I feel like
I could do a "randoms" entry every week
these days. Just sooooooooooo much going on and I'm a
big fan of "bang for your buck" so instead of several
entries, randoms win:
1) Radio
Gaygay
Ha. Radio Gaga...
Damnit, now I wish I had done an entry just for this
because that's a perfect title. So Ann is the queen of
all things gay because of her role as LaVonda on
"Sordid Lives". She sits in with Tony Sweet for his
show on latalkradio.com and she invited me down to
talk. However, there were no cameras allowed in the
studio (as you can see at the beginning of the video -
when I take it out and he says I can't). It has to be
the most baffling video cock-block of my life
considering my camera was allowed everywhere from CBS
to WGN radio studios in Chicago. This is an internet
radio station. Ha. But, where there are barriers there
is art. And because of that, we get a really cool
video:
If your
computer can handle it (meaning it doesn't stutter
once it's loaded) click the "HD" button...
incredible.
These are all the
random little videos I've taken on my pocket cam the
last few weeks with the radio interview underneath.
Strange and random. love it. Anyway - it was a fun
show to sit-in on and let me assure you it wasn't Tony
that nixed camera... apparently the guy that runs the
station it is weirded out about it. Again, baffling
for an internet radio station. But I'm thankful for
the art it created. :-)
2) Speaking of
gay...
Carrie Prejean
(beauty queen against gay marriage) has every right to
believe that and you all need to shut the fuck up
already. You're making me crazy. It's a religious
issue for her, and always will be. Not allowing it to
be ok for others to believe in their own religious
beliefs without persecution is kind of the bedrock of
this country, no? And don't scream civil-liberties to
me, that's decided by society collectively and that's
why 5 states now allow gay marriage. Society is
turning in our direction... actually, this is it's own
entry. It just is. And it should come from someone who
vehemently disagrees with Ms. Prejean to show the
absolute hypocrisy of the progressive movement
destroying her. I'm clueless as to why the only people
I see defending her are those who agree with her. I'm
doin' a full entry tomorrow to coincide with the
California Supreme Court ruling. Grrrr.
3) Uhm,
ouch.
When
will this pattern end? Am I gonna
really have to hurt myself before I
become an adult and wear the proper
clothing? Man, I'm scolding myself in 3rd
person like I'm a father. Ha.
Since
the beginning of time, I have done
yardwork or some form of construction work
"spontaneously". Meaning, I'm in my pajama
bottoms, socks and nothing else - drinking
coffee... and I decide it's time to move
that tree limb that fell in the backyard.
This is the same way I redid my bathroom.
I was literally on the toilet and started
rippin' off wallpaper and spent the rest
of the evening re-doing the whole thing.
Well in throwing the limb to the back of
my yard I ripped a pretty good sized gash
in my side, 'cause duh - I was practically
naked. Fucking, moron. The picture doesn't
do it justice. It's deep and purple and a
constant stinging reminder of the fact
that I need to grow up. However,
I contend that that same spontanaity
is why I'm going to Europe/Africa on
Saturday...
4)
Disgracebook
...except for the
fact that none of you will probably ever know because
my Facebook account has been disabled for the second
time - and it may be gone forever. And in a million
years you won't believe why: DELETING friend
suggestions too fast. I kept gettingthe same 20
suggestions that I didn't want to add, so I kept
deleting them over and over and over - and they kept
coming back. So I decided to see just how freaking
long it would take to finally clear my "suggest" box.
I must have deleted 100 names in like 3 minutes. It
never worked. The same names would just keep popping
up and I finally gave up. Clicked on a button to go
back to my profile and saw this:
No reason given
whatsoever. After I got a non-descript warning a
couple months ago I wrote to them. After weeks I
finally got ahold of a human and I debated him ad
nauseum because they never tell you the guidelines for
"security reasons". I finally got him to say
this:
"Please keep
in mind that we do not set a specific limit on the
amount of friend requests you can send in any one
day. Rather, warnings and blocks are sent out based
on a number of different factors (such as speed,
time, and quantity). For this reason, we ask that
you monitor the nature (i.e. the speed at which you
send and reply to friend requests, how many
requests you send in a certain amount of time,
etc.) in which you use this feature, rather than
attempting to abide by any specific numerical
limits."
But remember, I
wasn't adding ANYONE. I was DELETING all the
suggestions because I was sick of them filling up the
space in that section. Granted, I am fast on a
computer - no doubt - but in a million years it never
occured to me that their computer would pick up the
speed at which I was DELETING and flag it for improper
behavior. Nor did it ever warn me that I was doing
anything too fast.
