Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day




Hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!

BTW, Cadbury Chocolate is THE BEST chocolate in the world! Le Sigh.


Love,
Dazz

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Just Because...Love

So, I'm feeling like a sappy, sentimental old fool today...enjoy.

Dazz


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Team Conando - All The Way!




Yep, I'm definitely with Coco.

He's getting a really raw deal from NBC, but he's still handling the situation with honesty and class.

Loved his letter to the People of Earth yesterday, honest, eloquent and a subtle bitchslap to the face of NBC.

How can you not love a man who brought you:

The Masturbating Bear (seriously, that bear was a furious masturbator!)
Pimpbot
Oldy
The Fed-Ex Pope
The Horny Manatee

All jokes aside, Conan really is getting the shitty end of the stick in this whole debacle. So what is this whole brouhaha (love how Craig Ferguson makes that word sound like it has 18 fucking syllables!) over? Here's the background as I understand it.

In 2004 Jay advised NBC that he was going to retire in 5 years (2009). NBC, acknowledging Conan's talent and his ratings contracted with him to take over the Tonight Show as Jay's replacement in 2009. Conan, who had loved the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and had dreamed of hosting the show said 'HELLS YEAH!' and accepted NBC's offer. Prior to the switch, Jay decided he didn't want to retire and insisted that if NBC didn't give him a show he would host a show elsewhere (I think ABC was the speculated competition he would have jumped to). NBC, the chumps that they are came up with this awful, pathetic excuse for a variety show to keep Jay. The problem was the show was so awful it tanked in the ratings; everybody essentially switched the channel when it came on and didn't switch back to see their local news or The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien either! So, as the new host of the Tonight Show, Conan's numbers were disappointing. Let's also not forget that the new audience demographic to which he was playing was much older than his previous one and Conan's creativity was stifled to fit the new target audience. This hurt him too, I think, but he was KILLED by the fact that any lead in he would have received from the 10p.m. 'drama/reality show' timeslot and local news had been eroded by the viewers all jumping ship because of Jay's 10p.m. drivel of a variety show!

So, what does NBC do? They are canceling the Jay Leno Show (in essence agreeing with all of us who thought it was HORRIBLE!). They are giving Jay another show (Jay Leno Show 2.0: Will Still Suck Balls) at 11:35p.m. Yes, they are essentially giving Jay Leno the Tonight Show timeslot. The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien will now move to 12:05a.m. Say it with me, lovies...What.The.Fuck?? How can it be The TONIGHT Show if it's technically on
TOMORROW??? This would mean pushing the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show back as well and push Last Call With Carson Daly right off the late night schedule...all because Jay Leno changed his mind about retiring and NBC kissed his ass and accommodated him to ensure that he didn't jump ship and compete with them.

My thought is it doesn't matter what timeslot the Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien is in, if it is dependent upon a lead in from Jay Leno it will not fare well!

Bottom line is Jay Leno is NOT FUNNY! He used to be years ago, but he's not anymore and EVERYONE (except for those idiots at NBC) knows it.

So, if Conan stays with Jay on before him not bringing in numbers, the ratings for the Tonight Show will be disappointing. If Conan quits then he suffers as he had only realized his dream of hosting The Tonight Show for 7 months! His hands are kinda tied. I think NBC should cut their losses and DUMP JAY. He has shown that he cannot bring in ratings with his own brand of drivel, so let him go to another Network (if they'd take him) and let him sink!

Let's talk about Jay for a second. If he was a decent man, he would bow out gracefully and leave NBC now. However, he's a whiny little bitch with a BIG EGO, so he probably won't go. Also, judging by the support that the other late night hosts on CBS and ABC are giving Conan and how they are skewering Jay, I don't think he'd be welcome at either network now.

For those of you who've been accusing us Conan fans of over-reacting and blaming Jay for this clusterfuck, let's take a look at the videotape, shall we? Jay Leno is an egotistical, narcissistic LIAR, who has put his EGO ahead of the 'dynasty' of the Tonight Show and has caused all of the things which he said he didn't want to happen like in the Letterman/Leno Late Night Wars Part Une. I hope the Tonight Show ratings tank when you resume the helm and you have to slink away in shame when NBC realizes they made a HUGE mistake bringing you back.

