my inner mean girl

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jessica does tranny

found this post about jessica simpson on entry level heiress - cracked my shit up!

http://entrylevelheiress.typepad.com/entrylevelheiress/2007/02/jessica_does_tr.html

the agenda revisited

so i didn't actually post an agenda - i did however mention in a previous post that i was going to hollywood, fl this weekend for the sweetheart pageant. i did just that. i left late late on friday evening - not by choice mind you - the airlines were experiencing an 2 hour delay for whatever reason - which put my arrival time in ft. lauderdale at around 2am. ugh - to top it off - i had to sit in an exit row so i could not lean back - and furthermore - a crying baby - don't you just love those on long flights?

so after getting my luggage and waiting for my ride - i was able to hit the casino at about 3am. yes - the seminole hard rock casino - where the trimspa train wreck pulled into her last station. i was disappointed though - just slots and poker - no craps - no roulette - so i was unhappy about that - and still managed to blow about $100 in 5 minutes on the slots. i tell you what - gambling is not my forte. i went to the bar - mind you - it's closer to 4am at this point - and the place is packed with straight drunk kids out for a night on the town - some passed out in the slots area - others just hanging on the bar as tools would hang in a shed - and really - that's what they were - tools and i was in the mother of all hardware stores! these guys - either ghetto or insanely dumb - and the girls - let's just say it - tramps. it was like walking into the 5th layer of dante's gay man's hell - compounded by the fact that to get a drink was a chore in itself. sober and surrounded - i finally was able to grab a makers on the rocks and head back up to my room and soon off to bed.

my room was one floor below 'her' room. it was my mission to take a picture of the door. saturday - i woke up and went on an exploratory search of the 6th floor looking for room 607. i went up only to find guards in front of the door - almost like they expected me to be there. it freaked me out a bit so i wasn't able to take a pic.

my ride came to get me and we headed to interview for the pageant. 10 contestants total - it was a pretty good turnout for the most part. much better than last year. veteran entertainer and former miss everything tommie ross was one of the contestants. it was going to be an interesting pageant with her in it. five hours later we are finished and heading back to the hotel.

i met up with my good friend bob for dinner and then he and i went back to the theatre for the pageant. drag drag and more drag - in all a pretty good evening. bob and i later found ourselves at the coliseum - a gay club in ft. lauderdale. i'm not much for gay clubs but i'll be damned if this place wasn't fun! and the strong ass drinks were fantastic - so much that i found myself dancing on a box with just a blue wife beater (thank god for american apparel.) at some point we left. at some point we got mcdonald's - ugh. and at some point we made it back to the hotel and ate the mcdonald's with our friend tasha long. we gossiped a bit - then off to bed i went - mind you - it's nearly 5am at this point.

had my phone not rang at 11:45 the next morning - i would have slept all day - god bless hotel blackout curtains. lord - i was so hungover - but i did drink most if not all of the ketel one in south florida the night before. quick breakfast with tasha and bob - then we sent tasha on her way back to visit friends and bob and i decided to take another stab at the 6th floor. it paid off - we got a pic. for whatever reason - there were no guards. woo hoo!

i feel like the trip was a success - lol - and i got a pen from my room - so i have souvenirs!

the pageant was a success too. tommie ross won for the girls and neandre bonet dupree won for the guys. i have to say - you could see it coming a mile away!

i never did master the fine art of slots. even with coaching from slot guru anthony. i guess i'm just not meant to gamble - but maybe my luck is with dice - loves me some craps.

speaking of craps - did you hear that britney spears shaved her head - i mean who didn't really? this after she checked herself in and out of rehab in one day. poor poor girl. i think we have officially found a new replacement for miss train wreck anna nicole. oh britney - to think you were once a mouseketeer! what the hell is going on with the pop princess - i always thought christina would be the one to go ape shit first. it must be all the pressure. listen here britney - if you start to feel the need to get hopped up on diet pills and alcohol - just say no! don't want another dead diva in the news this year - one's enough already. pray for britney - what a freak.

