The Ultimate Drag Show

Due to a Mahjong game on Wednesday and last night's movie, I wasn't able to watch Project Runway until very late last night. Yeah, I taped it. I'm such a dork fan that I have to avoid TLo's Project Rungay website, so I don't see the costumes and the results. I'm glad I've taped it though because it is, like, the best episode ever!

I doubt that anyone wouldn't know what Project Runway is, it's the crown jewel of Bravo's attempt to turning itself into a gay channel and I think I've mentioned the show on my blog several times. A bunch of fashion designers doing challenges in hope to get a million dollars to start their own line. This week's challenge is to design for drag queens! (Come on, you've got to love that.) And they are not even any drag queens, some of them are quite famous. Just by myself, I've recognized Varla Jean Merman from Girls Will Be Girls, Heather Lettuce, and Sweetie. It was exciting for me and I don't really know why. I've stated before that I'm not into gender illusionists, but maybe after listening to a few episodes of Jonny McGovern's Podcasts and watching a few gay films featuring hilarious drag queen comedians, my attitude has changed.

It's not an easy task to design for drag queens. They are big, they are tall, they are over the top, plus most of them design their own costumes, so they know a thing or two about sewing. They have their own signature styles and they have got the biggest attitude and will let you know about if they think your design is whack. It makes for a very entertaining episode, and you know that's the case when you see last season's Chris March walking down the runway wearing this:


Come on, disco boobs, Rapunzel hair and sharp viking horn helmet? How can you not love the episode already? (Image from the RunGays)

Other than Suede confronting his client for criticizing his design too much, the episode was actually quite uneventful. (Doesn't he know not to do that? You're puting your life in danger. Good thing Heather took the high road.) I was a little bothered by the drag performers showing up as regular men during one of the measuring sessions. It might have been an effort to normalize drag performers, as they are regular people too. But it destroyed the fantasy and illusions, and then what do you have?

Well anyway, here are the designs:

The Winner:



Worn by the fabulous Varla Jean Merman. Of course, she corrected a few errors and came out with the sailor theme and jewelry, so designer Joe kinda lucked out. With a vibrant personality like Varla Jean, you can throw a pile of shit on her and she'll still sell them like hotcakes. It's a sure win. Keith who picked models first must have been blind.

The Auf'd:



It's not a bad dress, I don't even think it's bad for a drag queen. I think Daniel got auf'd because of his shitty attitude and the guy kinda deserved it. If everything is beneath him then why is he even on the show? Doesn't he realize that this is kinda a game show?

The Honorable Mentions:


They are pretty, glamorous. I get it.

The Bizarres:


The "Geisha-on-acid" look fits the personality portrayed by Acid Betty and it was one of the top 3 this week but I can't say I love it. The Jurassic Park pterodactyl look is too over the top. Wings? Blayne could have done better with fringe hanging off sleeves.


The black and white dress is the other bottom two contestant this week and it kinda deserved it. Heather Lettuce's outfit was a bit of a mess, I think Suede was trying to make her look like Savoy cabbage and it turns out a bit Flintstones-like, and those little lettuce flowers on the sleeves are kinda ugly. It would have been one of my bottom design.

The Rest:



No big problems, and nothing really special either. The last design sorta looks like a pinata though, hope no one's gonna beat her up with a bat.

RuPaul is a very appropriate guest judge but is there anything wrong with her? She looks different. Is it the lighting, the make up, or is she wasting away?



All in all, I have to say, it's one of the best episodes so far.

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Movie Review: Hamlet 2

CuteCub got us some free tickets to go to a pre-screening of Hamlet 2 last night. It was sponsored by two local radio station and before the screening there was a trivia session where they gave out some gifts. CuteCub got a small vinyl single of a guy named Jonathan Richman and the name of the vinyl called You Can Have A Cell Phone, That's Ok, But Not Me since we both didn't know who he was or what kinda music he played, we made up tunes and sang it out loud after the movie. It just screams country song titles to me and CuteCub made up some pretty good country songs. He was gonna give the vinyl to a friend to find out what kinda music it actually is, I found it on YouTube, not impressed, we could have done something much more creative with that song title.

The movie is about a wannabe actor who's not successful in Hollywood and went to Tuscon, Arizona to be the drama teacher in a high school. His unsuccessful career continues in producing high school plays, and with the trends of cuts in high school art program led to his desperation in producing one final high school play called Hamlet 2. The movie is full of embarrassingly low-brow ridiculous humor that squeeze you to laugh because of how ridiculous everything is. It is a bit exhausting at times, in that it is cheesy and kinda cliche. But since CuteCub thinks it's hilarious and his giggles are kinda infectious, I had a good time nonetheless. I wouldn't really recommend it though. Let's say the movie resembles Sister Act 2, but the jokes are no as punctuated and the music is not as memorable. D+?

The third thing of the day that is a bit disappointing and not as good as imagination makes it up to be would be CuteCub himself. Great in theory, cute as shit, but taken, fills with 'NO' and we are way different. It's like Roger and Mimi.

"Another Time, Another Place,
Our Temperature Would Climb, There'd Be A Long Embrace.
We'd Do Another Dance, It'd Be Another Play.
Looking For Romance? Come Back Another Day."

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Time Filler

Since I've so much spare time, I think I need to use it wisely. Maybe I can starve myself into a slimmer figure, somehow I have inexplicably lost 4 more pounds in the past week. I realize that I have canceled my gym membership and that's possibly a wrong thing to have done, but I believe I have paid until the end of September so I can still use it at my leisure. Spend an hour or two each day might help me improve my (gay) life in general. I think I'm gonna start a diet too, after geting a huge piece of cake from the Pink Rose that is.

The art of negotiation has always eluded me. (Why can't I be more like my mother?) Case and point, I'm still waiting for my ex-board president to call me back with an offer, assuming that they are going to give me one. Here's CBS' Jason Bellini demonstrate how to negotiate in China's Silk Market(?), I would kill to have his skills.


I love this clip.

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The Unbelievable Kipkay

Browsing around YouTube and found a guy who's well verse in day-to-day hacking and I'm an instant fan. Maybe it's the anarchist in me, or maybe it was MacGyver or James Bond that brought it on but what Kipkay is doing is really amazing.

I believe that the guy means no harm, although what he's teaching people to do is very provocative and at times it can be very technical, since I don't have any education in engineering and I get squirmish when I'm around tools that I deem dangerous, like a circular saw, a soldering gun or even stripping an electric wire, I don't think I can imitate what he's doing anytime soon, but just by listening to his soothing voice and watching his videos as he presents his ideas is quite eye-opening.

Here's a little taste.



