Funny Moment

While getting ready for work, I started singing this song that's been stuck in my head ever since I heard it.

Me singing: "I don't do girls, I just do boys with style and class"....wait a second.
Me: Oh fuck, I really hope that wasn't a Freudian slip.
Me: *foreheadpalm*

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I Don't Do Boys - Elektra

I came across this song while jumping from one tumblr account to the next and I have to say it beats Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl" any day. It's catchy, the lyrics are fun, and the music video will make your head do that nice spinning thing.

Also, NSFW. You've been warned. In which case, you should totally watch it anyway.

I'm sorry Katy, your song was catchy but your faux lesbianism just doesn't do it for me. I need girls that don't just "like" kissing girls, they love it. This is one of those cases where it's not me, it's you, Katy. It's you.

Joel Burns - It Get's Better Project

I received this video in my email today from my mom with just the one line that said "This deserves 13 minutes of your time." With curiosity and interest I began to watch the video half distracted at first until the meaningful message of what Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns had to say hit me, and I couldn't tear my eyes away.



To see a political public figure stand up in support of gay teens and share his own story was a remarkable moment. Then to see the support of the people there at the meeting as they gave him a standing ovation was just as touching and meaningful.

I just wanted to take a moment to recognize his bravery and applaud him for standing up for what he believes in, in spite of the controversy it could cause. He became the hero so many kids, gay or straight, need right now.

NaNoWriMo

I've decided to participate this year in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. For those of you that don't know what that is, I'll explain. No wait, let me sum up.

For the entire month of November participants have to write a 50,000 word novel. In the sake of meeting that goal things like writing style, editing and plot no longer need to take precedence. All that counts is cranking out those 50,000 words by midnight November 30th and that you crank it hard. As the site put it, "December is for editing."

I'm excited because this will be my first time participating in NaNoWriMo and my first time ever trying to write a novel. I have a vague idea of what I want to write about. A year ago I wrote a short story that I had forgotten about and came across last month. When I read it I remember thinking, "why didn't I write more?" But I don't know for sure if I'm going to stick with that one. I plan to sit down today or tomorrow and build an outline and see if I find the story interesting enough to build on. What I do know is, I'm going to win. I like a challenge and when I set a goal for myself I take it seriously and this is one of those times.

If anyone else is participating I wish you tons of luck and you should definitely be my writing buddy on the site!

Sara Bareilles

One thing I love about Sara Bareilles, is with her music and her words, she has this amazing ability to capture emotion. More than once I have sat down and listened to her music to be trapped in a moment filled with memories and conflicting emotions because of how spot on she has come to describing those moments. It's this talent, that keeps me coming back for more and makes me buy her album without even hearing a single song first because I know it is, without a doubt, going to be good.

Songs like "Uncharted" or "Love Song" or "Gonna Get Over You" instantly made me fall in love with them.

While others like "Gravity" or "Breathe Again" have me diving for my iPod or laptop to change the song to prevent reliving painful memories and emotions I would rather stay forgotten. But while those songs leave me feeling too vulnerable to listen to them often, the realization that I'm not the only she has pulled those emotions out of is what makes them so great.

A few weeks ago I saw the music video for "Gravity" for the first time and fell back in love with the song. So, enjoy.

Glee How I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways

After this weeks amazing Kurt Filled episode of "Glee", I didn't think things could get better, with Kurt's emotional version of the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" I was at an all time high. That was, until I found out "Glee" will be doing an entire episode of music from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."


My head about exploded through the roof at this wonderful news. I have been a huge Rocky Horror fan since high school when one of my friends took me to see the show performed live as an early birthday present. In a way this show kind of made me confront my sexuality. You may be scratching your head in curiosity so I'll explain.

The first time I saw "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" I wondered why I found a guy who cross dresses hotter than any other guy I had ever seen/met before. I was about 15 at the time and had never had a crush on a guy or been even remotely interested in dating one. So I asked my self that very question until I came up with a possible answer, "maybe it's the clothes?"

I've always approached things very analytically, and so through the process of elimination I determined that it had to be the lingerie and make-up, because Tim Curry without them was not attractive at all in my mind. I began to put the pieces together, women wear lingerie, and women also wear make-up, hmmmm.

