I HATE household chores. But the time comes, eventually, when they MUST be done. And if they MUST be done, it always helps if they're done with FUN! Therefore, I give you.....
Dishes, The Movie
POLT Listening to "Hung Up" by Madonna Oil: 115.92 (+.46); Gas: 3.53 (+.01)
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages: Obama + 3.3
Pathetic, isn't it? Straight people and their silly little rituals. - Melanie, Queer As Folk
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Drive my mini-cooper, and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 14)...
Superman Sunday
I firmly believe that whomever they get to play Superman in the next movie, needs to have a major costume redesign...
...something similar to this above. He would certainly look much better flying through the air, or throwing super-villains around or, well...just standing still really.
POLT Listening to "Vogue" by Madonna
One of these days, I'm going to kebab your useless butt with those drum sticks. - Elijah Snow, Planetary #3
Let's get unconscious, honey (Part 120)...
Unconscious Mutterings
these come from http://subliminal.lunanina.com/I say ... and you think ... ?
Groceries :: Bagboy
Deodorant :: Armpit
Psychic :: Miss Cleo
Cherries :: Popping
Spooky :: Poltergeists!
Yogurt :: Cultured
Kitchen :: Food
Nothing personal :: Insult
Be nice :: Bite me!
Delivery :: Baby
POLT Listening to "When Dove's Cry" from the Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack
Oh great blazing balls of crap! - Bolt, Villains United #6
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Just send a small donation, directly to the station...
Some of you may remember this post wherein I dontated half of the $600 check Bushie borrowed money from the Chinese to send to me, to Obama's campaign. This evening, after watching him accept the nomination Thursday, tonight, I donated the remaining $300 to his campaign. As I said before, it only seems right that I use the money of Bushie's stupid folly to help ensure the opposition gets into office. I do so love poetic justice.And honestly, depending on how the campaign goes, and how my finances go, I might even send in a bit more in September and October too.
But the really nifty part, is when I got online to donate this, I found out that if I donated $50 or more, I'd get a first edition Obama/Biden 'supporter kit', which includes a t-shirt, yard sign, car magnet and 5 buttons to share! Nifty neato, eh?
Oh, A Local Celebrity, Mr. David Parispeking, if you want one of those buttons, it's got your name written all over it. The only condition to getting it is, whenever we are together between now and election day, you MUST wear it the entire time we are together. Let me know if you want one.
POLT Listening to "Flounders Mashups" on DC101Online
No quick fix for porn! - The Screen Savers
Short play the game, whatchu say?...
Found this online at http://www.electoral-vote.com/. I doubt it's actually what happened, but since I have absolutely NO idea how it happened, this is as good as any.
The Veep: A Short Play in One Act
Sometimes fiction is a better vehicle for getting inside someone's mind. Besides, it's all we have. Here is a short play for two actors. Let's call them Schmidt, a tough, savvy consultant, and McCain, a candidate. All names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Schmidt: McCain, Get your ass over here and look at this map.
McCain: It's the U.S. with the states red and blue. Seen it before. What's your point?
Schmidt: Obama's gonna win all the Kerry States. You have a small chance to pick off New Hampshire but 60% of the people think you're pro choice. When they find out you've been pro life for 25 years, forget New Hampshire.
McCain: Where does that leave me?
Schmidt: Bush won 286 to 252.
McCain: Fine with me.
Schmidt: But wait a minute. Obama campaigned like crazy in Iowa. Won the caucuses big time. You barely set foot in the state. The people of Iowa take their caucuses very, very seriously. You insulted them. Make that 279 to 259.
McCain: I still win.
Schmidt: We're not done yet. Obama has been leading in New Mexico all year. State's full of Latinos. They preferred Clinton but they're still Democrats at heart. I think we're toast there. Now its 274 to 264.
McCain: A win is a win. Still better than Florida was.
Schmidt: Yeah, but now Obama is just 5 EVs short of a tie (which means it goes to the House and he'll win there) and 6 EVs short of a clean win. Look, there are six swing states this time: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, and Nevada. We have to win all six of them. Can't lose a single state or we're dead meat.
McCain: I'm a fighter. You know that. The gooks couldn't break me. I'll campaign like hell in all six. Don't worry.
Schmidt: I'm worried. We're 50-50 on all six. It's like flipping a coin six times and getting six heads. One chance in 64, roughly 2%. We have to do something dramatic. Something that will throw all calculations out the window. Something that completely shakes up everything. Something that gives us a fresh start. Gotta hit the RESET button.
McCain: Have something in mind?
Schmidt: Yeah. Pick a black or a woman for Veep.
McCain: You mean I can't pick Joe? He's my friend and a great guy.
Schmidt: Half the convention would walk out. Besides, Jews aren't a novelty any more. Thank Gore for that.
McCain:. Shit. But blacks are fine with me. Colin Powell is a great American and one of the most respected people in the country.
Schmidt: He doesn't want the job
McCain: No sweat. Condi's the smartest woman I know. Mind like a bear trap. She'll run rings around Biden at the debate. She'll say: "I've been there. I talk to Putin every week. You're just an old windbag"
Schmidt: She's got "BUSH III" emblazoned on her forehead. And Obama is a happily married man with two adorable little girls, Condi's a single black woman who is apparently not much into families. Won't work. What about Kay [Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)]?
McCain: She's tired of the Washington rat race. She wants to go back to Texas. Be governor or something, you know like Ma Ferguson.
Schmidt: Ma's husband, the governor, was impeached and convicted. Ann Richards would be a better role model. What other women do we have?
McCain: Jodi [Rell] and Olympia [Snowe] are smart and popular but pro choice. The Base distrusts me already. They'd mutiny.
Schmidt: Elizabeth Dole? Susan Collins?
McCain: With either of those we lose a Senate seat. I don't want to have 60 Democrats to deal with over there. Reid might grow a spine. Can't encourage that.
Schmidt: Lisa Murkowski?
McCain: Her dad appointed her. She won on her own later, but I don't need to deal with nepotism and cronyism. Smells like Bush. I'm a maverick, remember?
