Yup, Just Like Madonna

That’s right, bitches: We* are back.

We’re back and, like a certain gap-toothed-aging popstar, we’ve re-invented ourselves; like the tattoos which CawfeeGuy has adorning his legs, we have risen from the ashes and been rebirthed.

We’re back with a whole new look to the blog** and a whole new attitude about blogging.

Soup Dumplings, Pink Unicorns and That Guy from Buffy

what an amazing weekend it was! the brief re-cap:

1. a couple of days after last weekend's visit, MS asked me to pick up a lovely pink unicorn she had seen in the toy aisle of our local Stop N Shop. it seems she'd found a good home for her. On Saturday, we braved the icy rain/sleet/snow, the SI Ferry and the NYC subway system to bring Frenchie (for that was the unicorn's name) to MS and Dug; but only after we had had some fun with her 1st.


2. the drop off happened at our favorite NY Chinese restaurant, which is home to the world's best* soup dumplings. this was a double bonus: MS & Dug and soup dumplings.


3. while waiting for our table, who happened to wander in with a mini-entourage, but Danny Strong (aka Jonathan Levinson from Buffy)! much debating ensued over whether or not to acknowledge the fact that we were in the company of a b-list celeb (with a-list geek-star street cred), 'til our table was ready. on the way to the table, CawfeeMate stopped and told Danny that we "loved his work". To his credit, Danny seemed genuinely happy to be noticed and thanked us.

dinner was great, as always, but we promised Dug that the next time we met up in the city we'd try a different restaurant (since this is the only one we meet at when we're together). luckily there's an app for that...

*in truth their's are the only soup dumplings i've ever had.

Top 10 Reasons (You'll Never Read Anywhere Else) Why You Should Be Glad to Be Gay

1. we've got Ellen

2. you’ll never get rip roaring drunk and wake up to find you’ve accidentally adopted a crack baby

3. straight people assume you’re having more fun and better sex than they are (and you usually are)

4. cruising areas

5. gay clubs never have a dress code

6. meeting someone you’re interested in, who has the same 1st name as you, is infinitely less creepy and disturbing

7. gay porn stars are way hotter

8. gay bars never have brawls (unless there are lesbians there)

9. Double the gender means double the wardrobe!

10. your friends will never let you leave the house with bad eyebrows.

You've Got Something on Your Lip, Lemme Get That For Ya...

there's an article about this, too...but who can read when the pictures are so damn pretty?

Thanks Bri-the-Pie-Guy.

Today's Hump Day is Brought to You By...

Um...Britney who?

(check out DJ Patrick's 13th Hour club mix)

When Aarron Tells Me to "Picture Your Ideal Body", This Is It...

and he can sing, too! check out his new single...

Conversation of the Day

Bland But Sweet Straight Guy Co-Worker: y'know who i always had a crush on?

CawfeeGuy: no, who?

BBSSGCW: Marisa Tomei

CG: Aw! i love her! she needs to do more movies!

BBSSGCW: actually, i just saw her in the Wrestler, this weekend.

CG: Really? Wow, that's great! was she good in it?

BBSSGCW: Oh yeah! She shows full frontal!

Happy Nude Year

"I wish i was Victoria Beckham's vagina...or maybe his jockstrap"~ DJ John Michael

I Heart This Song

maybe it's his plaintive and passionate vocals.

maybe it's the lush music behind them.

maybe it's that a gay man is covering a woman's song.

maybe it's the fact that i'd gladly let him fuck me silly*.

*in the event of stephen's unfortunate demise and after a suitable mourning period.

Happy Birthday, Mother of Us All

Yup. today is the day the holy one was born created. watch Moonstruck and play Believe a few dozen times today in deference to She Who Shall Remain Fabulous.

and thanks, again, MS for keeping me informed of the high holy days.

“I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.”~ Cher

Happy Birthday, Aunt Bea

thanks MS for tipping me off.

"I don't know this sea of neon/Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon/And my new grandma Bea Arthur"~California (Rufus Wainwright)

Devastated

thanks bunches, CJ.

between my Wii drama, and this, i'm a mess.

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“I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad. There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.”~ Patrick Swayze

Shocked

i can't say i was a fan but still, it's a terrible shame.

FINALLY

Holy Crap!
there's finally a CD and and a DVD!


i am so hitting Best Buy after work.

it makes me doubly excited for the concert on Saturday!

Call Him Irresponsible

can you think of a better e-mail to open, on crappy tuesday, than this:


To: CawfeeGuy@work
from: DJJohnMichael@home
Re: Mikey Bubbles

Ok, so apparently Michael Buble has been having an alleged affair with some chick that no one cares about and she took 'incriminating photos' of him and Im DYING to find them...
All I found is this one so far and now I REALLY wanna find the others....

::faints...drooling::...


and by "others" he means "more revealing.

and by "more revealing" i mean "dick shots".

i wait with bated breath.

