Saw a kid walking me by at the grocery store, his t-shirt reads: Normal People Scare Me!
True words were never spoken, dear boy!
It is interesting that more than 225 people visited my blog per day, but more than 446 viewed my blog per day. My page views is fast approaching 100,000.
As for McWeenie, he can't even even reach 100 visits nor views per day. Says a lot.
And I guess I try to do my job -- that is, to entertain you all.
Hope you enjoy this blog. Don't forget to submit your bitch sessions by 20th next week -- I already got 10, let's kick some ass.
This weekend is the Liberty Bears Weekend in Philadelphia, you can bet that I'll check it out and see what it is all about.
Check BuckNakedBison.com for one funny article. I got a kick out of it.
Oh, yeah, a new friend of mine in Philadelphia is going to design a new look for my blogsite in few weeks -- this new friend swears that it will propel me to the national spotlight and there will be some changes as well. Stay tuned, my readers. Be afraid, be very afraid!
R-
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
RAD & CMRA For Whom? Themselves
To quote the infamous comment by Jeff Gannon, the Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality," when it comes to host the national conference for Deaf GLBTs in Washington, DC this coming July 19-23, 2005.
Why? There are numbers of reasons. Lack of information. An abrupt change of hotel which moved from Thomas Circle which is very close to DuPont Circle to Downtown which is pretty far away from any gay bars/clubs. Using the Metro? Yeah, right ... during the weekdays, it closed earlier, which is not good for us all.
To clear up the confusion, the conference is on July 19 to 23 -- which means "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday" -- that is five nights.
Prior to my first visit to 2001 RAD Conference in Seattle, they had a website with counter to let us know how many people had registered -- in fact, it has a record-breaking of more than 500 registered a month before the conference started. The cost of registration for a combo ticket in Seattle was $175, I believe.
Now it is $350 for a combo ticket with lack of information on what kind of workshops and all that shit -- by that, it is absurd. It sends a ripple effect on the Deaf GLBTs across the country -- I asked a friend in Atlanta, few friends in Philadelphia, few friends in New York, one friend in Los Angeles and one in Phoenix -- that is the total of 10 friends that I asked out of curiosity, only 2 will go. None will pay for the combo ticket at that price -- one said that the website on RAD.org and deafCMRA.org lacked the comprehensive information on specific things that might attract people to come to Washington for 19th Biennial conference.
I even asked one particular person who is involved with the committee about the numbers of persons that already registered -- he refused to identify and said that we could "find out" when we are there.
Such a baloney way to hook up the bait -- it indicated that the numbers of registrants are low.
It seemed to me that the Committee has not considered the facts that the economy in the last few years are shitty to start with, not many people got to have the pay raise and all that. But that does not matter to the RAD Board and the Committee at all.
They went ahead and reserved the Conference at Grand Hyatt Hotel that costs $179 per night plus tax. Make it $200 per night for five nights = $1000. This is a hotel with no swimming pool. I can find a hotel $99 in Thomas Circle with a swimming pool!
Plus $350 for combo ticket. Total is $1,350. Not only that, remember many people will fly over. Some costs as low as $200, some costs as high as $800, especially with the ones who came from Europe, Asia and Australia! That is nearly or over $2,000 in total just to get in RAD 2005 Conference -- that is with only 3 MEALS for the whole week! Not to mention that we'd have to shed more money on food and drinks for our own time as well as checking out with the International Deaf Leather and Deaf Cub & Bear contest ($30).
The truth is that it is all bullshit.
In fact, I will go no matter what but I am not going to buy the combo ticket. I will pay $20 for registration, $75 for Miss RAD Pageant/Buffet -- that's it. The rest can kiss my ass. I plan to attend the International Deaf Leather & Deaf Cub & Bear contest as well!
I asked one person who is involved with the committee to explain the reasons and to find the solution, he declined and kept on saying, "whatever" when I pointed out the issues that seemed to be ridiculous. I may come across as blunt and may be perceived as rude but the whole point is not about rudeness or how one worked hard for this -- but how can it benefits us all?
