Happy Birthday Matt!

Happy Birthday to Matt in San Francisco!


Hope you have a good one!

Milo Ventimiglia: Moving up the Ladder

I have posted before with a list of men I would most want to be stranded with on a deserted island. I hate to tell Chris Evans, but he's starting to get a little competition from the new star of the NBC drama Heroes.

Milo Ventimiglia plays Peter Petrelli on the show and is one of the reasons I have become hooked on the show. Gilmore Girls fans might remember him as Jess Mariano while American Dreams fans will remember him as Chris Pierce. I never watched either of those shows so am just now learning about this yummy actor, though I do remember him vaguely from that terrible Wes Craven film Cursed starring Christina Ricci.

He has definitely moved into my Top 10, but can he overtake Chris Evans and move into my top 3? Jake and Eric are secure, no worries. But Chris Evans should consider himself warned! Milo is hot on your heels!

Man Kills Kittens...Serves Less than Six Months

Again, another animal cruelty story. I'm an animal lover, an avid supporter of HSUS and someone who thinks people who mistreat animals deliberately deserve to be locked up for a long time. So, hearing that some psychopath from Hagerstown, Maryland who beat up his girlfriend and then tossed her four kittens on a fire killing them only served 19 weeks in jail for doing it pisses me off. Charges of assault against his girlfriend were dropped in a plea bargain, even after he threatened to kill her basically.

Someone who could kill an animal out of spite or in a fit of rage like that has mental issues and should not be free to walk the streets.

My Celebrity Look-a-likes

If you head over to MyHeritage.com, you can run a program that uses your face picture and tells you what celebrities you most resemble. I ran mine and thought the results were hilarious. See if you can figure out why!



Well to test the accuracy, I ran it again using a different picture. Here were the second results:



For some reason MyHeritage thinks I look like the Rock. Though I think they are smoking crack, I'll take it. He's hot.

Happy Birthday Namaste!

Happy Birthday to my friend Namaste!

Hope you're having a good one!

Woes of the Metro Rider

Well this morning I experienced the trifecta of annoyances on the metro coming to work. I'm not a morning person, admittedly, and I am never in a pleasant mood when commuting to work in the morning. I find that a good percentage of metro riders are unnecessarily and often times deliberately rude and annoying.

Metro Offender #1: Picture it, I board the train and stand through several stops until we reach Metro Center where a good portion of the train departs, making several seats available for the passengers left on the train. I take a seat, which I rarely do as there are plenty available. I don't like to sit because you never know who is going to choose to sit beside you. And often times, as was the case this morning, you get some annoying person beside you who is either large and in charge of the entire seat or is lacking in personal hygiene or even worse, the one I had today. A cute and seemingly quiet Asian girl who immediately got on the phone with what must have been her boyfriend yammering away in whatever language she speaks very loudly. I rolled my eyes and kept flipping through my Express. Then the icing on the cake was directly across from us on the advertisement spot that runs along the ceiling of the car was a sign that said keep your phone conversations to yourself. While technically she was doing that since I did not have a clue what she was saying, she certainly didn't keep it quiet.

Metro Offender(s) #2 - #10: Everyone knows that you don't stand in front of the doors when the train arrives at your station because, particularly in rush hour, people will need to exit this train and if you are obstructing said exit, you hold up the process and annoy all parties involved. Well this morning everyone at the station where I work was attempting to be courteous by backing away from the door. The issue was they failed to determine where they were in relation to the exit for the station and they all crowded in a nice big semi-circle blocking me from walking off the train and towards the escalators so I still had to break through the crowd to get to the escalator. People, listen up...backing up a foot from the door is not enough. Think about where you are in relation to the rest of the station. Backing up a foot only means I have to travel another foot before I knock you out of my damned way. If there is only one exit, stand on the opposite side of the door when the train pulls up from that exit so departing passengers can walk out without having to look at you. Please. The train isn't going to leave without you and by the time I get off of it, there are plenty of seats available for you to grab away from the elderly or infirm.

