I often wonder why the hell Americans care about the "Super-Bowl". For one weekend out of the year folks pretend like they like football and care about a certain team, this is especially funny in the gay community.
I admit I do like the commercials but that's about it, and I love football! I played football, however I never understand the mass hysteria that surrounds the event. And going to a gay bar to watch the game is hilarious. Men cruising men pretending to be engrossed in the game onscreen when the real action is taking place on the bar patio.
The butch bears all have their jerseys of their favorite team, and even the queens try and get into the spirit in their own campy way. To watch these folks attempt to make sports talk is like watching Paris Hilton answer questions about how to run a hotel.
Listen, we know you're gay! We know you just want to see my dick...I don't need to pretend I like "the big game"...this is why we come out of the closet, so we don't have to deal with these situations!
This is why I love my husband, the man can find something to love about even the most mundane events. His cheers are infectious, and make even a cynic like me smile and get into the mood. I am hoping I at least get to use some good ole fashioned sports cliches like "scoring a touchdown" but of course meaning the sexual version rather than the sports analogy.
And now I must get back to watching "Hells Kitchen", a full-contact sport I can relate to! Stay tuned for my post-Super-Bowl wrap up!

Final Crisis#6

Look kids, Batman is dead!! In what may be the worst kept secret in comics, the Dark Knight was killed in "Final Crisis #6"...and that is about all I understood about the issue.
This mini-series has been a head-scratcher from the get-go! So it looks like Batman had a "magic bullet" and shot Darkseid, but not before the God shot Bats with Omega Beams which killed Bruce Wayne.
While this is happening Superman is returning from the future after helping the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Wonder Woman has been turned into a monster spreading some sort of plague...good times!!!
All the other little heroes are either serving Darkseid or rebelling against them. There is nothing here we really haven't seen before in issues of JLA. But the fun part seems to be that the Earth is pretty much toast, and uber scientists have a back-up Earth to evacuate to....very convenient.
I long for the days of cross-overs I could understand.....you know the kind where Universes merge and you can tell who is dead! I guess I can't even review this since I don't even understand it!
Leave it Grant Morrison to write a mega event as obtuse as a Bergman film!!

What a Week

Ok folks, here's a pickle, which one of these things do you think DID NOT happen to me this week?

-Saw George Clooney
-Drooled over Christian Bale
-Smashed my car into a concrete post
-Went skating with little kids

All these things happened actually! So as I sit here watching my "Superfriends" DVD I realize I am now 35! Now some people don't mind aging, but in the gay world 35 is like 50!
So to celebrate my Bday I rounded up some good friends and went roller skating! It gave me much morbid delight seeing small children fall (but MAN are they resilient!) and disco skate to hits of the 70s!
Oh and yes, I did smash my car into a pole. So now $500 later...my car will be almost good as new...almost! There is nothing as classy as having to drive around with duct tape on your car.
Now if you don't mind I am going back to eating cereal and watching cartoons while forgetting I am getting older.

Family Trauma with guest star Peaches Christ and Elvira!

At some point I realized that my husbands parents would destroy me, I did not think it would be so soon!
Yesterday we all had a family meeting....yes it IS as uncomfortable as it sounds! The pow wow was to discuss the pesky problem of them not paying any bills...ever. You see they live with us...YAY!!
Kevin's mother is Nancy Grace merged with the mom from "Everybody Loves Raymond", she is what the darkness fears. And the minute we sat down to talk it became clear that I was simply chum in the water and she was "Jaws".
What started out as a money issues soon turned into "lets find all of Brad's flaws and use his self-esteem as a bounce house."
As usual, when talking to them I feel like everyone is drinking crazy juice. Even Kevin decided he would turn into a Borg and be assimilated by his mother the Borg Queen.
So after a very non-productive meeting all that was pointed out was how much I have fucked up and how unsuccessful I am. FUN!!!!!!!!
Thank GOD for my friend Michael who rescued me and took me on a day of fun and adventure. We traveled all over the Valley to find more of my precious DC figures, and ended the night with the midnight showing of "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark." Drag Queen Scream Queen Supreme Peaches Christ held a 20th anniversary party for the film and even Elvira herself was in attendance!
It was just the right amount of controlled insanity that helped me remember that I am a fun person who is much more than my relationship. Sometimes I get so tied into family life that I forget that I used to be a real boy!
So thank you to:
Elvira
Peaches Christ
Pee-Wee Herman
RuPaul
for all the love and midnight madness!!!

I think if the Buddha was able to watch "American Idol" his life would have turned out very differently. The show just brings out the worst in me....I just want some of these people to just..go away.
I would love to see a REAL idol show, where the most sexy and empty boys and girls were picked and met with producers who remixed their vocals so they sounded almost good. Hey, the 80s music scene was made from over dubbing mircophones!
All Idol chatter aside my 35th birthday is rapidly approaching like a comet headed towards Earth. I am really not well with this day of birth, but I am going roller skating and what could possibly go wrong with that???