Basically, I checked with few friends of mine -- they said that they will come down to RAD for two nights only (Friday and Saturday) and won't pay the combo ticket. One chuckled, "Fuck 'em, they think they're above us."
The Conference was supposed to be at Washington Plaza Hotel, the gay-friendly hotel by Thomas Circle which has easy access to 4 gay bars and a brief stroll to 17 Street bars. The Committee refused to say why they changed the hotel, they kept on saying "It did not work out, it did not work out."
The Washington Plaza Hotel may not have enough rooms, there are 5 hotels right around Thomas Circle and on Massachusetts Avenue -- Wyndham Hotel, Courtyard Marriott, Holiday Inn and Carylyle Suites Hotel. They are all within less than 5 minute of walk to the Washington Plaza Hotel should the RAD Conference held at that place. The best part of all is that this particular hotel has a swimming pool! I want to get drunk and swim as well! I did before and it was hysterical!
I thought I planned to go for the whole week -- I decided to trim down to Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And guess what? I am going to pay only $95 for that shit and I'm going to work with a friend of mine to reserve a room in Thomas Circle or DuPont Circle -- who wants to catch dead in Grand Hyatt Hotel, the same hotel where the former Mayor Barry was caught for doing the crack?
Again, the RAD Board and the CMRA Committee is obviously divorcing themselves from reality -- it is not about me, when I thought it was bit odd, I asked around for their opinions -- most echoed the same sentiments but were afraid to question this to the committee because they knew they would be defensive with unruly comments. It is about how many perceived the RAD like that. Too fucking bad.
R-
Why? There are numbers of reasons. Lack of information. An abrupt change of hotel which moved from Thomas Circle which is very close to DuPont Circle to Downtown which is pretty far away from any gay bars/clubs. Using the Metro? Yeah, right ... during the weekdays, it closed earlier, which is not good for us all.
To clear up the confusion, the conference is on July 19 to 23 -- which means "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday" -- that is five nights.
Prior to my first visit to 2001 RAD Conference in Seattle, they had a website with counter to let us know how many people had registered -- in fact, it has a record-breaking of more than 500 registered a month before the conference started. The cost of registration for a combo ticket in Seattle was $175, I believe.
Now it is $350 for a combo ticket with lack of information on what kind of workshops and all that shit -- by that, it is absurd. It sends a ripple effect on the Deaf GLBTs across the country -- I asked a friend in Atlanta, few friends in Philadelphia, few friends in New York, one friend in Los Angeles and one in Phoenix -- that is the total of 10 friends that I asked out of curiosity, only 2 will go. None will pay for the combo ticket at that price -- one said that the website on RAD.org and deafCMRA.org lacked the comprehensive information on specific things that might attract people to come to Washington for 19th Biennial conference.
I even asked one particular person who is involved with the committee about the numbers of persons that already registered -- he refused to identify and said that we could "find out" when we are there.
Such a baloney way to hook up the bait -- it indicated that the numbers of registrants are low.
It seemed to me that the Committee has not considered the facts that the economy in the last few years are shitty to start with, not many people got to have the pay raise and all that. But that does not matter to the RAD Board and the Committee at all.
They went ahead and reserved the Conference at Grand Hyatt Hotel that costs $179 per night plus tax. Make it $200 per night for five nights = $1000. This is a hotel with no swimming pool. I can find a hotel $99 in Thomas Circle with a swimming pool!
Plus $350 for combo ticket. Total is $1,350. Not only that, remember many people will fly over. Some costs as low as $200, some costs as high as $800, especially with the ones who came from Europe, Asia and Australia! That is nearly or over $2,000 in total just to get in RAD 2005 Conference -- that is with only 3 MEALS for the whole week! Not to mention that we'd have to shed more money on food and drinks for our own time as well as checking out with the International Deaf Leather and Deaf Cub & Bear contest ($30).
