"...it's a hard road when you know where you're going
and it's harder when you know where you're not..."
- "the best man's fall", trashcan sinatras
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
haven't done this in a long time...
i actually went out and bought a new CD today...actually, a CD/DVD set - the limited edition of Everything to Everyone by Barenaked Ladies...
so i'm listening to it here at work...first impression? makes me wanna go out to the car and get Maybe You Should Drive, my favorite BNL disc - but then again, when i first heard Maybe..., i didn't like it at all, now i like it even more than Gordon, which i thought could never be topped...
pretty sad that the number of CDs i've bought this year could probably be counted on both hands, if not just one - and it's not got a damned thing to do with Kazaa - there just hasn't been anything out there calling my name. got annie lennox's latest, but that didn't do much for me - i've just been sticking with the old faves...lately it's been Home Is In Your Head by His Name Is Alive, Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl and a few mixes i've made...
BNL will be at the Murat on November 2 - a Sunday...question is, will that still be a work night for me?
so i'm listening to it here at work...first impression? makes me wanna go out to the car and get Maybe You Should Drive, my favorite BNL disc - but then again, when i first heard Maybe..., i didn't like it at all, now i like it even more than Gordon, which i thought could never be topped...
pretty sad that the number of CDs i've bought this year could probably be counted on both hands, if not just one - and it's not got a damned thing to do with Kazaa - there just hasn't been anything out there calling my name. got annie lennox's latest, but that didn't do much for me - i've just been sticking with the old faves...lately it's been Home Is In Your Head by His Name Is Alive, Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl and a few mixes i've made...
BNL will be at the Murat on November 2 - a Sunday...question is, will that still be a work night for me?
Monday, October 20, 2003
what was she thinking?
i went to see the shrink last week...while in the waiting room, a woman walked in - bleeding from her wrist - asking to talk to her doctor...i sat there, speechless...all i could think was "what was she thinking when she did that? what makes a person feel THAT bad to sit there and cut yourself open like that?"
after the past two days, i think i can relate. i know slashing your wrists isn't a serious attempt at suicide, it's a cry for help, but dammit, i'm so frustrated right now, doing something to move the pain from psychological to physical almost sounds normal.
after the past two days, i think i can relate. i know slashing your wrists isn't a serious attempt at suicide, it's a cry for help, but dammit, i'm so frustrated right now, doing something to move the pain from psychological to physical almost sounds normal.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Drinking Games...
from slappyjack.com and slappyjack.com:
Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, The Drinking Game.
THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Drink SIX if you're watching an episode of Q.E.F.T.S.G. on NBC, because they reedit all the best shit out of it.
Drink if someone says "Oooo, he's a hottie" during the opening briefing.
Drink if the Straight Guy looks like he hasn't shaved in a week.
Imbibe also if the Straight Guy has hair like a wookie at the beginning of the episode.
If the Straight Guy ever survives an episode with his long hair, FINISH YOUR DRINK, POUR ANOTHER, AND SLAM THAT TOO.
Drink if the Straight Guy's Mother is present.
Drink if the Guy's New York apartment is the size of a shoebox.
Drink when they do one of them cool freeze-to-gray-highlighted-text-with-colored-bar focus on one of the episode's tips.
Drink every time one of the cast members touches the Straight Guy's underwear
Do it twice if it's Thom
...and then again if it's followed buy a comment about skidmarks or bodily fluids.
Drink YET AGAIN if the Straight Guy is there saying "Dude, you're not going to put that on TV are you?"
Drink if they make it through the wardrobe-ripping without finding at least one sports jersey (or a sweater, if the Guy is a hockey fan)
When the Straight Guy is shown explaining, "THey're a sports team, you know... sports?" Please drink.
Sip your drink when one of the Fab Five are shown eating the Straight Guy's food
Drink whenever Thom says somehting bad about the Straight Guy's apartment.
Whenever Thom is struck speechless about the current pigsty the Straight Guy lives in, please drink.
Drink again if this is when they use this scene to cut to the "THOM" title
Drink if they show Jai helping Thom clean and organize the apartment.
Drink if the Guy is so hairy and they wax him somewhere.
Drink if they accidentally show Thom wearing socks.
Drink whenever the Guy's girlfriend is hotter than that Guy has any business being with.
Conversely, drink whenever the Guy's is hotter than the girlfriend any business being with.
(Yes, it's shallow, but for Christ's sake this is a MAKEOVE SHOW. And for thinking that, drink again.)
Drink if Ted comments on the cheese found in the fridge.
Do it twice if it is "american cheese".
Drink the drink if the contents of the 'fridge are 50% condiments.
When Carson touches the Guy's crotch, you should be taking a drink.
Drink again when he makes an overtly sexual comment.
Drink for each of the the Guy's friends and that are just plain hard to look at.
(During that part when, you know, they show them all commenting on the Straight Guy.)
Drink when they show the Straight Guy Fake Tanning.
Drink if they let the Guy actually keep his facial hair,
Drink if they take the Straight Guy out for a meal.
Drink anytime it's not just Ted buying food with the Straight Guy
Drink every time someone watching the show sees the Straight Guy in a new outfit and says "That's just too gay for him."
Drink Whanever they show all the cast out shopping except Thom, because he's at the apartment working his ass off.