between the tweens: google domination

this is a very scary look at the possibilities of where the world may be going thanks to the ever-growing internet and the technology we have in place to make it work. thank you jeremy for posting about this.

between the tweens: google domination

celebrity valentine

i hate valentine's day - i really do. even when i'm in 'love' or 'like' or 'lust' - i really don't feel the need for this hallmark holiday. i mean after all - why do i need a specific day to tell the one i admire that i really do admire them? it's the unexpected day you show up with flowers, candy, bmw, or a baby from malawi that should mean more than that faithful day in february - that's so predictable.

so - as i have done for many years - on february 14th i gathered with other single and slightly bitter people (marcos, amy, and ryan - and new additions - jim and travis) to have our 'anti-vd party' - i mean who better to spend this dreadful 'holiday' with than with the people i truly love! this year - we assembled at gym bar for a little happy hour 2-4-1 drinks. i do love me some gym bar - so 'sporty' - lol.

once we all had assembled and got our drink on - we headed over to our dining destination - croxley's - over on avenue b in the east village. it was packed! evidently the rest of the bitter single people also showed up to feast on dime wings and great beer. our party of 6 had to wait just a few minutes for our table. we grabbed a drink.

the hostess sat us in the back - not the typical place we usually sit (we like the front area in the casual church pews - but we were getting a table and that's what really matters.) we sit down - order another round plus 4 plates of their dime wings, carrots and celery, blue cheese, and fries and got to gabbing on about this and that. i look over to the people to the left and sitting at the table next to us in a goofy hat with goofy glasses was someone who looked very 'incognito.' i lean over to my friends and in the best subtle way ever - i motioned to them to help me figure out who it was diving into nachos and wings just one table away.

turned out - it was hollywood heartthrob - josh hartnett. awww - desperate and dateless like the rest of us - there was josh grubbing down on some wings with his guy-friend. we were all happy to know that even hollywood hunks dine dateless on the dreadful valentine's day. i guess now that his once beloved - scarlett johansson - was now dating justin timberlake - he too was having to drown his inner-fat-girl with wings and wallow in love loss and misery - or so we thought.

minutes later - in bound 2 more of our friends (andy and casey.) see - they had valentine's day plans of their own that night. being bffs and roommates - they took it upon themselves to make reservations at white castle. evidently casey had found that white castle had a valentine's day special where you could reserve a table and have a waiter serve you sliders and soda complete with table cloth, candle and rose (i sooo know what i'm doing next year for sure!) - so they joined us late. now our party of 6 had grown to 8 - and the only 'space' left was in between josh and amy - so down they sat.

suddenly - behind me - there was a stir and a small group of people (2 blondes and the 2 hostesses) were behind me trying to get josh's attention. evidently the one blonde was supposed to meet up with the hollywood heartthrob. the hostess was trying to block said blonde from entering the dining area. this blonde was none other than u.s. open champion - maria sharapova. evidently miss sharapova was denied access to the restaurant because she lacked identification. so miss sharapova pushed into the dining area to collect mr. hartnett (who was in the process of paying for his and his guy-pal's unfinished nachos and wings) and bolted for the door.

so what would anyone do at this point - why - snag his table for the 2 extra friends and eat his leftover nachos - just kidding - or am i? humm...

i guess the real question is - are these 2 celebrities knocking boots or are they just good friends. evidently mr. hartnett really has it bad for the blondes. too bad i didn't get to snap a pic of her - but oh well - at least the pic of josh chowing down like a big dog will forever live on this very respectable blog - lol.

irony or coincidence?

so with all this anna nicole smith news going around - i find it's only fitting that i let you in on some anna nicole irony in my life - or maybe it's not irony but coincidence - next weekend - i'm being whisked away to hollywood, fl to judge the mr. and miss sweetheart international pageant - the promoter of the pageant contacted me via email today to let me know that i am going to be staying in the seminole hard rock casino - yes that's right - where anna nicole collapsed and later died. how fun will that be? lol - i tell ya - my so-called life cracks me up sometime.

