I'm sorry I didn't follow up. It's not that long, I was doing something else.
It was the very first Aids Walk in Los Angeles - A BIG freaking deal! To give you an idea of the size of the crowd, it started at Paramount Studios and the place was packed. Every color, flavor and texture of the rainbow was out in force. It was also fiercely hot with no shade in sight. We were divided into groups with staggered start times and walked down a rolled out carpet to the street. People were running out from crowd to give hugs, kisses, flowers, take pictures, it was a riot. At one point a group of fabulously dressed ladies, all decked out in evening wear - platform shoes, boas, you get the idea - came scampering out and gave us bottled water and little fanny packs.
There are no shade trees along that part of Melrose, so about a half hour into the walk we were all getting light-headed. To trying and focus on something, I opened the pack. It had lots of goodies inside! Candy, plastic bead necklaces, condoms, all kinds of stuff. As I dug down further, I pulled out a little packet. "Oh cool!' I said to my friends. "Sunscreen!" At which point I opened the packet and smeared lube all over my face.
