February 2006 Archives
- February 24, 2006: Let’s Play Pretend || No. of Comments: 10
Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re a college student and you see an ad that directs you to this site. So you go there and click enter. What happens next? Does the site load okay for you, and fairly quickly? (Remember that you’re a college student and have a fast internet connection.) And then, assuming everything loads okay, do you like the site? Or not like the site? Entertaining or not? Get its point across or not? I’ll withhold my opinion, but feedback is much appreciated and thanks for being my focus group….
- February 17, 2006: Hell || No. of Comments: 0
If there’s any reason I’m going to Hades or beyond, it must be because of all the paper and ink I waste in any given day. This didn’t scale right. Print it again! This is spelled wrong. Print it again! We need 40 copies of this 40 page document. Print it now! I think this would look better on bigger paper. Print it again! Print print print print! I hate trees and the oxygen they provide….
- February 13, 2006: Happy News || No. of Comments: 0
I avoid televised newscasts for fear that I may start to see the world as they portray it — death, mayhem and destruction in every corner. Fear fear fear! Be on the lookout for this man! Do you know what’s in YOUR neighborhood grocery store? What does your local hardware store not want you to know? My friend Aaron sent me a link to a great site today: www.happynews.com. It’s the place to go for news stories that are positive, like this article about libraries that are starting speed dating groups for people who like books. Him: What symbolism do…
- February 12, 2006: Facials || No. of Comments: 14
Reason No. 576 why it’s fabulous to be a gay man: Relaxing weekends with six men giving each other facials and hand massages in quiet, rural Wisconsin. Rigid boundaries defining masculinity? Not here. Pass the moisturizer please….
- February 9, 2006: Post-Show and Debut || No. of Comments: 6
So Swan Lake was great. The choreography was terrific, the dancers were beautiful and graceful (as I would expect from ballerinos), and the sets were cool. Strangely, though, the dancers looked more attractive — tall, lithe, sexy — wearing full evening suits than half naked in feathered leggings. Afterward, we all remarked on that. I guess it’s true that there is something nice about mystery. If the truth is told, though, I had trouble staying awake through the show. Not because it wasn’t good but because a glass of wine at dinner and lack of sleep is a bad combination…
- February 8, 2006: Stop Looking at Me, Swan || No. of Comments: 2
More than 10 years ago I saw a production of Swan Lake at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was what you think of with ballets: Tutus, pink, the rare male, etc. On the docket for tonight: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. With a cast that is almost all male and nary a tutu in sight, I’m sure it will be a very different experience for me than the first time around. It’s only in town from Feb. 8-12, so you should get tickets ASAP….
- February 6, 2006: The Office: Minneapolis, Vol. 1 || No. of Comments: 6
Today I’ve become suddenly and irrationally afraid that the cleaning ladies are taking my recycle bin and dumping its contents in with non-recyclable garbage, making my already feeble attempts at environmental responsibility completely futile. Is there a phobia for that?…
- February 2, 2006: A Nomad’s Home || No. of Comments: 4
In August 1999, I left the familiarity of my parents’ home and moved all my belongings into Michigan State University’s Case Hall. Since then, I have lived in three dorm rooms, three houses, six apartments and four states. I have shared a house with 14 other people and two cats, a brick condo with a view of a beautiful cathedral that I could never see because my roommate wouldn’t allow the curtains to be opened, and a reformed hotel room with two super-Christians and a colony of Floridian cockroaches. My home is not where I sleep or store clothes or…
