false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172448440m/177425.jpg 177425 1 <p>Here's the diary of a man who in mid-life found himself uprooted and dumped into West Hollywood, an unfamiliar place not exactly known for stability. White explores his neighborhood ? "queens: 6 percent; cranky 70-year-old Russians who give you the evil eye when you walk past: 2 percent; blonde girls with big, round, hard fakeys who think Jennifer Anniston just got lucky: 10 percent; miscellaneous cool kids, hustlers, and actual crazy people: 5 percent."</p> <p>White gets gigs as a freelance writer, goes to the grocery store where his Russian neighbors ask him questions because they think he's from the old country; and encounters Sara Gilbert at the Laundromat, Leonard Maltin at the movies, and Ben Affleck driving a Rolls-Royce so ridiculously conspicuous he might as well be driving Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang.</p> <p>What began as weekly diaries emailed to out-of-state family and friends evolved into a blog called "Dave White Knows" and in 2003 became a monthly column in <i>Instinct </i>called "Exile in Guyville." Alyson Books now presents White's blogs in expanded form with loads of new material that will be even more irritating to the <i>Instinct </i>readers who didn't like his column. "They requested more fashion and skin-care features in its place, which makes me kind of proud."</p> <p><b>Dave White</b> is a freelance journalist specializing in music. His reviews and features have been seen in E! Online, IFILM, <i>LA Weekly</i>, <i>Dallas Observer</i>, <i>Instinct</i>, <i>The Advocate</i>, <i>Glue</i>, <i>Cybersocket</i>, <i>Total Movie</i>, <i>Unzipped</i>, and <i>Frontiers</i>. White lives in West Hollywood with his boyfriend, the Morocco Mole, and is locally esteemed as the "King of Pancakes."</p> 171397 1 4 2006 Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy total:70|5:27|4:30|3:13|2:0|1:0| 70 294 139 20 3 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:07:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 12:00:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 15:25:06 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 17:42:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:45:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:48:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:41:36 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:52:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 12:30:41 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 18:55:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 09:29:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 09:30:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 29 15:36:43 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 20:58:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 05:36:41 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:40:11 -0800 2008 1 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 08:29:04 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 08:33:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 22:24:50 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 22:26:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 12 08:22:10 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 08:22:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 12:11:26 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 12:14:55 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 02 07:25:08 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 07:26:46 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Dec 11 09:41:58 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 09:43:28 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Oct 15 09:31:52 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 13 01:41:43 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Wed Jun 06 21:22:06 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 11:05:18 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 29 22:19:34 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 22:27:39 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed May 07 02:59:08 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 03:00:16 -0700 2008 Dave's Livejournal. I think everyone should.]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 01 01:21:43 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 07:40:45 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Dec 14 14:29:26 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 20:04:03 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=177425