Some other things he does is borderline riskee, but it's dielivered in such a fun manner that you'd thought it's totally harmless.



And this is just questionable...



And my favorite:



He's like Neil the Science Guy only with information that I actually wants to know. I swear the guy is a genius.

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2008 Olympics Highlights

Not exactly highlights, I mean I have watched as much the Olympics as I could but I can't claim to pay attention to every sports I'm watching.

Big news of course is Michael Phelps winning every event he enters. Did you see the 100M Butterfly event and how close he was to lose that medal? You must have, they replayed it to death. The mean queens I associated with have deemed his mom Debbie as the QVC queen because it looks like she got all her wardrobe and jewelry from the shopping channels. Honestly though, that's kinda sweet to have your mom following you around although I can't help but think about the pagaent mom aspect of these athletes. How many of them went into sports willingly?

From some angles, Michale Phelps could look a bit Igor-like, from his interview his mom said he had been teased severely when he was a kid. But I happen to think he looks kinda hunky from some other angles, plus he got a great body and he's only 23. The standard winning pose reminds me of Spiderman. Too bad he's straight, huh? SV told me that he had seen Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe hanging around gay clubs with his presumably boyfriend. I seriously doubt that had anything to do with me if those guys are gay or not, but it sounds interesting. Since Phelps is only 23, I wonder if he would got to the next Olympics in Vancouver and compete again. Is 27 too old for an athlete?


The close call and the porn stache. And can I state here how much I dislike the full-body swimming suit?


I'm kinda fixated with that Spiderman-like, all streched out, open-mouthed , madmen winning pose.

Speaking of Olympics hunkiness, a friend told me that the whole gay Asia had fallen for a Japanese Hammer Thrower called Koji Murofushi, the guy is G-men worthy. He's handsome as hell and those dimples when he smiles are kinda like CuteCub's... dreamy. I have no interest in the sport at all, so I have no idea how he's doing or how he did, but I can watch that muscular body spin all day. My friends an I are hunting around to see if we can find a shirtless shot of him somewhere, I have to say I'm out of luck but I found a really cheesy commercial on YouTube of him for a brand of Ramen noodle. It has to be from a few years back and he was yelling for "Men(noodles), men, men, men, men...", bad career move. It also turns out that his mom is Romanian, that would explain the good looks, the Japanese gene seems to be the vodka of genes, it goes well with everything.


You spin me right round, daddy, right round...


Handsome with a great bod.


I don't think anyone would kick him outta bed, what do you think?

Not to be stereotypical but certain sports are adored by the gays. For me, I love women's volleyball, gymnastics and diving. When I heard news that they might not play rhythmic gymnastics because the American team didn't make the finals, I'm heartbroken. I really wish they would broadcast it, I'll show you the following clips anyhow. It's almost like a form of martial arts, isn't it?


By the way, does anyone else think that Béla Károlyi is a bit of a nutjob? If I didn't know he's from Romania, I would have thought he was doing a Mario impression.

I'm also pleased to see that they went to Hong Kong for all the equestrian sports. By the way, I got teased by my friends for chastising the commentator who after Chinese diving champion Guo JingJing tooke her winning dive and went into the shower and said "You can see the tears in her eyes." The girl is in the shower and you're telling me you can see tears in her eyes? Are you shitting me? It's even worst then the reporter who asks Michael Phelps "How important was it for you to win this gold medal?"

Well, only one more week of Olympics to go.

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The Rise and Fall of Communities

It started with a copy of Out magazine. CuteCub and I were hanging out and we were discussing about the unrealistic portrait of the gay lifestyle in those glossy magazines and cruising websites. Not every gay guy has the money and means to wear designer clothing, not every gay guy has the mean or the will to follow circuit parties and travel to exotic locations for vacation. Some of us have low incomes, flabby bodies and average looks. Some of us don't have the will to starve ourselves into fashion optimum figures. (Is that why the Out Magazine group along with the other business doing so poorly?)

CuteCub was skeptical of the gay community, "What community? To be a community you have to encompass everything in the general society. A few bars here and there hardly makes a community." And stereotype are just that, not every gay is into dance music, interior decorating and Martha Stewart. While I get his points, I still hope that there is some sort of comraderie if not anything else. Apparently CuteCub is not for gay marriage either, unless there is some sort of recognized benefit attached to it. I used to think the same way, if two people are truly in love with each other, you don't need outside recognition. But as I'm getting older, I seek security and acknowledgment. If you say you love me, I want it to be hard for you to change your mind. I also feel that the act of marriage, from proposal to honeymoon is extremely romantic and I can be a sucker for romance.

The Gay Luck Club people held their first event Saturday night. It went well, there were about 60 people in attendance and it did turn out to be a pool party even though initially the building wouldn't let us use the pool area. It was nice to meet new people, although a lot of Asian or White twinks alike giving attitude but I'm old enough to let people be. With the revelation I had a few weeks ago (people are what makes life meaningful), I know my need to surround myself with good people and I'm glad I have a good base to start with. If it is as CuteCub said that there is no gay community, all of us are responsible for building our own and I'll have to stop pussyfooting around.

To live life to its fullest.

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Lukewarm Summer Days

I don't know since when but I haven't been able to sleep with someone for a long while. Don't get me wrong, I can still have sex but not literally sleep with someone else. I think even with Principe around, he has to turn to his side while I turn to mine for me to have a good night sleep. I might be too self-conscious, maybe after someone had reminded me that I snore one too many time that I don't want to hold someone in my arm while snoring in their ears. Well, in the "too much information" category, sometimes I drool too, and drooling on someone would be horrifying not only to the person but to me as well. But even though I didn't sleep well, I had the chance to hold someone in my arms throughout the night while that person slept quite soundly in my arms and that made me happy.

Speaking of Principe, I can't believe even he found a job in a pharmacy while I don't have a job lined up yet, I'm happy for him though. I have applied for a few other jobs and I probably shouldn't be so hard on myself since I'm not technically unemployed yet. I'm on vacation until the end of the month and then I can call myself unemployed. I had a chance to talk to the board of directors to see if they can help me claim my severance. I even wrote a long ass letter detailing my reasoning and intentions. The first batch of people got their when they get laid off 2 years ago, I shouldn't be punished for staying on longer, I got duped so many times and I was being a good sport about it, loyalty should go both ways, etc... But I'm not too optimistic, worst come to worst, I can always sue their asses, it's just not my first choice.

Hopefully something will come to be soon.

