Well, I saw the first Toronto performance of Madonna's Sticky and Sweet tour last night. Accompanied by my sister and Parker (who defied all concert etiquette and put his tour T shirt on right away) I spent about 2 hours watching and listening as Madonna went through 23 songs (4 of them video interludes between sets) and hardly broke a sweat in the process.
Verdict?
I liked 2004's Reinvention Tour better.
I'm not going to slam Sticky and Sweet for anything in particular; it's a slick performance, it's loud and rockin the whole way through and doesn't have any of Madonna's ballads on the playlist although things do slow bown a bit for her performance of "You Must Love Me" from Evita. It's just the sheer amount of content from the Hard Candy album that gets on my nerves as I did not really like that one as you might recall.
The crowd was happy though. And Parker loved his first Madonna experience despite having had a bit too much candy and feeling a bit icky by the time we were leaving.
So it's Sunday now. I have so much to do at work tonight it's not funny, and the week ahead is going to be packed with things. I have 3 events to staff and work at this week, which will be fun because I have recruited some of my best to work alongside me; the week will fly by. Next weekend will be my chance to get some rest and try to get back to something akin to normal.
Speaking of back to normal, or maybe the same old same old is more accurate... I was looking at some of the conversations I was having on PlentyOfFish.com and I realized that I was treating it as a replacement for gay.com and hoping it would be different. And it wasn't. Try as I might to do things differently and engage potential suitirs online on different grounds, I was still running into the same sort of players who just wanted to meet for sex, or tried to sell themselves based on attributes I wasn't really keen on (like the sudden surge of men nicknamed "HairyGuy" or "HairyCanuck"). So I deleted my profile before I got in too deep. That leaves me with Facebook and Globalfight, and let me tell you Facebook is on the edge itself just because it's useless. I haven't logged onto it in almost 2 months (not in a dedicated way or anything) so I think I may as well let it go.
Cleaning house can feel so good, even if it could potentially limit my options for meeting anyone new. I may just have to meet them the old fashioned way like going out and going to events and talking to people... *gasp*
That is all.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
leave madonna alone
So what's this I hear today? I get a phone call sometime before 9 AM telling me that Madonna is getting a divorce. I'm not even out of my work uniform yet at this point, I'm still coking breakfast, and someone's telling me about someone else's marriage falling apart. And if I'm not mistaken there's this underlying tone of glee to the whole thing, almost the same as when someone else got hold of a new Madonna album and was sharing their thoughts on that.
I suppose it's my turn to comment, since the media have gone mad with this today. I'm afraid to turn on my MSN messenger because I'm sure to hear nore about it.
Leave Madonna alone. Can nobody see understand that her almost-eight year marraige to Guy Richie is not one of her products that can be reviewed and mulled over in the press? Who the hell is anyone to comment about anyone's marriage these days when the normal people of the world are either stuck in bad relationships or divorcing on a whim because they didn't think the whole thing through? A celebrity suffers a marital breakup like the rest of us and a ragged cheer goes up amongst the plebecite "Yay now they can hurt like everyone else!".
Heartache is a universal leveller. So Madonna's experiencing some right now, and I know it's never been the fashion to do so anyway, but there's not been much in the way of sympathy in the media. The press itself will dine on the carcass of her marriage and eventually start to tell us how she looks like shit from the stress, but the people - oh, the people - are already expressing their views of her marriage (as if they were privy to some special inside scoop on what goes on - they're just regurgitating the headlines) and they're not being nice. I've heard some say she deserved it (why?) and others who commented on how Guy Richie is jealous of her fame (where'd they get that little tidbit?) and still more who said Madonna henpecked her husband (when? were you there?). I remember back when she hurt herself falling off that horse there were just as many people saying she deserved that as well; aren't people just so caring and loving?
So here's my take, because I suppose I can speak too.
Madonna's marriage deserves about as much public comment and speculation as your last breakup or divorce did. Yeah that's right. Remember how much it hurt? Now imagine knowing that everyone knew about it and was talking about it. Your reaction was probably to tell everyone to mind their own business. So why not mind yours.
Shut the fuck up about Madonna's divorce. Look after your own relationships.
That is all.
I suppose it's my turn to comment, since the media have gone mad with this today. I'm afraid to turn on my MSN messenger because I'm sure to hear nore about it.
