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In Vancouver to continue shooting the ‘Summer Of Pride’ series for OUTtv (Happy Pride, Vancouver!), as well as interviews for the show, including a chat with Bif Naked. I love her energy – any woman who tweets that she is grateful for her ears so she can hear her beloved dog snore is A+ by me.
Speaking of dogs and gratitude, I love that I have friends I know and trust who will watch over my home and beasts while Eddie and I are away
This has been a Blast From The Past Week: Tuesday I saw the Soulpepper production of David French’s comedy Jitters with my bff Amanda; we met 20+ years ago when I co-starred in it with her father. Tomorrow I’m day-tripping to Victoria to rendezvous with Andrea, an old high school friend. I haven’t seen her in 21 years – I sat behind her in math class and used to pass her crude notes when I was bored out of my skull. Memory Lane!
Law of Attraction: Yesterday I chatted with my pal Brandon, who blogs (‘Step:2‘) over on HIMBO’s sister site, GayGuideToronto.com. He’s working on a post that looks at the difference between ‘attraction’ and ‘effort’ and we discussed our ideas on this. Brandon noted a lot of people say to him that the Law of Attraction requires a lot of effort, but to me, it’s the opposite, it’s about eliminating ‘effort’. The concept of ‘effort’ for most people has built into it ‘pushing against’, ‘trying’, ‘resisting’, ‘have to’, and ‘work’, when really, the key to attracting what you want is to loosen all that up. All day every day we put out requests for what we want, whether we verbalize, write it down, or simply put it out there with little thought attached. IE: If someone is rude to you, you want people to be nicer. If you open your wallet and you have no cash, you want more money. If you see a hot pair of boots in a shop window, you might (as I do) say aloud to no one in particular: “Must. Have. Those.” Since you’re asking asking asking constantly, the trick becomes NOT then worrying about the ‘how’, NOT controlling what everyone is doing around you that may or may not prevent you from getting to what you desire, NOT putting in long hours working thinking it’s the only way to achieve what you want. Instead it’s about focusing on what’s pleasurable around you, thinking thoughts that feel good, putting in time at the beach, taking the dogs for a hike rush-free. This puts you in the positive alignment that you’d be in if you had the things you wanted, so the things you want can then come. Trust me, it’s taken me a trip to get this. I’ll be interested to see what Brandon has to say!
This week here on HIMBO! saw the most unique visitors I’ve ever had – a very healthy number that even surpasses (by 50%) what we normally see daily on GayGuideToronto.com, which has been online for 8.5 years compared to just 1.5 for HIMBO! Translation: THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY WORK!
Have a great weekend (long weekend to Ontario readers!), Happy Caribana, peace and love!
And The Last Word goes to … Abraham! “In the same way you cannot set your radio tuner to 98.6 and receive the songs playing on 101 FM, you must set your own vibrational tuner to one of Well-being … feelings of love, joy, passion, exhilaration, fun, interest … are indications of your match to that …”
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Well stink of blood with a Pine-Sol chasah!
Since Victoria Rowell began tweeting juicy nightly bedtime stories (secrets of a soap opera diva indeed!) the audio of my interview this spring with the ex-Y&R diva has become HIMBO!’s #1 visited post, proving what we already know: People want more Auntie Vicki.
Did you miss it? Have a listen!
Also just as hot as this summer, over on HIMBO!’s big sister site, GGT, blogger Max MacDonald has nabbed an exclusive interview with the godfather of house: Frankie Knuckles, porn star Eddie Stone’s got video of a different kind of pole raising, my beloved Assistant Nate (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LILAC!) reviews Christina Aguilera’s new video, Enrico Mandarino reports from Vienna on the key message offered at the 2010 World AIDS conference, Miss Raquel stirs the pot with her thoughts on selfish DJs this Toronto Pride now gone by, and for you Leos out there, Stars, Signs and Sprits blogger Robert Aitken explains why things are only going to heat up for you.
As Rowell would rap: “Drama for days left me breath-breath-breathless!”
Performer Of The Week: Elizabeth Hendrickson
Aaaaaargh, it’s so one-step-forward-three-steps back on Y&R right now.
Let’s start with the good stuff:
- Chloe’s confrontation with Heather after she found our her dud fiance shagged (UGH) Heather was delicious, and it was fun to see actor Elizabeth Hendrickson get something to sink her teeth into.
- Abby. Fresh, fun, reliable – Marcy Rylan, a great re-cast, has made the role her own, fast.
- Melody Thomas Scott has been appearing more lucid lately.
- Jess Walton. I’m so Team Jill as the Fenmore Sisters get set to duke it out. Not sure why she’d want to be Lauren’s sister, but she does. Here’s hoping she’ll give her baby sibling tips on aging gracefully.
Onto the bad:
- Jimmy’s bar. No one in GC would really go to a dump like that.
- Does anyone understand this bloody case that Heather and Chance and now Skeletor Cricket and Rowan are investigating? It’s hard to care, otherwise.
- The new Heather isn’t working. We all agree, right? I would have cast Laura Stone, currently playing Skye (one character who I hope sticks around). She even has a mole by her lip.
- I’m hearing awful rumours that hot mess Meggie (hot mess Sean Young) will turn out to be Murphy’s daughter? “Awful” because I’m so over the lazy writing that every new character (Tucker, Rowan, most lately) has GOT to be related to someone already in G.C. Can’t new people just be new people? Must it be so incestuous?
- Silly shit like Abby riding into the GCAC on that horse, or the time she was in the Chancellor’s bubble-filled pool naked with photographers everywhere with no one noticing (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A POOL PARTY IN PROGRESS). I can easily willingly suspend my disbelief for Y&R – but just stop with this crap.
- Question: Is Adam blind or not? And could the part of his story where he’s one step ahead of everyone not hinge on this immaculate timing he has to overhear just the right thing at the right time, or leave the scene of some crime just before getting caught, or having immediate access to everything he needs to pull off a dirty deed, like construction paper so he could make everyone at the nuthouse masks to freak Patty out, or obtaining new ID for Patty no problemo (in minutes!) to get her out of town and on her way to Canada? And again: is he blind or not?
- Fresh face makeup and extra long eyelashes on a character who has supposedly been battling cancer.
The end.
And The Last Word goes to … Chloe! “Oh I’ve seen you make a mistake. I’ve seen you make a mistake with my fiance, with the town slut, Billy, with that psycho path, Adam. I see a recurring theme here, Heather. No one wants you. So whatever you have to offer, it must not be that appealing.”
You Don't Look Like This In That.
An Open Letter To Gay Men Over 40:
Stop. Wearing. Hollister.
As it is, Abercrombie & Fitch pieces are border-line acceptable, and only because we gay men can get away with some Peter Pan – now and then.
But A&F’s baby sibling, Hollister? Originally designed to attract consumers aged 14-18?
Think cougar-in-daughter’s-dress.
Once I accidentally set foot in a Hollister. I made it 5 feet in and felt chicken-hawk wrong. I left immediately, leaving the Bettys and Dudes to enjoy their puberties in the pseudo-surf shop, where the music plays (by corporate policy) at 85-decibels, and a live feed from a beach in SoCal is theirs to enjoy as they mull over the latest Vans.
I know I’m not alone with this, either. In fact my friend Brian vehemently agreed with me just today over drinks on a patio. He’s 44. And I didn’t even bring this subject up. He, too, has noticed this summer the worrisome number of Grown. Men. parading about in clothing that’s just three steps up from Baby Gap.
Here’s a rule, to help you remember: Adults and kid’s clothing simply don’t work together, because of the adult, and the kid’s part.
Sincerely, (like, really, really sincerely)
Shaun