After that, I allowed myself to start to open up and ask the question I refused to even think about before, "What if I'm attracted to women?" The town I grew up in was extremely conservative so living in a place with that kind of mind set it rubbed off, and as a young teen I was very conservative. It took moving nearly halfway across the country to a bigger city with far more culture to learn that being gay wasn't the end of the world. And even then, it didn't happen all at once, it took time to even work up the courage to confront the very idea of being gay.

By the time I asked myself that major question, I had joined my high school girls basketball team and came in contact with what I thought was my very first lesbian, in the form of my basketball coach. After that there was no avoiding it, because at the end of the season, unless I'm forgetting somebody, of the 8 girls on the Varsity team 3 were gay, 1 was Bi and then there was me, straddling the fence (heh, straddling), not knowing where I belonged. So essentially the majority of the team was gay and I couldn't hide from it anymore.

I tested the waters with my mom and gave her the "I think I might be bi" speech. I was 16 by that point and still didn't know if I was gay. The problem was I certainly found women far more attractive to men, but I never really had any kind of emotional feelings toward a girl. A few months later a new girl was hired in at my work and I developed a pretty strong crush and I knew for sure. I was totally gay. I came out to my mom, ("Mom, I'm gay." "So?") not too long afterward.

So in my mind "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" will always have massive amounts of my love for helping a once entirely closeted teenage girl eventually discover a pretty important part of herself.

As such, I cannot freaking wait until episode 5 of "Glee".

Calvin and Hobbes, Meet Han and Chewie

I'm the biggest, hugest number one fan of Calvin and Hobbes. I have every Calvin and Hobbes book out there and one bad ass t-shirt featuring Hobbes as a real tiger and Calvin as an imaginary boy.

I got that t-shirt from a site called TeeFury. Ever since then, I've been a devoted follower and have picked up a couple of cool shirts along the way. But the day has come once again for me to bow to the wonder that is this site.

TWO of the best Calvin and Hobbes shirts I've ever seen, from one site?! It's unheard of, it's outrageous, it's divine! To top it off, it's a Star Wars reference as well. Be still my heart.

I guess some could argue it's a Star Wars shirt with a Calvin and Hobbes reference but they would lose.

In case you were wondering I totally bought the shirt. I'm even debating about buying a second one in case the first one gets ruined. Hey, don't laugh. Calvin and Hobbes lover for life, yo.

Cee-Lo Green's "F**K You" Parody

If you're one to keep up on trends and hits on the internet then you've probably heard the new single out by Cee-Lo Green titled "Fuck You". From the moment I heard it I loved the song, mostly because it was reminiscent of classics like The Temptations and Al Green. The lyrics as well were amusing along with the music video.

Recently, I came across this awesomely geeky paradoy of Cee-Lo's lyric video.

I'm definitely interested to see if his album, The Lady Killer, lives up to the single if so I'll be the first in line to buy it at my local electronics store.

New series premiers and early cancellations.

"No Ordinary Family" premiered last Tuesday and to mix phrases, it blew my socks out of the water. It was smart, funny and, for those of us who grew up loving super heroes and wishing we had super powers, highly entertaining. "No Ordinary Family" shows how a regular family with all of their dysfunction deals with suddenly developing super powers.

With two great actors like Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz leading the show I didn't expect anything less than total perfection, and the show more than came through carrying a healthy balance of comedy and drama.

If there's one thing about me that has always remained consistent and that is my love for strong female characters.

To my delight, "Chase" delivered exactly that. Annie Frost, played by Kelli Giddish, is a U.S. Marshall who tracks down violent criminals. She's a cowboy-boot wearing, gun toting, bad ass who you can't help cheer on as she tackles the bad guys during the show. As an added bonus Rose Rollins who played Tasha on "The L Word" is a member of that same task force.

"Hawaii Five-O" continues to be somewhat hit and miss. While Scott Caan, Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim do an awesome job playing their characters, it's Alex O'Loughlin and his character Detective Steve McGarret that I have a bone to pick with.

I'm not sure whether to blame the actor or the writers for the way Det. McGarret has turned out. He's brash, bullheaded and disregards the safety of his team when pursuing suspects. This in turn makes his character completely unlikable, which could be seen as the writer's fault. But with the way O'Loughlin seems to be over acting the character things come out forced and unrealistic to an audience. And I fear since the show is hinged on Det. McGarret as the main character, unless things even out with the writing "Hawaii Five-O" could be in danger of being canceled.

