Ciao, WordPress

So, apparently there’s already a lovely website called This Ain’t No Disco out there, which showcases the interior design of ad agencies.  To avoid any drama (and because I hate being unoriginal), this li’l blog is shutting down.

Plus, I’ve kinda fallen in love with someone new.  His name’s Tumblr.  It sounds so cliché, but he’s so fun and drama-free!

You can now find me at ptwheel.tumblr.com.  Let’s ride.

You’ll be director and I’ll be your movie star

Drag Queens. Lobster Rape. Zombie Attack.

Róisín Murphy, let’s be friends.

Haiku Review of “Public Enemies”

Inspired by The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Current, I present two reviews of “Public Enemies” in haiku form (5-7-5 is just too durn constraining for one!).

HD film, nice touch.

A li’l long, but fun to watch.

Kudos, Michael Mann.

Cameo-full cast!

Where’ve they all been hiding?

Leelee Sobieski…?

(Ugh, is her last name three or four syllables?  Aw, screw it.)

The Longest (read: “Best”) Day of the Year

Wishing a Happy 12th Birthday/Happy Father’s Day to Natalie and Dad! (Respectively, of course.)

To the tough girl who can kick ass on the soccer field, rock out on clarinet and still find the time to bake a mean batch of snickerdoodles.

To the guy who just helped me drag four years of my life back across the country. Also, the one man who has me beat for the title of Nap King.

To quote a certain Canadian, “It’s cool, it’s cool to love your family.” I gonna try cooking dinner for these crazy kids tonight. Photos of my success/culinary abortion to come.  Wish me luck!

P.S.: “But Paaaaaaaddy, this sappy stuff is boring!” Ok, fine. Here’s a kewl music video by La Roux that’s been making the rounds, complete with heavy-handed ’80s imagery.

I’m In Love With A Robot

Who wouldn’t want to shack up w/ a robot?  Sure, any hope for a soul is replaced by whirring motors and buzzing circuity.  But the reliability!  The innovation!

This is really just an excuse for me to post a live concert video of Röyksopp with Robyn.  But it’s so worth it, n’est-ce pas?

 

In Which I Argue with my Inner Child about Jewish Holidays

5-year-old Me: [Looks around office] All of your Jewish co-workers are out ?  Happy Hanukkah!

22-year-old Me: Nooo… Passover.  Hanukkah’s usually in December.

5-year-old Me: Passa-whuh?

22-year-old Me: Y’know, the holiday marking the exodus of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt?  We watched a “Rugrats” special on it?  Duh?

5-year-old Me: … Let’s ride bikes!*

*Editor’s Note: I should not think up blog posts before my first cup of coffee…

April 6 Edition…

Day late!  Family is in town!  Exhausted, but hooray!

1. Who likes new computer backgrounds?

I know I do!  In any case, I’d highly suggest the Neon Rings wallpaper with built-in widgets that just got some coverage over at Lifehacker.  Pretty rainbow colors, a dark energy-saving background and shiny things that move?  Bestillmyheart…

2. M4M, 22, Wants Hawt Web 3.0 Action

Hey Twitterers (Tweeps?)!  Are you obsessed with finding filth for free online?  Love checking out which grad student’s trolling for sex in your college library (coughcoughBobstcough)?  Purposely stare at people on the street, hoping they’ll post something on Missed Connections about you?  Then come follow bestCL!  A good buddy of mine started this with one simple goal: to spotlight the freakiest Craigslist ads o’ the day.  Suggestions welcome!  (And yes, I just blogged about Twitter about C’list.  Meta-bluh.)

3. Röyksopp Destroys Los Angeles… With Music!

Well, with magic Space Invaders-shaped lights.

I just can’t stop listening to their newest album, “Junior.”  Goddamn, Scandinavians are the best.

March 23 Edition…

Back from Seattle and ready to weather out the last two months of my undergraduate career!  Now, what have you kiddos been up to on the Internets?

1. Sen. Chuck Schumer says “I do” to gay weddings.

Sure, in the journalism world, he’s often laughed at.  But right now, Chucky Boy is my hero!

It’s time. Equality is something that has always been a hallmark of America, and no group should be deprived of it. New York, which has always been at the forefront on issues of equality, is appropriately poised to take a lead on this issue.

2. NYU gets Hill-Dawg for Commencement!

Speaking of awesome NY senators, Schumer’s former counterpart, Hillary Rodham Clinton is speaking at my Commencement in May! She’ll be joined by playwright John Patrick Shanley and White House journalist (/ “The Daily Show” regular) Helen Thomas.

3. Graham gabs with Yoko.

My good friend Graham from Future Shipwreck just interviewed Mrs. John Lennon herself, Yoko Ono for The Advocate. I only hope to be that awesome when I’m 76!

4. Emiliana Torrini hits YouTube with a li’l “droon-diggah-diggah-doondoon”

Some peppy music for your Monday afternoon enjoyment.  I had “Me And Armini” on repeat for the whole Seattle trip.  Here’s what’ll happen when you listen to Emiliana: You’ll bounce along to her perky beats, feel a little embarassed, then realize “Oh what the hell” and just bounce even higher.

You’re welcome.

In Search of the LOL, Part 3: The VGL Gay Boys

Last night, during a routine visit up to Columbia, my good friend/partner-in-queer-crime Zach introduced me to the wonder that is the VGL Gay Boys.  From Vulture:

In these semi-scripted video sketches, Cole Escola usually plays the funny guy (or gal—Bernadette Peters, say) to Jeffrey Self’s “straight” man, wrapping up sketches with intimations of murder—he says, in true improv-class form, that “it ups the stakes.”

Um, how have I not seen these before last night?

My personal favorite:

“And he runs into the burglars from the first one, and they chase after him…”

“Yes, and they just murder him.  They murder that poor boy.”

I <3 Samuel L. Jackson

Why, you may ask?  Let me count the ways…