Drink When they show the apartment after Thom worked his magic on it and someone in the viewing group says, "OOOH!"
Thom just do a product placement for Pier One? Yes, drink.
If Kirsty Alley gets mentioned, drink again.
Drink if the Straight Guy cries because he's so touched.
Drink if the Straight Guy cries out because he's touched so innapropriately. - from: Gabe
Drink Whenever someone yells "CHEERS, QUEERS!"
Drink three if the Straight Guy ever says it.
By this time, someone in your viewing group has probably hummed or otherwise sang the Queer Eye Dance Party Theme Song. Whoever did it should definately be taking a drink.
When they show the FabCave for the first time, drink to show your respect.
For every Fab Five cocktail that isn't in a martini glass, take a sip for yourself.
If your cocktail is in a martini glass, take another sip.
Drink if they comment negatively about the Guy's girlfriend.
If they shamelessly plug Disaronno as a fine apertif with dinner for that special lady: Drink, drink and be happy youre not drinking Disaronno.
Fuckit, whenever they show that goddamn Disaronno commercial - You know, the one with that woman thats shaped like a PEZ Dispenser (grossly skinny body, topped by a big big meatless head with extremely pulled back hair) sucking on the ice cube with her big ugly lips?
Drink again, and be happy youre not drinking Disaronno.
Drink when the camera crew works in a little shot of the Straight Guy's ass.
Drink whenever the Fab Five say "He looks Hot!"
Drink any time someone in the FabCave hugs someone else at the Couch.
Drink when they make fun of the straight people.
Drink when you make fun of the straight people.
Drink every time Cyan bitches about the way the Guy shaves
...and every time one of them mentions "Straight Guy Speed Shaving"
Dear Fab Five,
WHAT THE FUCK? How slow do YOU shave?
Is there a mimimum time you should take shaving?
Is it like brushing your teeth, which you should do for three minutes?
Please tell us. I don't want to be shaving wrong for the rest of my life!
- SJ
Drink any one of them say, "Thats NOT what I told him to do!"
Drink everything the Fab Five in unison scream "NOOOO!"
Drink TWICE if the camera crew has to cut away from the Straight Guy's night out suddenly/quickly because the loving couple obviously went straight to doing some serious scrumping.
Drink anytime the cast does something so gay that a gay guy in your viewing group says, "Ooh, that was really gay."
ADDED/SUGGESTED BY READERS!
Drink whenever any of the fab five use the buzzwords hip, trendy, edgy, or vintage.
- from: Nick
[i know. i'm pissed i didn't think of it, either]
Drink whenever Carson teaches the Straight Guy to say "coture", or how to say a designer's name.
- from: Spumanti
[actually, Drink whenever they teach the Guy to say ANYTHING]
Drink for everytime Carson says "Jujj" or "Jujjing"
- from: Cassie & Amie
[Note: This is the first, and probably only, time I get to take care of the requests ot two women simultaneously]
If one of the Fab Five says, "Ooohhh, she SO wants to sleep with him" about some hottie who's now keen on the Straight Guy, due to incredible whirlwind makeover - Drink.
- from: Lynn
Drink when one of the Fab Five has to go on how pricey something is (e.g - That was $200 worth of Foie Gras!)
- from: Frank
Take a sip when any one of the Fab Five take part in blatant product placement not mentioned above (e.g. - "Your bedroom is Benjamine Moore Baltic Blue")
- from: Frank [again! you go, girl!]
and then there's
American Chopper, The Drinking Game.
THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
When someone days "Awesome," drink.
When someone says "incredible," drink.
In the unlikely event somone on the show should have the word "FAAAAAABulous" come out of their mouths, EVERYONE finishes their drink immediately.
When Big Paul calls Paul Junior "stupid," drink.
If Paul Junior comes back with "You're Crazy," drink again.
Drink whenever Mikey is shown.
Drink two if Mikey does something stupid.
Drink Three if Paul Sr. OR Junior hits Mikey in any way.
Drink when Big Paul is shown riding his chopper in a "pensive mood."
Drink two if he is doing a philosophical vioceover during the shot.
Drink three whenever Big Paul is shown slumming it by riding his Harley Davidson.
Drink four if he's riding his HD and talking about how relaxing it is.
On road trip, drink every time ANYONE mentions:
how nice it is to get away.
how hard it is to be on the road.
how the trip is a great way to catch up on sleep.
When Cody is shown working on a bike, drink.
Drink Two when Big Paul gives Cody a fatherly hug or advice.
Drink Two Paul Jr. acknowledges Cody's existence.
If a fireman is shown with the "Fire bike", drink.
If he's got the Dalmatian with him, drink two.
If there is ALSO an actual fire truck shown in the background, finish your drink.
Whenever Paul Jr. yells as Big Paul about how he never does any work. Drink.
When Big Paul comes back with something about "I could come out of retirement and work circles around you," drink yet again.
Drink everytime an object gets thrown.
Drink whenever someone slams a door.
Drink Three if the person slamming the door is Vinnie.
Drink when Paul Jr. Test rides a new chopper.
Drink two if the voiceover is Paul Jr. talking about how special the bike is.
Dink whenever someone punches that punchy-dummy thingie.
Drink if someone gets a new tattoo.
