"The Brute" for my man

Our 6th anniversary just came and went. I'm not always one to be big on gifts unless I see something and think, OMG he would LOVE that. Well this was one of those times.

While passing Mantiques Mondern with my buddy EvilBuddha recently I decided to browse their arsenal of insanely cool stuff. They always seem to have a few Robert Loughlin paintings, which of course are usually way out of my price range.

I spotted one which had a metal plated robot-esque motif to it. OMG this would be the perfect gift for my Robopapi for our anniversary. Of course it was insanely expensive, but I pondered it over for a few days and decided I needed a second opinion. So I called my best friend and we looked at it together. He didn't like it too much and oddly the second time around I wasn't loving it either. I was a little disappointed but then I spotted another Loughlin painting. This one was really cool. It was painted on what seemed to be a round table top piece of wood. The colors were also really nice. I was falling in love with it. So after some thinking and finagling of my money between savings and such, I went for it.

I actually had to carry it home along with Robopapi, but it was hidden inside a large garbage bag. The painting measures about 3.5 feet in diameter. Robopapi was insanely curious as to what it was but he couldn't guess if his life depended on it. I was loving it. I said he had to wait till our day and then all will be revealed.

Needless to say, our day on March 20th came and I unveiled it and he was in love with it. Mr. Loughlin paints a lot of these cigarette smoking man paintings, but this one is super special. I've seen around the guy may be called "The Brute", but I'm not certain. But who cares, The Brute sounds good to me and he now hangs above our bed. This sexy man Brute watches us as we sleep every night amongst other activities. How hot is that!

LOVE NOT FOR SALE

Since we're moving very soon, weve been selling many of our robot collection to try and drum up some cash and pare down our "STUFF". It's called "purging", but has nothing to do with the digestive system. Anyone who has moved recently knows all too well how much STUFF there is in your home. Just endless STUFF. More and more STUFF in places you completely forgot about. STUFF that you don't ever rememeber buying. STUF STUFF and more STUFF.

So during our robot pruning sale, I came across these two tin-man like robots that I love so much. Their real name is ROBOT 2500, manufacturered in 1976. Honestly though when I was 8 years old I used to see these robots often at those now defunct department stores like Alexander's or A&S. I hated this robot and I hated those dept. stores. It was nothing like the sleek Robby the Robot or the charming Lost in Space robot B9. No, these guys had an obvious "cheapness" as I call it. And I just didn't like that. As a [gay] child, I liked robots with class and style.

But now some 31 years later, as a [gay] adult, I've grown very fond of these guys and they are two of my favorites as far as the plastic robot series goes. Their style defintely has a place in robo-history as far as I'm concerned. But sell sell sell and purge purge purge I thought, cuz we're moving and I hate moving. But then when I took the pictures of these two to sell as a pair, I got all choked up (I would never say "vaklempt"). It was me and my RoboPapi. I showed him the picture and he said, no way are we selling them, it's US! So they have officially been inducted into the SPACEBOYSTOYS hall of fame as part of our permanent collection forever (redundant but necessary).