The truth is that it is all bullshit.
In fact, I will go no matter what but I am not going to buy the combo ticket. I will pay $20 for registration, $75 for Miss RAD Pageant/Buffet -- that's it. The rest can kiss my ass. I plan to attend the International Deaf Leather & Deaf Cub & Bear contest as well!
I asked one person who is involved with the committee to explain the reasons and to find the solution, he declined and kept on saying, "whatever" when I pointed out the issues that seemed to be ridiculous. I may come across as blunt and may be perceived as rude but the whole point is not about rudeness or how one worked hard for this -- but how can it benefits us all?
Basically, I checked with few friends of mine -- they said that they will come down to RAD for two nights only (Friday and Saturday) and won't pay the combo ticket. One chuckled, "Fuck 'em, they think they're above us."
The Conference was supposed to be at Washington Plaza Hotel, the gay-friendly hotel by Thomas Circle which has easy access to 4 gay bars and a brief stroll to 17 Street bars. The Committee refused to say why they changed the hotel, they kept on saying "It did not work out, it did not work out."
The Washington Plaza Hotel may not have enough rooms, there are 5 hotels right around Thomas Circle and on Massachusetts Avenue -- Wyndham Hotel, Courtyard Marriott, Holiday Inn and Carylyle Suites Hotel. They are all within less than 5 minute of walk to the Washington Plaza Hotel should the RAD Conference held at that place. The best part of all is that this particular hotel has a swimming pool! I want to get drunk and swim as well! I did before and it was hysterical!
I thought I planned to go for the whole week -- I decided to trim down to Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And guess what? I am going to pay only $95 for that shit and I'm going to work with a friend of mine to reserve a room in Thomas Circle or DuPont Circle -- who wants to catch dead in Grand Hyatt Hotel, the same hotel where the former Mayor Barry was caught for doing the crack?
Again, the RAD Board and the CMRA Committee is obviously divorcing themselves from reality -- it is not about me, when I thought it was bit odd, I asked around for their opinions -- most echoed the same sentiments but were afraid to question this to the committee because they knew they would be defensive with unruly comments. It is about how many perceived the RAD like that. Too fucking bad.
R-
September 11
Many of you will never forget the infamy on that particular date -- especially with 9/11/01 -- but what about September 11, 1857?
There was another religious fundamentalists that attacked Americans and killed 120 people including women and children. Where did it happen? Mountain Meadows in the southwestern part of Utah. Killed by whom? Christian fundamentalists whom many of us referred as the Mormons or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Brigham Young denied telling the Mormons to kill the Americans who were on their way to California from Arkansas. Brigham Young was very Xenophobic -- why people still clamored for Steve Young, the great grandson of Brigham Young who played for San Francisco 49ers is beyond me. I have a friend in Chicago who claimed that he occasionally fucked Steve Young but I digress!
But there are evidence that implied that Brigham Young's secret police ordained the killing of 120 people on September 11, 1857. The ones who did the killings practically never suffered a day in the prison for many years. The Mormons exonerated the blame on themselves by blaming it on John D. Lee, which the Church of LDS claimed was doing by himself.
Much of the punishment towards the not-so-innocent folks were largely ignored. Brigham Young was never scorned, bashed or bombed.
IN fact, it was no secret that Abraham Lincoln ordered the Union soldiers to put the cannons right across the street from Brigham Young who was ordered to be house arrested during the Civil War -- should if the Mormons decide to revolt against the American Government, Abe only has to say "fire away" -- and boom! Brigham Young would fucking be dead!
I may sound like a bastard when it comes to this but the killing of 120 people who were merely on their way to California was wrong. Nothing was being done -- It is evident that people in Utah were protecting each other from being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I regarded Brigham Young as one of the worst leaders in the American History -- married countless of women ... it was an act of shame and pardon me ignornace, why is the university named after one of the polygamist shithead?
