31.03.08 :: i'm feeling yummy head to toe (you see me) ...

i receive about an e-mail alert a day from 10 percent productions. i don't recall how i got on their distribution list. it doesn't really matter anymore. all that matters is that in receiving a daily reminder from the gay-oriented retailer, i am kept on the bleeding edge of the ever-changing fashion within our community.

case in point, would you have realized without being told that the half-shirt is back in vogue? i didn't think so. take this rugby mesh shirt from rufskin, for example (pictured).

the ad explains: "rufskin has done it again and brought you this hot mesh top that is reminiscent of the 80's with all the sensibilities of modern design. the rugby is a mesh sport midriff top with contrast piping, front pocket with 'rufskin' sport embroidery and middle back "r" application. made from nylon and spandex. you can really show off your body in this -- what more do we need to say -- the shirt speaks for itself."

sensibilites of modern design? contrast piping? a t-shirt with a front pocket? and it speaks for itself? thanks, rufskin, for giving me yet another reason not to leave the house again today. you rock.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 31.03.08 2:17 PM

yesterday i found out from kurt (and later, from my boyfriend) that none other than george michael will be gracing houston (as well as many other u.s. cities) with his presence this summer during his 2008 north american 25live tour. you go, george. i'm there, honey. don't you worry.

hearing about the tour jogged some pretty amazing memories about the pop singer and just what he's meant to me over my lifetime. he's always been there for me, you see. and yet sometimes he's betrayed me. most recently, i remember how pissed i was back in december 2005 after hearing from the u.k.'s bbc news that michael, then 42 years old, was to marry his long-time partner -- and fellow texan -- kenny gross. he called him his american angel, of all things. the bastard!

shortly after hearing the news, i posted the following passage, which describes the tumultuous relationship that i had with michael (in my head) followed by a nasty breakup (in my head). i think the post is worth repeating here:

"given this shocking news, i guess that you can surmise that george and my relationship just didn't work out. we broke up last christmas. it was the strangest thing. we met, and wham! we were a couple. we were star people for a while, then things became too funky and the problems began. we did gave it a try, then gave it one more try, then i made a last request. i was just praying for time, waiting for that day to spend more time with him, but my careless whispers went unnoticed. i thought we had something flawless, you know? something outside the ordinary, something to save, but we were just living hand to mouth most of the time and had a real string of hard days. finally, we were both just spinning the wheel, you know? i then lost patience and finally realized that he was just a monkey on my back. i was so blue after that, though, and nearly lost my faith in relationships in general. "but i want your sex," i told him, "i'm your man!" then i said to myself, "she ain't worth it. you are just kissing a fool. she's already got everything she wants!" he just wanted fast love anyway, and i had no freedom with him in my life. what was i thinking anyway? besides, he is so much older than me -- old enough to be a father figure for christ's sake. i remember screaming, "don't wake me up before you go-go," the day he left my apartment. "go ahead and marry your american angel! you freeek!"

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 26.03.08 8:26 AM

even after making a solid commitment a little less than a month ago to post each and every weekday on this so-called blog, i've feel that i've fallen far short of my pledge to you, gentle reader. and for that, i must apologize.

that said, yesterday i started feeling really guilty about not posting much this week. i discovered, however, that i could justify my angst through the use of two simple explanations: time and content, or lack-thereof of both. simply put, (1) does lonestarsteve have enough time in the morning to post something witty and clever before having to take his hair rollers out and crawl on into work and (2) if lonestarsteve doesn't really have anything witty and clever to post, should he just throw something crappy out there just so that he can say he posted something?

the answer to question no. 1 most days is 'no,' lonestarsteve runs out of time very quickly in the mornings due to all the other crap he insists on entertaining himself with before heading off in to work (drinking one's coffee and feeding one's pussy are both excruciatingly time-consuming chores, after all). and the answer to question no. 2 also is 'no,' lonestarsteve will not compromise himself or the integrity of his blog site with a crappy post just for the sake of posting something for the masses to consume.

and i know all you crazy bitches -- er, i mean, gentle readers -- think along the same lines, which is why i don't mind telling you this next thing: today, i have off from work. good friday is on my company's books as a paid holiday (not so much a holiday for christ our savior, i admit, but i digress...)

so on this day -- a day free of the time-crunch involved in preparing for yet another crappy day at work -- i decided to rack my brain to come up with something worthwhile to read. and although i'm almost certain that i've failed you, gentle reader, in accomplishing this task, i remain satisfied in knowing that i've filled this space once again with something just for the sake of saying that i've posted something today. and that, to me anyway, feels better than you could ever imagine.

have a good friday and a happy easter, you nasty little bunnies.

posted by lonestarsteve on fri 21.03.08 9:02 AM

i think that sometimes i prefer to have too little time on my hands than the other way around.

i'm just sayin'.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 18.03.08 8:22 AM

i received a bit of a surprise yesterday night when i got home from work. for the last week my apartment complex's property management company has hired "workmen" to enter each unit and "look" for where the natural gas lines are connected.

my surprise yesterday was that the gentle (and extremely skilled) workment found where my natural gas line was located: in the partial wall between the hallway and kitchen. surprise!!

i don't know exactly what their course of action will be now that they found what they were looking for ... i can only hope, now can't i?

posted by lonestarsteve on thu 13.03.08 8:00 AM

some of the residents living in my apartment complex feel compelled every morning to set out food for the scores of feral cats that hang out in our courtyard.

the problem with that is that the free food attracts more than just cats.

one morning not long ago i caught this possum partaking in the free food frenzy. my cat, badger, just watched through the screen door.

lovely. rabies, anyone?

