Gypsies, tramps, and geez...
A random past couple of days...Got some Drew-time in Wednesday night since he's going to be out of town for a few days. We did a little shopping and then went back to his place where I showed him an episode of the "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" to prep him for the big party. He's going to host the "North Hollywood Squares" party while I'll host the "Match Game" part. We then played a round of "Pyramid" with his roommates to cap off the night. Fun, fun stuff as always. I can't express how cool it is to have somebody like Drew in my life. Ted and Larry joke that Drew and I probably have "the most committed platonic relationship" that they know of. They actually have quite a point. I really have never had a friend who randomly calls me throughout the day and likewise, whom I just randomly call too...I mean, the perfect example is when Drew arrived from his plane flight yesterday, he called me from the airport. It sounds dumb and all, and for all I know he might have his other friends too, but for him to call me...I dunno, I just think that's really cool of him to do so...especially since we've really only known each other for a couple of months. And a number of people have pointed out the many times I mentioned his name in my blog. I can't help it...He's really become a big part of my life. I just hope it's not a byproduct of the novelty of finding somebody with some many common interests and that there's something enduring in all of this (be it a friendship, relationship, or whatever).
Last night was quite fun...It was Divas Las Vegas on VH1. I normally can't stand these Divas specials (* gasp *), but I figured "what the heck?" this year. It could be something as train-wreckish as the "Michael Jackson" special last November. Well, it wasn't quite the Michael Jackson craptacular, BUT boyyyyy did I have a field night with this.
[SUPER-BITCH MODE ON...If you're a Divas fan, you probably do NOT want to scroll down...]
Celine Dion was back in terrible form beating her chest and doing that "I'm better than you" wiggle with her finger after her songs. UGH...I just wanted to break that finger off and yell, "Shut up, Celine!" Ted then astutely pointed out how Shakira was looking and sounding like all the Muppets at one point or another during her number. What else...what else...Oh...The Dixie Chicks looked like they were wearing the drapery from that "Went With the Wind" sketch from "Carol Burnett." During the fiddle solo, I had a flashback to watching Irlene (or was it Louise??) Mandrell on that old NBC "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" variety hour. I likened the Mandrell sisters show to "Remedial Hee Haw" for those that thought "Hee Haw" was a bit too hard to follow...And Cher, Cher, Cher...Cher looks great and god bless her for still recording and putting out hit albums, but boy...did we really understand the true meaning of the "Live" part of "Divas Live." Not her most accurate vocal performance ever...Cyndi Lauper (or was it a bleach-blonde Susan Ruttan?) joined her somewhere in the haze of off-key notes. But, the realllllll kicker was during Mary J. Blige's number. Through the miracle of cryogenics, holographics, pyrotechnics, and duct tape...the re-animated corpse of Whitney Houston (still decomposing from her freakish rendition of "Wanna Be Startin' Something" on the Michael Jackson craptacular) joined in on the warbling/shouting/screaming while I hit "replay" on the TiVO to make sure we didn't intercept that scene from "Attack of the Clones" where Obi-Wan goes to the white planet where they make the clones and where they have the creepy alien people. And to cap it all off...There was shot of Sigfried in the audience without Roy and without a tiger...
[BITCH MODE OFF]
So needless to say, I still can't stand "Divas Live," but I had fun trashing it. Plus, Chris came over and brought some luscious desserts he made. Caleb also showed up as well as Rob. And...there was a rare appearance by NATHAN! It's amazing...we've seen Nathan three times in less than a week! That's something I haven't said in quite some time. It's so cool to be seeing him again. I wouldn't say the he had a falling out with us...I think the best way to describe the past few months between us and Nathan is a valley of noncommunication. It's really useless to point the blame since there was some things I would have done differently on my part and I think the other guys feel the same way about some things they did too, but that's all in the past. Last night was VERY key in bringing things closer to the way they used to be between Ted, Larry, Nathan, and me and I really, really hope that things keep moving in this direction. We talked about a lot of things (most of which I won't bore you with the details of) which kinda opened my eyes as to how I've conducted my friendships. And while I would hope to think that I've been a good friend, there have been some things I've said and done (and in some cases NOT done) which in retrospect probably weren't the best cases of judgment. I must say, the thing I love about Nathan is that he doesn't sugarcoat things...Of my friends he is one of the best at keeping my head straight and really helping with putting things in perspective. And Nathan, I'm NOT just typing this because you always read my blog...I DO mean it sincerely...