Folks in Utah must have eat too much mushrooms to receive the imaginative rules from some hocus pocus angel that they can fuck a little girl over there on the corner of D Street and 2nd Avenue!
If you want to know more about what happened to the Mountain Meadows Massacre on September 11, 1857, you can read this -- utterly sad. This was not done by Muslims or Voodoo folks -- it was done by Xian fundamentalists, whom still existed today in Colorado City, Utah.
R-
There was another religious fundamentalists that attacked Americans and killed 120 people including women and children. Where did it happen? Mountain Meadows in the southwestern part of Utah. Killed by whom? Christian fundamentalists whom many of us referred as the Mormons or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Brigham Young denied telling the Mormons to kill the Americans who were on their way to California from Arkansas. Brigham Young was very Xenophobic -- why people still clamored for Steve Young, the great grandson of Brigham Young who played for San Francisco 49ers is beyond me. I have a friend in Chicago who claimed that he occasionally fucked Steve Young but I digress!
But there are evidence that implied that Brigham Young's secret police ordained the killing of 120 people on September 11, 1857. The ones who did the killings practically never suffered a day in the prison for many years. The Mormons exonerated the blame on themselves by blaming it on John D. Lee, which the Church of LDS claimed was doing by himself.
Much of the punishment towards the not-so-innocent folks were largely ignored. Brigham Young was never scorned, bashed or bombed.
IN fact, it was no secret that Abraham Lincoln ordered the Union soldiers to put the cannons right across the street from Brigham Young who was ordered to be house arrested during the Civil War -- should if the Mormons decide to revolt against the American Government, Abe only has to say "fire away" -- and boom! Brigham Young would fucking be dead!
I may sound like a bastard when it comes to this but the killing of 120 people who were merely on their way to California was wrong. Nothing was being done -- It is evident that people in Utah were protecting each other from being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I regarded Brigham Young as one of the worst leaders in the American History -- married countless of women ... it was an act of shame and pardon me ignornace, why is the university named after one of the polygamist shithead?
Folks in Utah must have eat too much mushrooms to receive the imaginative rules from some hocus pocus angel that they can fuck a little girl over there on the corner of D Street and 2nd Avenue!
If you want to know more about what happened to the Mountain Meadows Massacre on September 11, 1857, you can read this -- utterly sad. This was not done by Muslims or Voodoo folks -- it was done by Xian fundamentalists, whom still existed today in Colorado City, Utah.
R-
Monday, May 09, 2005
The Life of William Haines
I stumbled upon a webpage about William Haines. What caught my eye was the fact that he was born in Staunton, Virginia. Naturally, when I read his background -- ah, I have a picture of him with Joan Crawford in my photo albums -- that was William Haines!
Upon reading his life story, I was bit perplexed. What he did with his life is strikingly similar with mine! He was born on January 1, 1900 in Staunton, Virginia. He had a boyfriend living in Hopewell, Virginia (apparently, they went to the military school -- there are about 4 or 5 military schools around the Shenandoah Valley).
He was the black-sheep of his family as he ran away to Hopewell and worked at the factory and ran the dance hall. One thing led to the other, William Haines lived in Manhattan and fucked around with well-known folks like Cary Grant and so on.
Later, it was off to Los Angeles which William Haines was the star and was stucked with the contracts under Goldwyn Studios. After he was arrested for having sex with a serviceman in a local bathroom in Los Angeles, Louis Mayer ordered him to get married to keep his image -- William, like me, refused to follow Louis Mayer's orders as he was fired and blacklisted from the Goldwyn Studios for the rest of his life.
William refused to marry because he was already paired with Jimmie Shield, a guy whom William met with one-night stand which translated into 50 years of relationship.
In order to support their lives, Jimmie and William opened their own business with interior design which the Goldwyn Studios attempted to crush, but thanks to William's fag hag, Joan Crawford. Joan made it clear to Louis Mayer not to touch a hair on 'em or she will destroy his industry.
