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LOGO Hate Crime PSA

2008-03-10T12:18:00.001-04:00

I edited this. Please check it out. Direct link to video.

LOGO LAUNCHES PSA TO COMBAT HATE CRIMES IN WAKE OF LAWRENCE KING MURDER

Spot to air on MTV Networks brands features Janet Jackson, T.R. Knight,

Portia de Rossi and other artists and performers

NEW YORK, NY � March 10, 2008� Logo , a division of Viacom Inc.�s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, today announced it is launching a public service announcement in response to the brutal murder of Lawrence King , a 15-year-old Oxnard, California boy who was shot at point blank range February 12th. King was allegedly shot by 14-year-old fellow student Brandon McInerney, who is being charged with a hate crime.

King, who died days after the shooting, had previously revealed to other students that he was gay and had worn makeup and feminine clothing just days before he was shot. The epidemic of hate crimes against the LGBT community continues, as evidenced by the murder of 17-year-old Simmie Williams in Florida just days after the King murder.

The 60-second PSA, which premiered this morning at LOGOonline.com , features community activist, writer and actress Calpernia Addams (Logo�s Transamerican Love Story), Andre 3000 (OutKast), R&B artist Ashanti, singer/songwriter Sarah Bareilles, actress Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck), international performer Estelle, singer/actress Janet Jackson, actor T.R. Knight (Grey�s Anatomy), R&B artist Little Sister, actor Darryl Stephens (Logo�s Noah�s Arc) and singer/songwriter Taylor Swift.

�One more murder, one more life lost, one more attempt to provoke fear and one more reason hate crimes must end. We hope this PSA will help inspire more people to join the fight against hate crimes,� said Brian Graden, President, MTV Networks Music Group Entertainment; and President, Logo.

Logo will make the spot available � as well as a shortened 30-second version � to Logo�s sister brands across MTV Networks as well as other networks that wish to air the spot. MTV Networks has a long history of educating about hate crimes including the production and airing of numerous PSAs as well as an event on January 10, 2001, when MTV replaced 18 hours of programming with nothing but the names and stories of hate crime victims.

LOGOonline.com is featuring the PSA on a special splash page with links for more information and links to sites that offer the ability to take action against hate crimes. At Downelink.com , Logo's social network for multi-cultural young adults, viewers will be invited to comment and provide video responses to the event on a special tribute page. In the spot, Logo features the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which recently launched rememberinglawrence.org , a memorial and action center. GLSEN works to ensure safety and protection for all young people in schools.

Well, if it isn't the cashmere mafia!

2008-01-09T01:03:00.000-05:00

Really, show, really? REALLY!? That's the best you could do??! "Well, if it isn't the cashmere mafia" ... then followed by "see you on campus, girls!" I really want to hate this show, but you have to understand that, historically, I have watched some HORRENDOUS television because of either 1) lesbian storylines, 2) hot girls, 3) lesbian subtext, or 4) dire boredom. To review:

Profiler
Birds of Prey (OMG BATGIRL IS GOING TO BE ON THE L WORD THIS SEASON! WTF!?)
Women's Murder Club (seriously just have sex already, all of you)
Umm ... I'm sure there are others. I will add them as I recall.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that although I have many problems with this show (see below), I will continue to watch it until they either 1) kill off the lesbian, or 2) get canceled. And seeing as how there is this writer's strike going on (did you guys know that?) and the networks are starved for programming (Clash of the fucking Choirs? I give up), I doubt #2 will happen anytime soon, and since the "love interest" (Lourdes Benedicto, whose presence just makes me miss "The Nine" even more than I already do) is in all of the episodes that were completed before the strike, I guess I'll keep watching (wow that was a long sentence, right?)

