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Kalilangan Festival in General Santos City Day 5

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:40:09 +0000

Directed by THE Dino Veloso

A day after the Kalilangan Festival 2010 closed, we celebrated it’s success with a farewell beach shindig at Maasin, Saranggani. We hied off to the beach with Orman, Avel, Marell, Direk Dino, and Marz. We camwhored, chatted, and aaate.

There was ice buko, lechon baboy, pansit, lechon manok, bopis, and many other food. I binged since it was going to be my last day before the no rice month of March. And I enjoyed eating. If only everybody else didn’t eat so fast, I wouldn’t have stopped.

JUUUUMP!

After the delicious lunch by the beach, we bid our goodbyes to our gracious General Santos City hosts. And with the promise of more adventures and festivals together, our group rode the van on our way home to Davao.

Before going home, we dropped by Robinson’s Place to buy pasalubong and some coffee to wake up our spirits. But our tired bodies and minds gave up and most of us slept on the way home.

We were tired… but still looking forward to our next visit to General Santos City.

"ALL IN THE FAMILY GUY"

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:30:57 +0000

Hello, Dolls.

I am very sick. (I guess Pat Robertson was right after all.) As it turns out, I have a case of âStrepâ. I got excited because I thought the doctor said âstripâ, so you can imagine how awkward the visit became when I got naked and prepped myself for a prostate exam with benefits. (My nude âover the shoulder winkâ didn’t go over all that well, either.)

So, I am now pumped full of antibiotics watching more television than I have in almost a year. Most of my viewing comes in short doses online because I am self-diagnosed with âAttention Deficit Disorderâ and am unable to effectively operate the NASA model remote control that came with the DISH Network Satellite Array.

I figured that I would be taking this time to catch up on all of the movies that HBO, Showtime, Starz and the like had to offer, but no. Not so much. I have found myself watching a channel that I all but avoid like a Jehovah’s Witness. I have been watching TV Land. Surely there is a support group out there for people like me.

I’ll be dating myself all through this column, but I will begin by saying that I remember when âTV Landâ was what happened when Nickelodeon programming ended at 8:00PM and âNick at Nightâ programming began…and then a new network was created to absorb the blossoming interest. There was a lot of âLeave it to Beaverâ and âDennis the Menaceâ re-runs peppered with the appreciated âI Love Lucyâ re-runs. My memory may be wrecked from the ravages of senility at this point (so I have no idea how much of this paragraph is factually accurate) but that’s how I remember it and I’m too damned ill to fact-check. Deal with it.

Nowadays, the shows that are being aired are from my own childhood or were in heavy syndication when I was a little faglet. Shows that I grew up LOVING (âThe Jeffersonsâ âSanford & Sonâ, âThree’s Companyâ, and [I cannot believe it’s already a âclassicâ] âRoseanneâ) are interspersed with the likes of shows I grew up HATING (âHogan’s Heroesâ, âBonanzaâ, etc.)

One of the shows that I remember growing up with (because of all of the controversy) was âAll in the Familyâ. Now, most of us of a certain age are already aware of what a groundbreaking show this series was because of its fearless drive to address socio-political issues of the day. For those of you who are not old enough to remember and are already yawning through this column, I would remind you that, without âAll in the Familyâ there would have been no âMaudeâ. (Shut up and let me finish, child.) Without âMaudeâ, there would have been no Dorothy Zbornak. And, as we all know, without Dorothy Zbornak, there would be no internet or cure for cancer.

As a child, I wasn’t particularly interested in âAll in the Familyâ. I was a freakin’ kid, so I didn’t give a rat’s ass that issues such as racial intolerance, homophobia, sexism and the like were being discussed. I was just happy to see George and Weezie relocate from Queens to the Upper East Side, and I enjoyed watching Cousin Maude plant her enormous masculine hoof in Archie Bunker’s ass. (The three-eyed kiss between Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carroll O’ Conner is probably why I swing darkly, though.) All I knew was that Edith Bunker often reminded me of my mother, and I wasn’t cool with my television mother-figure having rape attempted upon her person .

So here I am, sick as a dog…(technically, sick as a bitch…) watching an episode that I had somehow missed in all of these years in which a drag queen friend of Edith Bunker’s is murdered and Edith spends an hour questioning her faith because of it. It was a very powerful episode, and reminded me of a time when television wasn’t constructed entirely out of saline, silicone and scripted ârealityâ game shows in which the Women’s Liberation is reduced to a dozen hookers fighting over a smug underwear model with a questionable sexual preference.

