18.06.07 :: cruch you like gyre, but the gimble's all the same ...

someone i know got kinda campy over the weekend, and it ain't even pride yet. what gives?

must be all that hot, sticky air that has blown in to blanket our fair bayou city for the long, long summer.

or it could be all the water falling from the sky for the past week. can day after day of continuous rain make one gay-er? i wonder.

enjoy the pics below. peace. and thanks to everyone involved in this year's miss lambda 2007 competition. i enjoyed myself more than you know.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 18.06.07 7:45 AM

granted, this is old, old news, but i'm late on the uptake sometimes, so bear with me for a moment. the old news is about season 4 of project runway, due to begin airing later this year (probably in december, i'm guessing).

reportedly, the season 4 cast of characters (um, and by characters i mean of course, designers) has been painstakingly selected and taping of the new season has begun. and it's about frickin' time. in my opinion, humble as it is, bravo really made a bad decision last year when butting (hee hee, i said butting) project runway seasons 2 and 3 so closely together. and now they've stretched out the time between seasons nearly a year apart? what gives?

and to top that off, as if that wasn't enough bravo chose to fill that year's time with absolute, undeniable crap t.v. (and kathy griffin, i'm not talking about you here; you, my dear, are like a great big hug from jesus.) no, i'm talking about reality shows like, uhm, shear genius? did anyone watch that show? could it have been any dumber? don't even get me started about that frickin' show. what a complete waste of good airwaves. sheesh!

anywho, i digress. my point is this: this may very well be the last season of project runway that is ever filmed and aired. reason being, reports from earlier this year (about april) indicate that turnout for the auditions for season 4 were less -- and we're talking way less -- than anticipated. and overall disappointing. and with fewer talented designers in the contestant pool to choose from, what can we expect from the show?

has the show become too much of a challenge? has it scared off anyone struggling to make a name for themselves in the fashion industry? does no one want to subject themselves to the sometimes-harsh subjectivity? (think nina garcia on her worst day). or perhaps it's because past season winners -- jay mccarroll, chloe dao, and jeffrey sebelia -- haven't gained the notoriety and fame that was expected from coming out on top of a reality show? (think american idol).

so, like you, i'm left waiting and wondering what's to come. i'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the matter. has project runway worn out (pun completely intended) its welcome?

posted by lonestarsteve on sun 10.06.07 12:03 PM

have you heard the latest? well, it would seem that gay twins are all the rage again. i know. it's pretty hard to believe. but genre magazine said so, so it must be true.

in fact, gay twins are to this summer what the third season of project runway was to last summer: a match made in heaven. i'm just sayin'.

gay twins are the new black. who are we kidding? gay twins are the new black, the new white, and every color in between.

you've got to get yourself a set of gay twins. you'll be at a complete loss if you don't. and then it will just be your fault that your summer bit the big one.

what do you mean, "where do i find a set of gay twins?" they are everywhere. and they always look like the ones on the cover of this month's genre magazine: young, fresh, totally do-able, and both gay. none of this, "well, i'm gay, but my identical twin brother is straight and there's no changing that. i've tried myself."

i'm so glad that gay twins are back in style. now i just gotta go out and find a set of my own. you might say, "oh sure, lonestarsteve, where are you going to get a pair of identical gay twins this late in the season? surely they have all been bought up by now?"

but au contraire, mon frair. i know just where to go...

posted by lonestarsteve on thu 07.06.07 7:40 AM

my friend brought a fabulous satirical book to my attention over the weekend. it was done by the girls (mary watkins & kimberly wrenn) over at threadbared.com. they called it threadbared: decades of dont's from the sewing and crafting world. some examples of their work are below. enjoy.

they write of this photo: "we've heard of sweaters designed to make your breasts look larger. and we've seen sweaters that draw attention to your breasts -- mostly on network television, sure, but we still feel secure in the knowledge that they exist. this sweater, however, baffles us. it seems to say, 'hey, buddy, you're going to need glasses to see these peaches. seriously, these things are smaller than preemie smurfs. and my nips? oh, they'll just appear as tiny minute dots, about the size of a grit ... also, the sweater seems to imply that one's breasts are shaped like crudely drawn flowers. huh."

this next photo, they write: "yo, my name is lonnie. ... i call this a crobra. not to be confused with either a cobra or a crowbar. crochet + bra, get it? they wouldn't let me put the name in the magazine, but anyway, that's what it's called. it's for chicks, but i really designed it with us guys in mind.

"see, the bra is on top of the shirt. that means it's easier to get off because you can see it better. no more fumbling under the sweater. and here's the really genius part: it has just a tie in the front and that's it. none of those brackety things that only fonzie can get undone. but the best part? there are targets on the boobs! how kick-ass is that? i figure, men like targets and men like boobs -- why not put the two together?"

this next photo, they write: "ahh, nothing says football season like baby traction fan pants -- not even fake fall leaves, emasculating ponchos, or generic banners on a stick."

and this one: "crafty mary ann knew just how to keep her friend robin from gnawing on the itchy stitches from her lady surgery."

and this last one goes beyond bizarre. they set it up with the line, "thank goodness by the time we were growing up in the '80s, our culture had moved past such horrible displays of racial intolerance and misunderstanding ... or not."

they continue, "what the hell is this? either this family is on their way to the weekly meeting of the racist memorabilia collectors club (cracker division), or they're just cruising to get their asses kicked down at the family dollar. either way, they are totally psyched about it. check out that kid in the stroller. 'we hate black people! up with whitey wheeeeee!'

"ten bucks says they have a mammy cookie jar on their kitchen counter and a lawn jockey out by the carport."

so that about does it for today's installment. have a good monday and a good week. peace out.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 04.06.07 7:58 AM