Showing posts with label Huggies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Huggies. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Leadville 2010: Wherever You Are Is the Place I Belong

Six years ago today, Jake was in Colorado for the Leadville Trail 100 mile run, along with his brother-in-law. Peter Sarsgaard, Christopher McDougall, an assortment of others, and the man of the hour....Austin Nichols.  August 20, 2010.   The story began when one of the Leadville race participants, Brandon Fuller unknowingly took THE picture that set the tale in motion, posted the snapshot on his blog, then provided the following deets: 

"After leaving the assembly, we heard rumors of Hollywood stars in the mix. Turns out Jake Gyllenhaal of gay cowboy fame was up in the rafters in a big beard and hat."

"Anyway, here is a back shot of him. He is in the hat with backpack. I wussed out on getting a picture. Wasn't sure I cared enough."






Brandon didn't identify Peter Sarsgaard, nor anyone else, just the more recognizable, Jake Gyllenhaal.   True to form, the management troll whose reason for being is to monotonously convince the public that Jake and Austin are not a couple,  argued vehemently about the ear on the fellow standing to the left of Jake, even enlarging another image of Austin for comparison's sake.  How unfortunate for the desperate naysayer that Brandon's original image is the clearest one we are ever going to get. No pseudo substitutes allowed.

In fact, now that I look closer at that long sideburn which runs from the side view of Austin's hair all the way down the jawline, I'm seeing a big "L".  Was that for your movie "LOL", Austin?  Or perhaps the "L" was for Leadville.   LOLLLLLLL.  Doesn't that look like a big L?  A perfectly manicured and coiffed L.  :-)


No matter how amusing the thought might be, it’s a safe bet that hair follicles were not communicating some coded message that day. But, our favorite Texan chatterbox did not miss the opportunity to slyly communicate his whereabouts another way.  Because besides Brandon's fortuitous photo, we have some pretty solid circumstantial evidence that Austin was sending his own special kind of cryptographic brain teasers via his Sensitive Julian Baker (alter ego) Twitter account. Get a load of some of his loved up and baby-obsessed tweets, created just after the Leadville weekend:



@adamlevine your music is playin in my gym. Got me all pumped up. (Or romanced up) Love you tender

There is always time for forking (love making). But it is far more important to cuddle and talk and make sure everyone is feeling good.  August 23, 2010  6:05 PM

Probably Eat, Pray, Love. (for the third time) then take a shower. healthy dinner. and curl up on the couch for a little sex and city    Aug 22nd

I will b here 2 comfort you in the hard times. You can lay ur head on my shoulder. You can cry into my chest. i will b your SensitiveJulian  August 23, 2010  4:21 PM

MEN. LISTEN TO YOUR WOMEN. HOLD THEM. AND LISTEN SOME MORE. LIGHT SOME CANDLES. HOLD THEM. AND LISTEN SOME MORE.   Wednesday, August 25, 2010  11:04:24 AM


Sperm count is not what makes a man. It is compassion and love and commitment!!!  Tuesday, August 24, 2010  10:43:22 AM


HEY!!! I don't care what the doctors say!!! I believe in my heart that she CAN get pregnant. And I am going to try until we do!!!  Tuesday, August 24, 2010  10:36:34 AM


My biggest dream... All I want in life... Is to get Brooke pregnant. My bones are aching to knock her up so we can start a family!!   10:32 AM  August 24, 2010


There has been an incredible show of support for @sensitivejulian already. thank you all. my arms are open to you all for HUGGIES!!!   2:58PM August 23, 2010




Jake and Austin sure seemed like they were enveloped in a Leadville induced postnatal fog after the birth of Baby Hugo earlier in the month of August. After all, the modern day miracle of surrogacy is such a wonderful thing! Particularly, for gay men in love who wish to have their own family. 

And why would these two guys be willing to take a risk to be seen together?  Well, perhaps they took the chance to experience one last celebratory fling before the closet door was going to be shut tight. In fact, we didn't see the pair publicly again until January, 2012, over 16 months later. Immediately after Leadville, Austin had to return to North Carolina for his “One Tree Hill” duties.  And, an already hardly working Jake essentially disappeared completely until the end of September 2010.  He only re-emerged for Love and Other Drugs promo, and to become high profile tabloid fodder with the notorious beard for hire, Taylor Swift, by the end of October. 

Jake may not own a Twitter, but he sure was sending out some hot vibes of his own that day in Leadville. We read you loud and clear, Jake. A good time was had by all. Especially, if their initials started with an "A" and ended with an "N".





 

 
written by:  Methodical Muser and Prairie Girl
picture sources:  IHJ, Brandon Fuller
Quotes:  from Brandon Fuller's blog  http://brandon.fuller.name/archives/2010/08/20/18.22.00/
Song:  Ready to Run - One Direction