Even though it's from the AWESOME site funnyordie.com, it is not funny, more sadly ironic.



So, what if Conan decided to leave NBC? I w
ish that Conan would exercise his right to move to another network, have them pay him $1 per year so that YOU NBC are forced to pay his salary differential AND have Conan eat into your ratings by competing directly with Jay!

If you've been a fan of Conan for as long as I have been (since college days in the late 90s, God I feel so fucking OLD now) you know how much he loves doing his show and how much he wanted to do The Tonight Show one day. Conan actually cares about the Tonight Show and keeping its integrity intact.
He hates the fact the legacy of the franchise is being tarnished by this poor management clusterfuck playing out in the media.

There's also some other things to consider. If Conan does take the 12:05a.m timeslot, he can get back to being the creative genius with the snarky, dorky, frat guy humor that we know and love and regain all of the fans he lost by having to change his show. Just a thought. That still doesn't change the fact that the show will be the TOMORROW show though.


This is a hard one, but my feeling is that this is the second time NBC has treated Conan poorly (there was that dark time in the beginning of Late Night history which we do not like to speak of) so it probably won't be the last, Conan.

Think on That.

Team Conando, all the way!
This loyal viewer will follow you where ever you go, you Pretty Ho!




Gawker has the most awesome recaps of what's been going on on the late night shows regarding this whole mess. David Letterman is loving this shit! He so fucking hates Jay and he ain't holding anything back about 'Big Jaw'!

Love the Conan as the 'Pretty Ho' explanation and Tom Brokaw acknowledging himself as the News Ho! Conan, know that you have a lot of supporters behind you babe!

Gawker Recap


Dazz

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Et tu, New Jersey?

It is with a heavy heart that I acknowledge that New Jersey State Senators voted 20 to 14 to defeat a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage.

I am completely typeless at this point and don't know what else to say.

Dazz

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A New Year's Wish

So far the following 5 states allow same sex marriage:

Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Iowa
New Hampshire

Here's hoping that within the next few days the New Jersey Senate will do the right thing and vote that state to be the 6th to allow same sex-marriage.

Dazz

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!





Here's wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Love-Filled 2010!

Love,

Dazz

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Progress...

So, history was made yesterday December 30th, 2009 when the daytime soap opera One Life To Live aired what was alluded to be a sex scene between Kish (Kyle and Fish).

I use the words 'alluded to' because there was no actual depiction of sex...after all this is still Network TV people, AND IT IS ABC.

What we had was a bit of foreplay - dimming of the lights, the lighting of candles, the slow mutual removal of each others' shirts, then the soft, promise filled kisses and then the cut to them already in bed under the covers looking into each others' eyes as they reach for one another...

...then we have a Stephenie 'Fade To Black' Meyers moment (those of you who read the Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn know exactly what my bitter ass means) and then boom they're lying sated still under the covers basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking.

It's a soap so it has to have the obligatory cheesy dialog:

Q: *Sigh* Is it always going to be like this?
A: *Sigh* Always

...and then they spoon! Swoon and le sigh.

Yes, it was cheesy and typical of a soap opera, but the victory here is that it was represented on Network Television and treated in a similar fashion to a heterosexual love scene; believably beautiful, romantic and tender. Who could ask for more?

Enjoy the scene for yourselves; very tastefully done, non? The beauty that is gay love, it brings tears to my eyes.



This is progress, friends.

Dazz

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Seriously? SERIOUSLY????!

What the fuck is up with all of the 'Bella gets kidnapped and brutally raped' fics????

I know that the whole idea is to take our beloved Canon characters and weave our own tales, but Jesus Christ ENOUGH with these types of abuse fics!

I know there was one fic where everybody and Charlie was raping Bella and that one was deemed so offensive that it was removed from fanfic.

Over the past few months I have read about 6 fics where the theme was Bella gets kidnapped and raped by James/Felix/Demitri. The worse part of these fics is that after Bella was kidnapped/raped the FIRST time, she escapes/is rescued and then goes on to live as normal a life as can be expected after something that traumatic happens to you. This ideal lasts for TWO FUCKING CHAPTERS before Bella is kidnapped/raped AGAIN by the same perpetrators who attacked her the first time!!!! What. The. Fuck.