If Mikey ever gets his motorcycle license in an episode, drink it down! Drink the whole thing! w00t for Mikey!
ADDED/SUGGESTED BY READERS!
Drink whenever Paul Jr. says "sick".
- from: Closet Chopper Dude
You should take a drink anytime Mike, Paul Jr., Paul Sr., or Vinny says, "But I gotta be honest with you."
- from: Brian
Drink anytime anyone uses the word "fabricate."
- from: Matt
I originally had some reservations about this one.
With it, you'll probably not be sober enough to finish watching the show.
Drink everytime someone says, "I gatta tell ya"
- from: Deanna
Drink whenever Paul Sr. invokes how big his feet are.
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Drink two if Paul Sr. invoked his feet by not only saying they are big, but their exact size. (Size 12).
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Drink whenever Paul Sr. Threatens to start kicking some butt
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Kev originally wanted you to Drink three whenever Paul Sr says, "I'm gonna take my Size 12s and kick some Butt!!"
I judged this as a RULE COMBO, and split it into three separate rules
Slam-Dunk for Kevin! If I had any money, I'd send him a SlappyJack.com t-shirt.
Drink once everytime Paul Sr. says, IDEAR - from: Chad
Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, The Drinking Game.
THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Drink SIX if you're watching an episode of Q.E.F.T.S.G. on NBC, because they reedit all the best shit out of it.
Drink if someone says "Oooo, he's a hottie" during the opening briefing.
Drink if the Straight Guy looks like he hasn't shaved in a week.
Imbibe also if the Straight Guy has hair like a wookie at the beginning of the episode.
If the Straight Guy ever survives an episode with his long hair, FINISH YOUR DRINK, POUR ANOTHER, AND SLAM THAT TOO.
Drink if the Straight Guy's Mother is present.
Drink if the Guy's New York apartment is the size of a shoebox.
Drink when they do one of them cool freeze-to-gray-highlighted-text-with-colored-bar focus on one of the episode's tips.
Drink every time one of the cast members touches the Straight Guy's underwear
Do it twice if it's Thom
...and then again if it's followed buy a comment about skidmarks or bodily fluids.
Drink YET AGAIN if the Straight Guy is there saying "Dude, you're not going to put that on TV are you?"
Drink if they make it through the wardrobe-ripping without finding at least one sports jersey (or a sweater, if the Guy is a hockey fan)
When the Straight Guy is shown explaining, "THey're a sports team, you know... sports?" Please drink.
Sip your drink when one of the Fab Five are shown eating the Straight Guy's food
Drink whenever Thom says somehting bad about the Straight Guy's apartment.
Whenever Thom is struck speechless about the current pigsty the Straight Guy lives in, please drink.
Drink again if this is when they use this scene to cut to the "THOM" title
Drink if they show Jai helping Thom clean and organize the apartment.
Drink if the Guy is so hairy and they wax him somewhere.
Drink if they accidentally show Thom wearing socks.
Drink whenever the Guy's girlfriend is hotter than that Guy has any business being with.
Conversely, drink whenever the Guy's is hotter than the girlfriend any business being with.
(Yes, it's shallow, but for Christ's sake this is a MAKEOVE SHOW. And for thinking that, drink again.)
Drink if Ted comments on the cheese found in the fridge.
Do it twice if it is "american cheese".
Drink the drink if the contents of the 'fridge are 50% condiments.
When Carson touches the Guy's crotch, you should be taking a drink.
Drink again when he makes an overtly sexual comment.
Drink for each of the the Guy's friends and that are just plain hard to look at.
(During that part when, you know, they show them all commenting on the Straight Guy.)
Drink when they show the Straight Guy Fake Tanning.
Drink if they let the Guy actually keep his facial hair,
Drink if they take the Straight Guy out for a meal.
Drink anytime it's not just Ted buying food with the Straight Guy
Drink every time someone watching the show sees the Straight Guy in a new outfit and says "That's just too gay for him."
Drink Whanever they show all the cast out shopping except Thom, because he's at the apartment working his ass off.
Drink When they show the apartment after Thom worked his magic on it and someone in the viewing group says, "OOOH!"
Thom just do a product placement for Pier One? Yes, drink.
If Kirsty Alley gets mentioned, drink again.
Drink if the Straight Guy cries because he's so touched.
Drink if the Straight Guy cries out because he's touched so innapropriately. - from: Gabe
Drink Whenever someone yells "CHEERS, QUEERS!"
Drink three if the Straight Guy ever says it.
By this time, someone in your viewing group has probably hummed or otherwise sang the Queer Eye Dance Party Theme Song. Whoever did it should definately be taking a drink.
When they show the FabCave for the first time, drink to show your respect.
For every Fab Five cocktail that isn't in a martini glass, take a sip for yourself.
If your cocktail is in a martini glass, take another sip.
Drink if they comment negatively about the Guy's girlfriend.
If they shamelessly plug Disaronno as a fine apertif with dinner for that special lady: Drink, drink and be happy youre not drinking Disaronno.
Fuckit, whenever they show that goddamn Disaronno commercial - You know, the one with that woman thats shaped like a PEZ Dispenser (grossly skinny body, topped by a big big meatless head with extremely pulled back hair) sucking on the ice cube with her big ugly lips?
