This was an unusually busy week. I set a new personal record for most people tested: 30 people among our offices in Overland Park, the University of Kansas, Johnson County Community College, and DCAP’s office in Lawrence. Unfortunately, only about a fifth of those were the high risk people that I should be testing. The highlight from this week was a KU student who was reading the testing consent form and asked why we can’t test people 70 or over. I told him the FDA had not approved the test for them. To that he replied, “That makes sense, they probably didn’t have HIV back then.”

      Having done so much testing I wasn’t able to troll the interwebs until the end of the week. I finally sat down in DCAP’s office Friday and hit Craigslist. Lawrence was pretty typical with sad, lonely hetero guys looking for anything, and gay journeymen who post everyday for blow-and-go’s. After that I hit up Kansas City’s Craigslist. Again, pretty typical, but I started to notice the guys on there are older than Lawrence or Topeka. I should have known that from the clientele at HLP, but wow there are a lot of guys over 50 looking. Then I went to Topeka’s craigslist. Damn Topeka, you scary. At ten in the morning on a rainy Friday there is more crazy in Topeka than Albuquerque after a visit from Walter White. There were guys already looking to ‘Party and Play’ (have sex on drugs like meth or cocaine). There were guys who had been up all night “Zooted and Booted” and still looking for guys to bone (What is zooted and booted you may be asking yourself? I admit I had to urban dictionary this one, but it is when you are so drunk or high that your brain is not functioning). There was a guy looking to get tag-teamed by multiple guys whom he wanted to have taken “GO FAST incentives” so they didn’t get tired (Meth). What really caught my attention was the amount of blatant prostitution. Looking for prostitutes or advertising your services on craigslist is usually a game of code words and innuendos — women looking for a “date”, and men looking to give a woman “50 roses” — but not in Topeka! Today all subtlety was abandoned with men openly saying they wanted Latino woman and for how much (usually between $50 and $100); and women posting their services including the strip club location you could meet at and their picture! If it were just one or two of these post I could chalk it up to a troll or cops, but there were just too many!

     The only dick pic that really jumped out at me was one sad, pale, overweight old man with a incredible small dick. If the gloom of cold rainy days in November start to make you feel depressed, just think about the sad old man on craigslist looking for anyone to do anything with, and remember that at least that’s not you. 

     This was an exciting week. I was testing people all over the place. I was at the homeless shelter Monday night, Overland Park Tuesday, and a women's rehab clinic Thursday. I got to spend a reasonable amount of time on craigslist. They need a way to see what is 'trending' on craigslist like twitter.
      This week I noticed a lot more men looking for cross-dressers and cross-dressers looking for guys. The gay guys are taking back the casual encounters section from the sad lonely straight guys that ruled last week. There were more straight men looking for prostitutes than usual, and I noticed a few gay men looking to get paid. I have seen a lot on craigslist, but people looking to eat scat still makes me stop for a second and think about my life choices. While technically eating scat is not risk factor for HIV I still still sent him a message asking him to come get tested.
      I feel like I got a lot done this week. I tested a lot of people, and I accomplished my goal from last week of making two new HIV prevention memes (the two on this blog post). I think they are both pretty solid.
     The dick pic of the week has to go to a straight guy in Kansas City. He posted looking for a woman with a title something like "Women love a great smile", and the picture, once you click on the post, is his dick with a MS Paint smile painted on. What a clever guy.

      This was not the most exciting week. I was able to troll a few people in KC into the office to get tested, but the rest of my time in Lawrence was a snoozer. This blog stuff isn't as easy I thought.
      
     Last week there was a big trend of guys looking for poppers.  This week KC's craigslist was flooded with hetero guys and scam post with women looking for men. Topeka is full of old guys. This weeks most memorable dick pic was an old guy in Topeka. I am not a doctor, but something is wrong with you. Seriously, get that checked out.
    
      I haven't made a new meme in over a month. I am slipping. Next week's goal is now two new memes. If you are reading blogs then you know what memes are, but I have a funny story about someone who did not.
    
      The first HIV prevention meme I made was a Good Guy Greg. I posted it on facebook and my older co-worker asked if that guy Greg was my friend. That was a good laugh. I then had to try and explain what memes are to a guy born in the 1950s. Try that for yourself. How would you explain memes to someone who can barely use facebook or email? It is not easy.
    
      When I first started trolling craigslist I would just use the agency logo or a red ribbon in my post. Craigslist post with pics get clicked on more often and when you are replying to someone's post they usually ask for a dick pic attached to the email or they won't open it. There is nothing wrong with the agency logo or a pride rainbow, but memes are big among young people. Young people are part of the target high risk group I am trying to get to come to be tested. I think memes are a better way to get young people's attention than a red ribbon, so I am going all in on memes.