My weekend

This so far has been a good weekend. Friday I had my show, with Brian's parents coming down to see me. I think they enjoyed themselves, and despite my cold I sang pretty well. I keep speeding through "Close Every Door" but now that I know the orchestra is cuing off of me I will try to slow it down a bit. Went to the cast party afterward, and I realize I really do like these people. Sometimes I may want to beat them senseless, but I do enjoy their company. I have decided I'm going to plan a BSG viewing party at Ted's house, because the best way to make better friends is to impose on them.

Despite my best intentions, I never made it to the protest yesterday. I had to stick around and watch my mom while my dad went out and did shit. I probably shouldn't have gone anyway, as I had a cold and it was all rainy and blustery. I'm really kind of amazed at the nationwide reaction to the event. I think a lot of people were sure that Prop 8 wouldn't pass that they didn't feel the need to speak out, and now that it has passed people are shocked and outraged. I watched Dan Savage's section from Anderson Cooper the other day and he just did a very good job. In some respects I almost think it's good that Prop 8 passed, because it put a lot more focus on the issue. It's speeding everything up, which I think needs to happen.

Last night I went to Justin's for sushi and asian/horror movies. First one we saw was 2LDK, a Japanese film about these two actress that live together, and basically go crazy and try to kill each other. It was GREAT in how ridiculous it was. My favorite parts were A) when the bitch got thrown into the fountain, mainly because they even HAD a fountain inside their apartment, and B) when the other bitch got Kabi-Killer in the eyes. I can just imagine how much that burned. Fantastic stuff. Then we saw Arang (or something of a similar spelling), a Korean mystery/thriller. It wasn't bad, although a little predictable by the end, and I think if I had been trying to I could have seen everything coming. Finally, we saw Return to Sleepaway Camp. Words cannot describe the campiness of that film. I recommend it to everyone not because of it's merits, but rather because it has no merits whatsoever. They didn't even put any exposition into the story, it literally just STARTS. It reminds me of the movie nights we used to have at Chris' house, which I miss.

Today I have to rake some leaves, and I really, really should exericse. My Wii Fit is going to pissed off at me something fierce for not checking in more often.

Housewives, Heroes and rants

So the real point of this post is to talk about Housewives, but first I'll just make a general update. I finished two more shows this weekend, and they seem to be going well except for the 3 line fuck-ups on Saturday. But I got to celebrate afterwards at Ted's house with a Scotch tasting. Shit burns, but I could see how people might develop a taste for it. Then on Sunday my whole family and Aiman and his family came, which was nice. Except now I've developed a cold, which is less than stellar. Staying up this late to update is probably not the best idea ever. On Friday I went to this Twenties Group meeting, which is a social group for gay guys in their twenties. It was nice to be social for a bit, and not have to worry about who knows that I'm gay. And this guy Justin cracks me up.

Anyway, on to Housewives, which I thought was pretty good. I read a review today that said the show had lost it's spark, but I really don't think that it has. God, the scenes between Lily Tomlin and Kathryn Joosten were hysterical. I like Gaby's story with crazy Ruth, and Bree was very funny. Lynette was a little bit too manic, and the pregnancy storyline was meh. Susan fell back into stupid. Kathrine was kind of meh this episode too. I like her with Mike, but I see where it's all going. And am I the only one who was hoping that Andrew got the tape back by sleeping with the guy. Or at least one of the bikers. Oh neutered gay characters, how we love thee. Overall I think the show was just alright, but I like where it's going.

Then there was Brother's and Sisters, which makes me realize that I despise Kitty and Tommy. Granted Tommy is barely there, which is good. But I almost stopped watching last night after Kitty went all CRAZY on the surgeon. Seriously, her neuroses at least should make sense! It's like she was looking for a reason to not have the baby. And I just don't buy her reasoning. Saul also talks way too much about coming out. He made at least 5 comments about it last night and it was just odd.

And now for Heroes. Overall, I think the episode was better than previous ones. Although I'm not so much feeling the fact that it had to be told through Hiro's "vision quest". I really liked the Elle and Sylar story. It added depth to both of their characters. Although I thought Noah was being a little crazy. And, uhm, WOW can Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia not act. I really liked mama petrelli this episode. And even Linderman redeemed himself slightly. And Fire-Mama was cool as well. All in all a better episode than recently, but still not as good as, say, Company Man.

