Parades go by

Last Sunday I watched most of the Long Beach Pride 2006 parade. It was longer than I expected, started around 10:30 lasted a couple of hours. Some things of note:

1. The Men of Mortuaries Calendar, a fundraiser for breast cancer patients. Brainchild of a mortician: calendar beefcake riding on top of a hearse. The calendar is a fundraiser for women battling breastcancer, according to the backstory broadcasted from the float, the mortician's sister had breastcancer.
2. The mysterious E3 ministries, with their floating E3 ball.
3. A whole lot of gay christians and some buddhists too.
4. Flying school. wanna learn to fly? Gays put the T back in piloT.
5. The usual assortment of twinks, kinks, and corporate sponsorship drinks.
6. I saw Gennifer Hirano, AKA Asian Princess, marching with the Cal State LB contingent. But did not manage to yell hello.