Going in second is rough. No, not coming in second…going. When I almost worked for Rolling Out, I was coming into a situation which was anything but first class. A shoddy newspaper with an even shoddier staff – how could I come in and turn things around? I tried, but in the end, I couldn’t, and ghettofabulousness prevailed. Long live the bling.

In the same way, it’s difficult to start a column and then come in with a second entry. From my experience, your first three pieces make or break you as a columnist. My friend aquanarchy writes a very popular column over at Backwash.com. I write an adult column for the site, also. His second column was on Morehouse. My second column was on sucking dick. See what I mean? Now I’m the resident slut/sexpert. How I became that is beyond me – I hadn’t done it since Clinton was in office. Anyway, this is the second string hit coming right at you. I managed to talk my friend Taurean to be a contributing writer here, so hopefully he’ll pitch in and share some of his stories of gay life in Notlanta.

Notlanta. Heh heh heh…I told you it was rough.

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