Drink again, and be happy youre not drinking Disaronno.
Drink when the camera crew works in a little shot of the Straight Guy's ass.
Drink whenever the Fab Five say "He looks Hot!"
Drink any time someone in the FabCave hugs someone else at the Couch.
Drink when they make fun of the straight people.
Drink when you make fun of the straight people.
Drink every time Cyan bitches about the way the Guy shaves
...and every time one of them mentions "Straight Guy Speed Shaving"
Dear Fab Five,
WHAT THE FUCK? How slow do YOU shave?
Is there a mimimum time you should take shaving?
Is it like brushing your teeth, which you should do for three minutes?
Please tell us. I don't want to be shaving wrong for the rest of my life!
- SJ
Drink any one of them say, "Thats NOT what I told him to do!"
Drink everything the Fab Five in unison scream "NOOOO!"
Drink TWICE if the camera crew has to cut away from the Straight Guy's night out suddenly/quickly because the loving couple obviously went straight to doing some serious scrumping.
Drink anytime the cast does something so gay that a gay guy in your viewing group says, "Ooh, that was really gay."
ADDED/SUGGESTED BY READERS!
Drink whenever any of the fab five use the buzzwords hip, trendy, edgy, or vintage.
- from: Nick
[i know. i'm pissed i didn't think of it, either]
Drink whenever Carson teaches the Straight Guy to say "coture", or how to say a designer's name.
- from: Spumanti
[actually, Drink whenever they teach the Guy to say ANYTHING]
Drink for everytime Carson says "Jujj" or "Jujjing"
- from: Cassie & Amie
[Note: This is the first, and probably only, time I get to take care of the requests ot two women simultaneously]
If one of the Fab Five says, "Ooohhh, she SO wants to sleep with him" about some hottie who's now keen on the Straight Guy, due to incredible whirlwind makeover - Drink.
- from: Lynn
Drink when one of the Fab Five has to go on how pricey something is (e.g - That was $200 worth of Foie Gras!)
- from: Frank
Take a sip when any one of the Fab Five take part in blatant product placement not mentioned above (e.g. - "Your bedroom is Benjamine Moore Baltic Blue")
- from: Frank [again! you go, girl!]
and then there's
American Chopper, The Drinking Game.
THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
When someone days "Awesome," drink.
When someone says "incredible," drink.
In the unlikely event somone on the show should have the word "FAAAAAABulous" come out of their mouths, EVERYONE finishes their drink immediately.
When Big Paul calls Paul Junior "stupid," drink.
If Paul Junior comes back with "You're Crazy," drink again.
Drink whenever Mikey is shown.
Drink two if Mikey does something stupid.
Drink Three if Paul Sr. OR Junior hits Mikey in any way.
Drink when Big Paul is shown riding his chopper in a "pensive mood."
Drink two if he is doing a philosophical vioceover during the shot.
Drink three whenever Big Paul is shown slumming it by riding his Harley Davidson.
Drink four if he's riding his HD and talking about how relaxing it is.
On road trip, drink every time ANYONE mentions:
how nice it is to get away.
how hard it is to be on the road.
how the trip is a great way to catch up on sleep.
When Cody is shown working on a bike, drink.
Drink Two when Big Paul gives Cody a fatherly hug or advice.
Drink Two Paul Jr. acknowledges Cody's existence.
If a fireman is shown with the "Fire bike", drink.
If he's got the Dalmatian with him, drink two.
If there is ALSO an actual fire truck shown in the background, finish your drink.
Whenever Paul Jr. yells as Big Paul about how he never does any work. Drink.
When Big Paul comes back with something about "I could come out of retirement and work circles around you," drink yet again.
Drink everytime an object gets thrown.
Drink whenever someone slams a door.
Drink Three if the person slamming the door is Vinnie.
Drink when Paul Jr. Test rides a new chopper.
Drink two if the voiceover is Paul Jr. talking about how special the bike is.
Dink whenever someone punches that punchy-dummy thingie.
Drink if someone gets a new tattoo.
If Mikey ever gets his motorcycle license in an episode, drink it down! Drink the whole thing! w00t for Mikey!
ADDED/SUGGESTED BY READERS!
Drink whenever Paul Jr. says "sick".
- from: Closet Chopper Dude
You should take a drink anytime Mike, Paul Jr., Paul Sr., or Vinny says, "But I gotta be honest with you."
- from: Brian
Drink anytime anyone uses the word "fabricate."
- from: Matt
I originally had some reservations about this one.
With it, you'll probably not be sober enough to finish watching the show.
Drink everytime someone says, "I gatta tell ya"
- from: Deanna
Drink whenever Paul Sr. invokes how big his feet are.
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Drink two if Paul Sr. invoked his feet by not only saying they are big, but their exact size. (Size 12).
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Drink whenever Paul Sr. Threatens to start kicking some butt
- from a suggestion by Kevin Harley
Kev originally wanted you to Drink three whenever Paul Sr says, "I'm gonna take my Size 12s and kick some Butt!!"
I judged this as a RULE COMBO, and split it into three separate rules
Slam-Dunk for Kevin! If I had any money, I'd send him a SlappyJack.com t-shirt.