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Music Invasion: Danity Kane's "Damaged"

I thought Danity Kane was a person but they turned out to be a group of girlband produced by P. Diddy in one of those Making the Band show. Great song, I'm actually hooked on a remixed version so the vocals in the song weren't quite distinctive. Don't we all feel damaged every once in a while if not all the time? But isn't it wrong to demand other people to fix you up? It would be so much easier for others to move on to other undamaged goods.



Do, Do you got a first aid kit handy?
Do, Do you know how to patch up a wound?
Tell me,
Are-are-are-are you?
Are you patient,
Understanding?
Cause I might need some time to clear the hole in my heart and I

I've tried every remedy
And nothing seems to work for me

Baby, (baby)
This situation’s driving me crazy
And I really wanna be your lady
But the one before you left me so

[Chorus:]
Damaged, damaged
Damaged, damaged
I thought that I should let you know
That my heart is
Damaged, damaged
So damaged (so damaged)
And you can blame the one before

So how you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
(Baby, I gotta know)
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
(What you are gonna do, baby?)
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
(Baby, I gotta know)
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
(What you are gonna do?)

Do, Do you got a first aid kit handy?
Do, Do you know how to patch up a wound?
Tell me,
Are-are-are-are you?
Are you patient,
Understanding?
'Cause I might need some time to clear the hole in my heart and I

You try to gain my trust
Talking is not enough
Actions speak louder than words
You gotta show me something
My heart is missing some pieces
I need this puzzle put together again

[Chorus]

Can you fix my h-e-a-r-t?
Cause it's d-a-m-a-g-e-d?
Can you fix my h-e-a-r-t?

Tell me are you up for the challenge
Cause my heart is

Damaged, damaged
Damaged, damaged
I thought that I should let you know
That my heart is
Damaged, damaged
So damaged (so damaged)
And you can blame the one before

Damaged, damaged
damaged, damaged
I thought that I should let you know
That my heart is
Damaged, damaged
So Damaged (so damaged)
And you can blame the one before

So how you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?
How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it?

My heart is
Damaged,
Damaged,
Damaged

My heart is
Damaged,
Damaged,
Damaged

My heart is
Damaged,
Damaged,
Damaged

My heart is
Damaged,
Damaged,
Damaged

My heart is
Damaged

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Weekend Meme: 7 Deadly Sins Quiz

Stole this from some old posts by Ted at The Neighbors Will Hear. His site consists of entries mostly about his sexual expeditions which is incredibly hot.

Seven is one of my favorite movies of all time and this meme deals analyzes to see which sin you committed and to what level. Unsurprisingly, mine is sloth. Remembering what happened to the guy who committed sloth in the movie, it wasn't pretty. I hope you find this quiz interesting. The link is below and remember to check all that applies.

Oh and, have a great weekend!

Greed:	Low
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Medium
Sloth:	High
Envy:	Low
Lust:	Medium
Pride:	Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

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Music Invasion - Retro Double Take: Petula Clark's "This Is My Song" & The Carpenters' "The End of The World"

We have a special edition today. Yes, I'm afraid your blogger host here has gone retro and pulled out these two nostalgic numbers.

Well actually, I think Petula Clark's This Is My Song popped up the other day on my iPod and stayed in my head a little bit. In my little wikipedia research, I found out that this song is actually written by the great Charlie Chaplin in 1966 who was then a next door neighbor of Petula Clark. I got the song from the soundtrack of Billy's Hollywood Screenkiss, I have to say I love that movie because it introduced me to some great music, including Nina Simone which I so love. If it wasn't for that movie, I would have been completely ignorant.

The song is quite melodramatic and there is a certain naivete to the subject of love. I'm so in love with you that the whole world seems to look better with you around. It reminds me when I first fall in love with someone, everything does sem a lot brighter and nicer. The movie version is here, done in a mock-hollywood way, it's worth seeing it just distract you from the music but feel free to compare.



This Is My Song

Why is my heart so light?
Why are the stars so bright?
Why is the sky so blue
Since the hour I met you?

Flowers are smiling bright,
Smiling for our delight,
Smiling so tenderly
For all the world, you and me

I know why the world is smiling,
Smiling so tenderly
It hears the same old story
Through all eternity

Love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you
The world cannot be wrong
If in this world, there is you

I care not what the world may say
Without your love, there is no day
So, love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you

I care not what the world may say
Without your love, there is no day
So, love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you

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The reason why I put a second retro song in this post is because they kinda complete each other. I think they use the same method to deliver the exact opposite messages. My heart is broken but how come the world is still turning? It's still melodramatic if not more so and you can still feel the naivete. This song is originally done by Skeeter Davis 5 years before the above song in 1962. I wonder if this song has inspired the other one or not. It's a great break up song, don't blame the guy, blame the whole world. I chose the Carpenter version of this song because it is the one that I'm most familiar with.

I guess at the end when you compare the two, you get a sense that the world doesn't care, things move on the same way no matter how you're feeling. I can't understand, no, I can't understand, how life goes on the way it does?



The End Of The World

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me anymore?

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why ev'rything is the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

Don't they know It's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

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The Lady Who Cried For Me

Since my panic attack happened 3 weeks ago, I didn't feel particularly having to leave where I work on Tuesday. I have returned to my usual nonchalant self, which is good but bad; I really need to get on with my job applications. I also need to make a few more phone calls to see if I can get my severance in a relatively civil way. They are not really things that I enjoy doing, so my pace is set to slow.

After going out for a dinner with my excolleagues alike, they reminded me to cross my Ts and dot my Is, to write in some vacation slips even though it was understood that I need to take my vacations because they won't be paid for or else it might seem that I've gone AWOL. My colleague also told me that once I've left, a volunteer PM who was pretty close to me bursted out crying. Aw, that's so sweet of her. I didn't know anyone would care enough to cry for me. (I know I must have broke a few hearts along the line but this is different.)

For the 7 years of employment, PM has been volunterring with us for 5. She's this flail wiry older lady with the best work ethics. Pretty much everyone who's volunteering with us has HIV/AIDS and she's no different, and it's heartbreaking sometimes to see an already skinny lady wasting down further with each medication change. I try my best to bring her food and buy her lunch every now and then, so maybe she can gain pass 100 lbs. Honestly, how did I get to be twice her size, is that even possible? As entitled to disabilities and home life as she can be, PM refuses to stay home and insist on working really hard in our office. Sorting things here, writing a newsletter there, she told me that if there's nothing for her to do, it will drive her crazy and she likes to feel that she's useful. So more often than not, we'll find some mundane tasks to occupy her time and she has became the hardest working person in the office. If everybody can be as hard working as her, maybe the company would have stayed afloat. I once offered her an administrative assistant position so she'll get paid and benefits because she really deserves them. She refused because she thought she won't be able to handle it, but now she's there all the time.