Schmidt: Got it. Some businesswomen? Sarah Palin?
McCain: Carly [Fiorina] is great on economics, but she nearly she ran her company into the ground so the board fired her and then gave her $40 million so she wouldn't feel bad. The 20,000 people she fired aren't too keen on her. Meg Whitman did a fantastic job at eBay but nobody's ever heard of her.
Schmidt: So Palin's the only one left? What about her?
McCain: I met her once, at a governors meeting. Cute as a button. She ran for Miss Alaska. Came in second. I woulda voted for her. But it's a real Hail Mary pass. She's popular up north there where the sun never shines (except for some minor problems when she tried to fire her state trooper brother-in-law). She was pregnant with a Down syndrome baby and didn't abort him. The Base will love that. Her hobbies are riding her motorcycle and hunting moose. The coal miners in Appalachia will go wild over her. How fast can we print a million 8x10 color photos of her for their lockers?
Schmidt: Fast. But what about her experience. I mean, she's only been governor a year and a half. What did she do before that?
McCain: I think she was mayor of some village with six igloos. Who cares? I think you're right we have to shake things up completely. Change the game. The Base will eat her up on abortion, the Hillary fans will see that we respect women (unlike their guy). We grab the mantle of reformers. The white guys will be transfixed by this hot chick who hunts moose. I get to be Maverick-in-chief. Sounds like a winner.
Schmidt: What about the debate with Biden? What if the moderator says: "What would you do if Russia invaded Georgia again?" and she says: "I'll get on Air Force One and fly to Atlanta immediately."
McCain: Most Americans can't find Georgia the state on a map, let alone Georgia the country. I'll get Lugar to tutor her on foreign policy. He knows everything about it. I'm sold. Let's go for it.
Curtain falls.
Hey, anybody got any better ideas?
POLT Listening to "Flounders Mashups on DC101Online"
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of socail uplift is approaching spiritual death. - Martin Luther King, JR
The Veep: A Short Play in One Act
Sometimes fiction is a better vehicle for getting inside someone's mind. Besides, it's all we have. Here is a short play for two actors. Let's call them Schmidt, a tough, savvy consultant, and McCain, a candidate. All names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Schmidt: McCain, Get your ass over here and look at this map.
McCain: It's the U.S. with the states red and blue. Seen it before. What's your point?
Schmidt: Obama's gonna win all the Kerry States. You have a small chance to pick off New Hampshire but 60% of the people think you're pro choice. When they find out you've been pro life for 25 years, forget New Hampshire.
McCain: Where does that leave me?
Schmidt: Bush won 286 to 252.
McCain: Fine with me.
Schmidt: But wait a minute. Obama campaigned like crazy in Iowa. Won the caucuses big time. You barely set foot in the state. The people of Iowa take their caucuses very, very seriously. You insulted them. Make that 279 to 259.
McCain: I still win.
Schmidt: We're not done yet. Obama has been leading in New Mexico all year. State's full of Latinos. They preferred Clinton but they're still Democrats at heart. I think we're toast there. Now its 274 to 264.
McCain: A win is a win. Still better than Florida was.
Schmidt: Yeah, but now Obama is just 5 EVs short of a tie (which means it goes to the House and he'll win there) and 6 EVs short of a clean win. Look, there are six swing states this time: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, and Nevada. We have to win all six of them. Can't lose a single state or we're dead meat.
McCain: I'm a fighter. You know that. The gooks couldn't break me. I'll campaign like hell in all six. Don't worry.
Schmidt: I'm worried. We're 50-50 on all six. It's like flipping a coin six times and getting six heads. One chance in 64, roughly 2%. We have to do something dramatic. Something that will throw all calculations out the window. Something that completely shakes up everything. Something that gives us a fresh start. Gotta hit the RESET button.
McCain: Have something in mind?
Schmidt: Yeah. Pick a black or a woman for Veep.
McCain: You mean I can't pick Joe? He's my friend and a great guy.
Schmidt: Half the convention would walk out. Besides, Jews aren't a novelty any more. Thank Gore for that.
McCain:. Shit. But blacks are fine with me. Colin Powell is a great American and one of the most respected people in the country.
Schmidt: He doesn't want the job
McCain: No sweat. Condi's the smartest woman I know. Mind like a bear trap. She'll run rings around Biden at the debate. She'll say: "I've been there. I talk to Putin every week. You're just an old windbag"
Schmidt: She's got "BUSH III" emblazoned on her forehead. And Obama is a happily married man with two adorable little girls, Condi's a single black woman who is apparently not much into families. Won't work. What about Kay [Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)]?
McCain: She's tired of the Washington rat race. She wants to go back to Texas. Be governor or something, you know like Ma Ferguson.
Schmidt: Ma's husband, the governor, was impeached and convicted. Ann Richards would be a better role model. What other women do we have?
McCain: Jodi [Rell] and Olympia [Snowe] are smart and popular but pro choice. The Base distrusts me already. They'd mutiny.
Schmidt: Elizabeth Dole? Susan Collins?
McCain: With either of those we lose a Senate seat. I don't want to have 60 Democrats to deal with over there. Reid might grow a spine. Can't encourage that.
Schmidt: Lisa Murkowski?
McCain: Her dad appointed her. She won on her own later, but I don't need to deal with nepotism and cronyism. Smells like Bush. I'm a maverick, remember?
Schmidt: Got it. Some businesswomen? Sarah Palin?
McCain: Carly [Fiorina] is great on economics, but she nearly she ran her company into the ground so the board fired her and then gave her $40 million so she wouldn't feel bad. The 20,000 people she fired aren't too keen on her. Meg Whitman did a fantastic job at eBay but nobody's ever heard of her.
Schmidt: So Palin's the only one left? What about her?