The worse part is that you've spent so much time reading the fic getting into the story that BOOM, it hits you and you're torn between 'fuck it, I quit this bitch' and 'damn it, I've spent all this time reading it and now I want to see the story through to the end'.

I think it should be MANDATORY for all fics where there is any type of sexual abuse to be tagged as such and have a disclaimer warning in the fucking description to let me know UP FRONT. That gives me a choice as to whether I want to read it or not.

Seriously, I just can't anymore.

Dazz

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Chapter 7 - The Tale Of The Unapologetic & The Blatant

Hey there!

Chapter 7 of my Queer As Folk FanFic The Tale Of The Unapologetic & The Blatant has been published!

On FanFiction

On Midnight Whispers

Enjoy!

Dazz

Friday, December 25, 2009

Turducken Watch 2009

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!

I'm spending the day with my friendmily and the main course, the piece de resistance is TURDUCKEN!

Yes, you read that correctly, Turducken. What is a Turducken? It's a chicken stuffed into a duck which is then stuffed into a turkey. When I first heard about this, I of course though that it was some sort of mythical thing, you know like a unicorn or Nessie. Nope, turns out that shit is real and is gonna be cooked in our kitchen today. God help us all, we've got the doctor on speed dial and 10 bottles of Kaopectate on hand!

Here's a link for a description and the recipe for the Turducken.

Here's a pic of what it should look once it's done and carved for serving:








I'll update the blog throughout the day to let you know how we're all doing; you know if there's foodpoisoning, explosive diarrhea, salmonella etc. ( I keed I keed...not really, please pray for our survivial)

Hope you all have a great day with your own friendmalies!

Please be safe and responsible. If you're going to drive do NOT drink. If you're going to drink do NOT drive.

Dazz


UPDATE #1: 12:53p.m. Dinner is served! Everything looks so good! Dig in! Gryff is carving the Turducken now. Fingers crossed, lovies!

UPDATE # 2: 2:32p.m. Before I succumb to the impending and inevitable food coma, I must respectfully admit that the Turducken is no myth; it is real!
Okay, this thing took for fucking ever to prepare but it was totally worth it! I have one word to describe it - succulent. Seriously it was really good (and you all know how skeptical I was about this whole thing) and the combination of the different flavors and textures of the three meats plus the stuffing in between each...mmmmm *drooling on keyboard*

So, we all ate too damn much and there has been the ubiquitous unzipping of the jeans (I didn't have to do this as I learned my lesson at Thanksgiving and so wore a pair of yoga pants with an elasticized waist today! What? They're practical!) The table is clear kitchen is clean and tidy (we clean and wash the dishes as we cook go so there's no massive clean-up at the end) and now we're hanging out in the living room moaning about eating too much and watching a 'How It's Made' marathon on the Science Channel. What? Everyone should know how steering columns are made!

So far we all feel good; no signs of any nefarious side effects from consuming the Turducken.
I'll keep you posted...

UPDATE #3: 6:38p.m. So far so good; still no signs of any adverse effects from the Turducken.

So after watching 2 episodes of 'How It's Made' we all decided that we really didn't want to know how certain things were actually made (preferring to continue to think that cookies were baked by magical elves who live in trees) so we decided to watch a movie. Of course we couldn't agree on anything showing on cable so we ended up watching the one movie that we ALL agree on because each of us have seen it over a 100 times EACH - The Lion King. C'mon, don't scoff, the Lion King is awesome! We know all the dialog and the songs - there is nothing better in this world than a bunch of happy-assed people still in the remnants of a food coma singing Hakuna Matata at the tops of their lungs. I'll give you a visual...13 adults doing the 'Hakuna Matata' dance all throughout the living room in a pseudo conga line formation. What dance, you ask? It's the part where Timon, Pumbaa and Simba are walking across the bridge and you see Simba growing from a cub into an adult lion, strutting and shaking his mane from side to side. Yah, that is the 'dance'. LMAO.