I find that listening to the "Pushing Daisies" soundtrack dozens of times in a day does very little to help me get over the shows cancellation. But dammit "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is just a great song!!
In other random news, I have now gotten into the very unhealthy act of looking up reviews for the Warner Brothers Tour to see if folks are commenting on me....some things should just be left alone!
Construction continues on the "Legally Mad" soundstage and I look forward to Kristin Chenoweth riding her bike on the lot singing with her cute dog. With a producer like David E. Kelly on the show it is at least guaranteed one season!
On the TV front, Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" is quickly approaching! Everyone please set your DVRs accordingly! Unlike "Legally Mad", this show needs all the viewers it can get! I, like many others do NOT want another tragedy like "Firefly" to get over!

Stupid Sad News

Today I received the wonderful news that my best friend is now moving to New York. Awesome! I am turning 35 and now this! Of course I take this personally....but it really is a better life for him. This the second best buddy I have lost to moving away...was it something I said?
In other news, my search for the new DC toyline is now officially out of control. I find myself going from store to store looking for these damned action figures!!! Soon I believe there will need to be an intervention.

On the Set

Todays adventures at the WB were the first of the new year, and opened literally with a parade! Pepsi Cola was filming a Super-Bowl commercial and re-enacting the victory parade of WWII...there was ticker tape everywhere! With marquees reading "war is over", the cola seemed to be going all out.
The real buzz was over the fact that McG and the cast and crew of "Terminator: Salvation" would be prepping for re-shoots in stage 15! So in the next few days there should be plenty of Christian Bale sightings! But it will be more interesting to see the cast of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" meet the cast of the motion picture. Stay tuned!
Over at "Ellen" the guest we Marisa Tomei and Depak Chopra with musical guests Foreigner, whomever scheduled this line-up needs a raise! And the best part was that the audience got 2 of his books, looking at their faces was priceless!!
Also to my delight, the jungle set was being prepped for the new season of "True Blood". It seems like the red neck vamps will be returning in a few weeks!

Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns part 2, finds Hal in the middle of a true crisis! It seems as tho red isn't the only new color of jewelry in space! We finally get to see the debut of the "Blue Lanterns"; powered by hope these new corpsmen can feed off the positive energy that hope brings.
This is a nice juxtaposition with the red throw up spewing "Red Lanterns" who are having fun killing everything in sight to torture Sinestro.
Geoff Johns is doing a great job at creating a truly cosmic event (unlike "Final Crisis") with Hal Jordan stuck in the middle. Green, red, blue and a sneak peak at purple! Green Lantern will pushed to his limits in the next few issues, and that is just the way I like it.

I am not a big fan of parties, and last night Kevin and I went to a post-Holiday survival party......yay. I always feel out of place, I am not good with small talk or pretending to be interested in "stuff". A room full of gay men is like a mine field of awkward hellos and creepy hugs. Kevin however maneuvers around a party like a "Tron" light cycle, hitting every corner with a smile, and he actually loves to make small talk.
I have always found it odd that is it expected that we gay folks hang out with each other, I am not a big fan of being forced to relate to people whose only commonality is that we don't like vagina. Everyone acts like pack animals and form their groups with force field like barriers, and leaves me at the snack table wondering if there is an alternate universe where shrimp eat people.
In every party there is that moment when you have a balled up napkin and have no idea where the garbage is, and so unlike most humans I hold onto an ever growing napkin-ball rather than simply ask there the trash bin is.
Then, once the guests get used to their surroundings they break-away from the heard and attempt to relate to others. So with my napkin-ball I bravely smiled and chatted up some folks, but unlike the others I wanted to talk about more than the recent articles in "Entertainment Weekly". No, I have not seen "Benjamin Buttons", and my touche' is to talk about comic books and video games...most of these guys could be extras on "Golden Girls" and the last video game they ever played was "make fire".
Without Kevin I would never go out and meet people, and without me he would never know the difference between Batman and Man-Bat. Today we are going to a beer-bust....so I will try to be the "good cubby".

Wonder Woman #27

"Rise of the Olympian" part 2 finds Wonder Woman laying near death after her beat-down from Genocide. Sadly, this issue seems like filler and a retread of past stories. Genocide, is not very compelling as a character. She is simply a combination of Devastation and Doomsday, created to make Diana look like a power house. But all we find out is that Diana never told the JLA about the true power of her lasso.
As much as I love Gail writing this series, it appears that DC editorial is forcing her to create an "event" to mirror "New Krypton" and "Batman: R.I.P.". And having Genocide take down some third-string JLA members, is almost a rip-off of Doomsday tearing up the JLA in"Death of Superman".
The Olympian Gods have also returned, wearing space suits left over from "Space: 1999". Athena is so over the bad storyline, she is dying. And Zeus seems to be channeling George W, with his "gift" to the Amazons. I really hope Gail is able to salvage this story, but so far it is less than "wonder"-ful.

Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Wishing everyone everywhere a SUPER-Year!!!!