New Season of Big Brother!

Last night was the season premiere of Big Brother 11. I'm not a huge fan of reality shows, but Big Brother is my guilty pleasure...especially during the summer (when EVERYTHING else is a rerun).

This year's theme is High School Cliques. Why is it that everyone who say, "Oh man, I loved High School!" are usually either the jocks or popular kids? I suppose I was in the 'offbeat' clique. There is some very nice beefcake this year. The best example is Jessie Godderz (the bodybuilder from last year's BB) who won the right to be the 13th houseguest and first Head of Household. I could watch Jessie do anything...he's so dreamy. When I went to bed last night, I put on Showtime 2 and watched some of Big Brother After Dark. Nothing like falling asleep to Jessie shirtless.

Here are some pics of Jessie.

Friday Morning...

I'm sitting here in the CAD Lab at work on my laptop. This morning was quiet a bit cooler than normal. It was nice driving to work with the windows down.

My old workout partner, Jeff, moved back from South Carolina last weekend. He rejoined Gold's Gym and began working out with me on Tuesday. It's great to have a workout partner again. It lets me push myself harder and gives me the motivation to stay ahead of Jeff (youngster that he is). He's been feeling it since he hasn't worked out in several months. Hopefully with us working together, we can cut the fat while adding some muscle.

Things have been pretty quiet otherwise. I go to work, go to the gym, and very seldom go to Starbucks anymore. I'm reading a great sci-fi book titled The Unincorporated Man. It's a great "fast read"!

Friday Morning...Long Holiday Weekend

I'm sitting here enjoying a Friday off from work. I'm listening to channel 22 (1st Wave) on Sirius. A little bit later in the day Dad and I are going to see Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs in 3D. From the trailers, it looks really cute.

Well it's official...I'm the newest faculty advisor for my college's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). On Tuesday I met with the instructor I'm replacing. He's a really nice guy who doesn't have the time to dedicate to PTK since he's developing a new degree program. I'll be in charge of membership and the like. I'm glad that I'll be representing my division. I have a lot of reading up before we get started in the Fall Semester.

Up until about two weeks ago, I would often spend an hour or two each night hanging out with a group of people at Starbucks. Unfortunately, the group seemed to change into a group of cliques (not unlike High School) who only seemed to want to drink, party, and sleep around. I'm too old for that crap. Hell, I didn't even do much of that when I was in my twenties. So, I stopped going there in the evening and now only go in the afternoons to visit with the nice Baristas who work there and to get my caffeine fix.

Mister Cellophane...

I was going through my iPod last night in bed (trying in vain to fall asleep) when I came across this song from the movie musical Chicago. John C. Reilly performed it wonderfully in the movie. Here's the YouTube clip:



I've been feeling like "Amos Hart" lately. Not sure why....I guess I've been feeling a bit 'underappreciated' by my friends.

New Chat Room....

A few days ago, I stumbled upon a new website with a cool chat room. If you're interested in working out, bodybuilding, powerlifting, wrestling, or muscles....this might be work a look.

MuscleChatRoom

I like the site so far. Everyone has been quite friendly and helpful and there's actually a real chat-admin on most times.

Must Read Post...

Everyone who is mad/angry/disappointed about the way President Obama and his administration is treating the GLBT community should read this outstanding blog post by Rex Wockner...

Gay tsunami slams Obama

Thanks to Towleroad for introducing me to this great blogger.

I Went And Did It...

Last night I broke down and bought The Sims 3 at Target. I've never played any of the other Sim games before, and heard that this version was good for "newbies" like me. I have it running on my MacBook Pro. It looks great and I made a Sim of myself. It's pretty cool. Here's a link to my Sims page: DonnieJvilleNC's Page.

I like how I don't have to make every single decision for my Sim.  I may try making my Sim a gay partner....Woo Hoo!  ;)

Happy Belated (Almost) Birthday Judy!

Today (at least about 45 minutes left) was the birthday of Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm).  What an amazing entertainer!  I just love all of her work.

Happy Birthday Judy!

New Video Camera

Last Friday evening I finally decided to get a video camera (after a long & arduous search/review process). I was on a mission to get a Flip UltraHD video camera. A friend of mine who used to work at Target said he thought they carried it. So, I meandered over but all they had was the Flip Mino. On my way home, I said "what the hell" and decided to see if Best Buy had it. After two associates looked for about 5 minutes, I got a Flip UltraHD video camera. It was less than 200 dollars and can take up to 2 hours of HD video. It's really small and oh so easy to use. I love it! Here's a link to their website:
Flip UltraHD
Here are some links to a couple of videos shot with the new camera:
Squirrel Video
Adam & Jen
It was well worth the money and I love it.