Merry Xmas & Happy New Year

A greeting from little old me. Check back in the new year and I will try to get my blog on again...

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trying to resusitate

Okay, I know it's been long time, so I'm going to ease into it by posting this- my 'journey' to Target. A cute flash animation I just toyed around with on Target's site in lieu of Black Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving, Ya'll!

Are You Insured?

Is it really me?

Barcelona Tonight: A Bullfight!

So, I don’t necessarily condone bullfighting, but there is something about it that fascinates me. Although I don’t follow the sport or know who the matadors are, it’s probably as brutal as one would think it might be, but from reading about it since I was young I’ve always wanted to see one.

And tonight’s the night!

Hopefully, I won’t get too grossed out. Wait, I did have a hamburger for lunch today…

Update tomorrow.

This kid can move

to Beyonce's "Irreplaceable."

How Gay Is TOP GUN?

Apparently, it's really really gay- but we all knew that already. I had heard of this infamous Quentin Tarantino speech and am glad to finally have heard it.



That volleyball scene- OY!

Frozen in Carbonite or 20 Things in 6 Weeks

Allright, I totally and completely suck since it's been so long that I've updated this here blog, but I do hope to make it up over the next few days.

In the time since I last posted, I have:

1. Gotten food poisoning


2. Become obsessed with this frakking show


3. Worked with the Theatre's open house, which welcomed over 10,000 people (!)


4. Had a nasty cold (thankfully not anything worse)


5. Went to see this with LeFo


6. LeFo & I felt like octogenarians at said screening


7. Hosted my best friend from High School, The Rock (who will be stationed here this summer)


8. Went looking for houses with him (all day- oy)


9. Got sleeted on


10. Averaged working more than 25 hours at the Theatre per week


11. Opened (and now getting ready to close) "Into The Woods"


12. Was grossed out and yet fascinated by Pan's Labyrinth


13. Ate Ethiopian food


14. Saw Dreamgirls (again)


15. Was incensed at the Academy Award snub of Dreamgirls


16. Had a part fall off of my car


17. Plowed some snow and ice


18. Saw a pretty horrible production of "Footloose- The Musical"


19. Went to a black tie affair at the Theatre


20. Purchased my first Tuxedo (for said affair)

What are you doing this weekend?

I wanted to let you all know that the new Signature Theatre Building in Shirlington will be having an Open House this weekend.

There will be all sorts of things for kids (Mask-making, face-painting, etc.) and lots of free performances (a few are ticketed- namely Into The Woods on Sunday, The Euan Morton and the Emily Skinner concerts) but all else is free to the public. I’ll also be there all weekend and if I look a little frazzled, come say "hello" and try to calm me down...

Here's what the Theatre has to say about it:

EXPERIENCE THE NEW SIGNATURE THEATRE!

Open House Weekend January 13 & 14, 2007

Enjoy performances, family activities, master classes, and theater tours all weekend long. All events are free and open to the community. Tickets are not required unless otherwise noted. Free ticket distribution for select events begins the day of the event at 11:30am from Signature's new box office.

Visit www.signature-theatre.org for more information and a complete schedule of events.

David Hasselhoff?

Merry Christmas

Hermie the Elf has got nothin' on me!

A Little Warm Up

before I put finger to keyboard again. Happy Christmas, everybody!

Now, imagine if Star Wars was made in the silent movie era...

Gift giving & How to open them

Instructions here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, that time of year has landed upon us. The time when we hurry up to tie any loose ends for the year and gear up for the next one. It's amazing how crazy-fast the time's gone, but this time of year, I strive to believe, brings out the best in people so it's welcome.



I'm thankful for:

My friends- those who I've known forever and those who've recently come into my life. You guys really are the best and I appreciate ya'll even when I'm at my grumpiest. It's been saqid that friends are those people you choose to be in your family and I think I made some good choices. Luv Ya. Mean it.



Leela & Fry- One of those impulse things that happened last spring and they are a constant joy and frustration in my life. I think they help me make a better person.

My fam- Another source of joy and frustration in my life- in only the best sense. I'm glad they're there and that they know I'm there for them, too.



There are other things I'm thankful for as well, but they're all superficial: My MacBook, Hugh Jackman, Bruce Willis, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, iPods, TiVo and the Scissor Sisters. What are you thankful for?

Enjoy your holiday!

"Caligula" Remake Trailer (NSFW)

This is simply fascinating. This trailer premiered at a couple of film festivals for a fictional remake of Penthouse Films & Gore Vidal's scandelriffic "Caligula." It's a shame that this is just a fantasy thing because it looks like it might be pretty camptastic (even more than the original). Naturally, there's much sexual innuendo, so kids, turn away from this post.