So now, a few days
before my trip to Europe/Africa - 3000 friends built
up over a years worth of work is gone. Journey group?
Gone. Several of my overseas contacts for a trip I'm
taking in 5 days? Unreachable. This is bordering on
class-action lawsuit. I mean, yay me for actually
finding a glitch in their system that sees
"fast-deleting" as some sort of improper behavior --
give me a fucking award or something -- but give me my
account back. It's been 48 hours now, and no word. The
timing simply couldn't be worse. Comedy Central --
Europe -- Africa in days? Unbelieveable. Oh and
speaking of Africa...
5) Are you
CRAZY?
I must be. 'Cause
when I tell people I'm going to Africa they look at me
like I happened to mention my upcoming trip to the
molten center of the earth. Was I supposed to be
scared of this trip and didn't know? 'Cause, shit -
maybe I will be now? LOL. I spend so much time within
the walls of this "Journey" that I must lose touch
with reality 'cause anyone who responds to me online
is really just happy they get to watch me do all the
crazy shit. People that I actually see and touch
everyday tend to have a different reaction. One of
absolute shock and veiled horror. I mean, I guess
we'll find out once I'm there - but I'm not going to a
warzone. Maybe it's just the whole
"national-geographic" mentality where things that are
a world away don't touch or affect people so the
thought of actually ENTERING that world is a mind-meld
for them. Well, if I can bring some realness to
the atrocities over there so be it. God I wish there
was a way I could be building some houses over there
or something. It looks like Linda and I won't be
making any money on the journalist side of things, so
it would've been cool to have a humanitarian thingee
lined up. We'll see. It'll be an adventure either
way.
6) The "Good"
Shot
Finally Cleveland
has a good shot to remember. After watching them be
the foil to my beloved Jordan all those years, Friday
night LeBron hit one of the best shots I've seen in
years. At the moment, only Horry's shot against the
Kings in 2002 is in the same realm for the overall
"steal" factor in a big game. Cleveland's entire
series was done and in 1 second it was suddenly
anyone's game. I know they lost last night but if they
win tomorrow they have home-court for the rest of the
series. But man, Orlando really is outplaying them.
What an incredible freaking playoffs this year. Don't
you just love the fact that I'm gonna be in some hut
in Africa during the fucking Finals next week?
(sigh).
7) The
other Journey
I know after the
last entry it might be hard for you to believe that I
don't mention my romantic life that much, but it
really is true. The only reason Ann is even mentioned
is that it has turned into a life-changing story that
neither of us will soon forget. Not to say there
aren't other women in my life that have that same
potential, but I make a concerted effort not to bring
them up unless the story is just too amazing to let
go. For example, two
women you're seeing ending up in the same room for an
eyebrow waxing appointment on Christmas
Eve? You
mention that. That is one of the most incredible
stories I've ever told on this site and it clearly has
a place. Saturday night doesn't fall into the amazing
category, but it's worth a Randoms for sure. Girl on
Facebook has VIP tickets to a show at the Hollywood
Improv and asks if I want to go. We had IM'd before
and I actually mentioned to her, half-jokingly, that
she came across completely batshit crazy. Which I have
to say, is really really hard to do on an instant
message. She played it off, and I hadn't spoken to her
enough to get a good read. But hey a free show and I
liked the comedian (Billy Barr). So I get there at 7
and call her to let her know I was gonna be on the
patio next-door watching the Laker game, and it seems
she's running late. An hour late. <rolling eyes>
whatever. So when she arrives we sit down to eat and
over the course of 30 minutes I heard more celebrity
name drops than the front page of TMZ. Difference? She
got the names wrong. To date, probably the funniest,
most "LA" moment of my life. Hearing someone talk
about how they almost got a part in the "Robert
Williams" movie, Nine Months, will continue to make me
laugh when I'm 80... guaranteed. There were several
others and I just smiled and nodded my head. However,
I did call her out when she said "Beau Bridges" was
her agent 15 years ago (and she corrected it with
another name). Unfortunatley, it went from amusing to
exhausting when she responded to my CBS/Up & Adam
story by saying I wasn't good "talk show
host" material because I didn't have the ability
to bring people into the conversation (from the woman
who dominated 85% of it to that point) and I was too
self-centered. My initial reaction was actually pretty
interested 'cause I felt that she may have seen some
things and had an outside perspective. And hey, like
I can really defend the "self-centered" jab when
it comes to The Journey. LMAO. But then she dropped
this litte doozy: she had never seen anything I had
ever done. Never clicked any of the links I gave
her... and made this assessment simply from that
night. I'll let Cameron provide my facial reaction to
this statement:
Ha. Her response
to this face was: "Ooh I hit a nerve." Girl, I
got here at 7-0-0. You got here at 7-5-3. Calling
me self-centered may be the most glaring
example of projection in an interpersonal relationship
(however short) I've ever seen. I don't mind her not
seeing my stuff, but for the love of fucktards why
would you guestimate a critiwue? Oh but it
continued... Since she had never seen anything (and
describing 4tvs or The Egos over dinner is an exercise
in futility) she proceeded to teach me the mechanics
of being on-stage and doing comedy (she's an aspiring
comedian). About how you're supposed to dress, hold
the mic, include "k" sounds... it was as if she had
read the "dummies manual to stand-up. And I really
hate to be a prick here, but I've always found that
the people that obsess over those angles of art and
performance aren't artists; they're con-artists.