My first problem with this show is the writing, in that it is horrible and no one talks like that. It's worse than the L Word at times. My second problem is the horrible Sex-and-the-City-rip-off-ness that is going on. This has been expounded upon in numerous articles around the interwebs, so I won't reiterate everything here, but it's just absurd. Lucy Liu (sorry, have to use the actors' names, as I have no idea what the characters are named as I do not care at all) is the Carrie, except they made her Asian or whatever, and then I don't even know or care what roles/stereotypes the others play. All I know is that Miranda Otto talks like Samantha and I think they're sorta setting her up to be a little like her, kinda? Anyway, no one talks like that in real life, except for drag queens. Also hated by me: the awful soundtrack and Lucy Liu's wardrobe.

I'm not going to even touch upon the absurd storylines w/r/t/ successful women vs. the men they love, gender roles, and stupid shit like that because it's just painful. And you can find that elsewhere. I will talk about what I liked, though. I have had a thing for Frances O'Connor ever since Love and Other Catastrophes so I hope they don't make me hate her character. And the lesbian stuff was actually handled pretty well, I thought. Bonnie Somerville is adorable and funny and that right there is why I'll keep tuning in. I mean, I've stuck with The L Word since day 1, I can deal with this for a few weeks. (SPEAKING OF The L Word, Riese's recap of the season 5 premiere is up over at Auto-Straddle -- and The L Word Online -- and you should go read it cause I'm in it and it's better than the show itself!)

Oh, and hi. I'm gonna try to write more. But we all know I'm lying.

P.S. Although I have yet to see Juno, Ellen Page is AWESOME and I am utterly fascinated by Diablo Cody. Thank you for your time.

wish list: winter 2k7 edition

2007-12-02T01:22:00.000-05:00

This is a work in progress.

Right now, all I know is that I need this shirt, made by Blacktooth:

that. just. happened.

2007-12-01T22:33:00.000-05:00

Okay, two things, really quick[ly]:

1. Season 5 of The L Word is upon us, and in honor of that -- and to get everyone super stoked for our upcoming L Word recaps -- Riese and Haviland and I have made some awesome vlogs, so go check them out.

2. This just happened: my parents and I were in the car, driving home from dinner (sushi, yum), and as we pulled into our neighborhood, my mom changed the radio station. Begin scene:

The radio suddenly changes back to the previous station.
Me: Dad, did you just change the radio back?
Dad: (snickering) Well I didn't like what mom put on.
Dad settles on a station playing a Dido song.
Mom: How is this better? Now we have to listen to Dido.
Dad: More like 'dildo.'
Silence.
Mom: I cannot believe you just said that.
Me: Oh my god.
Dad parks the car in the driveway.
Dad: What? What the hell kind of name is 'Dido' anyway?
Me: I have to get out of this car right now.
Dad: Oh, did I get her?
Mom: I think so.
Me: I have no words. I have to go inside. This is totally going in my blog.

Aaaaaand ... end scene!

we trick the train to stay on track

2007-11-21T03:28:00.000-05:00

I'm not dead, just busy.

My uber-partner-in-crime Riese just posted our joint reviews of the Tegan and Sara / Northern State show last night, it's a great read (if you like vapid-sounding run on sentences from two alcoholics). It's here, and it's great.

Lots of awesome things on the horizon, I'm excited just thinking about them.

back from the dead

2007-10-14T18:30:00.000-04:00

Well. It's been a while. Told you I'm bad at keeping up on this. Lots has happened, I've been wicked busy, etc. I have ideas for some new posts and hopefully I'll have time to write them.

Tonight was Made For You, where DJ Carlytron (hey, that's me!) made her debut. The event was awesome and successful and I had a blast, and here's what I played!

Oh, before I get to the setlist, I have an UPDATE (6:50 pm): Upon closer inspection of my super-cute swag bag, I have come to a startling revelation. My mom put her business cards in the bags (she does jewelry designs and repair, lemme know if anyone needs some pearls restrung or whatever! She's fab), and since I was so busy working the past few weeks she made them herself, I didn't get to design them for her. Um ... I don't know how to say this, but she used Comic Sans. ::shudder:: Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about Comic Sans. I'm going to have to have a talk with her about this. Ok anyway, setlist!

Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
The Pogues - Sunny Side of the Street
Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Muse - Feeling Good
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
Madonna - Express Yourself
INXS - Devil Inside
George Michael - Freedom '90
Erasure - A Little Respect
Edwin Collins - Never Met A Girl Like You
The Fratellis - Flathead
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Cake - Never There
Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe
Dramarama - Anything, Anything
Jill Sobule - Supermodel
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
Beyonce - Deja Vu
Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It
DJ Unk - Walk It Out
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
M.I.A. - Jimmy
Moving Units - Anyone
The Faint - Glass Danse
Enon - Disposable Parts
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Feist - 1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix)
Keyshia Cole - Let It Go
Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything is All Right)
Pulp - Common People
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Timbaland - Way I Are
Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
Justice Vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Joy Electric - We Are Rock (The Faint mix)
The Knife - Heartbeats
Nelly Furtado - Do It
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
The Sounds - Tony the Beat
The Turtles - So Happy Together
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer
Editors - An End Has a Start
Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver
Michael Sembello - She's a Maniac
Propellerheads (feat. Miss Shirley Bassey) - History Repeating (Ankle Length Mix)
Bloc Party - Banquet
Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song For Me
David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Bel Biv Devoe - Poison
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive
The Presets - Down Down Down
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Destiny's Child - Bug A Boo
Alicia Keys - Karma
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above

Highs and lows

2007-08-21T14:52:00.000-04:00

According to the Yahoo! Weather widget on my iPhone (seriously the most amazing thing in the world, despite the occasional shortcoming), the high at my parents' house is 59 degrees, while the low is 60.

I don't know, you tell me.

Hello little boys, little toys

2007-08-20T00:33:00.000-04:00

I made the most insane impulse buy today:

It's not necessarily an impulse buy, in that I have planning on getting and iPhone since I watch the keynote live months and months ago (I was unemployed, and am -- and forever will be -- a big nerd). Here's what happened once I got it home:

Open amazing iPhone box. Apple seriously has some of the best packaging in the universe. I am almost afraid to pick the phone up. I feel like I should put it in its case before I even turn it on for the first time.
Open the smaller box containing documentation. The first thing I see is the words "Finger Tips" (great Poe song, btw), also that is a little sexual, way to go Apple. I guess that's appropriate, as this is the sexiest phone ever. Not since Alexander Graham Bell ...
Plugging it in ... wow this is too cool for words. It was ridiculously easy replacing my old Cingular phone with this one. And by Cingular I mean AT&T. Whatevs.
Now I have to sync it. This will take a while, I'm thinking.
It's been about 2 hours since I started at step 1 and I'm still working on syncing. I was obviously not prepared for this before it happened. I still have no idea how to even use this phone.
Another hour has passed. I have updated my contacts and calendars, and copied some music. I think I will try photos next. Then I need a slammin' ringtone. I tried typing on it and it went pretty well actually. Score!
Apparently you are stuck with the ringtones they give you, none of which really sound like ringtones at all. I think I'll just keep mine on vibrate 24/7. I was hoping you'd be able to use your iTunes library to pull ringtones from, but apparently not. It is now nearly 4 hours since I've started and I think my iPhone is ready to travel with me tomorrow. I haven't even talked on it yet! Also, my dumb ass forgot to take the photos off of my old phone before activating my new one, so now they are forever lost. I'm only sad about one of the photos. I'll see what I can do, however.

South of Nowhere recap The First

2007-08-13T13:15:00.000-04:00

Riese recently asked me to help her recap episodes of Season 3 of South of Nowhere, which premiered this past Friday. Obviously I said "YES" because if there is one thing I am good at it is watching TV and commenting on it (usually during the show, as all of my very patient friends can attest to). Her recap of the hour-long season premiere is now up and it features snarky comments from ME. South of Nowhere is a nice filler for hot gay recappery until The L Word starts again and while we work on getting our tv show on the air (or on the internet -- details coming soon!).

