The Jon Blog

Bullet Points

Well, lots of stuff going on here in Jon Blog land, and I haven't been so good at reporting on it.

But here's some of it for you... hope you enjoy, that is to say, hope someone is still out there reading this.

1: Lots of spam lately. I hate spam. I especially hate the fact that soma and weight loss and other bullcrap like that have inspired spammers to post somewhere around 1,000 comments to my blog. I need to find a better way than simply MT Blacklist to keep them outta there.

2: Thanksgiving with the family is nice. So are airport hotels. I was able to wake up on Friday at 5:15am, have time to jerk off, shave, shower, dress, close the suitcase, and be early for a 6:35am flight. So I got to work before 10am, even though I'd woken up over 500 miles away. And I got a nice nap on the plane.

3: Hooray for elite status and the first class upgrades it is known to provide. Big chairs make for better naps. I think I'm going to try and upgrade on my flight to Asia in January...

4: A political comment. Why is the entire world so worked up over the Ukraine election? Didn't the exact same fraud and bullshit take place in our election, too, yet we just sat back and took it? I mean, seriously, all the same harbingers of election BS in both countries, particularly re urban vs. rural vote and the whole exit poll caca...

5: I still hate spammers.

6: It's sad to watch understudies go on in Broadway shows when they don't know all their lines. Even if it is their second performance of the role, even if it is a preview. And even if it is a preview, it looks weird to adjust the trim on the moon, especially during the final "walking off into the moonlight" scene. And sometimes production numbers go too long, Mr. Mitchell. Sometimes you just have to cut. And what is it about actors who keep chanelling previous characters into new ones? Very bizarre to watch Roger DeBris play Albin...

7: Bedtime!

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm off to Ohio to spend the holiday with the family. I'll be back on Friday. Hope you have a great holiday with lots of turkey, gravy, stuffing, and naked mens.

But I Don't Like Spam!

OK, I gotta figure this shit out. In the past few days, I have had something like 800 spam comments posted on this *@(%ing blog. I am not pleased.

News Analysis

So NYC submitted its final bid for the 2012 Olympics. You know what? There's no chance in hell we're getting the games. The country decided for itself when they reelected Bush.

The Europeans HATE Bush. Hate, hate, hate, almost as much as us blue-staters do. Maybe even more. So when you figure that these are a) the people we're up against for hosting the Games and b) the people who are, by and large, responsible for the decision making, well, you can be sure that we're not going to be winning that contest.

Nun Run Over By Truck. Sounds like a joke, but it's a real live news article from the Times.

And, because the third time's a charm, Nude Man Jumps Into Tank of Carnivorous Reptiles. (By the way, these guys need to get their fact-checkers in line. Caiman are not lizards, they're crocodilians.)

On Pussy Hounds

So I was at this alumni function last night at college, and one of the hot guys from my dorm was there. He's still hot, and he's now grown into a big pussy hound. He particularly likes nurses and blondes. I tried to get him worked up, so started to discuss some hot blonde nurses. He was aroused amused.

Anyhow, he was a little bit too overly emphatically straight, so when a woman I know (a bit of a fag hag, to be honest, and I mean that in the best possible way) asked if he was gay, a question he asked me made even more sense:

"So when two guys get together... is one of the always the 'guy' and one always the... um... " and I could tell he was going to say "bitch" so I promptly introduced him to the terms top, bottom, and my personal favorite, versatile.

Then I went out and drank way too much red wine.

If He Were A Straight Man...

OK, I just think it's weird that Harvey Fierstein is taking over the role of Tevye. Well, I guess I should be relieved that it's not typecasting. And when I go to see him in the show, I know I won't have any of those "Why is Fidel Castro playing Tevye" thoughts that Molina brought out in me.

But I won't get to see him very early in his run.

I'll be out of the country.

What, leaving the country again? Oh yeah right, like you're surprised... I'll be in Asia for about three weeks. Thailand, Japan, and The Phillipines. It should be a lot of fun. And it will probably require a lot of Imoodium, if my last Thai trip is any indication!

The Joys of the Small Manhattan Apartment

So early this fall, back when the temperature was hovering around 60, my landlord turned on the heat. I was so excited, because it was a nice change from the debacle of no heat last winter. I don't really feel like searching through the blog to find those entries, but trust me, they're there.

Well, now that it's actually cold out? The heat is off, baby. I don't get it.

At least I know I'll get to be warm in a couple months: I'm going back to Asia in January.

Fearless Leader's Favorite Word

He loves the word "mandate" so much.

I vote we get him a subscription.

I Think This One's Funnier Than Jesusland...

Dumb.. Da Da Dumb...

Not the End of the World as We Know It

OK, so it sucks. But it's going to be ok.

And there's still a lot we can do. Right? I mean, we have to boycott 13 states, and we have to kick the Democrapic party's ass so that we can pull it together and show the Red states that we have morals, and more imporantly, that we have tolerance and appreciate for people whose "values" are "different" than our own. We have to show the world that we, whether I'm talking about liberals or democrats or homos or just random people who don't like Bush, are sane people who have worthwhile opinions. And we have to show the bozos from the Red States why their xenophobic Bushophilia is bad for our nation.

So here's my idea. You know the annoying yellow bracelets for the Lance Armstrong Foundation? And now there are pink ones for breast cancer. Well, I think we need bright blue ones, to show that we're proud Blue Staters. (Or will that start to be too Star Bellied Sneetch?)

Anyhow, don't expect anything new here for a couple of days. I'm heading to Houston in the morning because, well, there's nothing like a college reunion in a red state to brighten one's weekend. Well, it'll be a nice change from New York City: everyone will be in a good mood...

And to Make Matters Worse...

...some school has banned cupcakes.

*@&%)@*(@&*

Why can't New York City be in Canada?

Tomorrow We'll Discover What Our Lord In Heaven Has In Store...

...maybe.

Anyhow, I'm rather relieved that tomorrow is Election Day because I am ready for this all to be done with.

Last night at work, I found out that a (gay) colleague of mine, who I thought I knew rather well, is a conservative Republican! I was shocked and awed, and tried to bring him over from the dark side, but to no avail. Then I started preaching the Kerry gospel to someone else who claimed to have been relatively undecided; he now says he'll vote for Kerry.

All the foreign guests in my hotel are adamantly pro-Kerry. Well, maybe they're adamantly anti-Bush, I'm not sure, but they really want Kerry to win. And so do I.

Let's hope that the election will actually be a clear cut Kerry victory, rather than another 2000 style debacle.

And hey, the Redskins lost yesterday, so things are looking up...