i'm a complete internet/blog whore and love finding new artists/b-sides/remixes/Japanese pressing bonus tracks that tickle my fancy.
Films I Like:
american beauty; best in show; usual suspects; airplane!; x2; kinsey; this film is not yet rated; zodiac; deliver us from evil; star wars; street fight; catch me if you can; psycho; basic instinct; y tu mama tambien; thumbsucker; showgirls; the departed; lars and the real girl
Literature I Like:
dry (augusten burroughs)
middlesex (jeffrey eugenides)
this book will save your life (a.m. homes)
without conscience (robert hare)
nys search & seizure (barry kamins)
TV Shows I Like:
south park; daily show; bbc-a world news; family guy; family guy; family guy; the closer; the office [bbc's!]; project runway; the wire; golden girls; roseanne; the soup; graham norton
I don't take myself seriously and will be the first to laugh at my own stupidity. I tease people that I like. I need to be honest and forthright if for no other reason than my memory is far too poor for me to successfully lie. I'm a nice, caring guy but also a sarcastic prick - particularly when I'm being racist. Sometimes I think I like music too much. I'm well-educated and mature but (?) have the mouth of a sailor. I have A BLOG that I use to spotlight my favorite music, news, and internet randomness. I absolutely love dogs and will ignore humans in the presence of virtually any canine. I tend to write grammatically-correct text messages. I love to go out but can very much enjoy staying in (Trivial Pursuit anyone?). I don't have a gym body (or hell, even a membership) and don't need/expect it of my mate. I've started muting the commercials while I watch TV; it makes me feel geriatric, but that's okay. And to the depressingly-large number of douche bags on this site: I'm not sure which is more vile: the ignorance required to label oneself as "straight-acting" or the homophobia necessary to be proud of it.
re: my "friends"
For better or for worse, I haven't met 99% my "D-friends." People request to be my 'friend' and I used to simply ignore it but now - assuming I won't be your 4,698th friend, you live in my city, and your age doesn't make me feel like a child molester - I usually click 'accept.' I don't really know what it all means but I'm sure they're a lovely group of strangers who'd lend me money if I was in a jam.
re: you (?)
Physically, I generally go for guys with average/thick/stocky/"natural" builds but nothing's really set in stone; long hair and drugs are absolute deal-breakers, however. Anyone that's got beautiful eyes and can make me laugh is doing great by my book. Don't take yourself too seriously (because god knows you're not that important) and don't throw faux gang signs in your photos, white boy, because it makes you look like a douche bag.
"I wish I could put your love in a locket / 'cause you're hotter than a Hot Pocket."
"He's the kind of guy you just love to hate until he's inside of you."
"Ugh, if that's your idea of a joke, you must write for Leno."
How Do You Photograph A 300 Foot Sequoia? (10/1/09) [View | Hide]
You stitch together 83 individual photos. Here’s the brilliant result:
Photo by Michael Nicols.
Video of the shoot (which proves he didn’t just use Photoshop, cynical) at Gizmodo.
Burj Dubai Versus The Empire State Building And Dubai, You Are Stupid (9/28/09) [View | Hide]
Skyscraper followers will be happy to know that the Burj Dubai, although not completely finished, has topped out at the official height of 2,684 feet (that’s, like, half a mile) and is now officially the tallest building on the planet!
If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around those numbers, you’re not the only one. [...]
Gratuitous Pic(s) Of The Day: Ben Cohen (9/24/09) [View | Hide]
Question: What do you get when you take this 6′ 2″ body…
…plus this smile…
…and add an English accent, a rugby career, and the bonus uncut cock (according – randomly – to Wikipedia)?
Answer: PERFECTION.
More photos at Towleroad, via Attitude Magazine.
Sometimes our subconscious mind takes the lemons of our sexual insecurities and turns them into delicious bonerade.
From his latest column.
The Killers’s “All These Things I’ve Done” Covered For Charity (9/15/09) [View | Hide]
War Child, the international network of charities that work to improve the lives of children affected by war, has pulled together some up-and-coming UK musicians for a follow-up single to their “War Child: Heroes, Vol. 1” disc of earlier this year.
The artists, collectively known as the Young Soul Rebels, tackle a slightly-reworked “All These Things [...]
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Documentary Trailer Premiers (9/14/09) [View | Hide]
LOVE IT.
This film is going to make me really sad for what those concerts could have been.
VMA Tribute To Michael Jackson (9/14/09) [View | Hide]
Very well done, MTV.
PS: Janet’s new single, “Make Me”, which “pays loving tribute to” Michael’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”, is currently streaming on Janet’s website.
“This is for God and The Gays.”
- Lady Gaga’s closing statement of her VMA acceptance speech as winner, Best New Artist.
Yet Another “Family Values” Republican Caught With His Pants Down (9/9/09) [View | Hide]
I find all this hypocrisy very tiring, so I’ll just summarize:
- Republican Assemblyman from California Michael D. Duvall
- Married with two kids
- Pro “family values” and supported anti-gay Prop 8
- While waiting for a legislative session to start, was caught on a live mic speaking to a colleague about the graphic details of the affair [...]
As part of that 99% of yr DList friends whom you've never before, and rarely talk to, I decided just now to buck the trend and say hello. Hello! I was in Brooklyn most of the weekend; can't believe you didn't find me ;-)
"My body is a sacred place, for holy stuff like Capri Sun juices, Lunchable Chicken Dunks, and Slim Jims (I like to snap into them!). The one thing that won't EVER go into my body? Girl slime!"