In the category of completely unexpected, one show "Raising Hope" has come out to be interesting and funny.

Last week after the "Glee" Britney/Brittany episode, I left the TV on while browsing online when it caught my attention that Shannon Woodward, who played Tommy Lee Jones' daughter in Man of the House and Di Di Malloy in "The Riches", was in it. I couldn't help watch the rest of the episode and it surprised me how good it turned out to be.

"Raising Hope" is about a young single father as he tries to raise a baby with the help of his very eccentric family, after his baby mama ends up on death row. If that doesn't get your attention I don't know what will, but so far it makes for a fun mix of comedy and ridiculousness.

In other news, shows that have been canceled already are "Lonestar" and "My Generation".

I didn't watch "Lonestar" when it came out mostly because it sounded uninteresting. A show about con man who is juggling two women at the same time? No thank you, I'll forgo my plate of womanizing in favor of a nice heaping helping of the strong female lead in "Chase".

Previously, I talked about how I was looking forward to watching "My Generation" and sadly it was very disappointing.

The premier was riddled with cliche's and was obviously riding on nostalgia alone so it was no surprise when the news came that it had been canceled after only 2 episodes. Not to mention the forced pairing between the characters was just too much for the average viewer to swallow. The only truly interesting event to happen during the first episode was the 2 second video cameo by Pomplamoose.

With the Fall TV season now in full swing I'll be cheering on my favorite shows in hopes that they'll avoid the axe and be renewed, and so far "No Ordinary Family" will be at the top of my list for new shows being renewed.

Chuck, Glee and Dexter again?!

The first two weeks of Chuck, Glee and Dexter have been amazing. But really, would you have expected anything less? Seeing those shows on TV regularly, feels like being wrapped in a familiar old blanket, freshly laundered and still warm from the dryer. In other words it gives me the warm fuzzies.
Chuck and Dexter of course jump into things feet first setting up story lines for the rest of the season. Chuck and Sarah had some interesting developments in "Chuck vs. the Suitcase".

After the season 4 finale of Dexter the season 5 premier wasn't able to live up to the excitement but didn't disappoint either. It's going to be interesting to see Dexter's character development after everything he and the kids have been through.

On the other hand, Glee seemed to go on a little bit of a hiatus for the Britney/Brittany episode. I'm not saying I didn't like it, on the contrary without realizing it was possible I have fallen even more in love with Heather Morris' portrayal of Brittany S. Pierce and would gladly volunteer to have her babies. The episode just made me feel like I was in a bit of a drug induced haze the entire time I was watching it.

Even though there wasn't much story development, the opportunity to see Brittany not only dance (that girl has some amazing moves and abs) but sing too, and have more than one line was entirely worth it.

Next week, Glee finds religion in the form of a grilled cheese Jesus. This should be interesting.

Chuck me full of Glee and call me Dexter

This post could potentially be full of spoilers if you are not completely updated with each series. You have been warned!

As I sadly wave goodbye to my summer shows, Rizzoli & Isles, Drop Dead Diva and Covert Affairs, my feelings of sorrow can't help but be short lived as I warmly embrace the return of my favorite fall shows.

"Chuck" returned this week with a flash. Despite promising his sister, Ellie, to quit the spy life, he jumps back into it feet first in search of his long lost mother. I couldn't be more excited about this storyline considering dear old mom is being played by none other than the original Sarah Connor herself, Linda Hamilton. And having Sarah Walker back on my TV screen on a weekly basis also helps keep my world right side up. Not to mention, if she keeps it up with those "sexting" photo shoots, I might die a happy girl from here on out.

*Side Bar* (Since when did sexting mean "sexual writing"? I was always of the opinion that the definition of "sexting" was a shortened version of "sex texting" or "sexy texting" or if you proper English speaking people would have it, "sexual text messaging". Anyway, I could probably debate this issue with myself for hours so I'm just going to stop now and leave that question for you to answer for me. ) *End Side Bar*

Additionally, the fanboy-head-exploding guest appearance of E4's Olivia Munn, was fun, but if you blinked you might have missed it and should immediately re-watch the episode. So as the fall season progresses I look forward to seeing more of "Chuck" and Sarah Walker and Sarah Connor - I mean,...Chuck's mom.