I wish that I could direct you all to a popular sitcom that doesn’t leave me with a desire to suck on the business end of a revolver, but I’m at a loss. And please don’t think for an instant that I believe my tastes to be superior in this matter. I have no taste whatsoever. (So sayeth the world.) I still don’t think it’s such an imposition for me to ask the studio big wigs to supply a well-written one act that challenges its viewing audience to do more than sit in a glassy-eyed coma between commercial breaks.

Am I really that old already? Am I REALLY already that old harpy who complains that the music is âracketâ and the stuff on television is just 30 minutes of mindless porn? No. No, I am not. I feel satisfied after 30 minutes of mindless porn. I can’t say the same about 30 minutes of network television.

Oh, who the hell am I kidding? You wanna know what is currently playing on the television in the background? âWhatever, Martha!â It’s a show on the Fine Living Network in which Martha Stewart’s daughter and her friend Jennifer Koppelman Hutt (I am not even kidding…she is a member of the Hutt family…like Jabba the…) watch an episode of âMartha Stewart Livingâ and heckle it! I’m so lazy that I won’t even heckle Martha Stewart on my own. I now rely on somebody else to do it. (HER DAUGHTER AND A HUTT!)

That’s all I got, kids. Sleep tight!

Amen,

The Divine Grace

Advance With Confidence

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:20:25 +0000

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

GLASS CANDY & DESIRE / EUROPEAN PHOTO BLOG

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:20:09 +0000

FRANCE.

GERMANY.

SWEDEN.

DENMARK.

NORWAY.

ENGLAND.

ROMANIA.

IT’S ALL A BLUR…

MEGAN FROM DESIRE JUST POSTED 200 PHOTOS FROM OUR TRIP IN MAY & JUNE.

WE CAN’T WAIT TO GO BACK.

WE’LL BE POSTING THE OCTOBER & NOVEMBER DATES FOR EUROPE THIS WEEK.

DON’T WORRY…DESIRE IS COMING WITH US AGAIN.

AND WE’LL BE SUPPORTING THE NEW ITALIANS DO IT BETTER COMPILATION.

WITH ALL BRAND NEW & EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, DESIRE, MIRAGE, TWISTED WIRES, BOTTIN, FARAH, VISIONE, AND MORE…..

IN THE MEANTIME…

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.

IDA & JOHNNY

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Simon & The Candy Bar

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:20:06 +0000

I recently went through my things and found some old writings. This must have been a class assignment. It was titled âMy Weaknessâ. I have no recollection of writing this.
And if it isnât apparent enoughâ¦I had an eating disorder and I was obsessed with Duran Duran. I was probably 15 when I wrote this.

***

I thought that meeting Simon LeBon would be the greatest thing that could ever happen to me. Was I ever wrong! Actually, it wasnât all bad.

We met in Paris. I was sitting down by a water fountain and he just came over to me and introduced himself. We talked a bit and then he offered me a candy bar. I couldnât accept it because I was on a diet and I told him so. He then told me about this, âNEW NO CALORIE FOOD COMPANYâ I asked him what it was and he said that itâs a new food company that makes delicious no calorie food. I told him I didnât believe it and he swore on his life so I accepted the candy bar. I ate it with no guilt. Then he gave me the address to the company. I then went there to see for myself what he was talking about.

I opened the door and I saw tons of mouth watering âfatteningâ food. There were various ice creams, cookies and cakes, tacos, hamburgers, French fries and chicken McNuggets. I was freaking out. Above all of these foods I saw a sign stating that all of the foods were calorie free. I was so gullible that I started eating everything in sight. I had not one feeling of guilt. It was wonderful. I did this for a week straight. Non-stop. I then grew tired and I thought I would take a bath and go to bed. (As soon as I got home, that is.)

Anyway, I filled the tub with nice, soothing water and tried to get in but something was wrong. I didnât fit. I tried with all my might but it didnât work. I thought, âI couldnât have gained any weightâ. So, I stepped on the scale confirm to it to myself but to much of my surprise, the scale broke. I went into hysterics. My pants split and my shirt too. I mustâve weighed 500 pounds. I went to the doctor and he said that there was no way possible to lose the excess weight. Since I couldnât do anything about my condition I thought Iâd get Simon back since he tricked me. So I went to his house and sat on him.

Become a Member of my new Community

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:10:09 +0000

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Hope to see you on there.

Love always Paris xoxo

Playboy

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:08 +0000

Be sure to check out my feature for Playboy.com!

