Monday, June 29, 2009

The Silence Of June

Well June just flew by. I was kept busy with LA Pride starring Sister Stella Virgin, Rog, Edwina, RA, & Woods; Raya's ascend on LA via the AIDS Lifecycle; the missed DB Party; countless shows - Bat For Lashes + Adele + Aretha Franklin to name a few; and dealing with being unwell the majority of the month. I felt there wasn't much time left to blog. A bullshit excuse and I know it.

The one thing that I did manage to comes to term with, and able to turn around, was the fact that I was beating myself up - physically and mentally. I was staying up for days on end, not sleeping. Occasionally eating only one meal a day. I was a complete mess.

I knew what was the wrong with me and decided to get honest with myself. I sat down and did some mediation to figure this shit out. The result was having a long talk with Woods and taking the necessary steps to correcting the issues.

And how are things now? Great. I am now finally feeling responsible. I'm not staying up at all hours of the night, not wasting time, eating three-ish meals a day, getting ample amounts of sleep, waking up at a decent hour, finishing chores, and so forth. I am quite happy.

Now I can look forward to July. Next month will bring my mom visiting for Trannyshack Vs. Shits N' Giggles & Chico's Angels. BJ & Raya will also be here. A quick trip to Tucson (delivery of goods) & San Diego (SD Pride). And I will finally get to see Grace Jones in person at the Hollywood Bowl. You can certainly say that I am quite excited... as long as Miss Jones shows up to the show!

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Star Trek: The Alumni

I'm not a Trekkie by any means, but I do want to see the new Star Trek. Hopefully it will happen soon.

During all of the promotion for the new film, Yahoo released this article that I found quite amusing...

Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 1982
Before she started on "Cheers," Alley was Lieutenant Saavik, a Vulcan recruit on her first mission.

Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - 1988-1993
Goldberg appeared as Guinan the bartender on TV and in the movie Star Trek: Generations.

Teri Hatcher Teri Hatcher
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - 1988
Hatcher played of Lt. Robinson in the episode "The Outrageous Okona" that also featured Joe Piscopo.

Nikki Cox Nikki Cox
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - 1989
11-year-old Cox was covered in orange makeup to play the alien Sarjenka in the episode "Pen Pals."

Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 1991
Cattrall's role as a turncoat Lt. Valeris was originally written to be Kirstie Alley's character from "Khan."

Ashley Judd Ashley Judd
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - 1991
Judd appeared in two episodes as Ensign Robin Lefler, which lead to her first on-screen kiss.

Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Dunst
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - 1993
Dunst was 11 years old when played a telepathic alien named Hedril in the episode "Dark Page."

Sarah Silverman Sarah Silverman
"Star Trek: Voyager" - 1996
The sharp-tongued comedienne played a 20th century alien researcher in a two-part episode.

Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" - 1996
Williams was a native of the "pleasure planet" Risa in the episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."

Andy Dick Andy Dick
"Star Trek: Voyager" - 1998
This off-kilter comic played a holographic doctor EMH Mark II in the episode "Message in a Bottle".