McCain: I met her once, at a governors meeting. Cute as a button. She ran for Miss Alaska. Came in second. I woulda voted for her. But it's a real Hail Mary pass. She's popular up north there where the sun never shines (except for some minor problems when she tried to fire her state trooper brother-in-law). She was pregnant with a Down syndrome baby and didn't abort him. The Base will love that. Her hobbies are riding her motorcycle and hunting moose. The coal miners in Appalachia will go wild over her. How fast can we print a million 8x10 color photos of her for their lockers?
Schmidt: Fast. But what about her experience. I mean, she's only been governor a year and a half. What did she do before that?
McCain: I think she was mayor of some village with six igloos. Who cares? I think you're right we have to shake things up completely. Change the game. The Base will eat her up on abortion, the Hillary fans will see that we respect women (unlike their guy). We grab the mantle of reformers. The white guys will be transfixed by this hot chick who hunts moose. I get to be Maverick-in-chief. Sounds like a winner.
Schmidt: What about the debate with Biden? What if the moderator says: "What would you do if Russia invaded Georgia again?" and she says: "I'll get on Air Force One and fly to Atlanta immediately."
McCain: Most Americans can't find Georgia the state on a map, let alone Georgia the country. I'll get Lugar to tutor her on foreign policy. He knows everything about it. I'm sold. Let's go for it.
Curtain falls.
Hey, anybody got any better ideas?
POLT Listening to "Flounders Mashups on DC101Online"
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of socail uplift is approaching spiritual death. - Martin Luther King, JR
My baby's got a secret (Part 90)...
Secret Saturdays
POLT Listening to "Flounders Mash-Ups" on DC101 online Oil: 115.46 (-.19); Gas: 3.52 (-.01)
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages: Obama +3.9
The most mysterious creature in the universe: women. - Batman, Justice League: Starcrossed
Friday, August 29, 2008
My thoughts progress, think about forever...
Now that the Democratic convention is over, I thought I'd mention somethings about it. I was underimpressed with Biden's speech and thought Gore's was just okay. I didn't see Michelles, but I saw Ted Kennedy, Hillary, Bill, Biden, Gore and Obama's. And I gotta say, from Kennedy to Hillary to Bill to Obama, the speeches just got better and better and better, as if building to a cresendo in music. And by the way, in case you hadn't heard, Obama's speech was watched by 35 million Americans. That's more people than watched the opening of the Olympics, the final show of American Idol, and double the number who saw Kerry speech in 2004.My favorite part? To hear Kennedy, Hillary, Bill and Obama all mention gay and lesbian Americans and the equality all of us deserve. How refreshing it was to hear all of them mention gays and lesbians and our needs.
So now, the Democrats have put up the first Catholic on a national ticket, the first woman on a national ticket, the first Jew on a national, the first black man on a national ticket (oh, and yeah, the Republicans put up their first female candidate....24 years too late to actually be history-making but still), now I just have to wonder, will I in my lifetime see a gay or lesbian candidate on the national ticket?
Seems impossible, I know. But so did gay marriage when Bushie began his 8 years, and now, we got it on each coast, and civil unions in several other places. Something I thought impossible back when the mistake that IS George W. Bush first cam on the scene. If gay and lesbians rights can progress so fast under a party in power and a president determined to keep us second-class citizens, imagine how fast they're progress under a party and a President Obama that embrace us!
POLT Listening to "Vertigo" by U2
Marge, wake up and smell your husband! - Selma, The Simpsons
Keep your numbers mounting (Part 39)...
55 Fiction Fridays
As a child, James had loved comic books.
He always wanted to be a superhero.
Imagine his surprise when he discovered a magic ring,
That gave him rotating superpowers!
James flew, than without warning, he could run fast.
And then read minds!
As a child, James had loved comic books.
He always wanted to be a superhero.
Imagine his surprise when he discovered a magic ring,
That gave him rotating superpowers!
James flew, than without warning, he could run fast.
And then read minds!
It kinda sucked, though when his intangibility turned into a body of stone.
POLT Listening to "Everyday I Write The Book" by Elvis Costello Oil: 115.65 (+.06); Gas: 3.53 (-)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +3.9
Look out, Stormy, she's drunker than a pickled skunk! - Uncle Sam, Freedom Fighters #8
Vanished, gone, would sarah, would she survive...
Sarah WHO????
WTF????
McSame picks Sarah Palin??? Governor of Alaska??? What the HELL is he thinking????
She's two years younger than Obama, so that negates any attacks McSame would have had on Obama's age. She was a city mayor for 6 years and then governor of Alaska for two years and that's IT, so that negates any attacks McSame could have used on Obama about his lack of experience or foreign policy know-how.
Do we really want a 44 year old who's only been in a state-wide office for two years to be a heartbeat away from a president who's 72 years old today and who'd had cancer twice before? I would not have liked, but I would have understood why he would have picked Romney (to help with Michigan), Pawlenty (to help with Minnesota), Ridge (to help with Pennsylvania), Huckabee ( to help with the far right wingnuts), or even Lieberman (to help with independents). But this choice???? My GOD, what is McSame thinking? This boggles my mind completely.
Also makes me laugh out loud. I swear, if I was going to pick a running mate for McSame, I doubt I could have come with one any more pleasing to me that Mrs. Palin. Course, I guess this DOES remove Alaska from the battleground column, McSame's made sure he gets those three electoral votes!
Know I have to wonder...does McSame even want to win this thing?????
POLT Listening to "That's Not My Name" by the Ting Tings
The less you talk, the more you're listened to. - Abigail Van Buren
WTF????
McSame picks Sarah Palin??? Governor of Alaska??? What the HELL is he thinking????
She's two years younger than Obama, so that negates any attacks McSame would have had on Obama's age. She was a city mayor for 6 years and then governor of Alaska for two years and that's IT, so that negates any attacks McSame could have used on Obama about his lack of experience or foreign policy know-how.
Do we really want a 44 year old who's only been in a state-wide office for two years to be a heartbeat away from a president who's 72 years old today and who'd had cancer twice before? I would not have liked, but I would have understood why he would have picked Romney (to help with Michigan), Pawlenty (to help with Minnesota), Ridge (to help with Pennsylvania), Huckabee ( to help with the far right wingnuts), or even Lieberman (to help with independents). But this choice???? My GOD, what is McSame thinking? This boggles my mind completely.