Next up...I wave my gleek flag.

Season 2 of Glee also premiered this week. While I enjoyed the entire episode as a whole, I can't help but knit pick about a couple of things.

First, is it just me or does it look like Lea Michelle's lips have grown? In the first minute of the episode I was more distracted by that than the Jew-fro which is saying something.

Second, nationals? Really, writers of "Glee"? Why didn't you just come out and say it?
News Flash: McKinley High's New Directions Beat Vocal Adrenaline at Regionals to Move on to Nationals in NYC.

Way to give that plot line away.

I'm also interested to see where things are going with the two new characters, Sam and Sunshine. (Did anyone else think Sam looked a lot like Maxxie from Skins in that first shot of him?

Maxxie

Sam

I had to do a double take before I noticed enough differences.) Other than that, I'm glad to once again have Brittany's one-liners, Kurt's adorableness and Sue Sylvester's awesomely biting dialogue back in my day-to-day life.

This Sunday brings the season premier of Dexter. If you didn't watch the finale of season 4, then you better hop to it before Sunday because you're not going to want to miss this. After living for 6 months on the cliff hanger that was last season, I'm dying to find out what's going to happen next.

From what I can discern from the trailers I threw out the theories that it was all a dream, a la "Dallas". And have now moved on to the theory that one of the plots is going to be Dexter having to fight for custody of Aster and Cody from Rita's mother, putting a strain on his serial killer lifestyle yet again.

It's going to be nice for fans to finally get some answers and to once again embrace our inner Dark Defenders.

As far as new shows go, a few look interesting. I watched the pilot of Hawaii Five-O, and while I was too young to watch the original when it aired, I'm not even sure I was born yet, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to check back in with Grace Park (Boomer/Athena from "Battestar Galactica") who will be playing a barely out of the academy police officer in the special unit and a regular on the show.

And boy was it worth it to see her surfing in a bikini. Thanks to that wonderful sight, I'll definitely be keeping up with the show from now on.
Yowzah!

Thursday a new show called "My Generation" premiers. From what I can tell it follows a group of people 10 years after their graduation from high school, contrasting where they dreamed and planned to be then, to where they are now. I'm hoping it turns out to be as interesting as the trailers make it look.

Last but not least, thanks to iTune's Free Episode link, I downloaded the pilot episode of "The Event". While I originally had no particular interest in the show, and the price couldn't get any better, it was the one line review that called it the love child of "Lost" and "24" that made me laugh and ultimately pushed me off the fence and decide to watch the pilot at least.

So there you have it, my weekly line up of shows in one post. But if you think you'll know where to find me most nights between 8 and 10pm then think again. Thanks to the wonderful invention of on-demand with Comcast, I can now watch most of my shows whenever it best suits me. Ah, the wonder of technology. Now all I need is an iPad and a Slingbox and I can watch my shows whenever and WHEREver I please. Looks like I better start writing Santa early this year.

Getting Back in the Groove

It's been so long since I wrote regularly on my blog that it's been bumpy trying to get back into the groove of things. It doesn't help that I've been working every chance I get. But it has so paid off. Ever since I got back from Canada I busted my butt to get that promotion at work and today at our monthly store meeting I found out I won the MVP award for my department. It's not a big deal or anything but it shows me that my bosses have noticed I've been working hard.


Other than work, I've been focusing on a couple of my fall projects I outlined in this post. The one I'm focusing on the most right now is "honing my photography skills". When I got back from Canadia I talked to one of the guys I work with, he hosts his own online show as well as does event coordination and promotion. When he found out I dabbled in photography he got really excited because his daughter was having a birthday party that he wanted pictures for. So as a favor to him I did them for free as way to show him I really am a decent photographer. When he saw the pictures he absolutely loved them and has been passing my name around to some of the people in his circle since then.

Today, I got a call from one of his DJ friends who was looking to do a photo shoot for two album covers and head shots for his girlfriend. I'm excited because this will be my first real job as a photographer and not just as a favor to friends kind of thing. Last week I took some of my cousin's senior pictures so I'm really hoping to get together a portfolio of some of my photography to start showing people and maybe drawing in more jobs.

This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and if it takes off, I'm wondering if I can turn it into a part time business. It's just a thought for now, because there would be so much I would have to do, such as applying for a business license and all that craziness. But I'm keeping it in mind for now.