i'm totally taking pictures! now where did i put my trimspa?

speaking of trimspa - i went to their website today (www.trimspa.com) - they had taken the site down and put up a memorial site dedicated to anna - aww how sweet and ewww creepy at the same time!

breaking news :: anna nicole has died

anna nicole smith has died - more on this as it develops - trimspa baby - the train wreck has finally come to it's last stop!

anna is best known for marrying an 89-year old billionaire (to her 26-year old self) j. howard marshall and later as the spokesperson for the diet pill - trimspa - and coined the almost drunken tag line - 'trimspa baby!'

always a trainwreck - anna's life was put under the magnifying glass when she signed up with e! to do a reality television show - 'the anna nicole show.'

will she be missed - i don't know - i personally think someone is out to off the entire family. her son's death is still a mystery...humm...

anna nicole was 39 years old.

theatrical thoughts :: the little dog laughed

the little dog laughed
cort theatre :: new york, ny
attended :: february 2, 2007

it's not very often i make it to the theatre to see anything but musicals - they are - after all - my passion. but - when anyone waves free tickets to something in my face - i'm on that like flies on poop (graphic i know) - so when a friend (manna) invited me to be the other of his $3 tickets for the new douglas carger beane play entitled 'the little dog laughed' - i jumped at the occasion. i mean - any theatre is better than no theatre at all - right?

we meet for dinner at ollie's - a great place for a pre-theatre dinner. try their dumplings and bok choy shumai - yummy! we finished up just in time to head to bond 45 for a pre-theatre cocktail. i discovered that they have complimentary hours d'oeuvres at the bar to snack on - i was just upset that i ate my weight in chicken mu-shu at ollie's!

onto the play - what a delightful experience. small cast - tom everett scott (best known for his role in the 1996 tom hanks movie 'that thing you do!'), julie white (from hbo's hit series 'six feet under' - my how i miss that show), ari graynor (from showtime's hit series 'the sopranos'), and finally johnny galecki (from tv's 'roseanne').

the first thing that you will notice is that the cast - is most known for their hits on tv and in film. this by no means took away from their performance in this live theatre experience. sometimes i find that it's difficult to take a seasoned tv or movie actor and shove them on stage in front of a live audience - they usually fall flat on their asses (eh hem - denzel washington in julius caesar - there's 3 hours of my life i'll never get back - but i digress). this was not the case for 'the little dog laughed.' each actor played their role with supurb delivery.

julie white who plays the overprotective and bossy agent (diane) of rising movie star and closeted homosexual (mitchell) played by tom everett scott - deserves a tony nomination for her role. she was absolutely stunning to the point where you could not get enough of her. her energy filled the room and the character's commentary was well written causing the audience to explode in laughter just about every time she was on stage. her role definitely shows the dirtier side of the entertainment industry.

the forbidden love story between mitchell and alex (johnny galecki) was the central plot of the show. alex was the hired prostitute to come to mitchell's room for a night's romp in the sheets. when he arrives - mitchell is too drunk to actually do anything with his purchase - so - they just fall asleep together. well as you can imagine this happens again and again - and before too long - the passion is there and - bam - clothes come off and i will tell you this - mr. galecki has been working out! my god - these guys really got into shape for their roles and to see them in the buck on stage - well worth the $3 i didn't pay for the ticket.

nakedness asside the show was definitely a great experience. very well written. very entertaining. it's unfortunate that the show will be closing this month. i'm just glad i got to sneek in for a night before it closed!

the show was in all a sad reality for gays in the entertainment industry - having to hide their true feelings so they can stay on top of their game. everything for fame - nothing for personal gain. the flip side is how people are hurt when you can't be true to yourself. while it was a comedy - it was a dark comedy indeed.