So, it's Sunday, Fathers' Day, and I am still down in New Jersey spending the day with my Father. Whee!
Funny thing about this state...New Jersey has no television news outlets of its own and the residents here watch stations that originate in either New York City or Philadelphia. Here at the Forked River house, the cable system (Comcast, I think) actually carries both, giving the viewer a choice of media market. Since my family lived in suburban Philadelphia for many years (and my mother actually grew up in the city), my parents have, out of habit, continued to watch the Philadelphia stations that we've watched for years.
As far as television news goes, this means they watch WPVI-TV, Channel 6, the Disney-owned Philadelphia ABC affiliate that is the 1,000 pound gorilla of local news in the City of Brotherly Love. Since Philadelphia is such a large media market, anchors and reporters come to this station and NEVER leave. Ever. The people reporting the news on Channel 6 now are the same people who were reporting it 20 years ago when I was in junior high.
Except that there's this hunky new meteorologist named Adam Joseph (I bet the name's fake), who is HOT HOT HOT. The picture on the website does not do this man justice...you should see him in jeans and a polo shirt reporting the weather from a boardwalk somewhere down the shore. Whoa!
Do I have any Philadelphia-area readers who know anything about this guy? Of course, he must be gay. He just HAS to be.
Oh, and being down the shore for the weekend seems to have triggered another round of odd dreams.
In this particular one, I had moved to a studio apartment in Minneapolis (of all places). The weird thing about this apartment was the doorway to the kitchen. There was no actual door, but, if I hit the kitchen wall in just the right way, a door would appear. But the door didn't go all the way down...there was a foot to a foot and a half gap at the bottom.
And, when I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the magic door again, I ended up just sliding back into the main room of the apartment throught the gap. And that's when I noticed that the door was invisible from the other side. Weird, huh?
I was very nervous and scared about the move and had three guests over at the apartment at various times. Two were a man and a woman, a couple I recognized in the dream, but I no longer remember who they were. The third was Mike. I was surprised to see Mike, since he rarely leaves Manhattan, let alone travels to the midwest, but he explained to me that he had come to Minneapolis for a "booty call" and, since he was there anyway, decided to drop in on me.
I remember yelling out to him from the kitchen that the mysterious door was "just like Star Trek." I don't think he was all that impressed, especially considering that I couldn't figure out how to open it again. He did not seem so when I slid out the bottom, which must have looked like materializing out of thin air from his perspective.
In retrospect, many of the Star Trek films are predicated on having equipment fail or not work properly and, if you watch a marathon of the movies you would never want to travel on the Enterprise, as nothing on it every seems to actually work. So, perhaps, it was fitting that I related my kitchen door that appears, but doesn't go all the way to the floor, to those films.
As far as I know, there were no other sci-fi accoutrements in the apartment and it seemed to be a rather spacious studio on the top floor of a house. I could see the roof sloping at various angles, but there was plenty of headroom in the apartment everywhere I went. I did not see the bathroom in the dream, but I'm assuming that there must have been one.
There was a fireplace too, now that I think of it, a real, wood-burning fireplace.
And, as usual, I have no idea what any of it means.
Posted by Jere at June 19, 2005 01:30 PM | TrackBack
Adam can report my weather, ANYTIME..., Good catch!
Posted by: David at June 20, 2005 01:38 PMAdam worked on one of our local stations here in Charleston, WV. I do not think he is gay from what I have observed of him on TV.....but TV is TV. My wife made the comment about his hunkyness when he was down here. I did notice a suspicious number of pregnant females at the station he worked at during his tenure here…..hmmmm.
Posted by: Michael at June 21, 2005 11:07 PMI am also from the Charleston, WV area. Adam Joseph is most definitely gay. He was often seen at The Driftwood in Huntington and Traxx in Charleston on weekends. He normally hung out with some beef-cake hunky guy who was obviously a gym rat. Rumor was, they were an "item" but whenever asked, Joseph would say "Oh we're just friends" - whatever. I have more pics of him if your interested hehe
Posted by: Brandon at June 25, 2005 12:43 PMThis guy seems pretty gay to me. Not flamboyant, but not straight.
It shouldn't be long before the Daily News in Philadelphia prints something about him on the gossip page.
So what dirt or proof do you have, Brandon?
Craig -
Adam was seen at local gay clubs here in the Charleston/Huntington area pretty much every weekend. He always claimed he was straight and he was just there visiting some friends. It was rumored that he dated a track coach from a local high school, but I do not know if that is true or not. But I personally seen him at the clubs on numerous occassions.
You're right, he's not flamboyant but certainly not real straight acting either. They recently hired his replacement down here. Not quite as good looking as Adam, but certainly not bad hehe.
Posted by: at July 3, 2005 10:43 AMWhat is it about weathermen? Lots of gay guys go into weather.