Drink once everytime Paul Sr. says, IDEAR - from: Chad
Monday, October 13, 2003
yes yes yes!!!!!!
slightly late announcement, as we approach the middle of the month, but i just found out...
October is National Orgasm Month!
yes!!!!
as declared by Erotic University - "National Orgasm Month...takes place in October because, "it's the only month that starts with an 'O'"."
October is National Orgasm Month!
yes!!!!
as declared by Erotic University - "National Orgasm Month...takes place in October because, "it's the only month that starts with an 'O'"."
Sunday, October 12, 2003
a gay ol' time...
had a cool time at the Autumn Fest - mom enjoyed it too...i suppose some people out there might think i'm a freak, bringing my mommy to stuff like this, but it was a family gathering as well as a family gathering, so i brought her along.
Friday, October 10, 2003
getting ready for the Mutual Friends Autumn Fest...
cool way to spend National Coming Out Day, i suppose - tomorrow i'll be hanging out at Stoney Creek Farms with a bunch o' Mutual Friends...
meanwhile, lots of prep to do - i volunteered to supply music, so i'm burning mixes and such - it's made me think a lot about my music collection and the types of music that i like...more on that later.
meanwhile, lots of prep to do - i volunteered to supply music, so i'm burning mixes and such - it's made me think a lot about my music collection and the types of music that i like...more on that later.
One of Jay Leno's Headlines:
Jay's comment: "I love when they talk to people on the street. This is from "The Chronicle" in Central Washington. The question is, 'Would you be willing to attend a church where the minister was gay?' Samantha Searles says, 'No, because I don't feel that's what God wants. I don't think he's ready for that. He'd be turning over in his grave.' You might want to go to church a little more, Samantha."
Thursday, October 09, 2003
VNS Update
Saw Dr. Mohan finally - of all my docs, he might be the favorite. Told him of all the weird symptoms I've been having recently, and how everything just sort of came to a head at work monday night. he double checked the VNS to make sure we didn't have a problem as we did before - everything's still kosher there. So then he set me up for an EEG that afternoon - ugh, the gritty nasty glue's still in my hair, although I must say this stuff's a LOT better than years ago - the glue they used back then was AWFUL and took FOREVER to come out. No changes to VNS settings or meds...
well whaddaya know....
i sent out an email to various people here in Indy, encouraging them to send messages to Let It Out, the water-cooler talk column here in Indy...some people did it, and comments are getting published already (i figured they'd wait till saturday)...
donna, i presume that's your comment about you and your husband?? *8-)
donna, i presume that's your comment about you and your husband?? *8-)
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
George W. Bush is a fucking retard.
Apologies in advance to all the fucking retards out there that I've just offended and/or demeaned by comparing them to Dubya, but I'm pissed.
Clara's sent me off to the Million For Civil Marriage site - cool PDF poster for the project, too bad National Coming Out Day (oct 11th) falls on a saturday - not a work day...well fuck it, i'll put the damned thing on my cubicle on sunday. it might be even MORE important to do it on the 12th, than on National Coming Out Day.
Why? well, go take a look at this White House News Release - seems Dubya has proclaimed 10/12 - 10/18 to be "Marriage Protection Week". Yeah, cuz us queers are doing soooooooooo much to demean the ideals of marriage. just totally fucking it up for all the straight people.
I don't know if it's because he's REALLY fucking stupid or just really fucking MEAN - did he pick those dates specifically for a reason? Perhaps it's a coincidence (the "stupid" theory) or perhaps he's an even bigger dick than I'd ever thought him to be (the "mean" theory) but "Marriage Protection Week" (aka 'Fuck all of y'all queers') starts October 12th, the day after National Coming Out Day AS WELL AS the the 5th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
argh this shit pisses me off - lemme just take a second to ask everyone out there to do something extra special this weekend & next week...write a letter to dubya and tell him marriage should be for EVERYONE...do some volunteer work and let people know you support liberty and justice FOR ALL...whatever it takes to get the word out...
Clara's sent me off to the Million For Civil Marriage site - cool PDF poster for the project, too bad National Coming Out Day (oct 11th) falls on a saturday - not a work day...well fuck it, i'll put the damned thing on my cubicle on sunday. it might be even MORE important to do it on the 12th, than on National Coming Out Day.
Why? well, go take a look at this White House News Release - seems Dubya has proclaimed 10/12 - 10/18 to be "Marriage Protection Week". Yeah, cuz us queers are doing soooooooooo much to demean the ideals of marriage. just totally fucking it up for all the straight people.
I don't know if it's because he's REALLY fucking stupid or just really fucking MEAN - did he pick those dates specifically for a reason? Perhaps it's a coincidence (the "stupid" theory) or perhaps he's an even bigger dick than I'd ever thought him to be (the "mean" theory) but "Marriage Protection Week" (aka 'Fuck all of y'all queers') starts October 12th, the day after National Coming Out Day AS WELL AS the the 5th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
argh this shit pisses me off - lemme just take a second to ask everyone out there to do something extra special this weekend & next week...write a letter to dubya and tell him marriage should be for EVERYONE...do some volunteer work and let people know you support liberty and justice FOR ALL...whatever it takes to get the word out...
