342

343

and now...

344

I have my homework

ok here's to make up for the boring roll out yesterday.

Will Smith is one of my all time favorites.

345 days left.

BTW

I would love to post a good shot of Dule Hill shirtless, but I cannot find one. Anyone who can will receive my eternal gratitude.

Gratitude is all I can give you, I'm not giving up the freaking amazing 2008 ancient egypt pop-up calendar, so forget it.

But send that pic of Dule if you got it.

Have I shown you my new car?



This thing is so fucking cool I must have one. Hopefully by the time I'm ready to replace the thing I drive now I'll be able to get one of these.

And admonishments aside, I stand corrected that we actually only have 346 more days of George W Bush to tolerate.

Senior Moment

I know most of you love LOOOVe Zac Efron and Shia the beef, so sorry about this.

But I just saw a website called ShiaorZac.

These are my choices???

Undeliverable

We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control the planned roll out of Black History month will not be quite as exciting as originally planned.

I forgot. (I'm busy, I got three jobs give me a fucking break.)

There are photos of hot African American Men extant, I just don't have them here.

I'm appropriately contrite if that makes any difference to you.



Dule Hill is totally hot though. I've been in lust with him since that Freddie Prinze Jr(sigh) movie I saw him in. Can't remember the name and don't feel like imdb'ing it right now. But Dule's got what it takes. I know his new series on USA is only fun if you're nine years old, but I watch just to look at him.(and James Roday a little) And what the hell could I do on a Saturday afternoon anyway when it's 15 degrees. (I gotta get out of the frozen tundra.)

I finally got my google analytics working again. No one told me that I needed to update when I bought the domain name and changed the website. So for the last three weeks I've been thinking I have no traffic at all, (which will take the wind out of your sails for sure) and then I realize I'm getting comments from people but no hits recorded. I fixed it and today I see that I have hits from Barcelona,(a place I cannot wait to see) Brisbane, also cool and want to go there. There was a hit from Hyderabad India, which hasn't made the list yet. ahem.

I also looked at a website about some townhomes that are being built a couple of blocks from my office,just out of curiosity. I'm leaving soon, so purchasing real estate isn't on the list.

To get the irony of this townhouse situation you have to understand that I work in what is likely the most economically depressed part of our city, notice I did not say "Fair City" It ain't pretty over here.

There are boarded up houses, empty office buildings, retail shops that have been empty for decades, and a crime rate...well I'm pretty sure they clear the place out about 6am for us to come to work during the day.

But gentrification has arrived in the ghetto folks! Some prospector has come and bought up some old dead houses, torn them down and is building townhomes.

They start at 220k.

ok, now I work here, I make a pretty decent living and I've gopt good credit, but
I cannot afford to buy one of these places. So who in the hell is gonna come here?

The people who already live here certainly can't afford these things, and if people who can afford them move in there goes the neighborhood. Property taxes will go up, oh and by the way 50 years ago the city government here gave away its tax base to industry when they got them to come here by telling them they'd NEVER have to pay taxes. Thus placing the tax burden on it's poor population, so property taxes here are already sky high.

This is not to mention that people who talk to themselves and scream for no apparent reason and stand at the top of the hill in the Indian cemetery down the street and sing off-key at the top of their lungs routinely roam the streets all the time.

It's nothing if not entertaining here

I just don't understand where the new owners of these townhouses will come from, and more importantly what they would want to spend 220k here when they can move anywhere in the entire city and spend less for more.

Oh well.

There are more important things to concern myself with today... Martini's at 5!

347 more days of George W. Bush to tolerate, then we're free.

Unless John McCain wins, then I'm moving to Belize.

BTW-Good News

Only 348 more days of George Bush left.

WooHoo!

Yes, I think I will count each and every one thank you very much.

Suck it George

If Kathy Griffin can tell Jesus to suck it, I can tell George W. Bush to do the same. After all he thinks he's appointed by God to be President so he should be sucking it just like Jesus.

For 8 years we all know they've been torturing (off-shore of course) prisoners, and most certainly water-boarding them and now that we're, oh, say, 9 months from an election they decide..."let's start talking about how illegal it is."

Of course, nine months is far longer than the attention span of the average American, so if we make them forget we ever did it, then we can likely get John McCain elected President. Just the idea that they've struck that deal cements their evilness to me.

What a heinous piece of work he is.

The price of gas dropped here today too. It was all over the news this morning..idn't that convenient?

Do you really want someone as your President who had never heard of the acronym LGBT until about three months ago?

The Sky!...she is NOT Falling!

I'm trying to be gracious to the local weather people.

They're making it difficult.

I wish I could count the number of times this winter they've said:

"Lookout!!!" "It's gonna snow!" "We're gonna get clobbered." (I'm paraphrasing, of course, weather people are far more well-spoken than that.)

My irritation with them is that they're inevitably incorrect in these dire predictions.