Also makes me laugh out loud. I swear, if I was going to pick a running mate for McSame, I doubt I could have come with one any more pleasing to me that Mrs. Palin. Course, I guess this DOES remove Alaska from the battleground column, McSame's made sure he gets those three electoral votes!
Know I have to wonder...does McSame even want to win this thing?????
POLT Listening to "That's Not My Name" by the Ting Tings
The less you talk, the more you're listened to. - Abigail Van Buren
Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me (Part 148)...
Frenching Fridays
No theme again, just photos.
POLT Listening to "Sexy Boy" by Air
Jesus preached and talked against a whole gamut of sins. He never mentioned homosexuality at all. - Jimmy Carter
Thursday, August 28, 2008
What we see today, are the results of the mistakes...
Just a couple notes I noticed from my most recent Polt Quiz.
Everyone who took it got #4 right, the fact that men's feet do not turn me on. Guess no surprise there, eh?
The one most people missed was #8, how many different guys I slept with this year. The options were 3, 7, 11, 15. only two of you got it right: 11 (congrats Dave S. and Amie), but of the wrong answers, everyone guessed either 3 or 7. What the HELL is wrong with you people? What more can I write to show you how much of a slut I am? I mean, I didn't expect everyone to get it right, but for most people to think it was only 3 or 7...well, hell, I'm kinda insulted.
I also found it interested that 7 people missed #10, what do i want out of life (the correct answer being To Have Fun) . And the most frequently guessed wrong answer was to have a partner to spend my life with. Do i really come off as that desperate in the blog? I mean, yeah, I'm kinda dating Don, and I figure eventually we'll get together, but I mean, its not like I'm moping around every other post about not having a boyfriend like some ugly, zit-filled, bracefaced Middle School girl, am I?
And plus, remember what I wrote above...I'm a slut, right? Dontcha think a regular partner's gonna kinda infringe on the sluttiness available to me? Really, how could I appear MORE slutty...a montage of photos of me in compromising positions with various gentlemen...and men that aren't so gentle too?
Ah, well, I'm not really angry or upset or anything, I just found the results funny. Seriously, thank you for taking the time take the quiz...although I do have to say how immensely disappointed I am in A Local Celebrity, Mr. David Parispeking, who got the LOWEST amount right, just 4 out of 10! And you've known me, personally, for 6 or 7 years? And I was IN your wedding! And I know your wife loves Pepsi and not Coke! And your daughters pray for my soul each night! And we went to WHITE CASTLE together, for Harold & Kumar's sake, and yet you only know me well enough to get 40% right??? Sheesh.
POLT Listening to "Ruined In A Day" by New Order Oil:115.59 (-2.61); Gas: 3.53 (-)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +2.9
It's like meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful...husband! - Alanis Morisette, concert, Aug 10, 2004
Everyone who took it got #4 right, the fact that men's feet do not turn me on. Guess no surprise there, eh?
The one most people missed was #8, how many different guys I slept with this year. The options were 3, 7, 11, 15. only two of you got it right: 11 (congrats Dave S. and Amie), but of the wrong answers, everyone guessed either 3 or 7. What the HELL is wrong with you people? What more can I write to show you how much of a slut I am? I mean, I didn't expect everyone to get it right, but for most people to think it was only 3 or 7...well, hell, I'm kinda insulted.
I also found it interested that 7 people missed #10, what do i want out of life (the correct answer being To Have Fun) . And the most frequently guessed wrong answer was to have a partner to spend my life with. Do i really come off as that desperate in the blog? I mean, yeah, I'm kinda dating Don, and I figure eventually we'll get together, but I mean, its not like I'm moping around every other post about not having a boyfriend like some ugly, zit-filled, bracefaced Middle School girl, am I?
And plus, remember what I wrote above...I'm a slut, right? Dontcha think a regular partner's gonna kinda infringe on the sluttiness available to me? Really, how could I appear MORE slutty...a montage of photos of me in compromising positions with various gentlemen...and men that aren't so gentle too?
Ah, well, I'm not really angry or upset or anything, I just found the results funny. Seriously, thank you for taking the time take the quiz...although I do have to say how immensely disappointed I am in A Local Celebrity, Mr. David Parispeking, who got the LOWEST amount right, just 4 out of 10! And you've known me, personally, for 6 or 7 years? And I was IN your wedding! And I know your wife loves Pepsi and not Coke! And your daughters pray for my soul each night! And we went to WHITE CASTLE together, for Harold & Kumar's sake, and yet you only know me well enough to get 40% right??? Sheesh.
POLT Listening to "Ruined In A Day" by New Order Oil:115.59 (-2.61); Gas: 3.53 (-)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +2.9
It's like meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful...husband! - Alanis Morisette, concert, Aug 10, 2004
Undress me, will I look like a fool (Part 124)...
Once more, kids, it's time for...
I remember, back in 1976 when I was in 3rd grade, we had a mock election in my class...and that was the beginning of it all. In 1980, I remember pestering my mom repeatedly to explain this and that part of the election to me. She took me to the library and we checked out some books so I could learn about it. In 1984, at the tender age of 16, I was discussing and debating politics with my mother and her father. And finally in 1988, I could cast my first vote for president.
I was first able to vote in the spring of 1986, and in the primary in the spring and the general election in the fall, I have cast a vote in every single election since that time (Except for the primary in 1989, when I was in college and didn't make it).
I started college as a history:education major, I changed it and graduated with a B.A. in Political Science in 1991.
Starting in 1990 up until last fall, I worked twice a year at the polls each election, the majority of those spent as the Judge Of Elections for my precinct.
Obviously, I am a political junkie. So how have I been spending this past week?
Watching the Democratic Convention with Lefty, The Liberal Democratic Donkey.
Hey, some people like fishing, some like collecting stamps, some like knitting. Me, I like politics.