Monday, October 06, 2003
the library's web site - good and bad....
it's really cool that you can go online and check out books and such from the library, and they'll email you when they come in - except when it just so happens that everything comes in at the same time! and of course i've been too busy lately to sit around and watch dvd's, so i'm just gonna take most of 'em back....
an inventory of DVD's going back:
Love, Liza - woah, Phillip Seymour Hoffman is just simply amazing. very depressing movie, but a wonderful performance. might hafta re-rent this one to watch the commentary track...
9 to 5 - someone mentioned this movie, and i figured i'd watch it again - i remembered just loving it when it originally came out...suppose watching lily tomlin when i was 8 years old is what made me a big ol dyke? i didn't get around to watching all of it, but i know i can check it out some other time...
and these i didn't even get to see yet:
American Psycho - based on the Bret Easton Ellis book - i've heard it's bad, but i dunno, Ellis is a guilty pleasure because of Less Than Zero (the BOOK, not the movie!)
Big Trouble - based on the novel by Dave Barry, it's got my woman Janeane Garofalo in it....
Dahmer - title should make the subject obvious....
Girlfight - again, the title should make the subject obvious....
Pollock - and yet again, the title should make the subject obvious....
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - ashamed to admit it - i STILL have not seen this one...they'll prolly be coming to revoke my queerness any day now...
Straight a conversion comedy - a stage show about trying to convert the queers....
an inventory of DVD's going back:
Love, Liza - woah, Phillip Seymour Hoffman is just simply amazing. very depressing movie, but a wonderful performance. might hafta re-rent this one to watch the commentary track...
9 to 5 - someone mentioned this movie, and i figured i'd watch it again - i remembered just loving it when it originally came out...suppose watching lily tomlin when i was 8 years old is what made me a big ol dyke? i didn't get around to watching all of it, but i know i can check it out some other time...
and these i didn't even get to see yet:
American Psycho - based on the Bret Easton Ellis book - i've heard it's bad, but i dunno, Ellis is a guilty pleasure because of Less Than Zero (the BOOK, not the movie!)
Big Trouble - based on the novel by Dave Barry, it's got my woman Janeane Garofalo in it....
Dahmer - title should make the subject obvious....
Girlfight - again, the title should make the subject obvious....
Pollock - and yet again, the title should make the subject obvious....
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - ashamed to admit it - i STILL have not seen this one...they'll prolly be coming to revoke my queerness any day now...
Straight a conversion comedy - a stage show about trying to convert the queers....
poor gal - can't imagine what elementary school was like for her....
Would you buy a house from this woman?
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Yay Steph!!! Lookee, it's a title!!
mucho thanks to Steph the web goddess for helping me (the pathetic HTML-challenged blogger) by giving me the code to make my titles show up!!! Now go check out her mega cool website - commonplacebook.com!!!
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Eddie Izzard is sooooooooooo Sexie!!!!!
fave bits of Eddie Izzard's show, "Sexie" at the Shubert Theatre
Chicago, IL on my 31st birthday, 30 September 2003:
after my shouting "whoo hoo!" when he did some strutting, he said it sounded like a squirrel was nibbling on my genetalia (can't remember the exact words he used), to which i replied "WHOO HOO!" - his response to that? "Okay, you can shut the fuck up now." - Eddie Izzard told ME to shut the fuck up!!!
the man's comedy is amazing - how he's able to point out such obvious things and make them hysterically funny. i can't remember everything word for word, but here are a few observations he made:
Eddie said that everyone in the world was confused about what happened in the US during 9/11 - that's the 9th of November after all. oh wait, us americans have to be non-logical and go month, then day, then back to the year instead of doing it in logical order, ie day month year. so we're actually talking about September 11 when everyone else does it the other way around...
he also talked about how in Britain they have guide dogs for the blind, but over here we have "Seeing Eye Dogs" - isn't that a bit redundant? Too many words, just a Seeing Dog or Eye Dog would get the point across - why not just call them "Ocular Vision Seeing Eye Dogs"?
he talked about reading the Koran - and how his being born in Yemen automatically made him somewhat suspicious, so he didn't pack the Koran in the luggage when he travelled...talked about the bible as well, and reading it in the hotel, but he didn't get to read all of it - so are you supposed to steal the bibles they leave there?? "Thou shall not steal" - but wouldn't this be a good exception?
eddie had a nice set of tits in this show - he wore a pair of black boots with stilletto heels (they may even be the ones he's wearing in the poster pic), silver hot pants, and a tight light blue button down shirt with red shirt underneath - the tightness was no doubt done intentionally to accentuate the tits...
when he came back after the intermission, he'd changed some of his wardrobe - from the silver pants to a slinky black skirt with shimmery gold lining...wearing a skirt showed the hose he was wearing...it was similar to what's in the poster pic, but glittery and the stuff - hell, i dunno pantyhose terminology - the webbing or whatever, was larger.* that man's got some MUSCULAR legs. i tell ya, i honestly can't recall the last time i was turned on by a person in pantyhose, but Eddie did it - i'd switch teams for one night with him. and i don't understand it - why is it this guy all femmed up turns me on, but seeing a woman in stuff like that doesn't really do it for me?
