Unite!

Partners-In-Crime

Ours is not a perfect relationship, and heck, we're probably as innocuous and boring as most straight couples, but we're probably in it for the long-haul. My long-time partner-in-crime, Mark, and I are big fans of having options and civil rights, so it comes a great news that things-are-a-changing in this country of ours, namely the overturn of the ban on same-sex marriages in California. It's a great day to be gay! Yes, we can!

A big thank you to all the amazing people that fought and struggled to get the ban overturned!

Read it:
California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage, New York Times (May 15, 2008)

Spramp Tweets 7

I am obsessed with Twitter! Here is my day in tweets, just for you:

• 09:25 My head continues to ache. Allergies, maybe? I refuse to get out of bed. #
• 11:08 OMG - this is the latest I've gotten up in awhile. I could've slept longer. My body is just off. #
• 11:35 @ngl You are a night owl, it seems. I didn't want to get up. My body was saying: "Sleep longer!" I feel listless and kinda sick. :( #
• 11:42 @ngl Yah, maybe it's the weather. It's pretty cloudy, misty, and gray over here. Any exciting plans for you tonight? #
• 11:50 @ngl I'm dosing myself up with vitamins and placebos. I'm going to psychosomatically get myself to feel better. If I will it, it will be. :) #
• 12:28 lobotomy, anyone? people are painting my apartment door - the fumes are compounding my issues. can't wait to move out of here. #
• 12:29 I really want to flame the current property management company, but will hold back to preserve the little good karma that I have left. #
• 13:07 I'm currently trapped inside my apartment. I want to vomit. #
• 14:39 John Edwards is to endorse Obama - tinyurl.com/6er5b9 - it's about time. #
• 14:45 Paint fumes totally making me more sick than I already am. Whose brilliant idea was this? Grr ... #
• 17:32 Why do men strut? #
• 20:26 I'm oddly invested in America's Next Top Model. Someone stick a needle in my eye! #
• 21:28 Criminal Minds - always sucks me in, even though it freaks me out. I'm so freakin' tired. I hope I feel better tomorrow. #
• 22:48 Sleepy land call. Snore you later. #

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$86 Million

Francis Bacon's "Triptych," 1976 (Source)

Holy cow!

To whomever paid the $86 million for Francis Bacon's "Triptych" at the recent Sotheby's contemporary art auction, can you spare some change for some gas?

Spramp Tweets 6

I am obsessed with Twitter! Here is my day in tweets, just for you:

• 09:46 I got de-twitted by someone who is following over 10,000 people. I kinda feel offended by that. Boo! So I de-twitted him. #
• 09:49 Anyway: Will donate $ to help relief efforts at the 2 major Asian disasters. Looking at Mercy Corps (www.mercycorps.org). #
• 09:53 One of my fave artists has died: Robert Rauschenberg (tinyurl.com/5k6ewr). :( #
• 11:51 Still in my pajamas. Going to start my day soon. Need to start writing next chapter (or at least conceptualizing it more) today. #
• 12:24 I blame the low barimeteric pressure for the way I'm feeling today. #
• 13:28 Listening to: せかいに日とすだけのはな by SMAP. I feel slightly nostalgic and a bit happier than I was two minutes ago. J-POP so cheesy, but so good. #
• 13:31 Away calls. More reading, more thinking, more synaptic misfirings... ciao bella/o. #
• 15:31 I think the barista made me a non-decaffeinated cappuccino. I'm am freaking wired like no one's business! It's an unsettling feeling. Grrrrr #
• 15:40 Or it might have been the two chocolate frosting covered cupcakes I inhaled. Wow, this place is packed! It must be the weather. #
• 15:42 This dude sitting next to me is typing code like a maniac! It's totally turning me on. #
• 16:09 I just noticed that everyone in here is using a Mac latop. There's something comforting about that. #
• 16:37 Ugh, I'm really feeling gross all-of-a-sudden. Vertigo. #
• 17:07 @ngl Yes, I think you should. #
• 17:16 @ngl I'm just encouraging dialogue. Mull it over then engage. #
• 17:18 I just read this: "For Clinton to overtake Obama, she'd have to win 172 of those delegates or 91%." (www.dailykos.com). Go Obama! #
• 17:22 @ngl I'm frightened by people's regressive logic. *cringe* #
• 17:24 @ngl It's a heavy debate to have. :) #
• 17:30 @ngl hmmm...i might be a tad confused. ack. are you againsst it? #
• 17:34 @ngl Oh, I don't mean for you to debate this point with me right now. My simple point: dialogue=good; questioning=good; dogma=sometimes bad. #
• 17:38 @ngl Very weird. I don't know. I should read up on it. #
• 17:42 @ngl I, oddly enough, have that compulsion to attempt to persuade folks. Maybe it's the militant in me? Or maybe it's because I'm a teacher? #
• 17:51 @ngl Being a teacher has made me more patient. Lol. #
• 17:57 @ngl While it's been awhile since I've put myself in reach of police paddy wagons, I still think my activist projects are effective. #
• 18:04 @ngl I was a passionately "loud person" back in the day. But with age, comes quiet. LOL. #
• 18:11 @ngl I'm totally old. Lol. #
• 18:17 @ngl Yup, I'm a hot old(er) man. Lol. #
• 18:38 @ngl Age is all a state of mind. I saw a guy todayat the cafe who had a mohawk and wore skinny jeans. He was well past 60. Good for him! #
• 18:42 @jnogueira It's interesting isn't it? LOL. #
• 18:44 @ngl Time to abandon with expectations! No pressure, despite what "our" audience might think. :) #
• 18:54 It ends with me eating dinner. And trying to feel better. I feel quite off still. #
• 19:09 @ngl Yah, I have some issues with caffeine. But I've felt off all day even before my non-decaf mess. I just inhaled my dinner. Back on sofa. #
• 19:10 Trying to recover on my sofa ... I feel like a hot tranny mess right now. #
• 19:13 @ngl Isn't it early morning in Lisbon? What are you doing still awake? #
• 19:23 @ngl if you were old (like me) you'd be getting to bed early (like I do). lol. your schedule sounds like a college student's. #
• 19:27 @ngl Just don't forget to bathe! :) #
• 19:40 @ngl Oh he's cute ... Here in Seattle, everyone, I feel, sports a beard. It's so distracting. #
• 19:45 @ngl It's all about being one with nature, I think. I kinda like it. :) #
• 19:53 @ngl I look funny with facial hair, so I shave pretty regularly. I'll leave to others to grow 'em out. #
• 19:58 @ngl I think people reading this might have their eyebrows raised at us. Yes, it's all very interesting, very random, but pretty fun. :) #
• 19:59 @ngl If our conversation doesn't attract more followers, then I don't know what will. LOL. #
• 20:05 @ngl Aww ... when you put it that way - that's so sad. I want to exist! *dramatic moment* #
• 20:09 @ngl that's so funny - I've searched for it, among other esoteric things. But yah, I'm sure you're right. #
• 20:13 @ngl I need a Twitter hiatus already. So what happens when one connects to other people and Twitter becomes too limited? #
• 20:15 @ngl Do followers perpetually remain followers? Or do meaningful connections get played out outside of the Twitter platform? I wonder. #
• 20:18 @ngl I'd like to believe that Twitter has the ability to sustain connections without having to resort to other platforms. #
• 20:27 @ngl I'm sure there are geeks working on all these issues as we speak. #
• 21:06 Headache - searching for Tylenol. #

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Stadium Nudity

Stadium Bums (Source)

Spencer Tunick is at it again, this time in Vienna. Over 1,800 people showed up for the shoot at Ernst Happel stadium. I wonder if Spencer only dreams of naked people. Must be hard (no pun).

For more images, click here (NSFW-sorta)

Read it:
Spencer Tunick and Vienna's Kunsthalle Gather 1,840 People to Pose Nude at Stadium, Artdaily.org (May 13, 2008)

Over and Out: Robert Rauschenberg

Jasper Johns (l) and Robert Rauschenberg (r)

Woke up to the news that Robert Rauschenberg had passed away at the age of 82. He and Jasper Johns were my postwar modernist idols back in the day - they still are, to some extent.

Robert is survived by his son, Christopher, and his companion, Darryl.