In praise of: Your mom's house

2007-08-08T16:24:00.000-04:00

I will admit: I am incredible immature. Not all the time, but ... more often than not. I really like "your mom" jokes. Not "your momma" jokes, but answering questions related to one's whereabouts with, "at your mom's house." I really like doing this. I hate that I like doing it, but a friend of mine used to do it and I picked it up from her a few years ago.

Why is this relevant? Wonderful question. Today I would like to praise not only the joke itself, but the hilarious folks over at ready.gov (you know, the government's disaster preparation website, brought to you by the hilarious Department of Homeland Security) for providing a visual for my favorite punchline. I saw this today in one of their online ads:

Taken in the context of the ad, it's saying, "know where your loved ones are in case of an emergency." Taken in the context of me, it's saying, "YOUR MOM'S HOUSE," and it's the most brill thing I've seen in a while. Also: I did not Photoshop it at all.

Yeah ... I'm 12.

together we are rock

2007-07-29T04:48:00.000-04:00

tonight:

cesar and my parents and i saw grey gardens a day before it closes. it was awesome.
cesar and i got crazy drunk and barhopped some seriously gay locales in midtown. i almost beat up a gay boy after a misunderstanding at Posh. I bumped his arm and his beer spilled all over me and my favorite shirt and I apologized genuinely, and he was a dick and his friend said, "he's kidding," and with this super bitch face I said, "he'd better be." Then we saw them later at Therapy and he tried to stare me down but like, puh-leeze, I could totally have taken him and I can't take anyone.
we met up with Riese at Nation and that was the first time that Cesar met Riese and it was super fun times as I requested "Walk it out" for Cesar and then had no game with girls and we were really sweaty and drank more.
in our quest for more alcohol and cheesecake (?) we ended up at an adult video store (Riese, what was the name of it? I can't remember) and were subsequently thrown out after taking pictures on a camera phone. Fantastic!
I'm drunk right now writing this and will probs. erase it come morning. I bought things today. I love shopping. New glasses and new shoes and I am content.

Ok bed now.

konichiwa, bitches!

2007-07-27T23:01:00.000-04:00

I am sitting in Matt and Roy's living room. I am champion dog/cat/apartment-sitter. It is also really, really hot in here. It is slowly cooling off, and so am I. Also of note: Cesar will be here in a little while. Like, he will have moved here. For reals. And I am beyond excited about this.

So apparently I was "tagged" by nycrouge. I have no idea what that means, quite frankly. But I was! So I read up and now I know what that all means and basically, there are rules, and I shall follow them:We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
So. There's that. And here's my 8 Random Carly Fun Facts (there is no theme, other than ME and my innate randomness):

Random Fact the First:
I have an obsession with sunglasses. Giant, plastic, inexpensive sunglasses, to be specific. I have way too many. I also have some metal ones, most are aviators. But the giant plastic ones are hard to beat. All of mine average out to about $8 each, which is great for when I lose/break them. Usually I have a friend with me to talk me down from buying ones that are completely idiotic-looking, but today, when I went to get lunch at St. Mark's, I caved and bought this awesome pair that I've been eyeing all week:

Clearly no one was with me to say, "um, those are ridiculous." You will notice that there is no photo of me actually wearing my new glasses, and this is because the only phrase to describe me right now is "hot mess," and hot messes should not be photographed (unless they are random people you see on the subway or passing by, then it's fine).

Random Fact the Second:
I have no tattoos or piercings (not even my ears). I like to think of it like this: had my parents taken me to get my ears pierced when I was too young to know any better (as they did with my sister), I'd have them pierced. But they didn't, so I don't. Lately, however, I have been toying with the notion of getting a tattoo (probs on my right forearm). I'm open to suggestions, as I can't seem to make up my mind.