Two years ago, she got cancer and underwent chemo. I visited her a few times and while I didn't think it was possible she got even skinnier.I was worried and everybody have their time of passing and maybe I'm justgenerally pessimistic because my prime example of cancer patient didn't survive, I try to avoid going deep into talking about death and diseases, so I got her a scarf for winter, a robe and a pair of slippers for X'mas. But what do you know? After the chemo, PM sprung back up just as her usual tough self; getting healthier each day, gaining appetite and eating more than usual. Now she's working as hard as she's ever been.

I wish nothing but the best for her. She's a good person, a good honest old fashioned hard working person, the kind that believe by doing good, good things will happen to her. I admire that and she does deserve good things happening to her.

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Music Invasion: Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue's "Where The Wild Roses Grow"

I just saw Francois' new video (NSFW) over at Toni's and Francois' own website and I'm delighted to find out that actually Francois himself sung on the track. His voice is quite masculine, romantic and as Toni has put it, gentle (in a very sexy way).

The mood of the song and the duet reminds me of another song which I loved when it first came out. I wouldn't go as far as saying that it is my favorite Kylie Minogue song, but I love it because of its uniqueness. The song is called Where the Wild Roses Grow, it's a duet that Kylie did with a singer called Nick Cave, who back in 1996 published a concept album called the Murder Ballads; each song has something to do with crimes that involves murder.

The song itself is full of mystique and dark, slow energy. It tells a story about how a psychopath courted a girl and then killed her by the river. While Kylie plays the victim telling her side of the story, the killer played by Nick Cave tells his side. There's an obvious contrast to their voices, a bit like beauty and the beast. I find the song kinda pretty and pretty intriguing and provocative as well. Hope you guys like it.



Where The Wild Roses Grow

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
She stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
He wiped at the tears that ran down my face

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I've seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said: "Give me your loss and your sorrow"
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses will you follow?"

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

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To recognize insanity is the only thing that keeps me in check.

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DVD Review: Penelope

I have loved Christina Ricci ever since Addams Family, it's hard not to, she's pretty, she can act, she can do goth, she's off centered, there's plenty to love. I loved Addams Family and she's one of the shining brilliance in that film and its sequel. She also played a very sassy Dede in the Opposite of Sex. But I still love her the best when she's doing fantasies or horrors. (Probably why I haven't gone to see Black Snake Moan)

Well, Penelope is a modern day fairy tale about a curse being placed in a blue-blooded family where the first girl born will be cursed with the face of a pig, and the curse will only lifted when she get excepted by one of her own kind. Her mother being an overbearing one, wanted to protect her from the outside world so Penelope grew up without leaving her house. While suitors were brought in and introduced to the pig-faced girl for marriage in order to break the curse and one by one they ran away or jumped out the window, where then a butler would chase them down and force them to sign a gag so they wouldn't go out and tell the world. The story took a turn when one of them ran free...

I throughoutly enjoyed this movie, it's very sweet. The production of it is wonderful, love the lighting, the sets and the costumes. Fantasies/Fairy Tales/Superheroes are just the types of movies I enjoy. The story is simple and it's even suitable for kids. And can I say now that I've seen this movie, I actually find James McAvoy hot, I used to just think of him as a scruffier looking Shia LaBeouf. Simon Woods of Rome's fame and Reese Witherspoon are also in it and Catherine O'Hara plays the messed up mom who doesn't know when to shut up.

I can only nitpick on how the baby was supposed to have crooked pig ears and they didn't go with that on the adult version and the previous shot and the ending shot of the boyfriend's apartment didn't look quite the same, but they did manage to create a complete fantasy environment. It's a good film if you like fairy tales, I liked it. (The shredded chiffon wedding dress is so beautiful.) B+

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Places I've Been

Took a little map like this to tell me that I've actually not been to that many places. When I was young, I thought I would travel all 7 continents, but so far, I've only been to Asia, Europe and North America. I don't really know if I would get a chance to travel Antartica at all, and Africa seems distant and too foreign. It might be possible to go to Australia and South America.

When I was young I also though I wanted a family with children of different colors, I should be happy to know that even if I can't realize my dream Angelina Pitt did.



(I didn't count places where I have to change flights or the planes stop to refuel, or else, I would have to add Detroit, Denver, Saudi Arabia and Tokyo.)

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The Dream That Broke My Fever

Last night I dreamt that my brother, my mother and I were escaping from some sort of dark force and some guy discovered our identity and blackmailed my mother. Strange, because I don't have a brother and my mom died a long time ago. It could have been the codeine speaking and it could be because I was watching True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet on Lifetime.

In my dream, I was strangling the person who blackmailed us, trying to throw him in front of a train but missed. It felt real and I think I was calculating how to block the air of the person and I hanged on until the person passed out until my conscience gave mercy and I realized that I could never kill anyone. When I woke up, both my hands were asleep; one was under my head and the other one was between my knees.



So I decided that I feel well enough to go to work today and at the same time I have too much vacation on my hand that even this is my last day of work they will still owe me a week worth of pay. After digging through an employee handbook for my right, I find out that they actually owe me 6 months worth of severance. It's true that my boss told me that the company has no money left (while he's vacationing in Mexico), I wonder if I should pursue any legal action just to get what I'm due. From another colleague, I heard that the reason I'm not getting my vacation reimbursed is because he wants to pay my former boss, or his lover, to come in and act as a consultant. My current boss has been doing that for the past year but my former boss hasn't done squat to earn his keep.

I, as a believer of karma and brought up by the conservative Chinese culture, will believe that nothing good comes from law suits. All this fighting won't get me a new job or a good reference. Like strangling my blackmailer, I probably wouldn't have the gore to see it through. At the same time, I can't stand the thought of being taken advantage of in such high degree without making a sound, just because I'm nice and easy going doesn't mean you can step all over me. So I'm gonna seek legal aids and see what that will bring. I can surely use the money now that I'm going to be unemployed. Just because my boss thinks that the money will be better utilized by his lover doesn't mean that I should suffer for it. I wouldn't want to bring down the company with me, but more and more I think that it might be better if I do. It wouldn't have resorted to this if they have been more considerate.

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Are You Gonna Go My Way?

Yesterday I attended a very lovely BBQ to celbrate A&Y's wedding. Their banquet is not until the end of this month but they did register on the 8th, and they wanted to get their friends together beforehand. There were chicken wings, chicken chops, chicken kidneys (believe me they were D-lish), pork ribs, pork chops, turkey sausages, steak, fish balls, corns, soup, fruit salad, cheese cakes, fruit tarts and strawberry shortcakes. The more I get together with Y, the more impressed I am with her cooking skills, well, also her ability to drink. She couldn't weight more than 120 lbs, but she can drink any guy under the table. She must have gotten some enzymes that the average Asian doesn't have.