In other news I'm almost finished Buffy season 6 disc 3, and I do not care for the magic-as-crack storyline, or the Buffy's-fucking-Spike storyline. Which basically leaves nothing. Great season...

Close ever *gag choke* to me.

Two shows down, 5 to go! They went pretty well, minus a few small mishaps. Like when I literally choked on a line, or just started switching lines of the songs. But all in all I think it went well, and I'm a lot more confident. And hey! We have a sold out night! And it's one of my nights! Eat that counterpart! No need to be bitchy, I suppose, since me being there had nothing to do with selling out. The cast party on Saturday was alright, although kind of quiet given the lack of alcohol. After the show on Sunday was fun though, with margaritas. Margaritas are always fun. This week I have off (for some reason I asked for it off and I don't remember why), but then I'll be on next week.

This weekend, since I'm performance-less, I have no idea what I'm going to do. Halloween is obviously Friday, and I'm very torn about it. I sort of want to get dressed up and go out, cause it only happens once a year, but I also would like to save the $100+ it would cost (costume for $40, and drinks are never cheap). And if I decide to go to the cast parties on Saturday and Sunday, do I really need to drink 3 days in a row? Survey says no. But we'll see. Halloween is such a non-event without Brian around. We've barely decorated the house at all this year. Granted that's also because my house is a disaster cause my mother is a pack-rat without the ability to fix it herself. All I know is this shit better be cleaned up by Christmas.

The biggest problem with going out is not that I can't afford a night out, but that I'd rather save up for my trip to England (!!!!). I've got about 4 paychecks between now and England, and there are lots of things I have to pay off while still saving enough to not go hungry over there. And Christmas this year is going to be exceedingly low key. Don't be surprised if you all get shitty souvenirs from England or Paris. I'm also debating getting involved in a new play. Now that Joseph is winding down, I want to get involved in more stuff, but I'm also thinking I need to take a short break so I don't go crazy. This will also fall into the "we'll see" category.

Hopefully I won't get blown away today as the wind is ridonkulous.

Greek

Look at me, I'm like a posting whore lately. Yay work avoidance.

Last night I watched this week's Greek ep, and I've decided it's my new favorite show. It's one of the only things that I go out of my way to watch as soon as it's downloaded. And the strange part is I can't put my finger on why I love it so much. The story isn't particularly groundbreaking and the characters aren't particularly good-looking, but it's just such a fun show. Calvin probably has some influence on my opinion, because I think his character is handled well (when he's doing more than being a sounding board for Rusty and Ashley), but even episodes he's not in I still enjoy. And I wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure cause I'm just that guilty about watching it. Gossip Girl is more of a guilty pleasure.

I also watched Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. I really like Ugly Betty, although I'm not feeling Betty so much. Hilda cracked me up. Who's taking bets that the boy in Justin's try-out becomes a love interest? I'm also done with Daniel, but I've been done with him for quite some time so that's no news flash. And Housewives was really good, for some reason. Granted this is by Housewives standards, but I really enjoyed it. When MJ just stood there and fell over, it cracked me up. I however hate Orson (which I think is kind of the point). And I want them to do more with Dana Delaney. She's fantastic, but I feel like she doesn't get enough screen time. Also, how can people not see that Dave is creepy as fuck?

Tonight is opening night of the play, but I don't open until tomorrow. It's kind of a strange feeling going on stage, but hopefully it will go well (assuming I don't flub lines and as a result forget to breathe). It's nice that I don't have anything tonight, although I kind of want to see "Save Me" at the Reel Affirmations film festival in town. Problem is I don't want to spend the money for the ticket to go and sit by myself. And tomorrow I will probably go see High School Musical 3 cause I'm a huge geek. I'll probably just stay in and play FFXI since I haven't done that all week.

I have to get back to "work" now.

Joseph, how can we ever say...

all that we want to about your short skirt.

So for those of you who aren't coming to my show (and by that I mean anyone that doesn't live in the area, cause if you live in DC and you don't come, we're not speaking any more), here is a preview of my costume:

This is my slave outfit.

I'm thinking about the dreams. Sexy legs.

It's much better with the headdress.

ANARCHY. I was so tired at this point.

So, yes. That's that. Show opens on Friday, and I've only got one more run-through. I pity the people who come on opening night. For anyone who is reading this and thinking about coming, I am on Oct. 25, 26, Nov. 8, 9, 14, 20, and 21. Ask me about times!