50 Questions

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Not my first name, my middle name is after my great-grandmother who has the same middle name along with my grandmother and my mother.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
A couple months ago I think.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No, I have terrible hand writing.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Roast Beef. I could eat roast beef sandwiches every day for the rest of my life and not get tired of it.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
No way.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Definitely, I crack myself up already so I could just laugh with myself even more if I were another person.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT?
Pfft, not at all. I've never used sarcasm a day in my life.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yep.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Absolutely, along with sky diving.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Hmm, that's a tough one, maybe Captain Crunch or Life.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nope, I don't even untie them when I put them on.


12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Yes, both physically and mentally.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Butter Pecan. My mom says it's an old people's ice cream but it's soooo yummy.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Whether or not they smile.

15. RED OR PINK?
Blue.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I tend to be more introverted than extroverted.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My mom and my brother, I don't get to see them enough.

18. WHAT IS THE PAUL MCKENNA TECHNIQUE THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON THE MOST?
The who technique of huh?

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
No shoes, just bare feet.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Jet's Pizza. So good.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Covert Affairs playing in the background.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Cerulean Blue.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Fresh Baked cookies, rain, shampoo in a girls hair, and flowers.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My mom.

25. MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY OR BEACH HOUSE?
Beach House in the summer, Mountain Hideaway in the winter.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Hockey and College Football.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Dark Brown.

28. EYE COLOR?
Brown.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Not very often, I feel weird without my glasses.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
The Assyrian stew we only have at Christmas.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings all the way.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Serenity.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Black.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
I used to love winter, but I'm starting to miss summer more and more when winter is here.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs all the way.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
My mom's iceberg desert she makes.

37. STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO?
Uh, I don't know, my cardio is crap so probably strength training I guess.

38. COMPUTER OR TELEVISION?
Computer, I can always catch up on the shows I miss online.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
No actual book-books right now but comics I've been following the whole Bruce Wayne gone missing saga, The Unwritten, The Walking Dead of course, Buffy Season 8, DMZ, Wolverine, Uncanny X-Men and a few more I can't think of right now.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I haven't owned a mouse pad in years since I've had a laptop.

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
The popping of bubble wrap, or the sound of presents being ripped open on Christmas morning.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
The Beatles.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Hmm, I'm not sure I can say really since I kind of have two homes, one in Michigan and one in Florida. So maybe when I went to Montreal this summer, I think that was probably the farthest I've been.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Not really, but I'm pretty good with a camera.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
California. So now every time Katy Perry's new song "California Girls" comes on my uncle has to sing it to me.

47. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
In Michigan until I finish college.

48. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HOUSE?
White with tan bricks.


49. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR CAR?
I'm not sure, I think it's a faded greyish-maroon color.

50. DO YOU LIKE ANSWERING 50 QUESTIONS?
Yes, I love these things.

My Summer Summary....And Fall Planning

This summer I...

Spent a month in Canada.

Caught up on my comic book reading.

Visited Canada's Parliament Hill.

Fell behind in my comic book reading.

Tried dating again.

Remembered why I swore off dating.

Learned I was stronger than I thought.

Learned to play Euchre.

Missed my mom and my brother.

Decided to take a short break from college.

Bought a new car because my old car died.

Started watching new shows like "Rizzoli and Isles", and "Covert Affairs".

Continued watching shows I already liked such as Drop Dead Diva and Being Human.

Made new friends.

Started a couple new projects.

Got a promotion at work.

Had a mild mental break down before realizing it just wasn't worth it.

Watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer again.

All seven seasons.

I <3 Joss Whedon


This fall I plan to...


Kick ass at my job and show my boss I really did deserve that promotion.

Watch the new seasons of Glee, Chuck, and Dexter.

Start even more projects.

Hone my photography skills.

Catch up on the stack of unread comic books I have sitting beside my desk.

Pick up my guitar at least once and play it.

Finish the picture I'm drawing for my brother's Christmas present.

Start exercising more so I can take kick boxing lessons.

See the new Harry Potter movie in theater.

Try not to pass out from excitement while waiting for the new "The Walking Dead" series to premier in October.

Visit my mom and my brother in Florida.

And last but not least...

CLEAN MY ROOM.