During the planning of the BBQ, she said she'll get about 80 lbs of meat. There'll be 20 of us attending and she was really confident that each of us can eat around 4 lbs. 4 lbs of meat? That'll take me 2 days to finish. I got her 2 strawberry shortcakes and I thought I could stack one on top of the other to make it look like a wedding cake, but it wasn't stable enough so I scratched that idea.

Halfway through the day, we started a game of Mahjong again and all the sudden I got really tired and cold. From what I recognize, that's a sign of my fever. My throat has been aching since Friday and with the fever I got weary. One of our friends drove me home around 6pm. Measured my temparature and it was 100.6 Fahrenheit, took some Tylenol and went to bed. I didn't get up until 8am this morning, got dressed and went to the doctor's.

Since I didn't get an appointment early on, the nurse wouldn't let me see the doctor unless everybody with an appointment get to see the doctor first and I waited about 2 hours. That pissed me off. You can't schedule when you're sick, everybody else are just going there for physicals, that's not as urgent as a person with legitamite complaints. I shouldn't be punished just because I'm sick. All the while, I got a call from the office saying that I shouldn't count on having my vacation time reimbursed at the end of my employment, and that I should take all of them before the end of the month. The cheap bastards must be saving that money for their own severance. It would probably means that today would have been my last day, anyhow I should go in tomorrow with my external hard drive in and take some files I need. I probably need to tell them where everything is before I leave and configure stuff, so they can work after I leave. There are also reports due by the end of October that I haven't start yet, but that's not my concern anymore.

The doctor says I have strep throat, and I think I know how I got it. I can't even swallow my own spit without hurting like hell. I haven't eaten much for the past 18 hours at all. Didn't win the lottery again. (lol) Got some medication that doesn't do much, hopefully I'll feel better soon. Haven't heard anything from the jobs I applied for but at least now I won't have any excuse but to really look for a job.

Things are just not going my way, hope that will change soon.

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Chinatown Olympics Celebrations

Went out with the Gay Luck Club gang Friday night for a celebration the local Chinese community is throwing. I've to say it's great to feel the spotlight on our community. Everybody is really excited that China is hosting the event, somehow it makes us proud. I think a lot of us don't identify with the existing Chinese government but we identify and unite as a "people" nonetheless. It's hard to explain it but even though we are so different and far apart, there is no mistake that we are Chinese, we look the same and we experience the same tradition and culture. When a country has a history as deep as the Chinese, the existing political trend seems temporary and bearable.

The street fair is a little half-assed, I think they were trying to clean up or renovate the gate before the event but somehow something happened but did not finish on time so the scaffolding are still surrounding the gate. (pst, contractors...) There's a stage with a jumbotron on it for the opening ceremonies that we're all gonna be watching. Young kids are demonstrating karate and performing some cultural dances. The whole block is closed of where in different section there are vendors selling souvenir merchandises, a Tai Chi corner where older ladies are doing slow steps, a soccer net where kids are kicking balls around, rowing machines, gymnastic mats, ping pong tables, baseball corner, and some dragon/lion dance. There are people selling kabobs too, but that's kinda strange given it doesn't have anything to do with China and there are tons of Chinese pastry shops and restaurants just next to the sidewalks. (But they do add some sensory intrigues to the street fair, ooh the smell.)

OK. I have to confess about a dark side of me. There's something that provoke my violent side, I don't know what childhood trauma I have to invoke to explain this one but - people in plushies mascot outfits just turns my gear. Well, it doesn't make me angry and turn me to the hulk, but it's pretty much putting themselves in a trap suit and I just like to trip them over and start kicking. Whether it is Spongebob, Big Bird, Mickey Mouse or just putting a bucket over your head, it just provoke my urge to "jump" that person. Am I just terrible? Funny, coz' it doesn't work for people in regular Halloween costumes or Santa, just plushies with things covering their heads and heavy getups that ensure they won't be able to run far.

That brings me to my point of the current Olympic mascots, aren't they the most hideous ones in the history of Olympics or is it just me?


I mean seriously, WTF?

I thought it's so unnecessary to have all 5 of them, and are they kids, animals or what? And I thought it was the 5 Chinese elements (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth) but then it turns out to be Sea, Forest, Fire, Earth and Sky which makes no sense whatsoever and each of them represents a sport and an Olympic ring. Each of them is an animal other than the red one who is the Olympic torch, their names spell Beibei, Jingjing, Welwel, Comecomes, Youyou. (not really, but you get the point) Yuck! Over-designed and over-complicated.

After a great Chinese dinner, all 8 of us headed back into the flag-lined street and stepped right in front of the jumbotron waiting for the opening ceremony to came on. There is a deep comradery even the people filling the street are not completely Chinese. And then the show started, and the crowd was cheering. Being in a good mood with my Asian friends, I joke with them that they are going to shoot the people who didn't move at the exact same pace, that the 56 little girls carrying the Chinese flags from the different tribes in China are all orphans they found on the street who were abandoned because they were girls, and I mocked that you can hear the propaganda hammering your head when they played the Chinese national anthem, and that the controversy will come when they find the bodies of dozens of protesters in a warehouse somewhere two weeks after the Olympics, but deep down inside I was happy and excited just like everybody else. Half an hour into it we left because the signal was really shabby (damn evil Comcast) and I curse my forgetful self for not recording it on my DVD so I can watch it again and again. But all in all, I've had a good night.


Karate and the Crowd


Lion Dance (BTW, isn't the guy on the left a cutie?)


BeiBei Trying My Patience. (and yes, there's a person inside.)


Demonstrated Here - The Death of Yingying. (children cried.)


The Jumbotron and Its Sucky Digital Signals.

(Apparently the controversy already started with the death of the family of a coach, also they had technical difficulties with the American national anthem when Michael Phelps took the gold for the 400 meters individual medley. WTF China? Shape up!)

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Weekend Meme: 100 Top Movies Meme

Stolen from Erik from Erik Rubright: Gambrinous With Griffonage comes this week's Meme.

The rules are simple:

Using the Entertainment Weekly list of the top 100 movies from the last 25 years
- Bold the movie if you’ve seen it.
- Put asterisks next to the movies you’ve seen and really liked.
- If you saw a film and hated it, cross it out.