Love that movie, I cried when Mufasa died. Yes, I cried when an animated lion Disney character died. I make no apologies. It is what it is.

Oh and Disney, if you want people to HATE the character of Scar, why did you have him voiced by the sexy awesomeness that is Jeremy Irons? Good God, that man's voice is like liquid sex! It's like the casting of Alan Rickman as Severus Snape...I can't hate movie Snape because he is dead sexy and his voice...he brings the quiver just by saying 'turn to page 394'!!!!!!!!!

Anyhoo, now we're getting ready for dessert. There's a lot to choose from but I'm going with my tried and true combination - a slice of 'death by chocolate' cake and a scoop of pistachio ice-cream. Ah, there is nothing like the love of your friendmily as you enjoy great food and inane conversation...the current conversation is a debate that spray tan solutions/sun less tanning creams etc. are poisoning us and could potentially be worse than using a tanning bed. Yep...friendmily.

FINAL UPDATE: 8:13p.m. All is well. What a wonderful day we had. The Turducken was a success and we all agree that it will be a permanent fixture on the Christmas Dinner menu.

Our compliments to our awesome Chef who is reading this over my shoulder simpering and then trying to be angry at us for thinking that his Turducken would kill us! Well done, love!

I hope that you all had a great day spent with your loved ones as well.

Again, Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings and here's wishing you and yours a Healthy and Prosperous 2010.

Love,

Dazz

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Holidays!





Happy Holiday wishes to everyone!

Enjoy your family, friends and food safely and responsibly.

Dazz

Monday, December 14, 2009

Intervention: Dirty Boys & Jaw Porn

So, yesterday my gays invited me over for what I thought was a Sunday evening of frivolity...food, drink, bit o' porn and great company. Instead, it was a fucking intervention! Now if like me, you've seen that show on A&E you're probably wondering what the hell is Dazz addicted to that would warrant such a reaction from my gays, right? Meth? Nope! The Good shit (Michale K, I love you!)? Nope! LSD? Heroin? Quaaludes (what? I could be old school!)? Vicodin? Oxy? No ladies and gentlemen, my darling gays are worried about my addiction to 'Dirty Boys and Jaw Porn'. Yah, you read that right; Dirty Boys and Jaw Porn!

The first step is admitting you have a problem. Well, I don't think it's a problem per se, but I do admit that I like my Dirty Boys. But c'mon, what hot blooded woman doesn't??? Xander stated that he thought that I had a serious problem when 1. I started crushin' hard on Justin Bobby from MTV's The Hills and 2. When I started dating Gryffin - the jewelry-maker. Yep, melikey the Dirty Boys IRL (In Real Life) and IVL (In Virtual Life e.g. TV, Movies, Internet, Books, Manga, Porn, FanFic etc.)

So what's the deal with the Dirty Boys, Dazz? Well, I guess it's my version of liking the 'bad boy', I'm not attracted to the stereotypical bad boy, but his slightly more urbane cousin the Dirty Boy. My Dirty Boy has been influenced by the Seattle Grunge Movement, peppered with a bit o' Kings Of Leon with a hint of Lenny Kravitz and a smidge of George Michael in the 'Faith' video. There's a certain look, a uniform if you will, that I look for. Scuffed, worn leather boots. Slim fit (not skinny and def not baggy) distressed, faded, frayed at the hem, dark washed denim jeans. If the jeans are held up by a belt, there must be a big-assed distinctive belt buckle that draws the eye (a snake for the Slytherin lover in me is HOT!) Long or short sleeved cotton T. The ubiquitous black leather jacket; fitted, scuffed and well worn in. A slouchy beanie is a must. Leather cuff watch or a big stainless steel watch is a must. The hair has to be distinctive, a bit on the unkempt, longish,
not-washed-daily variety and there has got to be some sort of facial scruff (no full beards or soul patches, TYVM!) There can be facial jewelry (vipers or brow piercings) but that's optional. Tongue piercing, sadly only optional. Tattoos, lots and lots of tatts all over the body but that can be covered by clothing. Penile piercings, welcome but optional. So yeah, from the above description, you have Justin Bobby. Best accessory is a Motorcycle. Yes, please!! Now ladies and some of you guys, you know someone exactly as I just described, I dare you to tell me they're not fucking hot! Yeah, I thought so. Makes me quiver.