Random Fact the Third:
I have this weird obsession with turning my mouth blue, I have since I was a kid. If there is an opportunity to turn my mouth blue (like a blue lollipop or whatever), and I don't take that opportunity, I will like, go crazy, I think. I don't really know, cause I've never let myself find out. I think it's related to my OCD.

Random Fact the Fourth:
I can memorize stuff pretty quickly. Like movie quotes, entire films (Empire Records, Clueless, etc.), TV shows (The Office, etc.), and comic strips. For instance, I can recite this Calvin & Hobbes passage entirely from memory:

Attention! All Rise! This meeting of G.R.O.S.S.
Is now called to order by the great grandiose
Dictator-For-Life, the ruler supreme
The fearless, the brave, the held-high-in-esteem,
Calvin the Bold! Yes, stand up and hail
His humbleness now! May his wisdom prevail!

Three cheers for First Tiger and El Presidente,
Hobbes, the delight of all cognoscenti!
He's savvy! He has a prodigious IQ,
And lots of panache, as all tigers do!
In his fancy chapeau, he's a leader with taste!
May his orders be heeded and his views be embraced!

Random Fact the Fifth:
Many of my skills I acquired via teaching myself. For instance: playing guitar, video editing, Photoshop, html, and raising my right eyebrow (I trained myself to do the one, then got bored and never did the other one). I'm a very logical person, like if there's something I want to know more about, I'll research it. This almost proved to backfire in high school. Once I thought I "might be gay" (suuuure), I started researching all sorts of gay culture and whatnot online. Bear in mind, this was back in like, '97 or '98, so there wasn't nearly as much online as there is today. There also was no WIKIPEDIA, although I don't really want to know what Wikipedia has to say about being gay. After my research, I was like, "yup, totes gay." Then I thought "what if my research MADE ME GAY!?" and then I realized that that was completely retarded. Then Brandi Chastain ripped her shirt off after scoring the winning goal in the World Cup and I was like, "nope, had nothing to do with the internet, I am a total lez."

Random Fact the Sixth:
One of my exes tried to strangle me in a bar once. This occurred: 1) after we broke up and were trying to "be friends," and 2) while all of my friends were either getting more drinks or in the bathroom. In retrospect it is hilarious, but at the time I was like "damn! she ruined my new shirt!" Needless to say, we are currently not friends.

Random Fact the Seventh:
I was going to save this for when-thefuck-ever I decide to finish the list of reasons why I am awesome, but I will tell this story now, because it is Really Incredible. So my high school was kinda weird, and in my English classes our teachers would always have us do "artistic interpretations" of books/plays we'd read in class, instead of like, reports or papers. So that was awesome, less writing for me. And I completely exploited this assignment, always. I actually won the "most creative English projects" (or something else along those lines, they made it up anyway) at my senior awards lunch. I usually made videos (the story of the Puritans, as told through Legos, or The Yellow Wallpaper, which included a behind-the-scenes making of featurette wherein I played all of the parts, natch) or did ridiculous in-class presentations (Kafka's In The Penal Colony and Our Town, as told through sock puppets). The most ridiculous/awesome of which was my speech from Hamlet.

To fully appreciate this story you have to understand that this was near the end of senior year, and I was pretty much Over School at this point. On the day in question, I had two presentations due. One was in Latin (4 years of honors Latin, what what!?), wherein I had to wear a toga and give a speech like I was running for public office (I think I was running for Quaestor, but I can't be certain). The night before, I couldn't find any white sheets at our hours (and most Romans didn't wear white anyway) so I brought a pale yellow sheet in. I gave my Latin presentation that morning, then shoved the sheet in my locker and tried desperately to memorize my second presentation of the day, a speech by Hamlet's father. You might recall that his father is a ghost throughout the play. I chose the ghost because of Eddie Izzard, whom I was obsessed with at the time. During his show Dress To Kill he does this bit about the Holy Ghost, wandering around and moaning, "holy ghost, holy ghooooost" over and over again (it's much funnier when he does it. Maybe it's on youtube?). So I chose the Ghost Dad simply because if I couldn't memorize it in time (which I wouldn't), then at least I could entertain the class by skulking around and moaning like Eddie Izzard. It was foolproof.