POLT Listening to "When I Get You Alone" by Thicke
If you found somebody that had information about an attack on America, you'd want to know as best as we can to find out what the facts are. - George W. Bush
I remember, back in 1976 when I was in 3rd grade, we had a mock election in my class...and that was the beginning of it all. In 1980, I remember pestering my mom repeatedly to explain this and that part of the election to me. She took me to the library and we checked out some books so I could learn about it. In 1984, at the tender age of 16, I was discussing and debating politics with my mother and her father. And finally in 1988, I could cast my first vote for president.
I was first able to vote in the spring of 1986, and in the primary in the spring and the general election in the fall, I have cast a vote in every single election since that time (Except for the primary in 1989, when I was in college and didn't make it).
I started college as a history:education major, I changed it and graduated with a B.A. in Political Science in 1991.
Starting in 1990 up until last fall, I worked twice a year at the polls each election, the majority of those spent as the Judge Of Elections for my precinct.
Obviously, I am a political junkie. So how have I been spending this past week?
Watching the Democratic Convention with Lefty, The Liberal Democratic Donkey.
Hey, some people like fishing, some like collecting stamps, some like knitting. Me, I like politics.
POLT Listening to "When I Get You Alone" by Thicke
If you found somebody that had information about an attack on America, you'd want to know as best as we can to find out what the facts are. - George W. Bush
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Take it to the runway (Part 7)...
Now, it's time for....
Well, kids, being the political junkie that I am, I've spent this week doing little in the evenings but watching the Democratic Convention. That includes tonight. So I told Dave S. this week it was all him. However, in between the end of former President Bill Clinton's speech and the beginning of future Vice-President Joe Biden's speech, I did flip over to watch the show. All I saw was the last twenty minutes or so of the show, basically, the runway walk on.
I'll just add my two cents quickly, saying that I was WAAAY off from the judges this week. I thought Terri's was the best, and I thought Jerell's was the worst. I found it disturbing, but that might be because I thought the hairthing he has going on on his model's head was distracting to me.
I'm still seeing dowdy schoolmarm when I see Leanne, but I did think she was really cute when she smiled at the end. And dammit I was sad to see Keith go, just for the hunky factor. Blayne and Jerell are easy on my eyes, but they're not hunky like Keith was. Ah well, I'd GLADLY volunteer to get him out of Utah and dry his tears....poor dear....poor hunky dear....
And without further ado, I turn it all over to Dave S. Take it away...
Tonight's challenge, from the top of a parking garage, is to use the materials in a Saturn (a Saturn?! Hondas are *so* much sexier...) to create an "innovative" outfit.
My first thought: Stella's gonna kick some serious ass at this challenge. But then she started talking about what she was planning. *Not* leather?! Cute?! Pretty?!? Good lord, she's going to crash and burn...
And Kenley. Sheesh -- even when she's talking normal, she sounds like she's whining. And that was before she *really* started whining after her model dropped out of the competition.
Leanne's outfit started out great and just kept getting better. The idea of fraying the seatbelt fabric was ingenious. And beautiful. Just like her. :-)
Blayne's sketch looked awesome. Great design. But then he started constructing it and realized that he couldn't make it work like he was hoping. A change in direction caused a downhill spiral that wasn't completely evident until his model walked down the runway.
Terri was a bitch by laughing at Korto's jacket dress. Of course, Korto had the last laugh on the runway.
We were into the show an entire 10 minutes before Suede mentioned himself in the third person. And that was the only time. So that begs the question: Is it Suede or the producers who are getting bored with it? And Blayne used "licious" only once when he called their erstwhile mentor "Timlicious." Which is just wrong on so many levels...
Okay, so we gotta talk about Keith. His stress level was so high that I was getting tense just watching him. He kept focusing on toning down his design to match what the judges had been telling him. But they didn't tell him to tone it down, they simply were looking for a different technique. He worried me from the start when he talked of his outfit being "fitted and toned down." And worse that he was doing it to appease the judges. No no no! Then he started getting cocky. "I just feel like I deserve it more than the others." There's an old saying, Keith: Never ask for what you deserve.
Okay, let's hit the runway...
Jerell: Interesting. Futuristic. But the boobs were totally odd. Who would want their breast squished into a horizontal, kinda droopy shape? The detailing was nice though.
Keith: Boring. Certainly not innovative.
Terri: Not bad. Nice lines. Nothing overly new, but pretty.
Kenley: Okay, but the overall shape was somewhat flat. The flange on the skirt was different, but a bit clown-collar-ish.
Leanne: Stunning. Amazing skirt. Great stitching throughout. Well tailored.
Suede: Really nice. Well done.
Korto: Beautiful. A bit stiff-looking, but I gotta say that she really pulled it off. Looked great.
Blayne: Stiff and puckering. He went all Keith on this one. And it didn't work for *him* either. The mirror pieces added to the horror.
Joe: Interesting. I really liked the Saturn logo panel on the front. Very clever. However, the construction of it wasn't very good.
Stella: Interesting, but not quite there. The top and bottom didn't match.
Top 3: Jerrell, Korto, and Leanne.
Bottom 3: Blayne, Keith, and Stella.
The judges once again got it right. Leanne was the winner (and likely won easily). One of the judges said that she could see it on a Paris runway and I definitely have to agree. A gorgeous piece of work. This is twice now that Leanne's won -- she just may have what it takes to make it to the final runway.
And Keith (sadly) is out. Not only didn't he answer the challenge, but he failed it by reigning himself in. And criticizing the critics probably didn't help his case any. I'm sad to see him go. When he was on, he was on, but his insecurities got the best of him.
No outstanding lines this time around, except for a heart-wrenching one from Keith at the end: "I'm going home for something that wasn't me." :-(
Next week: A "fashion legend"! But I have no idea who she is... (Should I?)
Dave S. you're so terminally straight (in a good way) that I guess it's okay you don't know who she is. But don't worry, I still love ya.
Next week: Diane Von Furstenburg! And lot of HUGEness! And will NINAGARCIA be back???
