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.