Leave Madonna alone. Can nobody see understand that her almost-eight year marraige to Guy Richie is not one of her products that can be reviewed and mulled over in the press? Who the hell is anyone to comment about anyone's marriage these days when the normal people of the world are either stuck in bad relationships or divorcing on a whim because they didn't think the whole thing through? A celebrity suffers a marital breakup like the rest of us and a ragged cheer goes up amongst the plebecite "Yay now they can hurt like everyone else!".
Heartache is a universal leveller. So Madonna's experiencing some right now, and I know it's never been the fashion to do so anyway, but there's not been much in the way of sympathy in the media. The press itself will dine on the carcass of her marriage and eventually start to tell us how she looks like shit from the stress, but the people - oh, the people - are already expressing their views of her marriage (as if they were privy to some special inside scoop on what goes on - they're just regurgitating the headlines) and they're not being nice. I've heard some say she deserved it (why?) and others who commented on how Guy Richie is jealous of her fame (where'd they get that little tidbit?) and still more who said Madonna henpecked her husband (when? were you there?). I remember back when she hurt herself falling off that horse there were just as many people saying she deserved that as well; aren't people just so caring and loving?
So here's my take, because I suppose I can speak too.
Madonna's marriage deserves about as much public comment and speculation as your last breakup or divorce did. Yeah that's right. Remember how much it hurt? Now imagine knowing that everyone knew about it and was talking about it. Your reaction was probably to tell everyone to mind their own business. So why not mind yours.
Shut the fuck up about Madonna's divorce. Look after your own relationships.
That is all.
Monday, October 13, 2008
thanks for giving
Another holiday weekend has come and gone, this one being the last holiday before Christmas. I went to Windsor on the weekend to visit friends and had a really fun time, even if some of the chat turned to the inevitible "we're getting old" theme. Oh and I am allergic to the host's cats, so I was a bit uncomfortable from time to time. I thought I was getting a cold but after one night's sleep here at home I feel a heck of a lot better. Next time : antihistimines.
Now that the holiday is gone, though, there are other events on the horizon. We've got an election here in Canada tomorrow (the call and campaigning before said election has taken a fraction of the time that the American election circus has chewed up) and then it's going to be Christmas. And don't think for one minute that the election isn't going to somehow influence the Yuletide spirit this year. Mind you I don't think the economic picture is going to change that much regardless of who is in power. Everything that is going wrong with the economy right now has very little to do with Canadian politics; it all started with the Americans, and having not learned anything from what happened in 1929 the whole world once again got too closely entwined with their financial issues and has been dragged down. Idiots.
So this morning since I had the extra time to myself, I did what any responsible person should do and I put my financial house in order. I know what I make and I know my overheads and there's no reason why I shouldn't be planning a bit better with what I have left over (which isn't a bad chunk at all - where the hell has it all been going?). But anyways. It's done. I know what Christmas will look like this year, and it'll be good. I had this whole idea about being debt-free by spring 2009, but I slapped that together a year ago when I started working for Canada Post and failed to adjust as I went along. October is one of those blessed 3-pay months so I could reset some of those goals with some breathing space, and I am now back on track. Hurrah!
Talking about money is vulgar though, so I am going to stop here. I'm going to do some laundry this morning and then go back to sleep for a while; I start work at 8 PM tonight. When I get home in the morning I daresay I'll be getting to sleep with the help of my little friend melatonin to make sure the week doesn't go pear-shaped on me. Because the week will end on a very high note : MADONNA!
That is all.
Now that the holiday is gone, though, there are other events on the horizon. We've got an election here in Canada tomorrow (the call and campaigning before said election has taken a fraction of the time that the American election circus has chewed up) and then it's going to be Christmas. And don't think for one minute that the election isn't going to somehow influence the Yuletide spirit this year. Mind you I don't think the economic picture is going to change that much regardless of who is in power. Everything that is going wrong with the economy right now has very little to do with Canadian politics; it all started with the Americans, and having not learned anything from what happened in 1929 the whole world once again got too closely entwined with their financial issues and has been dragged down. Idiots.