POLT Listening to the Democratic Convention
It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen. - Mamie Van Dorn
A Project Runway Rundown from a gay man's and a straight man's perspectives
Well, kids, being the political junkie that I am, I've spent this week doing little in the evenings but watching the Democratic Convention. That includes tonight. So I told Dave S. this week it was all him. However, in between the end of former President Bill Clinton's speech and the beginning of future Vice-President Joe Biden's speech, I did flip over to watch the show. All I saw was the last twenty minutes or so of the show, basically, the runway walk on.
I'll just add my two cents quickly, saying that I was WAAAY off from the judges this week. I thought Terri's was the best, and I thought Jerell's was the worst. I found it disturbing, but that might be because I thought the hairthing he has going on on his model's head was distracting to me.
I'm still seeing dowdy schoolmarm when I see Leanne, but I did think she was really cute when she smiled at the end. And dammit I was sad to see Keith go, just for the hunky factor. Blayne and Jerell are easy on my eyes, but they're not hunky like Keith was. Ah well, I'd GLADLY volunteer to get him out of Utah and dry his tears....poor dear....poor hunky dear....
And without further ado, I turn it all over to Dave S. Take it away...
Tonight's challenge, from the top of a parking garage, is to use the materials in a Saturn (a Saturn?! Hondas are *so* much sexier...) to create an "innovative" outfit.
My first thought: Stella's gonna kick some serious ass at this challenge. But then she started talking about what she was planning. *Not* leather?! Cute?! Pretty?!? Good lord, she's going to crash and burn...
And Kenley. Sheesh -- even when she's talking normal, she sounds like she's whining. And that was before she *really* started whining after her model dropped out of the competition.
Leanne's outfit started out great and just kept getting better. The idea of fraying the seatbelt fabric was ingenious. And beautiful. Just like her. :-)
Blayne's sketch looked awesome. Great design. But then he started constructing it and realized that he couldn't make it work like he was hoping. A change in direction caused a downhill spiral that wasn't completely evident until his model walked down the runway.
Terri was a bitch by laughing at Korto's jacket dress. Of course, Korto had the last laugh on the runway.
We were into the show an entire 10 minutes before Suede mentioned himself in the third person. And that was the only time. So that begs the question: Is it Suede or the producers who are getting bored with it? And Blayne used "licious" only once when he called their erstwhile mentor "Timlicious." Which is just wrong on so many levels...
Okay, so we gotta talk about Keith. His stress level was so high that I was getting tense just watching him. He kept focusing on toning down his design to match what the judges had been telling him. But they didn't tell him to tone it down, they simply were looking for a different technique. He worried me from the start when he talked of his outfit being "fitted and toned down." And worse that he was doing it to appease the judges. No no no! Then he started getting cocky. "I just feel like I deserve it more than the others." There's an old saying, Keith: Never ask for what you deserve.
Okay, let's hit the runway...
Jerell: Interesting. Futuristic. But the boobs were totally odd. Who would want their breast squished into a horizontal, kinda droopy shape? The detailing was nice though.
Keith: Boring. Certainly not innovative.
Terri: Not bad. Nice lines. Nothing overly new, but pretty.
Kenley: Okay, but the overall shape was somewhat flat. The flange on the skirt was different, but a bit clown-collar-ish.
Leanne: Stunning. Amazing skirt. Great stitching throughout. Well tailored.
Suede: Really nice. Well done.
Korto: Beautiful. A bit stiff-looking, but I gotta say that she really pulled it off. Looked great.
Blayne: Stiff and puckering. He went all Keith on this one. And it didn't work for *him* either. The mirror pieces added to the horror.
Joe: Interesting. I really liked the Saturn logo panel on the front. Very clever. However, the construction of it wasn't very good.
Stella: Interesting, but not quite there. The top and bottom didn't match.
Top 3: Jerrell, Korto, and Leanne.
Bottom 3: Blayne, Keith, and Stella.
The judges once again got it right. Leanne was the winner (and likely won easily). One of the judges said that she could see it on a Paris runway and I definitely have to agree. A gorgeous piece of work. This is twice now that Leanne's won -- she just may have what it takes to make it to the final runway.
And Keith (sadly) is out. Not only didn't he answer the challenge, but he failed it by reigning himself in. And criticizing the critics probably didn't help his case any. I'm sad to see him go. When he was on, he was on, but his insecurities got the best of him.
No outstanding lines this time around, except for a heart-wrenching one from Keith at the end: "I'm going home for something that wasn't me." :-(
Next week: A "fashion legend"! But I have no idea who she is... (Should I?)
Dave S. you're so terminally straight (in a good way) that I guess it's okay you don't know who she is. But don't worry, I still love ya.
Next week: Diane Von Furstenburg! And lot of HUGEness! And will NINAGARCIA be back???
POLT Listening to the Democratic Convention
It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen. - Mamie Van Dorn
Oh so sweet, how i like his sausage meat...
Why oh WHY can't I ever get a pizza delivered to my house in just this fashion???
Course, maybe if I ordered the 'sausage delight'.....
POLT Listening to "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor Oil: 118.20 (+2.28); Gas: 3.53 (+.01)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +1.8
In the symphony of life, ever get the feeling you're playing a completely different tune than everyone else?
Course, maybe if I ordered the 'sausage delight'.....
POLT Listening to "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor Oil: 118.20 (+2.28); Gas: 3.53 (+.01)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +1.8
In the symphony of life, ever get the feeling you're playing a completely different tune than everyone else?
Cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots (Part 59)...
Wife Beater Wednesday
No theme, just guys in wife-beaters.
POLT Listening to "I Want To Be Free" by Queen
I've got Nazi all over my suit! And I just had it cleaned! - Wildcat, JSA Classified #31
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
He's goin' to hollywood, he's bussin' it...
The "Hollywood Types" support Obama, and somehow, that's wrong. The far right wingnuts mock the Hollywood people that support him. I wonder what they have to say about this:
As Democrats celebrate in Denver this week, Republican presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will be trying to fire up some star power of his own by collecting checks and support from conservatives in Hollywood.