Spramp Tweets 5

I am obsessed with Twitter! Here is my day in tweets, just for you:

• 00:18 Drifting off to sleep with this song - tinyurl.com/5jzzwc - xoxo #
• 09:39 Morning, morning. I feel like I haven't eaten in days. Waking up to: tinyurl.com/3jtt3l #
• 10:11 Eeek - I need to submit my grades today or have angry students (and parents) on my back. Man, sun is out in full-force today. That's good. #
• 12:17 Capitol Hill seems empty today. I'm looking for lunch. #
• 12:51 I finally made up my mind. In Ballard. Old Towne Ale House. #
• 12:54 I again feel naughty. I having a pint of ale. Oh well. Naughty is good. #
• 13:57 I feel stuffed. Going to spend the next few hours reading. A nap today sounds lovely. #
• 15:42 Running home to laze around the house. Maybe a nap. Most likely, a nap. Yup, nap time. #
• 17:04 Watching Charlie Rose, which is just like a nap (I think). #
• 17:53 God, stop with all this silly Clinton VP talk. Nooooooo ... !!! I'd rather have an enema than see her on the ticket. #
• 17:55 I'm going to start on my risotto for dinner. I need to calm the fuck down. #
• 18:49 Risotto is looking fantastic. It's been awhile. I'm super hungry just looking at it. Yummy! #
• 21:02 My meal was better than it looked. *licking lips* Oh yah, soy ice-cream! These new SATC trailers are giving away too much! #
• 21:37 Hahaha! - "The Gay Bomb" on 30 Rock - tinyurl.com/44n6jg #
• 22:01 I have a tummy ache. I eat too much. #
• 22:55 Sleepy sleepy ... xoxo #

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G-Bomb

Last week's 30 Rock incorporated "the gay bomb" in its plot brilliantly! (The gay bomb is some real shizz that was investigated by our military/government awhile back.)

I highly suggest watching the complete episode of 30 Rock's season finale! It's one of the best episodes! Matthew Broderick is so good in it.

Aw ... It's a Gay Wedding

Remember when it was just totally verboten to see gay people on TV, let alone any remote possibility of gay-on-gay physical affection?

I totally heart all these TV shows going "there". It really warms my heart. I swear to god, Brothers and Sisters stars folks in a J.Crew catalog. I love it, and I love the overt gay narrative wedding arc in the show ... *sigh*

Spramp Tweets 4

Top Pot Doughnuts - Chocolate Covered - Yum! (Source)

I am obsessed with Twitter! Here is my day in tweets, just for you:

• 00:46 As I suspected, SNL's a bore. I'm heading in for a sleepy landing. Good nighty night Twitterati!
• 08:54 grrrrrrrrrrrrr...............
• 09:32 Officially awake, but I'm working really slowly to get out my comfy bed. No good headlines on the news feeds today. I have coffee. Exciting!
• 10:03 Message from Hillary Clinton (SNL) - tinyurl.com/6ppl2p [pink elephants?]
• 10:58 @medusamolly Yay! Just what I was looking for.
• 11:51 Heading out to do work. I need some major intellectual stimulation today. Tell me what you are reading ... book recommendations?
• 13:36 Just donated 5 bags of clothes (yay!). Was going to do work, but my tummy demanded food. Am home again, getting ready to cook lunch.
• 13:44 @jnogueira Your soup sounds so delicious. I'm jealous. :)
• 13:56 I keep getting this message: "500 Internal Server Error" often while trolling on Twitter. That might be a sign for me not to troll. Lol. :(
• 14:00 Super weird. I can't view the "everyone" timeline ... what gives?
• 14:02 Alrighty - I'm getting distracted. Food awaits. Man, it's a beautiful day in Seattle. The breeze from my balcony is refreshing.
• 14:24 @ngl Phew! I just realized how odd a picture that makes me out to be. I'm not a troll, btw - I do like to look. It's all very innocent. Lol.
• 14:35 I need to go find a chocolate-covered donut or anything with chocolate in/on/or next to it (damn cravings!) and do a little reading.
• 15:07 twitpic.com/zle - Top Pot Doughnuts - Chocolate Covered - Yum!
• 15:39 The donut shop is bustling today, with tourists I suspect. Will be here for an hour or so more. Still reading my friend's challenging work.
• 16:56 My brain hurts. Oy...
• 17:38 I'm skipping welding tonight. Opting to have drinks instead. I feel pretty drained and uninspired, like coming off a caffeine/sugar high.
• 17:50 Holy crap - there are gay bears on Twitter, and I just found one of their dens. Lol. Should I try to infiltrate? Lol.
• 17:56 That was sorta fun - it's funny how connected they all are to each other's beards.
• 18:51 MacGruber: Father and Son - tinyurl.com/4qbqen
• 19:14 Mac and cheese, anyone ... I'm excited by it, actually.
• 21:00 I really do love "Antarctica" by the Weepies (sigh): tinyurl.com/6xce35