So this morning since I had the extra time to myself, I did what any responsible person should do and I put my financial house in order. I know what I make and I know my overheads and there's no reason why I shouldn't be planning a bit better with what I have left over (which isn't a bad chunk at all - where the hell has it all been going?). But anyways. It's done. I know what Christmas will look like this year, and it'll be good. I had this whole idea about being debt-free by spring 2009, but I slapped that together a year ago when I started working for Canada Post and failed to adjust as I went along. October is one of those blessed 3-pay months so I could reset some of those goals with some breathing space, and I am now back on track. Hurrah!
Talking about money is vulgar though, so I am going to stop here. I'm going to do some laundry this morning and then go back to sleep for a while; I start work at 8 PM tonight. When I get home in the morning I daresay I'll be getting to sleep with the help of my little friend melatonin to make sure the week doesn't go pear-shaped on me. Because the week will end on a very high note : MADONNA!
That is all.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
a life less gay(.com)
So the chat site known as Gay.Com has undergone a mutation and an upgrade this week, which means that the "back door" means to use it, Chat Client, no longer works. Users now have to interface through the main webpage and open chat windows from there; an experience I never really enjoyed before, hence using Chat Client as a means to avoid Gay.Com's screen-sized porn ads and other nonsense they had cluttering up the viewable area. With Chat Client not aligned with the new site, I find myself not willing to endure all that again and thus I am not logging on or using.
And I don't miss it. At all.
I went cold turkey off gay.com several times in the past when I felt like it was becoming an underhwelming experience replete with the same fellow chatters all saying the same things and looking for the same instant gratification, so to be away from it again won't be new territory for me. However, I took the plunge the other day and tried out PlentyOfFish.com just to see, figuring maybe there was a new breed to men out there who were tired of the same and might be raising their game a bit. I suppose this was me wondering if maybe, just maybe, there was a potential relationship out there for me.
I was kinda wrong. Sure I saw some new faced on there but bookending them were all the same ones from before, and surprise surprise they all wanted the same things as they always did. I got a few messages from a few new ones but the same theme started to work its way into the emails I got over the last two days: hey dude let's hook up. I put myself out there and spelled out what I am looking for, who I am and what things really make my world go round; I thought there's no way a good man with a serious approach to dating can miss this. He has yet to arrive, but in the meantime I've got men way too young looking to hook up, bi guys looking to hook up, and people just plain looking to hook up.
So much for that approach.
I'm going to leave it for a bit and come back to it later, just to see how things evolve over a few weeks, but if it's all the same I'll be pushing the "delete" button and walking away.
Let's face it though, a guy working nights has very few opportunities to meet people, so the cyber world is a handy tool for initial contact. But I'm ready to forgo that and go back to the basics of just going out and being out there and running into (hopefully) interesting people where our lives intersect naturally. It might take a while but it's been so long since I tried that it might seem interesting again for a few minutes.
And now I have to get ready for work.
That is all.
And I don't miss it. At all.
I went cold turkey off gay.com several times in the past when I felt like it was becoming an underhwelming experience replete with the same fellow chatters all saying the same things and looking for the same instant gratification, so to be away from it again won't be new territory for me. However, I took the plunge the other day and tried out PlentyOfFish.com just to see, figuring maybe there was a new breed to men out there who were tired of the same and might be raising their game a bit. I suppose this was me wondering if maybe, just maybe, there was a potential relationship out there for me.
I was kinda wrong. Sure I saw some new faced on there but bookending them were all the same ones from before, and surprise surprise they all wanted the same things as they always did. I got a few messages from a few new ones but the same theme started to work its way into the emails I got over the last two days: hey dude let's hook up. I put myself out there and spelled out what I am looking for, who I am and what things really make my world go round; I thought there's no way a good man with a serious approach to dating can miss this. He has yet to arrive, but in the meantime I've got men way too young looking to hook up, bi guys looking to hook up, and people just plain looking to hook up.
So much for that approach.
I'm going to leave it for a bit and come back to it later, just to see how things evolve over a few weeks, but if it's all the same I'll be pushing the "delete" button and walking away.
Let's face it though, a guy working nights has very few opportunities to meet people, so the cyber world is a handy tool for initial contact. But I'm ready to forgo that and go back to the basics of just going out and being out there and running into (hopefully) interesting people where our lives intersect naturally. It might take a while but it's been so long since I tried that it might seem interesting again for a few minutes.
And now I have to get ready for work.
That is all.
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