Mr. McCain will attend a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton on Monday, the day the Democrats' convention opens,bringing together top leaders from the Los Angeles business and entertainment communities, according to an invitation for the event obtained by The Washington Times.
Show business publication Variety reported that Angie Harmon, David Zucker, Jon Cryer, Lionel Chetwynd, Craig T. Nelson, Jon Voight, Craig Haffner and Robert Duvall are among those expected to attend.
So, where are the right winnuts complaining about this? Why was there never any outcry from them over the support of Republicans Arnold Swartzenegger, Bruce Willis, Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood, Cheryl Tieg, etc, etc, etc.
Maybe it has less to do with the "Hollywood" types supports and more to do with whom the "Hollywood" types are supporting: you back the right wingnut candidate, it's okay, you back the other guy, it's mock-worthy.
Yet MORE Republican hypocracy.
POLT Listening to "Train" by Goldfrapp
If nudity offends you, take that mirror out of your bathroom. - Billy, Tottyworld
As Democrats celebrate in Denver this week, Republican presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will be trying to fire up some star power of his own by collecting checks and support from conservatives in Hollywood.
Mr. McCain will attend a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton on Monday, the day the Democrats' convention opens,bringing together top leaders from the Los Angeles business and entertainment communities, according to an invitation for the event obtained by The Washington Times.
Show business publication Variety reported that Angie Harmon, David Zucker, Jon Cryer, Lionel Chetwynd, Craig T. Nelson, Jon Voight, Craig Haffner and Robert Duvall are among those expected to attend.
So, where are the right winnuts complaining about this? Why was there never any outcry from them over the support of Republicans Arnold Swartzenegger, Bruce Willis, Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood, Cheryl Tieg, etc, etc, etc.
Maybe it has less to do with the "Hollywood" types supports and more to do with whom the "Hollywood" types are supporting: you back the right wingnut candidate, it's okay, you back the other guy, it's mock-worthy.
Yet MORE Republican hypocracy.
POLT Listening to "Train" by Goldfrapp
If nudity offends you, take that mirror out of your bathroom. - Billy, Tottyworld
An utterance, information, don't mince words (Part 110)...
TMI Tuesday
You find a fairy. With a wave of their wand they can change anything for you. I’ve found many a fairy in my life, and I've asked for, and to do, many different things, but I don’t recall asking any of them to change anything. Anyways, moving on….
What is the one thing you would change about your body? My weight. I’d have the fairy get me back down to 190.
What is the one personality trait you would change? My laziness. It’d be nice to have a little motivation and then to actually do something with it.
What is the one thing about your job you would change? Well, I’d have the fairy give me a new one. Like Custom Condom Fitter, or the guy who rubs the oil onto bodybuilders and wrestlers, or perhaps Jockstrap Inspector in a university athletic facility, ya know making sure each one was worn correctly. Something uplifting and rewarding like that.
What is the one thing about your home you would change? Well, I’d have her clean the damn place up, cause it’s really cluttered, and when I say cluttered I mean messy. Or better yet, I’d just have the fairy change the location of my apartment, placing it in Toronto!
What is the one thing about your Significant Other you would change? Perhaps I’d have the fairy GIVE me one.
Who is the one person you would poof out of your life and why? The big boss at work…God how great life would be with someone there that knew what the hell they were doing.
Who is the one person you would poof back in and why? My Fairy Godfather Mark, who moved away to Michigan several years ago. How sweet it would be to have him still living outside of DC and to be able to go into the hotspots with him!
POLT Listening to "Dancing Queen" by ABBA Oil: 115.92 (+1.39); Gas: 3.52 (-.02)
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: Obama +1.7
I'm not much of a man by the light of the day, but at night, I'm a hell of a lover! - Dr. Frankenfurter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monday, August 25, 2008
And she whispered, divers do it deeper, jockeys do it shorter...
On the last day of the Olympics (I think), Australian diver Matthew Mitchum won gold.
Why do I care (other than the obviousness of his hotness, and the fact he wears a Speedo while he's working)? Well, Matthew Mitchum is out and proudly gay. And he's got a GORGEOUS boyfriend.
Once more, a gay man shows he can do anything a straight man can do...and in his case, do it better than all the other straight men competing!
POLT Listening to the Democratic National Convention
I'm Canadian. That's like an American, but without the gun. - The Kids In The Hall
Why do I care (other than the obviousness of his hotness, and the fact he wears a Speedo while he's working)? Well, Matthew Mitchum is out and proudly gay. And he's got a GORGEOUS boyfriend.
Once more, a gay man shows he can do anything a straight man can do...and in his case, do it better than all the other straight men competing!
POLT Listening to the Democratic National Convention
I'm Canadian. That's like an American, but without the gun. - The Kids In The Hall
Your affectionate squeeze, fogs up my goggles and buckles my knees...
You may recall, for last week's HNT, I spent $25 for a set of swimming goggles and Speedo swimcap that I'll probably never use again. I wondered what to do with them. I didn't want to just throw them in a drawer where they'd slowly deteriorate over time. I thought of prominently displaying them in the living room...but realized they'd just get covered with clutter and dust.
So then I thought, maybe I'd see if anyone else wanted them. I started asking around.
I asked my pet dog, Barker if he wanted them...
But he said, "I'm just a stuffed dog, what do I want with goggles and a swimcap?"
So then I asked Superman if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm wearing this Mickey Mouse Ears cap you've had me wearing for several years now, and I've grown somewhat attached to it, so I believe I'll decline. Perhaps Aquaman would be interested!"
But not knowing Aquaman, I decided to ask Bingo if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm not quite over my previous trauma, I don't think I'm ready for anything like swimming."
So I decided to ask Susie's old polka-dotted robe if it wanted them....
But it said, "Hey, I'm a freakin' polka-dotted bathrobe! Where the hell would I use a cap and goggles for anyway?" (The robe's developed a bit of an attitude, apparently).
So then I decided to ask Eric Cartman if he wanted them...
But he just swore at me in a high pitched barely understandable voice and said something about not being fat and called me a bitch.
