Principle Return

Jay the Summer Intern: i hate that when i Google a particular stock company, the 1st thing that pops up is information on who that company donated money to.
CawfeeGuy: why (do you hate that)?
JtSI: what to i care who they donate money to?
CG: why would you want to invest in a company donating money to causes that are in direct conflict with your beliefs?
JtSI: huh?
CG: if you were black and found out that the company you were going to invest in donated money to...i dunno...the Klan, would you still invest in them?
JtSI: if they produced a significant return, yeah! but these are political donations...who cares about shit like that?
CG: i guess you have to be a minority to understand.
JTSI (laughing): yeah...whatever.

Test Day: Men Are From Mars, Women From Venus, But...

You Are From Pluto

You are a dark, mysterious soul, full of magic and the secrets of the universe. You can get the scoop on anything, but you keep your own secrets locked in your heart. You love change and you use it to your advantage, whether by choice or chance. You don't like to compromise, to the point of being self-destructive with your pigheadedness. Live life with love, and your deep powers will open the world to you.

What Planet Are You From?

Test Day: Mind Boggling

You Are Boggle

You are an incredibly creative and resourceful person. You're able to dig deep and think outside the box to get things done. You are a non linear thinker. You don't like following directions You draw your inspiration from the strangest places sometimes. You're constantly inspired.

What Board Game Are You?

Test Day: Metal Man

You Are Copper

You are provocative and challenging. You help people realize who they really are. You live a very balanced life. You always take time for love and art. You are both a powerful and generous person. You always have time to give back. People find you to be incredibly ethical and loyal.

What Metal Are You?

Test Day: Where Is Pointer? Where is Pointer? Here I Am...

You Are the Index Finger

You are ambitious, driven, and capable. You aren't afraid to take responsibility for your actions - or place the blame on whoever deserves it. You are honest, free thinking, and objective. You see things in your own way - and you aren't afraid to let everyone know about it. You get along well with: The Thumb Stay away from: The Ring Finger

What Finger Are You?

ok this is so flamingly ridiculous that you all have to take it...'cuz i wanna know if we're compatible on the great Hand of Life.

Pop Quiz: 27 out of 48

i mean, really though, what else is there outside of New York?

how many can you get?

No, It's Not Too Early to Be Thinking About My Birthday Pt. 2

CawfeeGuy: oh, honey, i e-mailed you a link to my Amazon-birthday-wishlist...if you're looking for ideas.
CawfeeMate: is it the same stuff you had on the Christmas wishlist?
CG: well, not all the same stuff, but similar.
CM: oh, then i'm not even gonna look.
CG: Huh?
CM: yeah...you're not getting any of that stuff.
CG: but...that's the stuff i want.
CM: i know...but that's not what i'm getting you; i'm a much better gift giver than what's on that list.

an Open Letter to the NY Heritage of Pride Parade Organizers

Head Faggot, Dyke, Tranny, etc,
The husband (aka CawfeeMate) and i recently marched in the annual Heritage of Pride Parade, under the banner of my (extremely pro-diversity) company. this was our second march down fifth, flaunting our faggotry and, once again, we had a blast! The music! The outfits! The myriad personalities co-mingling in a sea of mutual acceptance (and occasional bitchiness). All of it was spectacular and i'm so, wonderfully proud to be able to have taken part, especially in light of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots; after having watched the parade from the sidelines it felt great to participate (even though we completely missed out on the swag). i would like to applaud everyone who was involved with getting the whole thing off the ground! a couple of suggestions, though...

• placement: when deciding the line up of which group goes where, how about a little more rationale? last year my group was in-between a couple of banks (which makes perfect sense since we are, for all intents and purposes a bank). this year, though, we were sandwiched in between the Universal Unitarian Church and Flaming for Christ: Gay Presbyterians. WTF? while i love people who love the lord (the way i love all stupid people), it was odd, to say the least; i mean, surely we were not the only financial institution present!

• let's talk punctuality, people. now, i know that the riots were kicked off by drag queen, but that is no excuse to have the whole parade run on "drag time". my "group leader" was told that we'd be marching at 11:30 and, knowing his faggots, he told the flock to get there at 10:30. do you know what time we actually started marching? 2:30. don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful day, with the sun shining (i got the most gorgeous tan), but not everyone is blessed with my olive complexion; some people (CawfeeMate, for one) tend to crisp in the sun and standing motionless like a tree for 3 hours is not a good idea. also, think of the afformentioned drag queens: would you want to stand around waiting, in full face, wig, platforms and skin tight vinyl? i don't think so.nobody wants to see Anne Tique or Virginia Hamm melting in the sunshine like a Rocket-pop. do it for the drag queens and the fair skinned queers.

