribble is a

>waste of valuable space, an unnecessary stream of

>consciouness, and an insult to those of us who would like to

>learn something from conversing with other like-minded

>individuals.

>

>Devon, I don't give a shit about your problems, nor do I care

>about your experiences, unless of course they pertain to the

>main issue here: hiring and enjoying escorts.

>

>And I can't see that you have discussed either.

 

 

HotDadE:

 

Your post of venom and gratuitous insults regarding Devon says more about you then it does about Devon. Thanks for coming out of the toilet and showing us what you really are.......skunk shit!

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[Rick Munroe]

Well, it's officially over. I just read Devon's farewell diary entry and I, while very happy to see he's doing so well and that his life is back on track (or on a newer, better one), will definitely miss reading it. Say what you will about Devon's Diary, but one thing can't be denied: he proved that he had more balls than the rest of us here. Would any one of us have exposed ourselves so willingly, with full face pics yet, even when it wasn't the least bit flattering? I don't know if they give out awards for blogs yet, but he sure deserves one. Thanks, Devon.

[+ Lucky]

" but one thing can't be denied: he proved that he had more balls than the rest of us here"

 

If that's how you measure having balls, Rick, then I can't contest it. It may have been more a matter of a need for attention than balls, but who knows? Fortitude comes in many forms, don't you agree? Sometimes it even has brown spots in it!

 

But, good luck Devon!

[Rick Munroe]

>It may have been more a matter of a need for

>attention than balls, but who knows?

 

Lucky, with almost 5,000 posts to your credit, you're not looking for attention here, too?

[Candyman]

I could not agree more with you Rick. I hope that Devon checks in once and a while and lets us know that he is doing alright.

[woodlawn]

>Say what you will

>about Devon's Diary, but one thing can't be denied: he proved

>that he had more balls than the rest of us here.

 

Please speak for yourself. I think the only thing he proved is that he is a world-class exhibitionist. Someone whose desire to expose himself to others is so great that he manages to smuggle out new entries to his diary while he is locked up in a mental hospital is on a completely different level of exhibitionism than any I have encountered before.

 

> Would any

>one of us have exposed ourselves so willingly, with full face

>pics yet, even when it wasn't the least bit flattering?

 

I would think a bit more highly of his "balls" if he had come back to this board and stuck around to face the same people to whom he had insisted his life was going wonderfully well even while he was in fact experiencing a catastrophic meltdown due to drugs and mental illness. But he didn't.

 

> I

>don't know if they give out awards for blogs yet, but he sure

>deserves one.

 

He would certainly get my vote for "most obsessive blogger," if there is such a thing.

[+ deej]

>Lucky, with almost 5,000 posts to your credit, you're not

>looking for attention here, too?

 

Having more than 4,000 posts, even approaching 5,000, proves nothing.

 

:+

[Chuck50]

I can say I was one of the Lucky ones to have met and spent some time with Devon. I am sorry to see him go. He always brought something special to the MC. His Art, His fun, his stories. I know that goodness will be on his side. HUGS Devon good luck and may you be a special person to all in your life HUGS Chuck

[rocky]

you know I don't know Devon, but I knew

this much and that was that Woodlawn

would have something to say. For some

of us, wouldn't it be nice if Woodlawn

got a life?

[woodlawn]

>you know I don't know Devon, but I knew

>this much and that was that Woodlawn

>would have something to say. For some

>of us, wouldn't it be nice if Woodlawn

>got a life?

 

I just love the way people like you hang around here reading the posts of others and then complain that the authors of those posts have nothing better to do than hang around here. If you have something better to do, go do it. No one is stopping you.

[Rick Munroe]

Hey, just because woodlawn is neither an escort nor (apparently) a client, just because he has a moral problem with escorting in general ("It's illegal!" "It helps married men cheat on their wives!"), and just because he has never had a single positive thing to say about a single escort in all the years he has been posting on here, it's no reason to say he should get a life. He obviously has a life, and as unhappy and miserable as that life seems to be, it's not for any of us to determine its worth.

[woodlawn]

>Hey, just because woodlawn is neither an escort nor

>(apparently) a client, just because he has a moral problem

>with escorting in general ("It's illegal!" "It helps married

>men cheat on their wives!"), and just because he has never had

>a single positive thing to say about a single escort in all

>the years he has been posting on here, it's no reason to say

>he should get a life.

 

Rick, I don't want you to think that I don't believe you have a valuable role to play on this message board. You do have a valuable role here, and it is this: every time I start to wonder whether I have been a bit too harsh in my view of the world of prostitution, you pop up with another of your nasty, hateful posts, and my self-confidence is renewed, my doubts banished. What would I do without you? I shudder to think.

 

>He obviously has a life, and as unhappy

>and miserable as that life seems to be, it's not for any of us

>to determine its worth.

 

Rick, neither you nor any of the silly, giggly, self-involved old poofs who make up your fan club on this board ever has known or ever will know anything about my life. You can make up all the shit you want, but your remarks will always be just that -- a bunch of made-up shit that reveals far more about the contents of your head than it does about me. Deal with it.

[rocky]

Alright here it is, I thought this

was a place I could feel comfortable

to say "hi" and bring my stories to,

but Woodlawn says not, OK, I'll go

elsewhere..