By the way, been seeing him a lot more on the weather... he is getting pretty flamboyant when he strays from the weather talk, and starts ad libbing, or doing the human interest "great food to eat down the shore" type stories.
Also, he is pretty bad-- awfully stiff, and seems to be trying desparately to lose some sort of accent, which makes his speaking voice sound even worse. He may "look" the part, but I am not sure he is ready for a major market yet. Hope he doesn't get fired- or demoted to the local WB network-- but he needs to get himself better at his job very quickly or he won't last.
Craig -
There are actually quite a few gay weathermen and news anchors.
Adam does try to hide his Massachusetts accent some. He did that especially down here in West Virginia, because we all sound very Southern. He stuck out like a sore thumb. Eventually, he even started picking up some of our word pronounciations.
I understand that Channel 6 has quite a few seasoned employees, whom have been on the air there for many years? I would guess Adam is just trying to get into a routine with them. I never found him to be stiff (I wish I could have "found" him stiff hehe) or what I'd class as boring. If they would fire him, I can only hope he'd come back down here. We also use to have a female meteorologist on the air with him who resembled Karen from Will & Grace, she was fun too.
Posted by: Brandon at July 4, 2005 12:44 AMAdam Joseph is gay. A friend of mine worked with him at WSAZ.
Posted by: Ashley at July 13, 2005 03:33 PMAdam Joseph is gay, but his sexuality and dashing looks are not his best features at all. He is a really nice man--genuine, sincere, etc. The work he does for Hospice (as well as other charitable ventures) is indicative of what a great guy he is. Much more than a gay meteorologist icon!
Posted by: Kyle at August 16, 2005 03:51 PMI think this topic is ridiculus. You claim to know everything about this guy. In my eyes you envy his talents. Why would the number one station in the Philly market hire Adam if he was not ready? And for the part about his sexuality, who cares? I know for a fact Adam hardly went out in Huntington and when he did it was at the Icon, a very straight bar. I wonder if his girlfriend Victoria has anything to say about it?
Posted by: Cathy at August 19, 2005 01:39 PMNo, Cathy. I don't claim to know everything about him. And I'm not jealous of his career, or "Victoria" or anything else. (I'm not the jealous type.) Only said what I know to be true.
But you obviously are a close and dear friend of his (which I'm not, nor claiming to be), so we must defer to your opinions on this matter.
Best wishes.
Posted by: Kyle at August 19, 2005 08:18 PMI sure hope he's not gay.....hes hot....
Posted by: Nova at August 23, 2005 12:17 AMAdam Joseph is undoubtedly the hottest man on television in Philly (including every Comcast or Direct TV channel available). Let's hope he stays for 20 or 30 years, too.
Posted by: Kirk at December 10, 2005 07:58 AMi hope he is not gay. he is too hot. i wish i could run into him to find out.
Posted by: melinda at December 31, 2005 07:39 AMUnfortunately, you're correct and he is gay. When he first aired on our news here in Charleston, I fell in love. I used to live within a few blocks of him, and soon enough we became friends and did do the gay bar scene a lot. Such a waste eh? Adam is a wonderful person and I miss him dear!
Posted by: marie at January 18, 2006 04:35 AMi hope adam isn't gay. i hope he doesn't have a girlfriend either.. because i would definitely hit that. i think he just needs to meet me. and if he really is gay.. i'll turn him straight.
Posted by: kristyn at February 1, 2006 10:31 PMI live here in philly and would love if this good looking man was gay
Posted by: greg at February 12, 2006 08:36 PMMy partner and I, and most of our friends gay and straight(women) absolutely LOVE Adam Joseph. I sure as heck hope he's gay. ;)
Posted by: Rich at February 20, 2006 06:17 PMI want to see the Adam Joseph photos! He was the hottest thing to ever hit the Charleston/Huntington area. Hit me up at luvdaherd1998@yahoo.com please! Thanks!
Posted by: John at March 26, 2006 11:19 PMKeep dreaming John, the photos are fake and do not even exist. I've heard people like to talk in the TV industry to hurt people like Adam, it is a little thing called jealousy.
Posted by: Kim at April 8, 2006 07:10 AMAdam isnt gay. Im his friend, and maybe i should give this site to his girlfriend to see what she thinks!
Posted by: Jeff at April 24, 2006 05:59 PMThere is a Yahoo group devoted to Adam, if anyone is interested. Email me for the URL. Also, email me if you have more shots of him. Thanks!
iwantbrady@yahoo.com
Posted by: Danny at May 1, 2006 01:29 PMGreetings boys and girls. I went to college with Adam in Vermont and he is an awesome guy and YES that is his real name, not his full name, but it is all his. He can make you laugh at any time and is one of the best people to have at a party. As for the sexuality thing, who's care what he is. He knows his weather, he can get along with anyone, and that's is all that matters. I'll tell him you all said hi at the next Storm Conference in March.
Posted by: James at November 25, 2006 01:39 AM