Rufus: Live (plus a bonus Mini-Post: The Games Homos Play)

sure the new CD is as boring as a drag queen without her cocaine, but Miss Thing puts on one helluva show; so the BF and i are off to NJ in January to see my puppy's namesake. i honestly wouldn't have even known about it, had Justin not e-mailed me. i'm glad to see he's risen above last friday's post-dinner Monopoly fiasco* and let me know. if we hit it off with his friend Brenda/Brendan this sunday we may meet up there.

the tickets are mad cheap, so if you can make it (and don't mind schlepping out to the godforsaken garden state) i suggest you get get tickets.

Check out the details here.

*John and i tortured him mercilessly by refusing to trade property for cash and prizes, thus depriving him of the ability to build houses and hotels (which would've made him infinitely richer at our expense) purely for the enjoyment of watching him get mad/pissy. the nail in the coffin was when i turned to john and asked, with the straightest face i could muster (which was pretty damn hard considering the bottle and a half of wine we had consumed) i asked John if he'd be willing to trade my Ventor Avenue for his Atlantic Avenue. Hilarity ensued (enlarge the pic if you have no idea why John and I laughed for 20 minutes while Justin sulked).

So, Am I the Only Person Who Watched Be the Next Food Network Star?

finally, reality TV i can appreciate. sunday was a marathon.

can you say riveted to the TV for, like, 8 hours? stephen, on the other hand, was ready to hang himself after 20 minutes.

somehow, it made me hate Bobby Flay even more than i already did.

how did i miss the 1st 2 seasons?

Lazy Ass Friday Post: a Random Smattering of What I'm Listening to at Work (updated when appropriate)

1. Coin Operated Boy~ Dresden Dolls: totally loving this song. totally reminds me of MS. read the lyrics; it's a scream. favorite part: the rubber ducky noise.

2. I'll Be Your Light (album version)~ Kristine W: you know how much i love her and her lyrics; i'm engraving a line or two on Stephen's wedding ring.

3. Integral~ the Pet Shop Boys: this album kicks major ass. this song kicks major ass. it's so retro-PSB that it completely negates the lameness that was Nightlife.

4. We Connect~ Stacey Q: her cd Better Than Heaven was a gift from John. i swear.

5. Big Wheel~ the woman's nuts, but i love her. can one refer to themselves as a MILF?

6. Come Go With Me~ Expose`: talk about flashbacks. Expose` was the Spice Girls before the Spice Girls were the Spice Girls.

7. Shine (acoustic version from the Body Acoustic)~ i think this is the best version of this song i've heard (when compared to the original version and the 5 remixes i have of it); she's really got such passion in her voice. the CD is really great; better than a Best Of.

8. Looking Good and Feeling Gorgeous~ RuPaul: this was her big comeback song that nobody cared much about. it's worth hearing just 'cuz she says "organgutan".

9. Song for the Dumped~ Ben Folds Five: god, whatever happened to them?

10. Love Affair~ easily one of the best songs on her Fever cd. totally underrated.

11. On a Night Like This~ Kylie Minogue: Light Years was such a fun and fabulously gay album; this was the best song on a cd of truly great music.

12. If Looks Could Kill~ Heart: i had this album on cassette when it 1st came out (i was, like, seven years old) and played it till it wore out and snapped. years later we were at a club and this frighteningly old and mannish drag queen lip-synched terribly to it, while cracking a whip and wearing a leather bustier. somehow the experience didn't sully my love for song.

13. Love House~ Sammantha Fox: seriously, my favorite song on her I Wanna Have Some Fun album (another cassette i played the shit out of, when i was just a tot).

14. Dreamweaver~ Erin Hamilton (Trick Soundtrack): totally kicks the original version's ass.

an Open Letter to Rufus Wainwright

i'm sorry, sweetie; i've tried to like your new CD, i really really have, but it's just not happening. i thought that if i played it randomly with your 1st four cds (and my own Rufus Wainwright Rarities compilation which includes some unreleased live stuff and the things you did for various movie soundtracks, like Heartburn, Instant Pleasure, and Alleluia) that it would be bearable. i was wrong. a couple of the songs are really good (ie. Do I Disappoint You, Slideshow, Leaving for Paris No.2, and Release the Stars), but the rest of it is just...well...disconcertingly dull, and i wind up fast forwarding them (Between My Legs? what were you thinking?). i even went to your website to download the 2 "special" tracks with the password i got in the CD (incidentally, **boo* *hiss** for not making them uploadable to MP3 players. i've yet to listen to either song, because i can't. i mean, really though, how many people listen to music solely on their computers? bad form, miss thing). i tried to wait it out like i did with Want Two, which (i'll be honest) i didn't like when i 1st heard it. a month or so later, the genius of the music hit me(Gay Messiah? Art Teacher? Old Whore's Diet? fucking awesome); unlike your other albums which i loved right out of the box, the 1st time i listened to them. i was hoping the same thing would happen with Release the Stars, to no avail. perhaps i should wait a little longer?

i'm sure this was a fluke and your next CD will be as wonderful as your others; they can't all be winners, right? you're an amazing musician, a brilliant performer (speaking of which, when are we gonna see the Carnegie Hall concerts released on either CD or DVD?) and a shining beacon in the Community. i've been a fan for quite a while, and i'll stay a fan till you stop releasing CD's and performing; just promise me you'll stop recording songs like Tulsa...

Fuck You Isaiah Thomas

gripe, indeed.