August 2010
“I always feel like somebody’s watching me”: On... →
This past Sunday I had a client in my chair whose job is to work with various companies and corporations to help them get a foothold in the world of social networking as a way to expand…
Update on the casting of the Runaways comic book... →
A couple of weeks ago I posted about the whitewashed casting call for Nico Minoru’s character in the Runaways comic book film. But I just read some really good news over at…
Pop culture confessions: Secret desires! Shameful... →
I have a heaviness in my soul, dear readers; an aching, secret shame that I feel I can no longer contain. I must let it out of its cage so I can walk once again with the sunlight on my face…
Vacation, all I ever wanted! →
I just now turned my laptop on for the first time since Friday afternoon. And let me tell you, I kind of wish I hadn’t. Nothing of much import was waiting for me – no dire emails (which I…
The queerness of desire.
I wrote a post last night about desire and it came out really whiny and self-pitying so I deleted it. But I wanted to rewrite it and try to capture the essence of what I was saying minus all of the boo-hooing. I have often struggled with desire as an emotion that causes me a lot of frustration, confusion and even pain. Not so much the desire I feel for others, although it does happen in...
Pop culture Alzheimer’s or, Lady Gaga did not... →
Yesterday was Madonna’s 52nd birthday and it got me to thinking about pop culture icons and our collectively short memory span. It could totally be the fact that I have now passed the…
I realized lately that I find myself increasingly worn down by the gay men of San Francisco. I’ve lived here 7 and a 1/2 years now and I’m surprised that I still make any effort at all to get a date or get laid. (Mind you, it’s a minimal effort at best. My tolerance for mass rejection isn’t what it once was when I was fresh-faced twentysomething) Loftier ambitions like...
Pea plant grows inside man's lung →
MY MOM WAS RIGHT WHEN SHE SAID NOT TO SWALLOW APPLE SEEDS. HOLY SHIT.
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A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.
Ron Sveden had been battling emphysema for months when his condition deteriorated.
He was steeling himself for a cancer diagnosis when X-rays revealed the...
This hair is your hair. →
Tonight I heard a familiar phrase that’s been uttered countless times since I was in beauty school: “He’s not really into me cutting my hair shorter.” It was said to me by a dear friend who…
We can have nice things: H.P. Mendoza’s Fruit Fly →
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Fruit Fly the musical/comedy/drama by local filmmaker H.P. Mendoza. It follows the story of Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist, in a…
This is why we can’t have nice things: Casting for... →
I’ve recently come across two posts regarding the casting call for a film adaptation of the Marvel comic Runaways, a brilliant story about a group of young kids who discover there…
Emma Watson’s smart haircut. →
Emma Watson hexes away Hermione.
As many of you know, Emma Watson – the actress famous for portraying Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise – has gone and chopped off…
“If you think I’m going to sit here and pass judgment on Miley, you’re wrong. I...”
– Dolly Parton (on Miley Cyrus) Thanks Mr. Maniu! (via sissydudeomen2) (via mrpinky)
Great moments in (my) pop culture history: George... →
In 1998, singer George Michael was famously outed as gay when an LAPD officer posing as a hot guy wanting public restroom sex arrested him. It was total bullshit entrapment and part…