so, other parts of the trip - we stayed at Hotel Allegro in Chicago - very nice hotel!!! i chuckled at the "Fully stocked honor bar" in the room - honor bar?!? then why's there a lock on the refrigerator?!? But of course greg & dale brought plenty of booze - we realized that next time we do this, we're gonna hafta bring snacks - plenty of booze, no food, and we weren't about to spend $4 for a bag of M&Ms. Other items available for purchase in our room included 3 different choices of bottled water, a sewing kit, a shaving kit, a bottle of tylenol, a harmonica - huh??!?? yeah, i know when i'm out at the hotels i'm always thinking - DAMN, if only i had a harmonica!!!
i actually ate calamari...always been a bit ambivalent about eating squid, but i tried it when we went to the hotel restaurant and ordered a bunch of appetizers to share...it was grilled with some frou-frou stuff with it...interesting, but i think i might prefer it fried....at least next time i won't be totally unwilling to try it...
i found it humorous when we went back to the hotel from the concert and asked about dining options, since it was a bit late - one of the guys checking in just laughed at us, and said "hey, this isn't new york, you're in chicago" - rather similar to what ya hear around here, "hey, this isn't chicago, you're in indianapolis"...we did rather well though - there was a restaurant that delivered to the hotel and we chowed down before crashing for the night. greg sat on my bed (2 double beds in the room) and ate his nachos - and of course made a mess. then i insisted to him that meant he had to sleep in the wet spot. so he did, for a little while before climbing into bed with his husband - think dale woulda been a bit pissed had i stolen greg away for the whole night. *8-) but while we finished eating and watched a little tv, greg and i laid in bed together. greg informs me that i'm a "good snuggler" - too bad more women here in town don't wanna know that!!
for lunch wednesday we had to partake of the famous deep dish chicago style pizza. very good, but the service at Giordano's sucked.
right down the block from our hotel was a Dunkin' Donuts!!! so i insisted we make a stop before heading back to indy. yeah, i know there's one at 86th & ditch, but for this southsider, the one in chicago was closer! majorly bummed to find they didn't have any chocolate creme filleds, but still got some goodies!
my favorite thing about chicago? the cabs - it was so fucking easy to catch a cab to go somewhere, and not expensive at all. hell, if that weren't an option, we probably coulda taken the El, but that wasn't necessary. lack of good public transportation is really holding indianapolis back.
least favorite thing about chicago? a tie between the snotty ass drivers and the guys begging us for money EVERYWHERE. it's a mistake to give one money - all the others see you and will follow you for blocks...it made me realize how cool indy can be - having some of the good aspects of a large city without a lot of the bad stuff - granted, there's still lots of room for improvement here...
*UPDATE: after discussing it with Mommy, she edumacated me to the fact that those were FISHNET stockings he was wearing - not the "webbing" as i clumsily described it...so the nets in his act were a lot bigger than what's in the poster, and they were accented with sequins...
Chicago, IL on my 31st birthday, 30 September 2003:
after my shouting "whoo hoo!" when he did some strutting, he said it sounded like a squirrel was nibbling on my genetalia (can't remember the exact words he used), to which i replied "WHOO HOO!" - his response to that? "Okay, you can shut the fuck up now." - Eddie Izzard told ME to shut the fuck up!!!
the man's comedy is amazing - how he's able to point out such obvious things and make them hysterically funny. i can't remember everything word for word, but here are a few observations he made:
Eddie said that everyone in the world was confused about what happened in the US during 9/11 - that's the 9th of November after all. oh wait, us americans have to be non-logical and go month, then day, then back to the year instead of doing it in logical order, ie day month year. so we're actually talking about September 11 when everyone else does it the other way around...
he also talked about how in Britain they have guide dogs for the blind, but over here we have "Seeing Eye Dogs" - isn't that a bit redundant? Too many words, just a Seeing Dog or Eye Dog would get the point across - why not just call them "Ocular Vision Seeing Eye Dogs"?
he talked about reading the Koran - and how his being born in Yemen automatically made him somewhat suspicious, so he didn't pack the Koran in the luggage when he travelled...talked about the bible as well, and reading it in the hotel, but he didn't get to read all of it - so are you supposed to steal the bibles they leave there?? "Thou shall not steal" - but wouldn't this be a good exception?
eddie had a nice set of tits in this show - he wore a pair of black boots with stilletto heels (they may even be the ones he's wearing in the poster pic), silver hot pants, and a tight light blue button down shirt with red shirt underneath - the tightness was no doubt done intentionally to accentuate the tits...
when he came back after the intermission, he'd changed some of his wardrobe - from the silver pants to a slinky black skirt with shimmery gold lining...wearing a skirt showed the hose he was wearing...it was similar to what's in the poster pic, but glittery and the stuff - hell, i dunno pantyhose terminology - the webbing or whatever, was larger.* that man's got some MUSCULAR legs. i tell ya, i honestly can't recall the last time i was turned on by a person in pantyhose, but Eddie did it - i'd switch teams for one night with him. and i don't understand it - why is it this guy all femmed up turns me on, but seeing a woman in stuff like that doesn't really do it for me?
