First Kiss

So, one of my friends has been bored lately and has filled out several of those surveys as notes on Facebook.

One of them actually proved useful to me, although, it was more her joke answer than anything else that got me thinking about a blog topic, but still.

So, without furthur ado, who portrayed your favorite first kiss?






(alright, so, this vid doesn't just show their first kiss, but searched for like, an hour looking for their first kiss. could not find just that scene)


(second kiss is hotter, but still and don't you just love how Sara Ramirez doesn't mind not being the prettiest, girliest girl on the cast)





Let me know what's your fave and if I missed some, let me know! I know there are some I misssed, such as various L Word kisses, Willow/Tara, Weaver/Kim, Weaver/Sandy, but I searched and searched and searched for clips of those kisses, but could not find any (and for TLW, I just didn't want to post a shitload of first kisses from that one show).

And just because I find this video HILARIOUS:

Germany and The L Word

So, this morning, I made a trip to my local post office and applied for a passport. In four weeks, I will have said passport. Then, in January, I will be on a plane heading for Europe, specifically (if you can't tell from the title of this post) Germany. One of my best friends from high school is doing a year abroad, and I decided I would go and visit her for two weeks (more like take advantage of her generosity and crash at her apartment, for free). Now, I realize this has absolutely nothing to do with anything LGBT, except the fact that I am gay, but I figured since most of the people who read this on any sort of regular basis are my friends, well, its worth knowing to them.

So, just a few minutes ago, I actually bought my tickets for my trip. I am EXTREMELY excited now that there is basically nothing stopping me from flying to another country in about three months. I am almost as excited as I was when I bought Spice Girls Reunion Tour tickets (Yes, I was a dork and went to see the Spice Girls at the age of 20, get over it). Anyway, as I was checking my e-mail I saw a message from my fave blogger, Dorothy Snarker. A while back, when I posted about 8 Against 8, Snarker had a drawing for Season Five of The L Word. I entered it, thinking I wouldn't actually win, but lo and behold, that's what the e-mail said, that I have won.

Today could not get any better.

:0)

Just to make everyone else feel as good and happy as I do right now, here's a little treat.


Now, for something not funny, but much, much, MUCH better.


Have an AWESOME rest of the weekend ya'll!

Callica No More

I love Grey's Anatomy, I really do, but the only reason why I first started watching, were the rumors that Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Erica (Brooke Smith) were gonna hook up. Now, Erica is gone ... and didn't even say good bye.

Before I get into my reaction and opinion, I wanted to point you all toward Dorothy Surrender's latest post about the whole situation here. She is so much better with words (and yes I stole the above picture, but damn Brooke Smith looks hot in it) and so I figured, instead of attempting to write something clever and powerful, I'd let her say it (and push more people toward reading her blog, because basically, its awesome).

Now, I watched it, prepared to completely yell at the screen because the idiots at ABC thought having Erica leave would be a good idea, BUT, and as much as I hate to say this, they at least gave Brooke a chance at doing some awesome acting. She was breaking my heart throughout the whole episode. She seemed more emotional over the whole Denny thing than Izzie did (which could be just because Katherine Heigel doesn't care anymore, but whatever).

There was one thing that REALLY pissed me off. At the end, when Erica and Callie were fighting, Erica says something about Callie not being able to be sort of a lesbian. I was rooting for the writers all throughout this, but that was over the line. Yes, having Callie sleep with Mark wasn't right either, but I could understand what they were trying to do. This, I don't see the point in having Erica being that big a bitch to Callie. Also, and as many viewers have pointed out, Callie never said she was a lesbian, NEVER. As a matter of fact, the whole storyline of Callie sleeping with Mark, I believe, was to make it obvious that she was bisexual, not lesbian, because of course, bisexuality is always a phase on television and never lasts long.

I really wanted the Callica story line to work out. I was reading so many good things about, Shonda Rhimes, Sara, and Brooke all talking to people from GLAAD. If only the ABC executives had talked to someone from GLAAD. The reasons they give for firing Brooke are horrible and unacceptable. I'll admit, before the relationship with Callie (and still a little bit when she interacts with Grey's group) I did not like Erica Hahn. Since she has been with Callie, even just as friends, she has become a much more likable person.

Anyway, check out Dorothy Surrenders post, she included a link to a campaign to get Erica back by sending in ... leaves.