My original Dirty Boy? Richard Greico from 21 Jumpstreet and Booker. Yeah, I'm dating myself here, but I urge you to YT him to see what I mean. Then you can get to Johnny Depp, Kiefer Sutherland in Lost Boys, Dylan McKay from BH 90210 and that brings us to these past few years - Lenny Kravitz, Brad Pitt, David Beckham, Brian Austin Green (Don't you fucking judge me!) Johnny Depp again, Sam Worthington...you get the picture.


I also like it when the Preppy Boys go Dirty. I just saw Sam Worthington in Terminator Salvation and damn that was one fucking hot Dirty Boy! Yum! There is a subtle difference between being a Dirty Boy and just being lazy about your style (Robert Pattinson, sadly I am talking to you. I mean how often are you gonna wear the same plaid shirt and white T???)
Brad Pitt is the ultimate Pretty Boy who deep down is a Dirty Boy at heart and me likey. Love it when he's just tooling around on his bike, looking all grungy and sweaty and tasty and HAPPY!

David Beckham is the ultimate example of the Pretty Boy/Dirty Boy conundrum. When he travels without the wife and kids he's all uncoifed, au naturel and grungy as hell, showcasing the Dirty - Quiver Alert! Then boom, he's at some charity event and yowser out comes the Pretty in the D&G suit - GUH!!

Trust me, it must be dirty in looks only. The Boys must not actually be dirty or smelly, just look like they are. It's hard to explain, hence why the gays think I have a prob and that they needed to point this out to me.


So that's the Dirty Boy IVL.

Here's the Dirty Boy IRL.

It's like I sent Santa my specs and he and his little elves built me exactly what I asked for! Dazz has a Dirty Boy of her own - Gryffin. Everything I described above; my musts and my optionals? Yeah, Gryff has 'em all. Yay me! I'll respect his privacy and say that he's a successful jewelery maker who lives in one of the five boroughs and has a frenum ladder. That's not TMI at all, babe.


The thing is, Gryff and I have been together almost a year and he really doesn't get along with my gays. Except for the fact that they love his jewelry and they all love to cook together. In fact they thought that it was a phase I was going through and that it wouldn't get past the 'hook-up stage'. Plus, they think that I'm living out some sort of fantasy and need to be 'brought to my fucking senses'. What they don't understand is that Gryff is like my personal Dark Knight. It's the dual personas; when he needs to (for business meetings, parties, gallery openings, functions etc.) Gryff puts the Dirty Boy away and rocks the suit and he cleans up NICE. Think Gavin Rossdale or better yet, Matthew
McConaughey in the D&G ad below. When he's on downtime, being creative or we're hanging out in the City, then the Dirty Boy comes out to play.






So, now let's talk about the Jaw Porn Addiction shall we? Yes, I love Jaw Porn and yes, I am addicted to it. Has it become a problem? Hell Yes! Case in point, I met with a new client last week and the jaw porn he was giving was so overwhelming that I was almost carried away by the quivers looking down the conference room table at his profile. Fuck Me, it was some of the best jaw porn ever! He's
a beautiful Korean man who has the most captivating brown eyes and full sensuous lips and then whammo it just hits you...fuck awesome jaw porn!

Just in case you don't know what Jaw Porn is; it's all about the man with the strong sexy jaw profile! Guh! I've always liked a strong jaw and damn one of the best is Edward Cullen...err, I mean Robert Pattinson. Have you seen a profile shot of this guy?????? Quiver Alert!
Here is the ultimate example of jaw porn. I'm not going to type his name, because I mean no disrespect to his memory. You can see the JP even in the head on shot, can you imagine the profile??????