so, other parts of the trip - we stayed at Hotel Allegro in Chicago - very nice hotel!!! i chuckled at the "Fully stocked honor bar" in the room - honor bar?!? then why's there a lock on the refrigerator?!? But of course greg & dale brought plenty of booze - we realized that next time we do this, we're gonna hafta bring snacks - plenty of booze, no food, and we weren't about to spend $4 for a bag of M&Ms. Other items available for purchase in our room included 3 different choices of bottled water, a sewing kit, a shaving kit, a bottle of tylenol, a harmonica - huh??!?? yeah, i know when i'm out at the hotels i'm always thinking - DAMN, if only i had a harmonica!!!
i actually ate calamari...always been a bit ambivalent about eating squid, but i tried it when we went to the hotel restaurant and ordered a bunch of appetizers to share...it was grilled with some frou-frou stuff with it...interesting, but i think i might prefer it fried....at least next time i won't be totally unwilling to try it...
i found it humorous when we went back to the hotel from the concert and asked about dining options, since it was a bit late - one of the guys checking in just laughed at us, and said "hey, this isn't new york, you're in chicago" - rather similar to what ya hear around here, "hey, this isn't chicago, you're in indianapolis"...we did rather well though - there was a restaurant that delivered to the hotel and we chowed down before crashing for the night. greg sat on my bed (2 double beds in the room) and ate his nachos - and of course made a mess. then i insisted to him that meant he had to sleep in the wet spot. so he did, for a little while before climbing into bed with his husband - think dale woulda been a bit pissed had i stolen greg away for the whole night. *8-) but while we finished eating and watched a little tv, greg and i laid in bed together. greg informs me that i'm a "good snuggler" - too bad more women here in town don't wanna know that!!
for lunch wednesday we had to partake of the famous deep dish chicago style pizza. very good, but the service at Giordano's sucked.
right down the block from our hotel was a Dunkin' Donuts!!! so i insisted we make a stop before heading back to indy. yeah, i know there's one at 86th & ditch, but for this southsider, the one in chicago was closer! majorly bummed to find they didn't have any chocolate creme filleds, but still got some goodies!
my favorite thing about chicago? the cabs - it was so fucking easy to catch a cab to go somewhere, and not expensive at all. hell, if that weren't an option, we probably coulda taken the El, but that wasn't necessary. lack of good public transportation is really holding indianapolis back.
least favorite thing about chicago? a tie between the snotty ass drivers and the guys begging us for money EVERYWHERE. it's a mistake to give one money - all the others see you and will follow you for blocks...it made me realize how cool indy can be - having some of the good aspects of a large city without a lot of the bad stuff - granted, there's still lots of room for improvement here...
*UPDATE: after discussing it with Mommy, she edumacated me to the fact that those were FISHNET stockings he was wearing - not the "webbing" as i clumsily described it...so the nets in his act were a lot bigger than what's in the poster, and they were accented with sequins...
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Hrmmmm - interesting info from ZIPCodeWorld - type in yer zip code and get all sorts of demographic info...
so here's what we get for 46227, my zip code:
ZIP_CODE 46227
CITY INDIANAPOLIS
STATE IN
AREA_CODE 317
CITY_ALIAS_NAME SOUTHPORT
CITY_TYPE P
COUNTY_NAME MARION
COUNTY_FIPS 097 what the hell's a FIPS? is it good or bad to have 097 of em?
TIME_ZONE 5
DAY_LIGHT_SAVING N thank goodness!!
LATITUDE 39.6785
LONGITUDE -86.1297
ELEVATION 708 that's compared to 5183 for Denver, the "mile high city"
PERSONS_PER_HOUSEHOLD 2.49 hrmmm, we're .49 people short in our household
ZIPCODE_POPULATION 52818
COUNTIES_AREA 367
HOUSEHOLDS_PER_ZIPCODE 24403
WHITE_POPULATION 49364 honkyville!!
BLACK_POPULATION 1313
HISPANIC_POPULATION 1740 interesting, there are more hispanic people living here than black people - and i wonder what ethnicities the 401 people not counted amongst the whites, blacks or hispanics are?
INCOME_PER_HOUSEHOLD 37406
AVERAGE_HOUSE_VALUE 101800
MSA 3480
CBSA 26900 not a clue what MSA or CBSA mean...
so here's what we get for 46227, my zip code:
ZIP_CODE 46227
CITY INDIANAPOLIS
STATE IN
AREA_CODE 317
CITY_ALIAS_NAME SOUTHPORT
CITY_TYPE P
COUNTY_NAME MARION
COUNTY_FIPS 097 what the hell's a FIPS? is it good or bad to have 097 of em?
TIME_ZONE 5
DAY_LIGHT_SAVING N thank goodness!!
LATITUDE 39.6785
LONGITUDE -86.1297
ELEVATION 708 that's compared to 5183 for Denver, the "mile high city"
PERSONS_PER_HOUSEHOLD 2.49 hrmmm, we're .49 people short in our household
ZIPCODE_POPULATION 52818
COUNTIES_AREA 367
HOUSEHOLDS_PER_ZIPCODE 24403
WHITE_POPULATION 49364 honkyville!!
BLACK_POPULATION 1313
HISPANIC_POPULATION 1740 interesting, there are more hispanic people living here than black people - and i wonder what ethnicities the 401 people not counted amongst the whites, blacks or hispanics are?
INCOME_PER_HOUSEHOLD 37406
AVERAGE_HOUSE_VALUE 101800
MSA 3480
CBSA 26900 not a clue what MSA or CBSA mean...
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