So having to do the Latin presentation the night before required me to have no time to memorize Hamlet. I had 30 lines, and wrote them all on index cards. English was our last class of the day and my teacher asked if anyone didn't do the assignment. Myself and one other girl raised our hands, defeated. But I totes didn't care, I had already gotten into college. What difference did any of this make? So all of my friends presented, they did really well, whatevs. Finally everyone had presented, and my teacher asked if anyone else had to go. Suddenly, I had a Brill Idea. I said I wanted to present, that I had been joking about being unprepared, and that I had to go to my locker to get my prop. You see where this is going, right?

I grabbed the sheet, threw it over my head, and presented the damn thing. I stood in front of the class, "in character" (read: sheet over my head, which looked somewhat like this), and read the notecards from under said sheet. It was amazing. And all my friends totally figured it out, immediately. The only person who didn't, somehow, was my teacher. So I read the whole damn thing, even pausing to sound like I was trying to remember my lines every now and then, even pausing to SCRATCH MY HEAD as if I was reeeeally trying hard to remember at one point. As I finished, I tucked the cards into my cargo pocket (cause I was a big ol' closeted dyke and all, so cargo pants were the norm) and started to lift the sheet. And that's when I saw one of my friends crouched down in front of me, moments from pulling the sheet off and giving the whole thing away.

And to this day? I have no idea if my English teacher had any idea. I'd really like to go and ask her. One of these days ...

Random Fact the Eighth:
Maybe you haven't heard, but Riese and I wrote a fucking brill TV pilot, and we need people to help us get it produced! So if you yourself are (or you know anyone who is) employed by HBO or any other major networks, or you have a bunch of money to invest, or you're an amazing actor/crewperson, please let us know ASAP. Global domination is like, weeks away, I can feel it.

BONUS!! You can read a list of 100 things you'd never care to know/ask about me on my myspace, as I have recently made it un-private. Once again, we'll see how long this lasts.

Oh! I almost forgot! I tag:

These fat-free meringues are perfection!

2007-07-22T23:25:00.000-04:00

So. It has occurred to me that a pretty significant thing has been going on the past few weeks and I have yet to talk about it. Probably because -- between this and my friends/family and trying to go to as many lesbian bars in new york as possible and work -- I have no time to do much anymore. Watch TV, write on here, read other blogs ... it's all fallen by the wayside. Hopefully I can catch up this week (hopefully). But right now I feel that this is important, so I'm going to write in my hottt blogggg (P.S. I really don't like the word "blog," just want to get that out of the way. P.P.S. I wish some of you mystery readers would comment, my 3 commenters are lonely).

Anyway. So Riese and I have been writing a gay sitcom. And, not to toot my/our own horn or anything, but it's really good. Definitely unlike anything else on TV. It's Arrested Development meets the OC meets < insert name of anything gay here >. It's called Living It Out and we're really, really proud of it.

So we wrote the pilot. And then there was the cruise (which I did not go on), where they held the reading (which I was not present for). Then we got massive amounts of feedback, revised the pilot for one last time (dear god I hope so), registered it with the Writer's Guild, and started sending it off to Very Important People.

I am one of those people who Dreams Big. The only problem is, I rarely follow through. This is one of those rare times where everything fell into place (timing, motivation, location, awesomeness), and things are totally working out and happening really fast. And when (not "if") this gets greenlit, I'm hiring all of my friends to work on it. Because one of my life-long dreams has been to own my own company where all of us had a job and we all worked together and collaborated and were awesome under one roof together, every day.