Here goes:

1. Pulp Fiction 1994**
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy 2001-03**
3. Titanic 1997** - You have to love majestic blockbusters like this, it's what movies are for.
4. Blue Velvet 1986
5. Toy Story 1995
6. Saving Private Ryan 1998 - I guess war movies just don't do much for me.
7. Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
8. The Silence of the Lambs 1991**
9. Die Hard 1988
10. Moulin Rouge 2001
11. This Is Spinal Tap 1984
12. The Matrix 1999**
13. GoodFellas 1990
14. Crumb 1995
15. Edward Scissorhands 1990** Tim Burton is god and Johnny Depp is his favorite muse.
16. Boogie Nights 1997
17. Jerry Maguire 1996
18. Do the Right Thing 1989
19. Casino Royale 2006
20. The Lion King 1994
21. Schindler’s List 1993
22. Rushmore 1998 - I didn't get it.
23. Memento 2001** I love the way it was filmed, some people didn't have the patience but the ending is superb.
24. A Room With a View 1986
25. Shrek 2001** - 2 was ok and 3 kinda sucked.
26. Hoop Dreams 1994
27. Aliens 1986
28. Wings of Desire 1988
29. The Bourne Supremacy 2004
30. When Harry Met Sally… 1989
31. Brokeback Mountain 2005** - Heath is hot, good story, great scenery.
32. Fight Club 1999
33. The Breakfast Club 1985
34. Fargo 1996
35. The Incredibles 2004
36. Spiderman 2 2004
37. Pretty Woman 1990
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
39. The Sixth Sense 1999** - Great plot.
40. Speed 1994
41. Dazed and Confused 1993
42. Clueless 1995
43. Gladiator 2000
44. The Player 1992
45. Rain Man 1988
46. Children of Men 2006
47. Men in Black 1997
48. Scarface 1983
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000** - put HK cinema on the map.
50. The Piano 1993
51. There Will Be Blood 2007
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad 1988
53. The Truman Show 1998
54. Fatal Attraction 1987
55. Risky Business 1983
56. The Lives of Others 2006
57. There’s Something About Mary 1998
58. Ghostbusters 1984
59. L.A. Confidential 1997
60. Scream 1996
61. Beverly Hills Cop 1984
62. Sex, Lies and Videotape 1989
63. Big 1988** They have a rerun every year in HK, it's full of nostalgia.
64. No Country For Old Men 2007
65. Dirty Dancing 1987
66. Natural Born Killers 1994
67. Donnie Brasco 1997
68. Witness 1985
69. All About My Mother 1999
70. Broadcast News 1987
71. Unforgiven 1992
72. Thelma & Louise 1991
73. Office Space 1999
74. Drugstore Cowboy 1989
75. Out of Africa 1985
76. The Departed 2006
77. Sid and Nancy 1986
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
79. Waiting for Guffman 1996
80. Michael Clayton 2007
81. Moonstruck 1987
82. Lost in Translation 2003
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn 1987
84. Sideways 2004
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2005
86. Y Tu Mamá También 2002
87. Swingers 1996
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997** The cheese factor was awesome!
89. Breaking the Waves 1996
90. Napoleon Dynamite 2004 - I tried to like it.
91. Back to the Future 1985
92. Menace II Society 1993
93. Ed Wood 1994
94. Full Metal Jacket 1987
95. In the Mood for Love 2001** I love Maggie Cheung and Director Wong Kar Wai.
96. Far From Heaven 2002
97. Glory 1989
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
99. The Blair Witch Project 1999 - I guess it got built up so much that I was slightly disappointed.
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999

Of course this is a general list and if I have to compile my own, I would have added stuff like Seven, Interview With a Vampire, Beautiful Thing, Shelter, but I'm surprised that American Beauty and Harry Potter weren't in it, there's also seemed to be a lacking of superhero movies but I had fun doing this Meme.

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Just Like Me

Following my Doppelganger post I did 2 years ago, I finally got in touch with Lewis on some gay dating site. I sent out a friendly message saying that I've seen him around the Gay and Lesbian film festival and I always wanted to say hi, and that I thought we looked very much alike. He replied back a few days later saying that he has seen me out there a few times as well and that he too thinks that we look a bit a like. So I shoot one back saying that I would say hi if I see him out there.

I also met another person on a chat site who's born on the exactly same year, same day and down to the same hour as I am. (Even though we were born in two different time zones.) I was very intrigued, it's not usual that you find someone who was born at the same date and time as you, unless you're one of a set of twins. There are so many beliefs that says you have the same luck and same behavior and if not for anything else, you had the same amount of time to grow.

From what I gathered, he's gay, white, a musician/hotel concierge, a bit chubby and hairy, from PA and lives in Philly now. What's the odd of that? Since I like music that much, I could have been a musician, I couldn't have been white or from PA, but our lives are surprisingly similar. I've tried to invite the guy for dinner so we could chat in deeper length, but his hotel job doesn't allow him to go out late, so we'll have to wait until he has some time off. It'll be nice to have someone who was born exactly the same day as me as a friend.

On the superstitious end, today is 08/08/2008 and us Chinese love the number 8 because it sounds like the Chinese word for prosperity. It is part of the reason why the opening of the Olympics is starting on 08/08/2008 8:08pm. Also, I suspect a lot of Asians will storm the city halls to get married. Like a pair of my rare straight Mahjong friends are going to register this early morning. The three 8s don't happen that much, I wonder if they should have lined up the night before. Well, congrats to A&Y!

Have fun watching the Olympics.

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Kidnapped

The past 24 hours, I was dragged out by my friends yet again to play Mahjong. For the past 48 hours, I think I played about 24 hours of it. I'm exhausted. For some reason, my friends can't get enough of it. They persuaded me to take the day off work, stay over at their place and allowed me 6 hours of sleep so we can play mahjong again bright and early in the morning. I wasn't gonna go, expecting that I'll buy CuteCub dinner at the Brazilian steakhouse for his birthday, but then maybe he's avoiding me but he blew me off. Oh well.

I feel so yucky, I took a shower but had to resort using my finger as a toothbrush. I didn't get to check anything online. I'm gonna go to bed now. I'll check with you guys later.

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Silly Presidents

I was surprised to see on Joe.My.God that Paris Hilton had an official viral video response to McCain comparing to Obama to her. It was pretty well produced and I like the writer she hired to write her speech. It made her likable even though I still cringe whenever I saw her face.



In other news, Bush is touring the country for the devastation his presidency has caused according to the Onion.

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What I Want

(Other than eating this and not getting fat...)

ES called Friday night at 1 am and proceed to talk my ears off for the following 90 minutes. I'm really not complaining, in fact I'm glad that she feels comfortable enough to do that although sometimes I wonder if she'd been drinking... lol. It's nice to catch up with her and she's a great gal pal.