Joan was very protective of William and in the process, she helped William to round up the impressive clients which sustained their businesses for the rest of their lives. Joan, famous for being cynical statements, once said about William and Jimmie's relationship, "The happiest married couple in Hollywood."
That was a huge praise, coming from Joan Crawford. William died on Dec. 26, 1973 -- Jimmie could not handle living alone without William and he committed suicide as well.
Why is it striking similar with me?
I was born in 1973. I went to a deaf school in Staunton. I was raised in Hopewell, Virginia. I lived in Manhattan. Who knew someday, I might end up somewhere else ... but somehow, I know I'll be well-recognized by many across the nation eventually.
William refused to marry for Louis' sake. So would I. William had Joan Crawford, I have Chlms, defBef, Perlis, kaybee, Pack, Carrie and Tabitha to round out the legion of fag hags.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
R-
America's Problems
Yellowstone No. 21st The United States Geological Survey has increased the status of Yellowstone to No. 21 most dangerous volcano in the country. Can't wait for it to explode -- the whole world will be in awe of this massive drama queen out of Wyoming.
Lake Tahoe Tsunami? It was reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that there is a possibility that the tsunami can occur in a lake like Lake Tahoe -- since there are series of faults under the lake and that the lake itself is the 10th deepest lake in the world. Should there be an earthquake under the lake, the lake will virtually turn into a bathtub where the waters will splash against all sides. Wow.
You Are Done, Mayor West -- Who's Next? The conservative Republican who fought against gay rights, was exposed as a gay man who also prey on young boys by Spokane's Spokesman Review. Spokesman-Review did a magnificent of destroying this man's reputation and he just announced that he took the leave of absence from his position as the Mayor of Spokane. Good! Who's next conservative Republican to expose? I'm sure there are hundreds of conservative Republicans out there who does this all the time -- it is no longer acceptable thing -- so we'll expose one by one.
Best Quote of the Week: Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan's Edie was confronted by Bree who was concerned that Edie caught Bree having a romantic dinner with her Pharmacist. Edie chortled, "Pharmacist? Of all people, you chose to have an affair with your Pharmacist? How Republican."
*rimshot*
Cheers,
R-
Lake Tahoe Tsunami? It was reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that there is a possibility that the tsunami can occur in a lake like Lake Tahoe -- since there are series of faults under the lake and that the lake itself is the 10th deepest lake in the world. Should there be an earthquake under the lake, the lake will virtually turn into a bathtub where the waters will splash against all sides. Wow.
You Are Done, Mayor West -- Who's Next? The conservative Republican who fought against gay rights, was exposed as a gay man who also prey on young boys by Spokane's Spokesman Review. Spokesman-Review did a magnificent of destroying this man's reputation and he just announced that he took the leave of absence from his position as the Mayor of Spokane. Good! Who's next conservative Republican to expose? I'm sure there are hundreds of conservative Republicans out there who does this all the time -- it is no longer acceptable thing -- so we'll expose one by one.
Best Quote of the Week: Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan's Edie was confronted by Bree who was concerned that Edie caught Bree having a romantic dinner with her Pharmacist. Edie chortled, "Pharmacist? Of all people, you chose to have an affair with your Pharmacist? How Republican."
*rimshot*
Cheers,
R-
2007 Deaflympics Winter Games
I stumbled upon this information that the Deaflympics Committee has chosen Salt Lake City to host the 16th Deaflympics Winter Games on February 1 to 10, 2007.
Good luck, Utahns, let's see if you can host us well like Melbourne did recently. I sincerely hope Utahns will prove much better than they did to the deaf people in Utah in the past. If not, I'll kidnap these gorgeous Mormon guys between 20 to 30 to fulfill my fantasies.
The logo is not bad ...
On another hand, Alan, care to host me and my friends during the 16th Deaflympics Winter Games, pleeeeease?
Congratulations, Utah, for taking this as a challenge.
