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30 Day Movie Challenge...in One Day!

Day 01- The best movie you saw during the last year - Black Narcissus

Day 02 – The most underrated movie - Across the Universe

Day 03 – A movie that makes you really happy - Strangers in Good Company

Day 04 – A movie that makes you sad - The Color Purple

Day 05 – Favorite love story in a movie - Brokeback Mountain

Day 06 – Favorite made for TV movie - Angels in America (technically a miniseries)

Day 07 – The most surprising plot twist or ending - Fight Club

Day 08 – A movie that you've seen countless times - The Wizard of Oz

Day 09 – A movie with the best soundtrack - Magnolia

Day 10 – Favorite classic movie - All About Eve

Day 11 – A movie that changed your opinion about something - What the Bleep Do We Know

Day 12 – A movie that you hate - Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

Day 13 – A movie that is a guilty pleasure - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Day 14 – A movie that no one would expect you to love - Field of Dreams

Day 15 – A character who you can relate to the most - Wonderboys

Day 16 – A movie that you used to love but now hate - Transylvania 6-5000

Day 17 – A movie that disappointed you the most - The Queen of the Damned

Day 18 – A movie that you wish more people would've seen - A Home at the End of the World

Day 19 – Favorite movie based on a book/comic/etc. - Lord of the Rings

Day 20 – Favorite movie from your favorite actor/actress - Dangerous Liaisons

Day 21 – Favorite action movie - The Bourne Ultimatum

Day 22 – Favorite documentary - Grey Gardens

Day 23 – Favorite animation - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (minus the gargoyles)

Day 24 – That one awesome movie idea that still hasn't been done yet - The life of silent film star Billy Haines

Day 25 – The most hilarious movie you've ever seen - Girls Will Be Girls

Day 26 – A movie that you love but everyone else hates - Picnic at Hanging Rock (at least no one I know likes it)

Day 27 – A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters - The Fall

Day 28 – Favorite movie from your favorite director - The Royal Tenenbaums

Day 29 – A movie from your childhood - Stand By Me

Day 30 – Your favorite movie of all time - I'll say Cabaret, no, American Beauty, no, Lord of the Rings, no....

Eric Recommends: Eric Himan

His voice rings heartache from every word. Eric Himan has accumulated quite a following in the last few years, and it's not due to his looks alone. When most gay artists are lending their talents to dance or club styles, he's one of the few openly gay singer songwriter/folkies out there. And he's very good. If I were going to compare him to someone I would say he's close to Tracy Chapman. He's got the same soul baring quality of voice. Recently I received from the artist himself a cover of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" (a song that I've long thought very homoerotic, for some reason) and he took that song into a whole other place, both sad and sexy. He's played constantly on Sirius stations, so check him out.

Sock it to Me

30 Day Book Challenge...in One Day...Because I'm Magic!

Day 01-Your favorite Book - In a Shallow Grave by James Purdy

Day 02-Least Favorite Book - The Great & Secret Show by Clive Barker

Day 03-A Book that completely surprised you - The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Day 04- A Book that reminds you of home - The Bridge to Teribithia by Katherine Paterson

Day 05- A Non-fiction book that you actually enjoyed - A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Day 06- A Book that makes you cry - At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

Day 07- A Book that's hard to read - The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Day 08- An unpopular book you believe should be a Best-Seller - Woke Up in a Strange Place by Eric Arvin...heehee...

Day 09- A Book you've read more than once - A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Day 10- The first novel you remember reading - The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Day 11- The Book that made you fall in love with reading - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Day 12- A book so emotionally draining you couldn't complete it or had to set aside for a bit - None. I'm a trooper.

Day 13- Favorite childhood book - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (read to me)

Day 14- Book that should be on hs/college required reading list - Anything James Purdy

Day 15- Favorite book dealing with foreign culture - The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Day 16- Favorite book turned movie - A Home At the End of the World by Michael Cunningham

Day 17- Book turned movie and completely desecrated - The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

Day 18- A Book You can't find on shelves anymore that you love - Bullet Park by John Cheever

Day 19- A Book that changed your mind about a particular subject (non-fiction) - What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel Helminiak (The Bible doesn't hate me after all!)

Day 20-A Book you would recommend to an ignorant/racist/closed minded person - See above, or The Soul Beneath the Skin by David Nimmons or Bob the Book by David Pratt

Day 21-A guilty pleasure book - The Price of Temptation by M.J. Pearson

Day 22-Favorite Series (Edit) - The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan

Day 23- Favorite Romance Novel - Counterpoint: Dylan's Story by Ruth Sims

Day 24 - A Book that inspires you to write - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

Day 25-Favorite Autobiographical/Biographical book - My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

Day 26-A Book you wish would be written - I'm writing it.

Day 27- A Book you would write if you had all the resources - See above.

Day 28- A Book you wish you never read - N/A

Day 29- An Author that you completely avoid/hate wont read - That's mean. I would never avoid another writer for....Mitch Albom.

Day 30 - An Author that you will read whatever they put out - There are many that I enjoy.

Weird Science of Sexiness!

Fun new Slick It Up ad:

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George Michael - Too Funky

I forgot about this fun lil' song. Back when I was actually listening to pop music this ditty rocked my little gay world.

The Hero in Peril

I am such a super villain.







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Kalabro

Eric Recommends: The Loft

I stopped listening to commercial radio about ten years ago. If you asked me to tell you the biggest Top 40 hits of the day I couldn't do it. I am hopelessly uncool and proud of it. I get my music fix from Sirius and most notably from The Loft. Every Thursday they run a wonderful program around noon called "Idiot's Delight," hosted by the walking music library that is Vin Scelsa. Ever entertaining, Mr. Scelsa plays an eclectic mix of music, which I love, and tells some fantastic stories that would thrill any music junkie. The program is rerun on Sunday nights and it adds a nice bit of punctuation to the end of my week. If you haven't tuned in yet, you should give it a listen.

I Love Dogs

So sweet!