Losing my job, low financial security, boyfriendless, and a small social circle have rendered me to be lost in life. I think ES sensed my lost of direction and asked me what I want in life and I had to think really hard to come up with anything at all, so she laughed. It's a good thing that you're still in your early 30s, you'd still have time to think, if you're in your 40s and still don't know what you want then it'd be too late.It is a valid point and I have to dig deep.

In life, she wanted kids and a family, to be able to work in the HIV/AIDS field and that's exactly what she did. Me, I want to meet a good guy to settle down with, I want a house and adopt before 40 or at least get a puppy. (Sorry if you find me lumping babies and dogs together offensive, but you know what I mean.) I just turned 33 that means I have about 3 years to find a mate and have 4 years of alone time with that guy to build a solid relationship before getting married (Unnecessary but it'd be nice) and get a kid. If my partner have the heart and we have the space and money, and even as unrealistic as it sounds I can seeing myself adopting a whole bunch of kids throughout my life.

Career-wise is a toughie. Another friend asked me what my passion is and I have no idea. I enjoy video games, music, movies, cooking but I think my upbringing do not allow me to see that these things are in anyway practical and those are not things that would yield a decent income unless you have connections and real talent which I would have to say I lack. Sometimes I would wish that I actually have studied culinary during my undergraduate years since I was studying at in a college famous for that program. Although those jobs are all high stress jobs and I can be quite nasty when I'm stressed.

Thinking back to the reason I chose IT was partly because I had a great time working at A.C. Nielsen, a survey research company. I like to get to know what people like and the reason behind it, and since I like math and statistics and now that I know how to deal with data it might just be the field I want to explore. If, with luck, I get a job at UPenn, I'd be able to take class in survey research, SAS (since most statistics job require experience in that program, even my friends swear that it's as easy as Excel.), and perhaps marketing. Maybe it'll allow me to acquire an MBA. That wouldn't be too bad, right?

I think I'd like market research. Took me some time but I'm glad I've figure it out. Although I'd be interested to learn about music production and all that but it'd be a bit unrealistic and unstable, that could wait until later in life as a hobby, no? And I'm still enthralled with my idea of opening up a non-profit restaurant but that's a bit too far fetched as well. I'll just have to see where life takes me.

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Games

This was an unexpected busy weekend. I got pulled for this mahjong game after work Friday night and played until midnight. I almost enjoy mahjong even though it's a little bit high stakes. The most wonderful thing about that night is that the engaged couple who played with us made us a home cooked meal. I can't tell you when the last time it was that someone have cooked for me, especially a Chinese home cooked dinner. The last person who did that for me is possibly my grandma 7 years ago. Of course, I was very touched by it. It's a complete meal with 3 dishes and a soup; Stir fried hollow vegetables (one plate spicy and the other one not), steamed pork with pickled vegetables, steamed fish with ginger, scallions and soy sauce, and chicken ginseng soup with abalone. While the humble host said that it's just a simple quick dinner because we're playing mahjong so there's no time to do anything more extravagant. Are you kidding me? What were you gonna do otherwise, a full banquet? I was floored already. Afterward, ES called and we talked for 90 minutes and I didn't go to bad until around 2:30am.


Newspaper tablecloth for easy clean up. Now that's what I called authentic.

Saturday, I went out to get a pool party outfit. Shopping is such a nice work out, lol. I was aiming to get my mid-life crisis/middle age Hawaiian shirt and a pair of bright red hibiscus print shorts but after 2 hours of store browsing I settled for a nautical themed t-shirt with a pair of brown bold banana leaf graphic shorts that I swear I will not wear it anytime else but summer and not anywhere else but around water. Afterwards I went to a guy's place who I met on Craigslist's Strictly Platonic section. Like me, he was looking for new friends to hang out with, and he especially mentioned scrabble. He's a pretty good looking guy and I can see that's he's of German decent. Although child, let me tell you I whooped that boy's ass twice on scrabble. I almost feel bad for being that competitive, but his scrabble skills are really questionable. His average score is around 220 and mine was 350, I felt so bad.

At night, I went out with Mr. CuteCub for a drink. I have to say that he is one of the (not handsomest or sexiest, although he is handsome and sexy too but he's) cutest persons I have seen for a long while. Complete with dimples and squinty eyes and a nice hairy body, he looks like one of those Japanese G-men character. He is also very intelligent, kind and he has a great sense of humor. I swear if he isn't hitched already, I might actively pursue him. Lucius texted me after I was out and ask if I want to go out for a drink, so I pointed him over to where we are. Lucius and CuteCub are both outgoing type, so they chatted for a long while until Lucius left after two big jugs of beer. I would have loved to be with Lucius one on one, but he still pulls at my heartstrings. Thankfully CuteCub was there to soften the blows. He told me that Lucius was looking at me affectionately at times and that he must like me a lot, but I told him that I have been openly pursuing Lucius a few times but either got rejected or ignored so if he does have feelings for me, he would have told me already. CuteCub also explained that the reason he himself didn't want to get too close to me before was because he was afraid that he'll fall hard for me and that he loves his boyfriend a lot and didn't want to jeopardize that relationship but that he likes me a lot. I really appreciated his honesty and his effort to explain himself, the last thing I need is another "What's wrong with me?" session. I remember bumping into his boyfriend once at an Asian event and he was really good looking, so I can't blame him.

So after the bar closed, we headed back to his place because he wanted to show me his Wii. It's a harder control then I'm used to, you really have to pay attention and be alert the whole time, which is really tiring after lack of sleep and a few drinks. We didn't go to bed until 3:30am and woke up around 8, fall back to sleep and wake up every half hour until 11. Went to a steak house of bison burgers, walked around and dove into a few thrift stores looking for books, CDs and T-shirts. CuteCub seems to be a really great guy and really, really cute, I always have a really great time when I'm with him. Went home to do laundry, cleaned up a little and it's time for the dress rehearsal for the pool party. I would have paid the Gay Luck Club $50 if I could have taken a 2-hour nap before joining them.

The dress rehearsal of the pool party turned into a meeting, nobody went down to swim and I, sticking to my original plan, just manned the grill. I don't know if we as a group are getting older or some of us have just worked in the corporate world for too long, but I used to remember when there was a time when planning for a party was easy. Teenagers do it, hi-schoolers and college students plan parties all the time too, I mean how complicated could it be? But it seems that everything is dragged out of proportions and we have to vote on every issue. We are on our 20th hour of the process and it just seemed too bureaucratic, while the fun factor is slowly disappearing. At least some of us got a good laugh at it afterwards and a few even said there are other things happening on that weekend and might consider switching gears.