A random past couple of days...Got some Drew-time in Wednesday night since he's going to be out of town for a few days. We did a little shopping and then went back to his place where I showed him an episode of the "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" to prep him for the big party. He's going to host the "North Hollywood Squares" party while I'll host the "Match Game" part. We then played a round of "Pyramid" with his roommates to cap off the night. Fun, fun stuff as always. I can't express how cool it is to have somebody like Drew in my life. Ted and Larry joke that Drew and I probably have "the most committed platonic relationship" that they know of. They actually have quite a point. I really have never had a friend who randomly calls me throughout the day and likewise, whom I just randomly call too...I mean, the perfect example is when Drew arrived from his plane flight yesterday, he called me from the airport. It sounds dumb and all, and for all I know he might have his other friends too, but for him to call me...I dunno, I just think that's really cool of him to do so...especially since we've really only known each other for a couple of months. And a number of people have pointed out the many times I mentioned his name in my blog. I can't help it...He's really become a big part of my life. I just hope it's not a byproduct of the novelty of finding somebody with some many common interests and that there's something enduring in all of this (be it a friendship, relationship, or whatever).
Last night was quite fun...It was Divas Las Vegas on VH1. I normally can't stand these Divas specials (* gasp *), but I figured "what the heck?" this year. It could be something as train-wreckish as the "Michael Jackson" special last November. Well, it wasn't quite the Michael Jackson craptacular, BUT boyyyyy did I have a field night with this.
[SUPER-BITCH MODE ON...If you're a Divas fan, you probably do NOT want to scroll down...]
Celine Dion was back in terrible form beating her chest and doing that "I'm better than you" wiggle with her finger after her songs. UGH...I just wanted to break that finger off and yell, "Shut up, Celine!" Ted then astutely pointed out how Shakira was looking and sounding like all the Muppets at one point or another during her number. What else...what else...Oh...The Dixie Chicks looked like they were wearing the drapery from that "Went With the Wind" sketch from "Carol Burnett." During the fiddle solo, I had a flashback to watching Irlene (or was it Louise??) Mandrell on that old NBC "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" variety hour. I likened the Mandrell sisters show to "Remedial Hee Haw" for those that thought "Hee Haw" was a bit too hard to follow...And Cher, Cher, Cher...Cher looks great and god bless her for still recording and putting out hit albums, but boy...did we really understand the true meaning of the "Live" part of "Divas Live." Not her most accurate vocal performance ever...Cyndi Lauper (or was it a bleach-blonde Susan Ruttan?) joined her somewhere in the haze of off-key notes. But, the realllllll kicker was during Mary J. Blige's number. Through the miracle of cryogenics, holographics, pyrotechnics, and duct tape...the re-animated corpse of Whitney Houston (still decomposing from her freakish rendition of "Wanna Be Startin' Something" on the Michael Jackson craptacular) joined in on the warbling/shouting/screaming while I hit "replay" on the TiVO to make sure we didn't intercept that scene from "Attack of the Clones" where Obi-Wan goes to the white planet where they make the clones and where they have the creepy alien people. And to cap it all off...There was shot of Sigfried in the audience without Roy and without a tiger...
[BITCH MODE OFF]
So needless to say, I still can't stand "Divas Live," but I had fun trashing it. Plus, Chris came over and brought some luscious desserts he made. Caleb also showed up as well as Rob. And...there was a rare appearance by NATHAN! It's amazing...we've seen Nathan three times in less than a week! That's something I haven't said in quite some time. It's so cool to be seeing him again. I wouldn't say the he had a falling out with us...I think the best way to describe the past few months between us and Nathan is a valley of noncommunication. It's really useless to point the blame since there was some things I would have done differently on my part and I think the other guys feel the same way about some things they did too, but that's all in the past. Last night was VERY key in bringing things closer to the way they used to be between Ted, Larry, Nathan, and me and I really, really hope that things keep moving in this direction. We talked about a lot of things (most of which I won't bore you with the details of) which kinda opened my eyes as to how I've conducted my friendships. And while I would hope to think that I've been a good friend, there have been some things I've said and done (and in some cases NOT done) which in retrospect probably weren't the best cases of judgment. I must say, the thing I love about Nathan is that he doesn't sugarcoat things...Of my friends he is one of the best at keeping my head straight and really helping with putting things in perspective. And Nathan, I'm NOT just typing this because you always read my blog...I DO mean it sincerely...
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