They're trying to succeed at an artform that isn't
truly in them - so they belabor the mechanics ad
nauseum. They take classes, hire coaches and turn into
manufactured robots. I'm not saying your attire or how
you carry yourself isn't important (hell I did an
entry during the 4tvs years about how much a mic stand
changed the show), but they're finishing touches, not
foundations. Now I haven't seen her onstage so I can't
presume she doesn't have a rock-solid foundation, but
after sitting through the comedians while she pointed
out their "mechanics" DURING the show - I'm pretty
sure I have more than enough info. You don't talk
during someone else's set, period. We were 2 feet from
the stage to boot. Christ. Oh and Bill Burr is funny
as fuck. Had a great time and am honestly incredibly
thankful to this girl for offering the ticket. I
certainly won't forget it. :-)
8) Truth or
Consequences?
A political-junkie
friend of mine admitted he was really pissed that
Obama was siding with the Bush Administration on
several points (Plame, war tribunals, etc.). His
reason was that it was validating Bush. Everybody...
step back please. This is the same as slammin' Prejean
- you guys are missing the entire point. You're
replacing one agenda with another and "the truth" is
what's being lost. But maybe that IS the point for the
left-wing? Do those that hated the Bush Administration
want the truth? Or do they want consequences for his
actions no matter what? If you really want the truth,
then you have to accept that we may have been wrong on
some things. I mean it got to the point with the Bush
Administration that when the man
PET A TURKEY he was slammed. Then Obama
comes in, he pets a turkey the same way and the
left-wingers lose their MINDS.
WHAT THE FAAAAAAACK!?!? Why is he doing it
like BUSH!!??! If Obama looks at a situation, and he
tells me that in this case - he agrees with the
previous administration? That's fine with me. You
really think him not releasing those prisoner photos
is part of some cover-up to make Bush look good? They
will come out eventually, but he determined it wasn't
safe to release them now. I think that's fair. We
don't have access to what he has access to. And I have
yet to see him not deal with a situation with
intelligence, patience and extreme pragmatism. That's
what a leader is. A leader isn't someone who simply
agrees with your agenda and will push it through with
eyes wide shut. And I think that's what the left
thought they were getting: THEIR version of the Bush
Administration. Now I expected the Republicans to act
like this, but not the Democrats. It's why I can never
side with these parties... ever. Listen, I still root
for Obama to do what I want. You know how I feel
about the war and the torture issue, and I'll be
incredibly disappointed if someone isn't held
accountable for those crimes, but I'm also well aware
of how volatile the situation is and how important the
safety of this country is. This shit isn't black and
white - and the extreme wings of the party NEVER, SEE,
GREY. Ugh.
9) Chronic
Elation
I am happier than
I've ever been in my life. I don't type that lightly.
I'm not HIGHER than I've ever been in my life, but I
have been racking my brain for a time when I felt more
centered, more focused - and straight up more happy...
and it's just not coming to me. Potential is
sooooooooooooo intoxicating and this month has been so
reminiscent of February 2007 where I knew I had
"Up & Adam" and every day was simply perfect.
But even that was scattered with Donna and drama.
Donna's name rhymes with Drama. Ha. Anyway, I feel
spectacular. I have so much positivity around me, it's
like a cocoon. All that's left now is waiting for the
butterfly.