Matt
McConaughey has great Jaw Porn head on and profile. Let me just list the best of the best now *Opens folder on desktop called Jaw Porn For Evah*:

Robert Pattinson
Matt McConaughey *
Brad Pitt *
Gale Harrold (Brian Fucking Kinney!)
Alexander Skarsgard
Aaron Eckhart (also has chin porn, but that's another post)
Shemar Moore
Johnny Depp *
Sam Worthington (newly discovered) *
Viggo (Long Live Aragorn)
Ed Harris
Boris Kodjoe
Rick Yune *
John Cho
Keanu Reeves *
Lance Reddick
Lorenzo Lamas *
Jason Lewis (Smith Jerrod) *
Taye Diggs
Sung Kang
Common *
Benjamin Bratt *
Daniel Dae Kim *
Christopher Meloni
Tony Leung Ka-Fai (Rent the 1992 movie The Lover)
Jeremy Irons
Adrian Pasdar
John Stamos
Joe Lawrence (You will always be Joey to me, Whoa!)
Robert Gant
Gregg Plitt
Sylvester Stallone (specifically in Judge Dredd also has lip porn) *

* Also qualifies as one of my IVL Dirty Boys


Okay, you get the idea. Google them and look at the pretty, sexy, dirty jaws. Quiver Alert.
The original Jaw Porn belongs to Richard Greico. Yeah, I know, it seems as though I have a Richard Greico addiction right?? Maybe I do, I just know that he was the first man that I was ever attracted to...so I guess you can say that I've modeled what I look for in a man after him. Take a look at the below, and you'll see that that ain't such a bad thing.






So, what was the outcome of the intervention? After I told them that they were all fucking CRAZY and that most of them shared my obsession and they should just fuck off, we then proceeded to imbibe some killer cocktails. Ironic, much? They kept harping on me for the next hour until Gryff came to pick me up dressed to the nines in his Armani suit with that beautiful emerald green Zegna tie I got him for his birthday which perfectly matched the emerald green cocktail dress I was wearing. Yeah, that shut my gays up with the quickness.

FYI, the gallery opening that we attended late last night was a beautiful, brilliant success.

Dazz

Saturday, December 12, 2009

C'Mon New Jersey, Let's Do This!

Since my New York has already totally fucking broken my heart by denying same sex couples the right to marry, it's up to my New Jersey to make the dream a reality for so many of my friends and loved ones.

Fingers crossed everyone that NJ will become the 6th!

Dazz

Thursday, December 3, 2009

What The Hell New York? What.The.Hell.

This is the one that truly hurt the most. As a former New Yorker, as someone who has lived and loved in that state, I am ashamed, dismayed, angered and saddened at what has happened there.

As the state where most of my gays live, their lives were directly impacted and their civil rights denied when the NY Senate yesterday rejected a bill which would have allowed same sex couples to marry. The vote was 38 to 24, pretty decisive in showing that there is still great opposition to granting same sex couples equal rights to marry.

Read about it here.

Today we grieve, but tomorrow we continue the fight to ensure that our loved ones, our friends are granted their civil rights to marry and live their truth as gay Americans entitled to the same rights and benefits as heterosexuals.

As a heterosexual woman, who at this point in her life is not really interested in getting married or having kids, it would be easy for me to take the fact that I have that right for granted. Trust me, though, I don't. Why? Because I am surrounded by my gay family and friends who want to marry their spouses, who want to have children with their spouses and have their unions and their families recognized and be afforded the same benefits as heterosexual couples. It is ludicrous that we are even having to debate this, or vote on this, but one day, there truly will be equal rights for my friends.

New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompsom voted YES; we need more like her to aid us in our fight for marriage equality. Watch her poignant speech and vote below.




Another ally in New York State Senator Diane Savino. Awesome speech and she voted YES!




I saw this on YT today and it is a very eloquent condemnation of the fact that same sex couples have to ask permission to receive marriage equality. Different geographic location, same principle.



My heart is sad and my spirit is angry today, but my resolve is stronger than ever.

Dazz

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

World AIDS Day









Today is World AIDS Day. Please take some time to reflect on the memories of friends or loved ones we have lost to this horrible disease. There are many causes you can support to do your part in fighting the disease, helping those who are living with AIDS/HIV and finding a cure.

You can do your part by ensuring that you practice safe sex EVERY SINGLE TIME. It only takes 'one time' to expose yourself and those you love.

For more information on World AIDS Day, please click here.

Continued prayers that a cure for this disease is found and implemented soon.

Dazz