So then I decided to ask the flowers on my balcony if they wanted them....
But they told me that they were all dead now, from lack of water, and since I had murdered them so callously, what would make me think that even in my wildest dreams, they'd take something so stupid from the guy who killed them. And offering them something to be used in the water when lack of that is what they died from, was that, they wanted to know, supposed to be ironic or something? ...The flowers always were a bit melodramatic...
So then I decided to ask the cute fireman on one of my calendars if he wanted them...
But he said, "Sorry, dude, but I'm only gonna be up here until the end of August, and so in a week I'm not gonna have any need for them anyway. Although if you want to gaze at me longingly for the next week and wistfully fantasize about me, please feel free to do so."
So, once I pulled my eyes away and got my mind back on track, I decided to ask Madonna if she wanted them...
But she said, "You want to know if I want WHAT? Call my people, I'm on tour now, I've got to rehearse."
So then I decided to ask Hayden Christensen if he wanted them....
But he said, "Uh....I'm only two-dimensional, what would I use them for?" I told him I wasn't even talking about his acting ability such that it is, but whatever, and moved on.
So then I decided to ask Lefty the Liberal Democratic donkey if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm all settled in watch a week's worth of news coverage of the Democratic Convention, I have no time for things like swimming or goggles or caps."
So then I decided to ask Legolas if he wanted them....
And he was thrilled to take them. They'll be kept right there, on him, next to my bed.
Now, if I could just persuade him to leave that Elven clothing and quiver behind and put on a matching Speedo, my bedroom would be decorated to my expectations. I mean, what bedroom DOESN'T need a long haired, blonde, sleek, Elven, Legolas in a Speedo in it?
POLT Listening to "Dirty Day" by U2
I wish the world was a fly and I was a rolled up newspaper! - Al Bundy, Married With Children
So then I thought, maybe I'd see if anyone else wanted them. I started asking around.
I asked my pet dog, Barker if he wanted them...
But he said, "I'm just a stuffed dog, what do I want with goggles and a swimcap?"
So then I asked Superman if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm wearing this Mickey Mouse Ears cap you've had me wearing for several years now, and I've grown somewhat attached to it, so I believe I'll decline. Perhaps Aquaman would be interested!"
But not knowing Aquaman, I decided to ask Bingo if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm not quite over my previous trauma, I don't think I'm ready for anything like swimming."
So I decided to ask Susie's old polka-dotted robe if it wanted them....
But it said, "Hey, I'm a freakin' polka-dotted bathrobe! Where the hell would I use a cap and goggles for anyway?" (The robe's developed a bit of an attitude, apparently).
So then I decided to ask Eric Cartman if he wanted them...
But he just swore at me in a high pitched barely understandable voice and said something about not being fat and called me a bitch.
So then I decided to ask the flowers on my balcony if they wanted them....
But they told me that they were all dead now, from lack of water, and since I had murdered them so callously, what would make me think that even in my wildest dreams, they'd take something so stupid from the guy who killed them. And offering them something to be used in the water when lack of that is what they died from, was that, they wanted to know, supposed to be ironic or something? ...The flowers always were a bit melodramatic...
So then I decided to ask the cute fireman on one of my calendars if he wanted them...
But he said, "Sorry, dude, but I'm only gonna be up here until the end of August, and so in a week I'm not gonna have any need for them anyway. Although if you want to gaze at me longingly for the next week and wistfully fantasize about me, please feel free to do so."
So, once I pulled my eyes away and got my mind back on track, I decided to ask Madonna if she wanted them...
But she said, "You want to know if I want WHAT? Call my people, I'm on tour now, I've got to rehearse."
So then I decided to ask Hayden Christensen if he wanted them....
But he said, "Uh....I'm only two-dimensional, what would I use them for?" I told him I wasn't even talking about his acting ability such that it is, but whatever, and moved on.
So then I decided to ask Lefty the Liberal Democratic donkey if he wanted them....
But he said, "I'm all settled in watch a week's worth of news coverage of the Democratic Convention, I have no time for things like swimming or goggles or caps."
So then I decided to ask Legolas if he wanted them....
And he was thrilled to take them. They'll be kept right there, on him, next to my bed.
Now, if I could just persuade him to leave that Elven clothing and quiver behind and put on a matching Speedo, my bedroom would be decorated to my expectations. I mean, what bedroom DOESN'T need a long haired, blonde, sleek, Elven, Legolas in a Speedo in it?
POLT Listening to "Dirty Day" by U2
I wish the world was a fly and I was a rolled up newspaper! - Al Bundy, Married With Children
Walk on by the house...
I decided, since I'm always talking about going to mom's, that I'd show what a dangerous, arduous, back-breaking journey it is. Watch below...and bring some water, I'm sure you'll need it before the walk it over.
POLT Listening to "Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake
I think we all agree, the past is over. - George W. Bush
POLT Listening to "Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake
I think we all agree, the past is over. - George W. Bush
More than a day or two, each time..
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You're wantin my body, I don't mind (Part 161)...
MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS
In honor of the Olympics that just ended, this week I give you, Hot Shirtless American Olympians.
Tall, lean, muscled and redheaded, gymnast Justin Spring.
Small, compact, and muscular wrestler Henry Cejudo
Extremely cute, lean, muscled swimmer Cullen James.
Hawaiian, very cute, "greatest athlete decathlon winner Bryan Cole.
Powerful, professional basketball player (and therefore rich) Dwyane Wade.
Ripped, cut, and buff boxer Deontay Wilder.
Sleek, cute, and sets my gaydar off like a fire alarm synchronized diver Thomas Finchum.
And of course, he who exceeds all the adjectives used to describe him, Michael Phelps!
Sorry, there's not more, but you would not beLIEVE the problems I had first finding the really hot athletes, and then the even harder time I had finding shirtless photos of them!
POLT Listening to the crickets chirping outside my window
I know Klingons like to be alone on their birthdays. You probably want to meditate or hit yourself with a pain stick or something. - Deanna Troi, Star Trek: The Next Generation
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