Checked out a new bear event later on and there were like 10 people in there including me and BL. We were joking that the Asians are very well represented at this bar. I discovered that I can drink lite beers (they're like water and I can probably chuck 6 of these down and pretend to be a big drinker), we chatted with a person that organized the Gay Film Festival, gave him my WTFs for Otto and in exchange I got more information on Girls Will be Girls materials. I got home after midnight.

It has been an unusually busy weekend, which is nice, I would have loved to add a good night sleep somewhere in between and maybe a long job search session. But right now, I'm in desperate need of a huge ice cold glass of orange juice.

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Stuff That This Asian Do Not Like

Just ranting here but I'm starting to be slightly offended by a site on my blogroll called Stuff Asian People Like. It's all fun and good when you were using stereotypes to poke fun at Asian Americans, some of the things they mentioned do have some nostalgic values. Yes, my uncle did use a plastic cover for our leather couch and it's extremely uncomfortable in summer when we're all sweating while siiting on it. Yes, when Asian folks go on vacation, we don't necessarily go to have a great time, we go so that we can take tons of pictures, so we can brag to our family and friends and SAY that we had a great time. But after a certain point it because slightly offensive. Topics like Child Labor and Arranged Marriage can't really claim to be what Asian people like. If given a choice, I doubt that people actually would like that, it's like saying Asian people like the bird flu; just because it happens in Asia doesn't mean that we like it. The T-shirt they sell, featuring one person with a rice paddy hat is kinda bad as well. Maybe they are running out of ideas, or maybe they are testing a new writer out, but I'm getting a little irked. I even find Topic like Magosteen is a bit obscure and only reflect the opinion of a very small percentage of Asians. I guess it is hard to find a common thread to reflect the views of all Asians, and they have found almost 100 things so kudos. I just hope their next topic won't be things like Communism, the Black Organ Markets, Pollution and the Triads. If any of those things come out, I'll have to delete them from my blogroll.

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TV Preview: The Cho Show

This is a preview of the Cho Show coming to VH1 on August 21st. Um.... Wow! I'm so gonna stay at home when it airs. It sounds a little bit like My Life on the D-List and not that I don't love Kathy Griffin but I love Margaret and her family much more. She's just brilliant and I wish her nothing but the best. Spread the word!

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Weekend Meme: Meme 90

Took this from Kyle at Strange Relationship is this week's Meme. Bold the ones that you've done before and leave the rest alone. As always, I'm not gonna tag anyone, but you're more than welcomed to play.

1. Bought everyone in the pub/bar a drink
2. Climbed a mountain
3. Held a tarantula
4. Taken a morning shower with your man
5. Been in love
6. Broken someone’s heart
7. Had your heart broken
8. Done a striptease
9. Bungee jumped
10. Watched a lightning storm at sea
11. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
12. Seen the Northern Lights
13. Gone to a huge sports game
14. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
15. Slept under the stars
16. Changed a baby’s diaper
17. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
18. Watched a meteor shower
19. Gotten drunk on champagne
20. Given money to charity
21. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
22. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
23. Had a food fight
24. Bet on a winning horse
25. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
26. Had a snowball fight
27. Photocopied your butt or any other intimate body part
28. Held a lamb
29. Gone skinny dipping
30. Taken an ice cold shower
31. Seen a total eclipse
32. Ridden a roller coaster
33. Hit a home run
34. Been arrested
35. Visited all 50 states
36. Taken care of someone who was drunk
37. Stolen a street/highway sign
38. Backpacked in Europe - I was a student in Paris, but I don't think that counts.
39. Taken a road-trip
40. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
41. Gone sky diving
42. Milked a cow
43. Alphabetized your records
44. Sung karaoke
45. Lounged around in bed all day
46. Gone scuba diving
47. Danced in the rain
48. Gone to a drive-in theater
49. Started a business
50. Gotten married
51. Been in a movie
52. Crashed a party
53. Gotten divorced
54. Had sex in an unusual place
55. Made cookies from scratch
56. Gotten a tattoo
57. Been on television
58. Had sex in a public place - What about in a car, does that count as public?
59. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
60. Recorded music
61. Had too much to drink at a party
62. Bought a house
63. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
64. Been on a cruise ship
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Bounced a check
67. Called or written your Congress person
68. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
69. Sang loudly by yourself in the car
70. Wrote articles for a large publication
71. Piloted an airplane
72. Helped an animal give birth
73. Been fired or laid off from a job - Not yet, but I would have by the end of the month.
74. Won money on a T.V. game show
75. Broken a bone
76. Ridden a motorcycle
77. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
78. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
79. Ridden a horse
80. Had major surgery
81. Had sex on a moving train
82. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
83. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
84. Visited all 7 continents
85. Eaten sushi
86. Had your picture in the newspaper
87. Parasailed
88. Changed your name
89. Dyed your hair
90. Been a DJ

Only 37/90..., I'm so xeroxing my butt now.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Music Invasion: Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor"

I'm setting up a playlist on my iPod for an upcoming pool party that the Gay Luck Club is hosting, so I'm going through some songs and come across this gem.(Is that why I'm having a Dance fit, recently?) Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Murder on the Dancefloor circa 2001. The video is really not that great, I especially hate the announcer speaking and interrupting the song, but it's kinda funny.



Murder...
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Oh, I know I know I know I know I know I know
About your kind
And so and so and so and so and so and so
I'll have to play

If you think you're getting away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all the way
Boy, just come along
Hear me when I say
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey hey hey hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Oh I know I know I know I know I know I know
There may be others
And so and so and so and so and so and so
You'll just have to pray

If you think your getting away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all the way
Stay another song
I'll blow you all away
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna turn this house around somehow

Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey hey hey hey
Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Don't think you'll get away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all the way
Boy, just come along
Hear me when i say
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey hey hey hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
but you'd better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you'd better not kill the groove

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Atari_Age over at Ready, Reset, Go posted a musical clip called Dr. Horrible's Sign-Along Blog. It's directed by Joss Whedon staring the most prominent gay actor in Hollywood - Neil Patrick Harris. I have to say I'm starting to find him very adorable, especially after knowing that he has a good sense of humor.

In the clip he plays the anti-superhero - Dr. Horrible, he can sing really well. There's a cute storyline to it but the whole show is about 45 minutes long and divided into 3 parts. If you find the time to watch it, I sincerely recommend it. It's just pretty cute and it's nice if you want to kill some time. Maybe they can turn it into a play or something, it'd be kinda nice. And for a new Sing-along, I demand lyrics!



By the by, the folks at Girls Will Be Girls put my blog on their blogroll to thank me for mentioning their short clips. That's kinda cool, no?

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