More about the origins of this trailer here.

Reason #1 I wish I still watched Read World/Road Rules Challenge

Schadenfreude

I'm not one to really gloat over politics, but Rick Santorum and his hateful rhetoric are out the door and this image just kinda made me smile a little and think of this song. (Download | Purchase CD)

While the lyrics are educational, the song is most definitely NSFW.

Quote of the Day

"It's an absolute monster! Maybe I shouldn't have said that. How uncouth of me!"

--Dame Judi Dench, speaking of catching a glimpse at co-star Daniel Craig in the all-together.

Does this make the anticipation for the new Bond movie greater or not?

Thanks to defamer.com for the scoop.

Happy Halloween!

I have been away again this past weekend. This time it was up to the mountains of Cumberland, MD to my friend's cabin up there. It was a great time and I'll post about it later. I'm still catching up, but until then...



OOO- scary!

Starts with S...

Last week went by with a flourish, and I was eagerly anticipating Friday arriving, simply because it was the weekend, and I was going out with one of my best friends- Woogie.

I was listening to the entire catalog of Eurythmics albums and finally finished listening to them on Thursday. The next thing on my list was what my oldest brother (the Priest) sent me for my birthday from my Amazon wish list- “Original Sin” by Pandora’s Box, written and produced by (one of my idols) Jim Steinman. Pandora’s box was a girl group put together by him and they released this album in the late 80s and contains the original version of “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” (later covered by Celine Dion) and is even more theatrical than any of the stuff he’s written for Meat Loaf. I know Steinman’s sort of an acquired taste, but I totally love his over-the-top Wagnerian themes, Phil Spector-esque soundscapes, big choruses, and his adolescent lyrics (and I don’t mean that pejoratively). This album really is B-I-G big and is a thrill to listen to. It’s been on replay in my car since I started listening to it on Thursday. (Download “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” and “Pray Lewd”- get it? | Purchase CD).

Thursday night, I was dragged out to the Office by my other House Manager and stayed out way too late, talking television with Filmdom Ryan and I didn’t get to sleep until 1 A.M.

Figuring I’d be paying dearly for it, I was surprisingly awake for work on Friday, and stayed so. I met up with Woogie to catch the new John Cameron Mitchell film, Shortbus (AKA, the “sex” movie where actors have actual penetrative intercourse throughout the narrative).

While not as masterful as “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” his first movie, it was well done and the sex wasn’t really too distracting from the story and it was fairly involving. I must admit that, at first, the sexual imagery was in-your-face, but it was never titillating and I’m not sure if that was just me being jaded (thanks to porn, heh heh) or just part of the film’s role. Grade:B.

After the movie, I was trying my damnedest to get Woogie to go see Barbra Streisand, since the Verizon center was right around the corner and it was really a pretty opportune time to see her, with tickets still available and who knew when she was going to tour again. He didn’t bite while we had dinner, but did wait for me while I made my final decision to purchase a ticket at the box office at 8 P.M. As I was waking to my section, knowing that at least the overture would be missed someone behind me was saying how they had missed almost a half an hour of the concert. I then looked at my ticket and noted that the start time was 7:30 (“aha,” I thought to myself, “that explained the huge crowd at the center at 7.”) I found my seat as she started singing “Evergreen,” and the rest of the concert was pure bliss. Unlike the New York concert where she told some hecklers to “Shut the F&%$# Up,” the D.C. crowd was very well-behaved, even during the George W Bush impersonator segment, which felt like an overdone SNL skit after about five minutes. She ended the first act with an excellent medley of 4 songs from “Funny Girl,” including “The Music That Makes Me Dance” and “Don’t Rain On My Parade” (natch)- that’s when I started getting chills.

While she is getting on in her years, her voice and singing are literally “like buttah.” Granted, her lower range isn’t what it used to be, but Barbra more than made up for it with her delivery and just very laid-back attitude. For this show, she concentrated on songs she hasn’t performed in a long time, which meant a lot of show tunes and stuff from the 60s (so no “Woman In Love” tonight) and, when she sang “Happy Days Are Here Again,” I was almost in tears. She was joined by that bland-but-hot popera group “Il Divo” throughout the night but the concert was, rightfully, focused on Miss Streisand and the 50-piece orchestra backing her up. Her first encore was the “Don’t Rain On My Parade” reprise from “Funny Girl” the musical and that was one of the biggest surprises, which led me to my feet and hollering, even though I was in the last row of the center. I left on a high and satisfaction that what I witnessed was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Granted, this experience is probably what will get me my lifetime queer card in the mail.
(P.S. I didn't take a picture during the concert, that was during intermission and I wanted to show how far up I was.)