Last night was a prime example. "Up to 10 inches of snow" was predicted for the area, (admittedly, they said it cold go north of here, which it did.) When it finally did start it was late in the evening and all it did was to provide people who shouldn't be driving in the first place a chance to demonstrate the truth of their dilemma.

This morning most of the city is closed.

There was 3 (count 'em 3!) inches of snow at my apt.

Come on!

But enough of my disappointment at the lack of real snow here during my last midwest winter.

I have the day off, and I'm staying in bed.

Not exactly true I just found a website that lists all the bike rides in the entire state for 2008 and I'm downloading stuff like crazy. I could do one a week if I wanted.

One a month will be sufficient, thanks.

But it's very fun news!

Remember Hot Guy Friday is coming...and remember it's Black history month!

and another thing!

Just in case anyone was wondering.

Tom Brady is my MVP regardless



Look at that face...I just want to take him home and make a bundle out of him

The Reveal

Here it is! I'm so excited to show you the Freaking amazing 2008 Ancient Egyptian pop-up calendar. I'm not crapping my pants, mind you, but it is fun.


This was the first day it was up, yesterday. Which was the last day of January, so that month didn't go to waste. And this is today Feb 1.



It just gets better and better!

Now on to Friday's hot guy pictures.

How hard should it be to find a picture of Dave Navarro without a shirt? I mean, has anyone ever seen Dave WITH one? Amazingly it took me a while to locate this.



Admittedly it's a pretty good one, but damn Dave, when did you start wearing so many clothes? I looked for a full five minutes before finding this puppy.

And finally Freddie Prinze Jr. will round out our latin selections this month.


I know, I know, Dave is technically part spanish i.e. castillian, and Freddie is...well...NEW Mexican,(actually puerto rican) but whatta ya gonna do, they're both kinda cute. One in a nasty scruffy sort of way and the other in that suburban squeaky clean bland-ish kinda way.

I'd keep either one if they showed up. (or both for that matter)

Last night's class was great fun. The grumbling about actual work has started. I gave them a play to read, and immediately someone asked if I knew there was 74-no, 79 pages to read.

It's a rare thing when I am speechless.

I used to resent it when professors said, "This is college."

But now I know why they said it.

I allowed that they might learn more if we read the play in class. Meaning they might actually read the damn thing at all, so that's what we're doing. Over the objections to all the "fucks" and "son of a bitches" these characters say. Again, speechless.

I did dupe them into abandoning the idea of participating in the one-act play festival. I don't have the time to direct and they'd flake out anyway, so now they're putting up a mock production. I made them think it's gonna be easy.

It's gonna be fun when they discover that I expect them to produce actual work. The Producer must secure a contract with an actual local venue to rent the theatre and acquire crews, make arrangements with unions and locate financing. and the rest have no less work to do. hehe

So, as usual the students think they're getting over on the teacher, and then they find out what it's really all about. I'm loving this.


I have to visit my brother. His wife is getting laid off after 24 years cause the company she works for is leaving the region. Businesses are so fucked. They told her they were closing the store on the 9th and she was welcome to fill out an application for the new owners if she'd like.

They'll be fine in the end, but it's just another of those wonderful scenarios where a business screws its employees on the way out the door.

Have a good weekend all.

Fabulousness

It's here! (it really is this time)

The "Freaking Amazing 2008 Ancient Egyptian Pop-Up Calendar has arrived! It's on my office wall, and I have pictures. It is actually pretty damn cool.

However, AT&T, pieces of shit that they are, has not sent said pictures from my phone to my email for the last THREE HOURS. What could they possibly be doing? Other than squandering some more of the dollars I waste on their "services." We may never know.
Cell Phone Fight Club maybe? They can't talk about it, so we're forever in the dark.

Like my damn pictures.

woohoo!

It's here!

The Freaking Amazing Ancient Egyptian Pop-up calendar is HERE!!!

Well, it's actually in the office at my apartment and I won't be able to get it until tomorrow but I found a notice from the mailman in my box this morning telling me there was a package in the office, and since it's the only thing I'm expecting....woohoo!!!

Thankfully I didn't see it yesterday. I couldn't have gotten it,and I was worthless yesterday. I can't figure it out. I could not sleep enough this weekend and I needed still more yesterday. I went home after work and slept....well, I woke up in time to go to bed, and then I lay there thinking I'd screwed up and that I'd be lucky to sleep at all during the night...and then...It was 5 a.m. I guess I needed to sleep a lot more. I'm better now thank you.

Perhaps it was being so busy this weekend. Cocktail party friday night with a friend from out of town, then dinner and a play. Sunday I couldn't do anything but nap. We did see a chamber music concert in the afternoon, but I barely stayed awake for it. I need some decent weather (as it snows outside) and some time outdoors! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

Hopefully I'll have the calendar thursday and I can take a picture and post it here.

I'm so excited!

not gettin' it done

It seems as though I simply will not motivate today. There's plenty to do, but no real reason to do it. Besides the morning was nothing but one crisis after the other.

Someone gave this woman a "new" computer, that had actually been refurbished and they didn't realize that buried inside the software from it's previous incarnation was the command to change the price of every item in the library system that was scanned by this particular computer...to $0.

