Month: April 2001

People seem continually surprised by each new ‘homosexual revelation’ in the entertainment industry. The latest one concerns Alec Guinness, who apparently was happily married with a child while simultaneously flirting on the side with a little boy-on-boy action. The plain and simple fact is that there are a hell of a lot of gay people in the world – anywhere from sixty to six hundred million of us. And while I’m delighted that people are gradually coming to realise this, I do wish that it wouldn’t be such a shock to them each and every time they find out about one more…

The Portabush: “The most powerful man in the world is now yours to control! PortaBush is the palm-sized version of Dubya that lets anyone experience the joys and headaches of being President. Pass or veto bills, pig out on Texas BBQ, blow-up any number of people or places, flirt with an intern, and when all the stress gets to you, drink yourself silly!” [via syntheticlife.com]

I’ve just watch Bring it On again, and would like to announce that if you are anything like the character Cliff Pantone (as played by Jesse Bradford) in any way (but, you know, gay), then mail me. Important criteria for ideal man: 1) Should know punk from hole in ground (but not be all scary about it – guitar tendencies important though), 2) Should be centred, passionate, but not moody – able to deal with occasional crap, while understanding where such crap comes from. 3) Should understand (perhaps share) important geek desires like HTML, Buffy and cheesy movies, 4) Should IDEALLY be about 25, circa 5’8″, between ten and a half and eleven stone, and healthily scruffy-looking. 5) Good job / money completely unimportant, although restrained intelligence gets big bonus points.

I probably shouldn’t be thankful for this, but I’d just like to send a nod to the glamorous Mo Morgan for pointing me in the direction of this admirably clear tutorial on JSP.

While we are talking about Amazon, I just thought I should mention that Apocalipstick, the second book of Volume One of The Invisibles is now available for both UK and US fans. It’s not the best section of the series, but it sets the scene for a lot of the stuff to come.

Thank you to Paul over at Cuckoo-kid.com for buying me a copy of Snatch on DVD from my wishlist. Little random acts of kindness like this are really helpful at the moment. It’s really very much appreciated.

My flatmates are going away tomorrow for four or five days to the Isle of Wight for a bit of R&R. I am hopelessly jealous of their ability to opt out for a week and disappear, but at the moment the thing that is fascinating me most is how the week will go with me being alone in the flat. That means I’ll be starting my contract work with no one to complain to when I get home in the evening. I’m thinking about having a dinner party for my gay friends while they are away, but don’t really know how I could afford to do so. I must check my financial resources immediately.

Be warned, Meg is thinking. Everyone in the know understands that that means trouble is afoot. I, on the other hand, am not thinking. Not thinking at all. My head is a big empty wasteland. There are occasional tumbleweeds. Perhaps I should put up a screen saying “Tom is not thinking”?

Again via Prolific.org, Matt Haughey of Metafilter has decided to endow a $500 scholarship to one member who is in University or college at the moment. The contribution is based upon the quality of previous posting plus an essay question. This is an astonishingly positive thing for him to do, and he should be applauded for it.

Poor old Prol is busy fighting with her tax returns this Easter Monday, which fills me with horror, as I am equally inept at such enterprises but find myself gradually dipping more and more toes into the ‘self-employed’ tax bracket, when all I really want is a nice Deputy Editor position at Empire Online. In the meantime, her flat may be covered in paper, but it looks like it’s a beautiful place…