Beam Me Up Wolfie!

So, for a class, I had to sign up for some journalism mailing list and I fell across one titled, "Today's Word on Journalism" Now, every day during the school year, I receive an e-mail with some quotation about journalism. I kind of enjoyed today's more so than I have any other day, and since it is based on something fairly recent, thought I would post it here for you all.

"[I]t wouldn't have been television news without some bravura hype and aggressive flashiness. On CBS, Katie Couric (as calm and confident as she's been at the anchor desk) hosted a sober presentation. Every other set looked like something you'd pick up at a Circuit City in Dubai. . . . But those gizmos--merely straightforward efforts to present data engagingly--were nothing compared with an embarrassing stunt that CNN first attempted in the 7 o'clock hour. Wolf Blitzer was in his New York command center standing 10 paces away from a 3-D rendering of a reporter: 'Jessica Yellin via hologram in Chicago.' The effects were such that she was ringed in an off-purple aura from head to toe (a distance, it seemed, of about 4 feet). This was distracting, perfectly superfluous, and in no way an advance on the good old two-dimensional Yellin to whom we are accustomed. This was just the latest example of CNN's weakness for state-of-the-art technology that shows you little more than its state-of-the-artiness."

-Troy Patterson, Slate television critic, Nov. 5, 2008.

Here's the aforementioned scene:

Election Day

So, today is the day we find out who our new president will be ... hopefully. I am so glad this dumb ass election is over. I am sick and tired of the television ads and radio ads and newspaper articles or stories on broadcast news, I am SICK AND TIRED OF IT. I am a journalism major, yes, but I HATE politics. I don't like reading about politics, I don't like talking about politics, if its related to politics, I do not like it. In every single one of my classes, we talk about politics. One of my finals will have a part about the coverage of the different parties and how it compares.

I personally don't like either candidates. They both have some major marks against them in my books. I voted, but I was voting on the lesser of two evils. McCain is against gay marriage and the right to choose. Obviously, I am all about gay marriage, and I'm not even one of those people who insist it should be called marriage (although, I would much prefer it to be), I just want the same LEGAL rights as straight couples get when they get married, and if I want to call it a marriage, whether some dumb ass church or the government recognizes it as that, I will fucking call it a marriage. I do not know if I would ever be able to have an abortion, even if my pregnancy was from some horrible event, but I would like to have the choice. Obama is ALSO against gay marriage (don't let him fool ya with the pro-gay rights) and wants to take money that my parents worked hard to earn and give it to people who didn't work hard. I am all for charity and people helping others who need help, but don't force people to give their money, because they'll just get pissed and resent it. Also, some people who are above the point of getting help from the government, still NEED help and are barely hanging on. My father had two jobs at one point and we were just able to pay our bills and still have food on the table.

Now that I have bitched about the two candidates, and no I am not going to tell you who I voted for, I will talk about some of the other issues on the various ballots around the country. California has proposition 8, which would overturn gay marriage in California. This would mean Ellen and Portia (and all the other couples that got married) will no longer be considered married. Everyone loves Ellen, let her stay married. Some states have questions about early voting. I for one, am totally for early voting. I thought I was not going to be able to vote. I actually skipped my last class so I could get home earlier and make it to my polling place before 8pm. In Maryland, early voting also means being able to vote wherever. I could care less about when I vote, but I would like to be able to vote on campus, that way I don't have to skip class to get to vote.

Now, time to watch a map online telling me when districts start reporting and when states are called.

Fave TV Lesbian

So, I was on AfterEllen today and saw their list of TV's Hottest Lesbian/Bi doctors ... and DAYUM (come on, Olivia Wilde and Sara Ramirez as the top 2? Well, DUH!)

Of course, as always happens, it is impossible to include all the hot lesbian/bi doctors on the list, although, including Jorja Fox from her ER days was a pleasant surprise, but they skipped Elizabeth Mitchell's Kim, the psych doc that was Weaver's first girlfriend.

Who is your favorite lesbian/bi doctor on television?

Here are just a few of mine:

Olivia Wilde - 13 (House)


Sara Ramirez - Callie Torres (Grey's Anatomy)


Jorja Fox - Maggie Doyle (ER)


Elizabeth Mitchell - Kim Legaspi (ER)