Metro Offender #11 - #12: Grandmother and granddaughter decided to treat themselves this morning with a lovely trip to one of DC's many prominent attractions, which so happens to be at the same metro stop as my place of employment. Well as with most tourists, they have no clue how to use an escalator. Granddaughter keeps climbing the steps and stopping when she gets too far ahead of grandma. Grandma is yelling at her to slow down and to hold on, because clearly at any moment the escalator is going to lurch and throw the granddaughter down the steps to her demise. Grandma, taking her own advice, clutches the railing. Unfortunately it's the railing on the left, thereby between the two of them, blocking my and every other person's ability to walk up the steps. Normally if the escalator was going down, this would really annoy me. However this morning, with all I had been through already and with the zero caffeine consumption I was going on, I gladly perched behind Ma-maw and little Cindy Hoo and had the magic of technology take me to sea level. I bet your sweet ass when they are heading back down to the metro on their way home, they commit the same offense and they had best hope they are out of this neighborhood long before 6pm when I'm balling out of this dump.

There you have it - the Trifecta. Loud girl bitching at boyfriend on cell phone at 8am in a language unfamiliar to everyone. Groups of idiots blocking the departure of all passengers from the train. Sweatpants granny and her illegitimate granddaughter blocking the entire escalator out of fear they will fall to their deaths if they move.

Dear Dan Tangherlini with WMATA. You have solicited questions and suggestions. How about you start by posting these rules somewhere on some big sign at the entrance to the metro that says don't block the train doors or the escalators and require that people stay off their phones. That way it is not just courtesy, but a rule. Then when I knock people down, I don't feel guilty about it later when I'm sober or caffeinated.

Amazing Race

I don't know if anyone else is watching the Amazing Race, but I had to post a little on my thoughts on Tyler and James, the resident cuties on the Race. These male models and former drug addicts who became good friends in rehab are about the only good reason to watch the show with the teams that are left.

Personally I don't like James and Tyler as competitors. They are too close with the two blondes who I can't stand. That said, they are totally hot. And I'm sorry, but they have more lace in their drawers than I do. Every single time they talk about their "friendship" I keep waiting for one of them to cry or for them to just start making out or something.

In any case, I'd like to thank James and Tyler, especially Tyler for giving me a good reason to continue watching this season.


Now for the love of God, will you two please just bang? I'm dying here. It's like a hot porn but without all the hot man on man action.

Anyone else watching?

Moving on up!

One of the reasons why I have been so lackadaisical with my posting has been that I have been in the midst of an apartment hunt. It is hard to believe that is has been a year since I moved out of the apartment I shared with my ex but it has been. And as is typical for me, I move pretty much every year, never staying in one place for very long. I would gladly have stayed where I was but my current roommate was leaving DC and so the opportunity presented itself to move. After weeks of searching both for a roommate and then together for an apartment the search is over. Yesterday we signed our new lease and in one week, I'll be packing it up and trucking it back over to my old neighborhood.

The new apartment is super cute. It has been completely renovated and so we'll be the first folks to live there. The kitchen has silver cabinets and stainless steel appliances - very modern and very cute. Hardwood floors throughout and my bedroom has a patio off the back of it along with an enormous walk in closet. It's also in the neighborhood I lived in the previous two apartments I had in the District. I'll be closer to my friends, the bars and everything that makes me happy! I can't wait! So if my postings are sparse again the next few weeks, it is only because I'm packing up my life.

Housewarming details to come later!

Oprah is in town y'all!

Today marks the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Martin Luther King Memorial here in Washington, DC. Oprah is at this very moment speaking to the crowd about how without men like Martin Luther King, Jr., she would not be able to do what she does today. I'm not sure if she means her TV Show or the fact she looks flawless today. Girl knows how to dress.

She also knows how to give a speech. She is sounding very, um, presidential you could say. Well not presidential like our current President, but presidential in a way Presidents should be. I'm just saying.