I need those glasses

2007-07-22T22:16:00.000-04:00

Kanye West's new video "Stronger" is awesome and in the video (also awesome) he is wearing glasses seen here. They are amazing and part of his own clothing line, apparently. I was just discussing this with my sister:

Bailey: they are spectacular...spectacles?
Me: NICE
Me: ocular eccentricities
Bailey: whoa..just whoa that was such a great phrase
Me: i am so proud of that.
Bailey: coin that. now. please
Me: i will.
Me: i'll PUT IT ON MY BLOGGG
Bailey: YES
Bailey: ill put that you coined it on my blog. just so its in two places, that you coined it
Me: good. then it's official.
Bailey: completely

Where I will be on November 19th, 2007

2007-07-13T16:25:00.000-04:00

Aww yeah.

Photo courtesy of Matthew's Blackberry

today was a good day

2007-07-10T23:58:00.000-04:00

That is just so I remember, today was a really good day. Downloaded some Dragonette tracks, I really like them. Additionally, I need this. That is all. I said I'd post, I didn't say it would be good.

Oh! And I updated my links page. I don't have a blogroll on the blog, I have that links page instead. Do check it out if you haven't yet.

an update, an apology

2007-07-09T02:45:00.000-04:00

In the past two weeks I have:

Gayed it up pretty well.
Co-authored a TV pilot teleplay. No, seriously. Read more about that here.
Unpacked my life after my move home.
Gotten myself more work.
Kept busy (clearly).
Tried not thinking as an alternative.
Apparently garnered many new readers. Hi, new readers! Look, I have a Statcounter, I know these things. So why don't you all start commenting and then I'll be motivated to post more, k? And I promise I'll always comment back.
Seriously, though, I have definitely fallen behind on posting and I'm sorry but life just got all crazy. Road trip diary day 2 is almost done and I have heard that there are audio issues with the first day. Apparently the sound works if you go to the actual Youtube sites for each video, so try that if it doesn't work. I think I broke Youtube, is what happened.

Insomnia, boo.

Road Trip Diary - Day 1

2007-06-27T17:56:00.001-04:00

I am finally back home in New Jersey. The past several weeks have been exhausting, depressing, enlightening, and exhilarating. Catharsis for sure. Joseph and I took our road trip and made really great time and got to spend an extra night in NYC at Pride as a result. Check out my Pride photos here. Pride was totally amazing, seriously.

Now, the moment you've all been waiting for ... the road trip diary! Instead of posting this as an actual blog entry I've decided to make it a standalone piece. Cause it's huge. So if you'd like to comment on it (and Joseph and I would really appreciate it if you did, a lot), do so here, on this blog entry that you are reading RIGHT NOW.

Anyway, here it is ... road trip diary, day 1 (day 2 will be posted soon hereafter).

my family

2007-06-23T21:20:00.000-04:00

My sister just left me this instant message:

"moms talking to herself in the shower and dads talking to himself while building a night table. i just needed to tell you that."

I think that explains a lot about the way I am. Happy pride, everyone!

a message from the humidity

2007-06-13T00:20:00.000-04:00

So, posts will be sparse for the next two weeks as I am indisposed and am feeling manic at best, but here are a few things that are great because I am Trying To Be Positive (I'm putting it out there to the universe, just like The Secret told me to!):

Joseph and I are going to be taking a road trip from Florida to New Jersey next week, and there will be YouTube updates from the road (if we are able to stop and find wireless, if not they will all be uploaded at once when we get back).
NY Pride is in a week and a half.
Is anyone else kinda excited about Hey Paula? Yet another reason why I Love Bravo (I also love Kathy Griffin, I don't care what Jane says). Although I wish they had called it something amazing like, Paula Abdul: Straight Up, or Rush, Rush to Your TV, It's the Paula Abdul Show, or even She's a Cold Hearted Snake (g-girl!), Check Out Her Show (oh oh oh), or maybe just Vibeology (you can tell I was a big fan Back In The Day, which was a Wednesday).
My next On The Lot recap will be up ... next week I guess? Jane has assured me that it was awful, though, so I'm excited.

