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All is (relatively) quiet in the house. I sent my brother off on his further adventures this morning. Being from Portland, Oregon, I don't think he liked the climate here much, but he had a good time. Although it's been a nice week in the 90s, relatively speaking, as the humidity hasn't been too high. Or maybe I've gotten used to summers here in DC. I just keep thinking that sweat is a moisturizer, and the summers here keep me looking young.
We went to see Hellboy II, which was a lot of fun and visually incredible. The director has a great imagination, and I can't wait to see how he presents The Hobbit. We also went to the Jim Henson exhibit at the Smithsonian, and I highly recommend it if you are even remotely a Muppet fan. Under exhibit glass were Bert and Ernie, Manah-Manah and his backup singers, Gobo the Fraggle, Kira the Gelfling, and of course Kermit the Frog. There were also a lot of design and concept notes by Henson, which gave fascinating insight on the final creations and productions.
I start my new job on Monday, but it's not firefighting - the link that has to do with the photo at left comes later in this entry. Summer vacation is over, but I'm excited about the new job. I'll be shopping for new clothes tomorrow with the gurls as most of my work clothes were fairly casual, and the new workplace is a little more formal. All my shirts and pants are kinda grungy, so it's time for new threads.
In accordance with providing a potpourri of pedestrian pastimes, here is a list of lascivious links:
Shirtless Spanish firefighter calendar (image at left is from the 2007 calendar.
New Zealand All Blacks annual naked rugby match on the beach.
Prostate cancer drug can prevent bone loss. The article's interesting, but what's up with the somewhat related image without a caption?
Mormons exposed (also shirtless). So is the calendar's creator, who's under fire from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thanks Boo for the Mormon links.
Having made a cameo appearance on the new Dr. Who, Kylie Minogue has now been elevated from Diva to Goddess status. Simply putting the words 'Kylie' and 'Dr. Who' together in the same sentence makes my head explode from overstimulation. According to my sources, VJ Tre will serve up some Kylie X on Saturday, April 5 at Omega for her pixieness' 10th album release.
Gaylaxicon 2008 will celebrate 20 Years of Fun this October 10-13 in DC. It's sponsored by Lambda Sci-Fi. It will be undoubtedly an odd mixture of fabulous and geektastic.
Last night we went to see Step Up 2 the Streets starring cutie pie Robert Hoffman and some girl with boobs. It was a guilty-delicious indulgence of schlock and cheese, and I felt spiritually unclean after seeing it. But it was as fun as a box of stale Peeps, and that's a good thing.
I wasn't aware that there was a previous Step Up film, which featured an even hotter lead, Channing Tatum, who is expected to star in the upcoming G.I. Joe live action feature. Both hotties have very smoove moves.
More cuteness: a shaggy ginger Prince Harry plays rugby in Afghanistan. Strange...he looks nothing like Charles, nor Diana. Whoever daddy was I'm glad for the ginger gene influx into the royal line.
FYI the 2008 World Championship Cheese Contest is in Madison, Wisconsin this year on March 11-13.
On a more serious note, I would like everyone to chill the fuck out. Especially all you hysterical Hillarians and Obamites. Both of you. Seriously, people, get over yourselves and your candidates.
Never before have I felt the need to channel the memory of my mother's protests when I was a child. Us three brothers would get too much sugar in our breakfast cereal and would be bouncing off the walls, and Mom would screech: "SIMMER DOWN!!!" and that would be the end of it.
That's what I feel like telling people this week: simmer the fuck down.
Squirrel catapult: I need one of those for my raccoon/crackhead problem.
I want this product badly: The Washlet! The website is clever and well-made.
The Celtic Highland Games are this weekend in Bethlehem, PA. Also Celtic this weekend is the Maryland Rennaissance Festival.
OMG Music Video: Annie Lennox - "Dark Road" She is so fabulous I'm going to explode.
Image below found on Bigmuscle.com. Can somebody explain to me what his finger gesture means? Is he having a painful cramp in his hand?
Perhaps he's learned a new Vulcan hand meditation ritual to stave off Pon-Farr? It looks like it hurts, or that you have to twist your fingers just to reprezent. Does it mean 'W' as in West Coast? So conceivably, being from Wisconsin, I could do the same finger positioning, but at 90-degrees and reprezent my state? I'm going to Provincetown this summer - is it important to learn how to do this gesture before I go? Do all the gay boys in Chelsea do this hand gesture? Have I finally completely fallen out of the gay subculture, being so ignorant of these important displays of communication? Will doing this hand gesture eventually lead to arthritis, especially since I'm of such advanced age to be so ignorant of such hand gestures?
Has anyone else noticed that on Friendster, that on profiles of all the gay youngsters is that it is definitely NOT cool to have a photo of yourself with other gay men - your photos must only show you with your female friends. Is this to show what a playah you are? Are photos of you with your gay friends "too gay"?
I add this to Mr. Bartender's observation:
"The likelihood of a guy to be involved in the circuit scene is directly proportional to the number of shirtless friends in his Friendster profile."
Or the howabout Beaverhausen observation regarding the "It's Complicated" relationship status tag on Friendster, which I assume usually means you're a mess or a Republican?
What other observations have we made about Friendster profiles? Discuss.
WIG MASTER: The Shakespeare Theatre seeks a Wig Master for our summer outdoor production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Dates are May 25th through June 17th and includes 16 performances. Wig Master would be responsible for all running and maintenance of wigs for large cast. This is an hourly position. Please send cover letter and resume to Samantha Foti, Assistant Production Manager, The Shakespeare Theatre, 516 8th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003; fax 202-608-6380; no calls please. EOE.
Here's an interesting blog I found while surfin' the 'net. jimbo and Jocko take note: the site contains indecipherable artsy content that you'll like.