I started to see some rather peculiar things in my daily reports and when I finally figured out what was going on I ran a specific report for this issue. It was then that I found out that this week alone said woman had scanned over 500 items. Of course, every item is a different price, so I can't restore them all unless I do it one by one. I love my job, I love my job, I love my job...

So though most of the daily stuff is done there is still some that it appears will not get done before end of day.

Too bad, I'm gonna ogle Nic Gonzalez instead.


Where do they keep these perfect latin men?

My perfect Latin man turned out to be a nut case.

Oh well it's Martini Night!

thought bubble

"I'm gonna beat your ass old man."

"Bring it Bitch."

checking in or out as the case may be

I haven't posted in a while. I was pretty sure I'd be too busy this month to do much of this, and so far my prediction is proving correct.

I just wanted to do a follow-up on the Mommie Dearest stuff. It's not had much of an effect on my life really. I never knew any of these people and therefore have no reason to miss them. I don't know what I expected in starting the whole thing up in the first place. It's not a tragedy, just an interesting episode in my estimation. I did find Auntie Georgia. So I do have the option of calling her. If I really want to pursue something to ruin I'm covered.

I need to prepare for my class tomorrow. I have their quiz and most of my lecture outlined, but I think I'll read the chapter one more time just to be sure I have a clue what I'm talking about.

Sad news about Heath ledger. Someone that young should be around a lot longer. I've seen some rather bizarre reactions on the net. From gibberish from actors who should never be allowed to say their own words in public, to attempts to equate this guys untimely death to gay rights. Wow. Everyone needs a piece of some people I guess.

I've been looking at bikes all morning. I don't know that the point is my needing a new one, but more that I just WANT TO RIDE!!! It's 14 degrees though, so I shall continue to look a while longer..like about 60 days.

My kingdom for a horse, and some weather in which to ride the damn thing. I so need to get outside my head...and my body.

Latinfest

Happy Latin Men Festival!!!

Ain't they pretty?

It's FRIDAY!!!

Last nights teaching gig was...well... ok I'm a complete neurotic. It was fine. They were all but comatose and I'd forgotten what that can be like.

Gael Garcia Bernal demonstrates why I always make passes at boys who wear glasses.

And I refuse to jump on the "I hate Ricky Martin because he won't come out." bandwagon. I mean, look at that face. How could one possibly get mad at that?

Freddy Rodriguez I loved on Six Feet Under, and he just keeps gettin' cuter EVERY TIME I SEE HIM!

Kirk Acevedo.......dear god, worth going to prison for. Well, Oz anyway.

Jimmy Smits, I've loved since L.A. Law, so he always gets my vote.

Nestor Carbonell and Eddie Cibrian are excellent arguments for lifting the travel restrictions to Cuba.


Little planned this weekend. It's going to be cold and gray...oh boy my favorite!

I'll probably read, watch movies, and work on lesson plans.

Unless Ricky, Gael, Freddy, Jimmy, Eddie, Nestor, or Kirk call. Then I'm busy.

I got this feeling...

I am beginning to doubt that this woman will ever screw up the courage to contact me at all. I also found out yesterday that she never told anyone she had an illegitimate child, so I'm her dirty little secret, and the little devil on my shoulder keeps telling me to pursue the matter. But I doubt that I will. So she gets to go to her grave with the knowledge that she had the opportunity to make things right with her past issue of giving up her child and that she didn't take advantage of that opportunity. (I will publish her name here, but I've decided to give her a little more time.)

Today I start teaching. And as everyone has told me, it's not as big a deal as I thought it was. I'm just glad it has come to pass.

We finally got some of that snow I was lamenting yesterday. It's very pretty. And I've had enough winter for one year thanks.

Tomorrow is pretty picture friday. I'll see who comes up this time. Maybe each month should have a theme. I've blown the latin lover theme I started with Enrique because last week was Johnny Depp. But I think I can repair the damage if I do a really good job of latin guys tomorrow. I'll do my best.

Limbo- I thought Benedict abolished that!

I had to come back and spiff this post up with a little levity. Thanks to Daniel, the-guy-no-longer-in-the-desert for the pic of Benny and his "Bitchin'Pimp Hat."

Another Catholic tradition comes smacking down on my head. Limbo, it's where I'm living. We'll see if dear old mom has the courage to call or write.

I have decided to write my autobiography though. I mean seriously that last 50 years have been way too interesting to just pass off without being chronicled. And I'm naming names dammit!

So look for "The Love-child of Perfect Village." in stores near you. Of course, I have to write it. And then find a publisher. And then deal with editors. And galleys. And Proofs.

Ok, well look for it in stores in about four years.

Today I'm a student, tomorrow I'm a teacher. No, literally, today I start pottery class, and then tomorrow I start teaching my classes.

It's been so long coming it's now an anti-climax.

Sorry for the gray mood, I was promised snow today. All we got was rain.

Methaphors, bah humbug.