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 12.03.08 8:16 AM

top 10 things uttered by yoda while making love*

012 :: "ahhh! yoda's little friend you seek!"
011 :: "urm. put a shield on my saber i must."
010 :: "feel the force!"
009 :: "foreplay, cuddling ... a jedi craves not these things."
008 :: "down here, i am. find a ladder, i must!"
007 :: "do me or do me not ... there is no 'try.'"
006 :: "early must i rise. leave now you must!"
005 :: "you know, this would be a lot more fun without frank oz's hand up my ass."
004 :: "happens to every guy sometimes this does."
003 :: "when 900 years old you reach, viagra you need too, hmmmmm?"
002 :: "ow, ow, ow! on my ear you are!"
001 :: "who's your jedi master? who's your jedi master?"

*found somewhere on the net while desperately searching for content.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 11.03.08 8:33 AM

nothing to write...

no time to write it...

who's f*cking idea was is to
turn the clocks forward
an hour anyway?

probably a republican,
no doubt.

a daytime-loving,
baby-kissing republican.

if it were up to cher
we would all have
to turn back time.

kiss her ass.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 10.03.08 8:53 AM

whirlwind of a weekend planned...

001, fri. a.m. :: work
002, fri. p.m. :: eye doc
003, later fri. p.m. :: date nite, pt. i
004, sat. a.m. :: meet w/sponsor
005, sat. p.m. :: volleyball w/the boyz
006, later sat. p.m. :: date nite, pt. ii
007, sun. a.m. :: meet w/sponsee
008, sun. p.m. :: roller derby

posted by lonestarsteve on fri 07.03.08 6:12 AM

british fans of barbados-born r&b songstress rihanna will be unable to get that "complete" concert experience, press reports said yesterday.

that's because those attending concerts during the uk-leg of rihanna's good girl gone bad tour are allegedly being banned from bringing umbrellas into the venue for fear that someone could get injured.

umbrellas, of course, have become a signature accessory at rihanna's concerts ever since the release last march of her incredibly successful single, 'umbrella.'

reports say fans in aberdeen on monday were told by security guards to leave their brollies out in the rain.

security personnel were quoted as saying: "we were told that rihanna's song features dancing with umbrellas on stage. we didn't want the crowd following her actions and someone getting their eye poked out."

yes, that would truly be tragic. [sidenote: the ban obviously wasn't enough to keep one aging, alcoholic queen from impersonating the singer for charity in october 2007. isn't it bad luck to open an umbrella indoors anyhow?]

although it is expected that the ban shouldn't affect concert ticket sales, it has been reported that the controversy has rihanna second-guessing the working title of her latest single from her fourth studio album, now in the works.

i guess future rihanna concert-goers won't be mouthing the words to 'bowie hunting knife' any time soon.

posted by lonestarsteve on thu 06.03.08 7:50 AM

i woke up this morning with this black-eyed peas gem in my head. don't know why.

i drive these brothers crazy,
i do it on the daily,
they treat me really nicely,
they buy me all these ices.
dolce & gabbana,
fendi and that donna
karan, they be sharin'
all their money got me wearin' fly
brother i ain't askin,
they say they love my ass in,
seven jeans, true religion's,
i say no, but they keep givin'
so i keep on takin'
and no i ain't taken
we can keep on datin'
i keep on demonstrating.

i wish. it. would. just. go. away.

i guess the only remedy would be to seek out the closest houston-area elevator playing a muzak version of roxanne by the police.

so, i ask you, what you gon' do with all that junk? all that junk inside your trunk?

[sidenote: project runway finale tonight, bravo channel, 9 p.m. (central). like i was saying earlier, i'll be glad when it's all over with. this season was such a snooze-fest, in my opinion. maybe the show itself is losing its edge. i mean, seriously, there's probably only so many times you can tolerate hearing designer/judge michael kors tell a designer that their garment's crotch is insane. honestly.]

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 05.03.08 7:56 AM

not much to say this a.m. i'm participating in a media event this morning. some kind of panel discussion. i'm pretty nervous about it, but i'm trying to allow my nervousness fuel in me some level of self-confidence. i'll let you know how that works out.

in other news, the presidential primaries take place today in texas. i've got my favorites, but this is not a political blog, so i'll refrain. i don't care much about talking politics anyway.

but, i will give you this: while doing some research online, i found this gem that a youtuber put together earlier this year. you go, hillary! me-ow!

[warning: you might not want to have your computer's sound turned up too loud on this one. sheesh!]

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 04.03.08 6:33 AM

pretty groovy weekend, ya'll. since i was offline during the turn of the new year, i thought that now might be a good time to share my new year's resolution list.

the list is quite extensive, but that's intentional. after all, you can't reach for the stars by standing on the ground, right?

i thought it would be a good idea to double-check my list now (at the 2-month point) so that i could see how closely i've been meeting my goals.

so, here goes...

lonestarsteve's 2008 new year's resolutions

001 :: read 25 novels by yearend
002 :: write in journal at least once a week
003 :: start writing your novel; write a little each weekend
004 :: treat yourself to a nice "beachy" vacation
005 :: maintain better contact with friends (long-distance)
006 :: learn to meditate
007 :: take a writing class
008 :: maintain weight (around 170 lbs., unless you start working out)
009 :: maintain a disciplined running schedule
010 :: don't even think about smoking again
011 :: get regular massages
012 :: research buying a different—and more affordable—car
013 :: passively look for a new (different) job
014 :: try to replenish and maintain a savings account
015 :: organize and discard unimportant papers and reading material
016 :: donate and discard unused clothing and shoes
017 :: reassess your living situation (new apartment in 2009?)
018 :: reassess blog (lonestarsteve.com) and what i want from it

all i can say is this: i weighed in at 175 lbs. this morning. and i haven't started working out.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 03.03.08 8:04 AM