Meredith Grey...slut? Or am I just jealous?

Meredith Grey is a slut. I'm just saying. I'm sick of watching her poor tortured ass be distraught over not knowing which hot man to screw next. She has pouty face, a la Renee Zellweger, and I hate that. And she could seriously use a VO5 Hot Oil Treatment if you ask me. I just don't get how the tramp gets all that dick. Whatever...she's starting to really annoy me.

And yes, I'm jealous and no I haven't gotten laid in a while. That doesn't mean I'm wrong about that tramp.

Jackie's Back

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything of any significance. I do not really have a solid excuse. I've been lazy. I think every so often you just get tired of talking. It isn't that I have been void of things to discuss, I just have not been able to muster the strength to log in and do it. Well that's all changed. And what a spectacular day to get back into it.

It may not be shocking to anyone to hear that I am elated about last night's election results. The Democrats did more than what was necessary to take back the House from the Republicans. Even without the Senate, this does something very important. It takes silly issues like the Federal Marriage Amendment off the table as an item of discussion. No longer can Republicans use that Amendment to demonize gay people in this country and win elections. At least for two more years. I think that is fantastic that the politicians there can erase one thing off their "To Do" lists and use that time in a more productive manner.

Winning the House also means that Democrats will have the highest ranking woman to hold political office as their Speaker. Madame Speaker Elect Nancy Pelosi will most likely replace Dennis Hastert as Speaker. Regardless of my own mixed feelings over Pelosi and her ilk, it is remarkable that after so long, a woman sits so close to the Presidency. She's a bit liberal for my taste, but I think she will make an excellent Speaker.

As for the Senate, I have said to friends for weeks that Virginia would decide this. While I thought it would be decided last night and while I am ecstatic that Webb surprised me by pulling ahead of George Allen, it does NOT surprise me that the power of the Senate will depend on who is victorious in that race. And sadly I don't think we will know for weeks. As a Virginia native, I did everything I could to convince family and friends to vote and to vote for Jim Webb. George Allen is a Republican of the worst kind. He's a bigot, a racist and a homophobe. I think America deserves better than that. Virginia most certainly deserves better than that.

I'd also like to thank those Virginia residents who voted against the Marriage Amendment. While it passed, not surprisingly, with a large vote, I was very happy to hear family and friends brag about how they voted against it because they know that not only was it unnecessary, but was simply wrong. It does hurt a bit that as Virginia edges closer and closer to being a purple state rather than a red one, that such measures of discrimination still bring voters to the polls.

But politicans alone aren't the only reason why last night's elections were so fantastic. Anyone who reads this blog knows that on occasion I post about issues regarding animal rights. I am happy that in Michigan, voters shot down Proposal 3 which would have opened up hunting season on the mourning dove, the state's official bird of peace, something not allowed since 1905. Voters in Arizona also passed Proposition 204, also known as the Humane Treatment for Farm Animals Act. While I am not a vegan and love some grilled chicken or a nice steak, I do believe that we should at the very least find the most humane way in which to slaughter livestock and give them as much dignity as possible while they are alive.

As the Senate hangs in the balance, I can relax a little knowing that the Americans have stood up and said no more. No more gay baiting as a distraction to a real lack of foreign and domestic policy. No more using religion to convince Americans that stem cell research is an abomination, as if the average American is too stupid to know better. No more using the word terrorism to terrorize the American public into believing that change means defeat. As I've written this post, Donald Rumsfeld has resigned as Secretary of Defense. If that isn't proof that your voice matters, let the turnout show you just how much it does. Democrats carried Montana by less than 2,000 votes. They will carry Virginia by less than 10,000. Your vote counts. Your voice counts. And when you use both, you can change everything.

God Bless America...for real.

RIP DC Gays of our Lives

Another favorite blogger bites the dust! What is the world coming to?


Goodbye Dale, you will be missed!