I hate delays

2007-06-08T19:01:00.000-04:00

So, I'm writing this from the airport, Newark Airport to be exact, which is weird. I didn't know I'd be able to access wireless here, so that's cool. I'm basically getting on a time machine today, going back to what was home for 7 years, going back to everything I left behind, and I am ... I don't even know what I am.

My plane has been delayed, we'll board soon but it's an hour late. No worries, I have wireless to keep me preoccupied. But I'm already preoccupied and I do not want to be anymore. It's not productive and it's making me miserable. Hopefully once I physically extricate myself and my stuff from the past I will be able to finally face reality and move on. I hope so.

I am terrified and my plans are gone and I can not wrap my head around any of it. Every time I think I have it figured out it's gone again. But it's fine and it's going to be okay.

I will probably delete this entry later tonight. I hate the internet.

Robin Sparkles!

2007-06-05T22:46:00.000-04:00

the "How I Met Your Mother" myspace page just posted the "Slap Bet" episode in its entirety. Relive the awesome right here:

Slap Bet a.k.a Robin Sparkles

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Off the Lot, episode 2

2007-06-05T21:56:00.000-04:00

Ahh, this is great. So the ratings for the first actual episode of "On The Lot" (which I bitched about here) were so low that Fox has decided to only show one episode per week, not two. Can't wait to see how this goes. Let's begin.

First of all, I hate Michael Bay. I happened to suffer through the MTV Movie Awards the other night, and not only was it horrible (I mean truly, truly awful), but it was like a several-hour-long Transformers commercial. I grew up playing with Transformers and was really excited to see the film until the Movie Awards completely took all the fun out of it. I was going to write a blog entry about the Awards, entitled "Sucking Michael Bay's Dick," but I don't feel that a show that bad deserves my time, especially when others have already taken care of it for me. So suffice it to say, I do not like Mr. Bay. And he is a total douchebag during this entire episode.

Moving on. Only 5 people are showing films? I am so confused. At least they gave us some criteria this time. Well, kinda. I still don't understand, do they film all of their films at once? Cause they shoot them in their hometowns. I'm really confused still. Ew, that moron Jason is wearing a "Ghetta Room" shirt. Bleh.

Sam: "Broken Pipe Dreams." I don't know why the guy couldn't have just reached in and picked up the ring before that weird string/flushing thing happened, but ok, suspension of disbelief. The whole thing was way farfetched, but I guess that's what he was going for.
Trevor: "Teri." Borrrrrrrrrriiiiiiing. I almost fell asleep watching this. "Resident Cutie"? WTF?
Hilary: "The First Time I Met the Finklesteins." Sorry, this was obnoxious and a weird Meet the Parents rip-off. Can't anyone do anything original on this show? I'm with Garry, it was shot almost entirely in close-up, which is nauseating. She's a better writer than a director.
Adam: "Dough: The Musical." I loved this. Very clever and creative and shooting a musical isn't easy. Coulda done without the girl saying she doesn't eat carbs, as it is a stereotype.
Shalini: "Laughing Out Loud: A Comic Journey." Was it just me or were there some weird audio issues? I don't know if this is supposed to be a comedy or a documentary or what, so that confused me. I liked the direction and the subject matter, and thought it was well-made, but ... I have no idea. Like, I'm not really sure what I was watching. Overall I liked it ... I think. And I can't wait for Garry Marshall to stop reminding us that we "really need" women filmmakers.

So, I don't understand. Do we have to wait until next week to see the other 10 films? WTF, show?

domain redesign

2007-06-05T21:54:00.001-04:00

Today I redesigned the Imaginaryselves.com main page. It will have its own batch of content completely different from the content on my sites or on Jane's site (which she is redoing as well). Check it out here.

subway exercise

2007-06-01T11:50:00.001-04:00

this is a video of me explaining what to do when you're waiting for the subway. get in shape and kill time!