Tori & Dean on RuPaul's Drag Race

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:07 +0000

Be sure to watchÂ a very special episode ofÂ RuPaul’s DragÂ Race featuring Tori and Dean airing Monday, Feb 16 at 10 pm on Logo and Tuesday, Feb 17 at 9 pm on VH1.Â

Yelp still keeping it classy

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:50:16 +0000

Longtime readers will know that this blog has a wonderful history with the online blackmail racket known as Yelp. You can see our whole tag string here, and enjoy the run-ins we had with various Yelptards, such as Butt Plug Girl and her angry boyfriend, who were upset about many things, including a bad lap dance in Las Vegas; Pube Face; Big Mama Gummy Bear; and of course, Bike Helmet Girl, who later almost became my lover. I’ve especially always had a warm spot in my heart for Yelp founder Jeremy Stoppelman (photo above), who I said “appears to be just the kind of sociopathic nouveau riche lady killer that I’ve always admired.”

Well, it turns out I had no idea how much of an evil fucker this guy actually is.

Nor did I really understand the true nature of his business, which is, I have to admit, kind of brilliant. Because now it’s coming out, in a lawsuit that just got filed against Yelp, that what Yelp has done is harnessed the angry energy of its Yelptard army to create a pretty awesome little shakedown racket. Works like this. Sub-normal IQ Yelptards visit your restaurant, or dry cleaner, or whatever. They go home and write mean, unfair, borderline libelous things about your business. This of course drives away business.

But in comes Jeremy Stoppelman to save you — all you need to do is buy ads from Yelp, and they’ll let you put a really nice positive review (say, by you or one of your friends) at the top of the list, so that’s what people see first. There’s also some belief that if you pay up, maybe some of the bad stuff gets erased altogether, though I guess Yelp swears that this never, ever, ever happens, swear to God, cross my heart and hope to die, because we’re really super honest Web 2.0 guys who just to make the world a better place and have really loads of integrity because trust is the foundation of our business and if our customers don’t trust us then they will just go to another site and our competition is only a click away, so we actually have created a system in which we’re disincentivized from doing any that’s even remotely scuzzy and if people don’t believe that it’s probably just because they’re olds who don’t really understand how the Web works and we just need to invest more effort into educating them.

In other words, it’s the Google defense. All of these dirtbags — Zynga, now Yelp — have read that bullshit from Google so many times that they’ve just internalized it and can say it in their sleep.

Truth is, they’re all venture funded, and they’re all run by scammers who, if the Web did not exist, would most likely be selling either cars or drugs, or both. The truth about their business model is that it’s not built on trust, but quite the opposite. The real incentive is for these guys to “do every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues,” as Mark Pincus of Zynga was caught on tape admitting.

I call it the Zynga moment, and every Web company, even Google, has it — it’s when you start out saying there’s all these scumbaggy things we’ll never do because they’re just too evil, but then when Plan A doesn’t generate any revenue, and Plans B and C fail too, well, your investors hold a come-to-Jesus meeting and here comes your Zynga moment, when you realize that you’re just going to have to give in and start doing all those things you said you’d never do. If you’re Zynga, or Yelp, you’re doing this to stay alive, and you rationalize it by saying that (a) your investors made you do it; or (b) even if you sell a little bit of your soul that’s just so you can stay in business and accomplish the really, really important and transformative things that were the original goal of the company. If you’re Google, you’re doing it not to stay alive, but because you realize that your core business model, as wonderful as it is, can only take you so far, and if you want to achieve any kind of growth, well, it’s time to start fucking people over.

FWIW, the best indication that Yelp is a mess is the fact that not long ago, Bono’s investment company, Elevation Partners, said it would invest up to $100 million into the company. I don’t mean to be a dick, but Elevation’s other big investments have been in Forbes magazine, which may or may not still be in business, and Palm, which is in business but won’t be for long. Not saying Yelp is doomed or anything, because let’s face it, blackmail is a hell of a business. But Elevation does not have a record of backing winners. They’re bottom feeders, and if they back you it probably means that someday, down the road, they’re going to take you apart and sell you for scrap.

View of a MONKEY & Tours

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:44:08 +0000

Hello friends,

Jimme here writing to you all and bringing you a bunch of awesome updates. First I wanna update you all and say that my tour with the Sophomore Beat was amazing we had such a great time and they are amazing dudes that you all need to go check out.

I am currently on tour and will be through out the rest of this year and into 2009. I have a bunch of tour dates up on my main page so please go check it out and I cant wait to meet you or see you all again ! I will be touring with a bunch of great bands who are good buds of mine such as : Thieves and Villains, Striving For Better, Friends for hire and The Crosstown Rivalry ..

I recently shot a music video in Virginia Beach for the newest single “View Of Dakota” Directed by Scott Hansen..It was a lot of fun making it and all I can say is there will be MONKEYS!!!. I will be putting it up on the myspace within the next month as I get ready to release a bunch of new things .. The Video can be found on MTVU.

-jimme