Bae Grylls @theauracle@queer.party

Bonsoir. 👋🏿

I'm Joseph. You may remember me from such non-existent programming like:

📺 This Queer Black Guy Won't Shut Up About Things
📺 OMG You're Such A Dork

I'm once again expatriate (originally from the UK) having moved to the States for another long-term stint. Father to the most phenomenal girl in the world.

I'm very much a jack-of-all-trades/human Swiss Army knife so feel free to inquire.

#introduction

Previously on The Chronicles of Queer.party's Prodigal Son: I cosplayed as Miles Morales for Halloween 2K19 and neglected to tell you all about it because I'm addicted to the Bad Place.

Maybe 2019 will be the year that I finally get some of that new material done. Maybe 2019 will be the year that the solo album that I've been working on for the last six years will get finished.

Maybe. Until then, you're just going to have to make do with these tracks. https://soundcloud.com/the-auracle/sets/the-troubadour

I have contributed so much of my time, prose, and energy to Media Diversified. I'm honoured to not only have watched MD grow to what it is today but humbled to have been part of its growth. Now MD needs help in the way of finding to go further.

It would be awesome if you all could either help support and/or share this far and wide. Either way, it'd mean the world. Thank you. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mediadiversified/media-diversified-funding-a-new-era-of-writers-of

So I thought I'd spread the word about an anthology on bisexuality that I contributed a personal narrative to. It's called The Bi-ble. Published by the amazing Monstrous Regiment (an indie publishing house ran by two wonderful queer women out of Edinburgh) and it might be the most important book on bise #bisexual people you've never read.　
　
More info on it here: https://www.monstrous-regiment.com/shop/the-bible

Switching allegiances to Arsenal from Man Utd two seasons ago has been the best sporting decision I've ever made.

And it's ARRRRRRSEEEEEEENALLLLLL
ARSENAL F.C.
We're by far the greatest team the woooooorld has ever seen!

If I'm ever able to fund an excursion like this, it's over for you heauxs.

Then there's Napa Valley.

I can't be on this side of the world *again* and not taste these Californian wines in the heart of region where they were produced. Man's a sucker for a glass of red.

Glacier National Park is a must, as is Yellowstone.

I have to visit them both before the Trump admin hands it over to the energy companies for them to turn it into a drilling site.

I would love to do San Jose, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and maybe even visit the place where the documentary Wild, Wild Country was set.

Just 'cause.

One day, I will visit the US West Coast.

The plan is to hit the Grand Canyon, then Vegas, then L.A., and finally wrap the tour up in Seattle.

There is absolutely no way the BBC can be allowed to continue as it is after the election, regardless of the actual election result.

Unreal impartiality.

Now, the whole wheelin' and dealin' tactic can definitely backfire in fantasy. Players you bring in based on their record could underperform on the day and ultimately deliver unto thee an L for thou to hold.

I'm hoping that's not the case by this time next week but changes had to be made to give ourselves a fighting chance to not only come back from being 0.3 down but win by a healthy margin.

I'm really going for it here. Hope it pays off.

Man, this fantasy [American] football lark is going to give me an ulcer.

I'm going into the Round 1 Week 2 of the playoffs 0.3 points behind.

NOUGHT. POINT. THREE.

FFS.

There's not a single computer on this god-forsaken rock that'd be worth a fully-featured Mac Pro. None. Not even a supercomputer.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/12/10/21003636/apple-mac-pro-price-most-expensive-processor-ram-gpu

...Apple really have to be kidding me with these Mac Pro options and prices, mate.

Jesus wept.

Yep.

These nuraphones are absolutely worth it.

Could not be any happier with Arsenal's show of character last night against West Ham.

The lads went in completely dejected at halftime. The build-up to Martinelli's goal (and the equaliser) was like watching a superhero rediscover their powers.

So so satisfying. Dead proud of that performance.

Going ice skating later.

Can't wait to bust my arse on the ice in front of a friend of mine who grew up playing ice hockey.

So Spotify designated Philanthrope as my artist of the decade and it's hard for me to argue with that.

Man's beats are absolutely unreal and I'd love to work with him one day.

Case in point: https://youtu.be/EvoRVsaG1Nk