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MacGruber: Father and Son

Normally I really kinda hate this skit. But last night's MacGruber skits on SNL made me chuckle. You'll see why, I hope.

A Message from Hillary

Last night's SNL intro actually made me laugh. I loved how it really pointed out all the pink elephants in the room! Now really - why can't the media be this forthright?!? (I especially liked point #2).

Otherwise, most of last night's SNL was a bore.

Spramp Tweets 3

"On my sofa ... again" (Source)

I am obsessed with Twitter! Here is my day in tweets, just for you:

• 00:11 I'm super pooped. Long day. Winding down with 'sleepytime tea'. Almost done with SATC Season 2. Tomorrow (today) is my lazy day. Come join.
• 09:18 I'm half-asleep, half-awake. Groggy.
• 09:43 I used to wake up at noon regularly. Wtf happened to me?
• 10:15 Still no coffee - Heading out to the Starbucks drive-thru. No choice.
• 11:09 I got the cute-boy discount at Starbucks - free coffee cake! I look so dumpy tho: sweats, hoodie, hat. LOL. Whatev. I'll take it.
• 11:23 @ngl I wondered that myself. I'll have to test it out this afternoon. Lol.
• 11:36 Ira Glass should lose his voice more often. He sounds so sexy today.
• 11:54 Twittervision is mesmerizing. I don't think I'm getting off my sofa today, nor out of my sweats. I could watch these tweets all day.
• 12:02 @ngl It was just an excuse not to do anything today. Maybe I'll have cocktails to alleviate the motion sickness.
• 12:12 @ngl LOL. I guess you are right. I have bad guilt complex. I'd feel guilty for just putzing around doing "nothing". T-vision is something.
• 12:12 @ngl That makes no sense, right?
• 12:25 @ngl You speak sage words ... You logic is much appreciated ... sigh. I need more sage advice, so feel free to send them my way.
• 12:39 Watching a food show on TV. There's a hot Spanish butcher on. Note to self: visit his butcher shop in Spain. Hot man, good food...yum, yum.
• 13:25 Whoa - I just experienced a burst of something: doing 2 loads of laundry, dishes in dishwasher, preparing lunch. An out-of-body experience?
• 13:54 twitpic.com/yco <- "On my sofa ... again."
• 13:55 Testing out Twitpic.
• 15:03 Just got back from the groceries. Prices are increasing drastically. So depressing.
• 15:19 @ngl I take my obsessions seriously. Stripes are my favorite! Lol. TwitPic will give me an excuse to use my camera phone more often.
• 15:25 Cooking currently (what a concept). I hope I don't set off my smoke alarms. I might watch 27 Dresses which came in the mail three days ago.
• 15:26 I love me my romantic comedies ... it's yet another quirky side to me.
• 17:48 I kinda liked 27 Dresses. I admit.
• 18:30 I need to find some ice-cream ASAP.
• 20:35 I forgot that I wanted ice-cream. I going out for that now. I got caught up in organizing my closet. Lot's of stuff to donate before I move.
• 20:52 Is it weird that I'm addicted to soy ice cream? It's on sale!
• 21:03 twitpic.com/yul <- I Heart Soy Dream [ice cream]!
• 21:17 @ngl LOL. You can't deny your cravings. I'm inhaling this mint chocolate chip like crazy. It's never too late for sweets.
• 22:25 I was just thinking that I'd kinda wanna see a Last.fm 'last played' or 'playlist' feeder thingy-ma-bob for Twitter. Does that exist?
• 23:00 Why am I even bothering to stay up for SNL? But I am. I'm ready to be underwhelmed. Tho I do heart Kristen Wiig tremendously!
• 23:19 Reading the NYTimes Real Estate section depresses me even though it's my fave section. I'm like a masochist like that.

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