I had been to Salt Lake City once in the past -- the Wasatch Mountains are enormous, magnificent -- it was not easy to keep driving and not be in awe of the Wasatch Mountains on your right side. You could see the skyline of Salt Lake City sitting on the foot of the Wasatch Mountains and on your left side, you can see the Great Salt Lake looming not far.
Certainly not my preference to live but incredibly place to visit. I once entered the fast food restaurant near Salt Lake City and was stunned that the folks cooking the food is all white. In the South, you always see the cashiers being whites, the cooks being black. I left Salt Lake City on my way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where I was overwhelmed with its mother nature.
Naturally, I'd love to head back to Salt Lake City in time for Deaflympics Winter Games.
R-
Good luck, Utahns, let's see if you can host us well like Melbourne did recently. I sincerely hope Utahns will prove much better than they did to the deaf people in Utah in the past. If not, I'll kidnap these gorgeous Mormon guys between 20 to 30 to fulfill my fantasies.
The logo is not bad ...
On another hand, Alan, care to host me and my friends during the 16th Deaflympics Winter Games, pleeeeease?
Congratulations, Utah, for taking this as a challenge.
I had been to Salt Lake City once in the past -- the Wasatch Mountains are enormous, magnificent -- it was not easy to keep driving and not be in awe of the Wasatch Mountains on your right side. You could see the skyline of Salt Lake City sitting on the foot of the Wasatch Mountains and on your left side, you can see the Great Salt Lake looming not far.
Certainly not my preference to live but incredibly place to visit. I once entered the fast food restaurant near Salt Lake City and was stunned that the folks cooking the food is all white. In the South, you always see the cashiers being whites, the cooks being black. I left Salt Lake City on my way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where I was overwhelmed with its mother nature.
Naturally, I'd love to head back to Salt Lake City in time for Deaflympics Winter Games.
R-
Banjo, This Is For You
Banjo, just saw comments on a forum called Deafreedom.com -- you obviously are stupid to start with.
You wrote, "For the record, this is how Dale got misquoted by Ridor and on purpose!"
My dear Banjo, Dale once commented on my blogsite a LONG time ago the exact one he uttered: "Your very existence is offensive to me." -- right before I deleted his comments because that particular comment was in the same paragraph where his other comments were very offensive, so I deleted it because he was offensive but I liked the first sentence. I quoted it as is. Therefore, you did not know the whole story so fuck off. Do not attempt to monitor nor know me in order to justify your comments on some cheap forum called Deafreedom.
It is good thing that Reggie White is dead -- he made a lot of hurtful remarks toward gay people and increased the risks of Down Low amongst the black men -- and when I say, good riddance to his death -- aww, you're upset that I'm so glad he's dead? Boo hoo. Get a grip.
I did not give you the permission to link my blog from your cheap-assed blog, Banjo. It is amusing that you would monitor, bicker and whine about things I say on my blog on some forum. But at least, it brought some kind of attention to my blog from many people across the world.
Pathetic creatures.
R-
You wrote, "For the record, this is how Dale got misquoted by Ridor and on purpose!"
My dear Banjo, Dale once commented on my blogsite a LONG time ago the exact one he uttered: "Your very existence is offensive to me." -- right before I deleted his comments because that particular comment was in the same paragraph where his other comments were very offensive, so I deleted it because he was offensive but I liked the first sentence. I quoted it as is. Therefore, you did not know the whole story so fuck off. Do not attempt to monitor nor know me in order to justify your comments on some cheap forum called Deafreedom.
It is good thing that Reggie White is dead -- he made a lot of hurtful remarks toward gay people and increased the risks of Down Low amongst the black men -- and when I say, good riddance to his death -- aww, you're upset that I'm so glad he's dead? Boo hoo. Get a grip.
I did not give you the permission to link my blog from your cheap-assed blog, Banjo. It is amusing that you would monitor, bicker and whine about things I say on my blog on some forum. But at least, it brought some kind of attention to my blog from many people across the world.
Pathetic creatures.
R-
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