• music: maybe it's because we were sandwiched between holy-rollers, but it seemed like all the other floats before us and after us (we, sadly, did not get a float; it was not in our budget) had better music (the UU sang a gospel version of the Indigo Girls' Closer to Fine every third song and the Presby-queer-ians played the strangest assortment of Michael Jackson, disco and 70's TV show themes); again very strange. Music being something very near and dear to my heart, it always surprises me that there isn't more cohesion or uniformity to the parade floats' choices. CawfeeMate made a suggestion 1/4 of the way through: Choose 20 "pride related" songs/themes and have the DJ's play them on an endless loop/rotation. there are countless versions of I'm Coming Out and I Am What I Am, and the floats should make the crowd want to cheer and get happy. down with the dirges!

i know you've been doing this for a long time (40 years long!) but perhaps a fresh-ish set of eyes would be a welcome perspective. have a great summer!

June Is GLBT Pride Month XXII

"Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons". ~Letter to the editor, The Advocate

June Is GLBT Pride Month XXI

"More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.”~ Harvey Milk

June Is GLBT Pride Month XX

"The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision".~Lynn Lavner

Test Day: Comma Toes

You Are a Comma

You are open minded and extremely optimistic. You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything. You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests. You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time. Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and easy to talk to. (But with so many competing interests, you friends do feel like you hardly have time for them.) You excel in: Inspiring people You get along best with: The Question Mark

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

Test Day: It's All True

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs. As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human. And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

Boys On the Side

Once upon a time, it was 1970. We were here, queer, outta the closets and in the streets. In the Boys in the Band, we were also on the big screen showing the country "exactly" what it meant to be a Big Apple Faggot: self-mutilating, self-pitying, self-loathing, vain, shallow, hateful and miserable people.

the huz and i sat down last night and watched it, again. i'd seen it once, a number of years ago and he'd seen it a couple of times over the years (and always maintains how much he dislikes it). after 2 viewings, i have to admit: i like the movie. like one of the characters say, halfway in, "it's like watching a car wreck; you don't want to look, but can't look away". i like it the way i like Desperate Housewives and Dynasty: marginally good looking, barely 3 dimensional, people doing awful things to each other while drinking heavily and trading wickedly funny verbal barbs at each other; it's like watching Queer As Folk: the Movie, with that '70's sense of "beautiful" (even ugly, paunchy people, with crooked teeth and bad noses, were sex symbols); and, just like QAF, i'm sure both gay and straight people watched it and took it as gospel truth ("god, how can they call themselves 'gay' when they're so unhappy") but, that's the power of the mass media. i'm also pretty sure it spawned a whole generation of faggots that walked out shaking their heads thinking "if that's what it means to be queer in the city, i'm stayin' in muncie" (if it even made it to muncie) and haven't been heard of or seen since (except in truckstop and department store restrooms).

this movie was the anti-Stonewall.

it's also a wildly entertaining, compelling and thought provoking melodrama and definitely in the Top 10 Must sees of Gay Cinema experiences; if for no other reason than as a reminder of who we were, who we thought we had to be, and who we should never become.

June Is GLBT Pride Month XIX

in honor of Cinnamon Jenkinz triumphant return to the blogverse...

"Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for – in other words, cheered on – by people who feel different"~ Liza Minelli

June Is GLBT Pride Month XVIII

"Family need not be defined merely as those with whom you share blood but for those for whom you would give your blood"~ Nathan Lane

June Is GLBT Pride Month XVII (and This is my ONE THOUSANDTH post)

“Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate”~ Margaret Cho

This is My Blah-g

is everybody else as bored with my blog as i am?

June Is GLBT Pride Month XVI

"I believe that we, the lgbt community, need to continue to dialogue among ourselves about the issues and concerns that effect us. We are often banded together so often against a common foe, we forget to take the time to talk to each other about our lives and feelings as gay people. We are not all the same, we do not all have the same goals and desires and we do not always agree on everything just because we all share a common sexuality or struggle"~ Sean Breen

Test Day: We All KNow What "Rubber Duckie" Was Really About...

You Are the Very Gay Bert and Ernie!

Two grown puppets living together, sleeping in the same room? They've even got coordinating striped shirts!

What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?

June Is GLBT Pride Month XV

“There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable”~ Rufus Wainwright

June is GLBT Pride Month XIV

"the idea that your parents influence your sexual orientationis ridiculous. Because if it were true, I'd have my mother's taste in men, and i've never dated a guy who falls asleep in his chair during Jeopardy"~ Bob Smith