Idol Curiosity

Word on the street is the new Star Trek movie ("forget everything you know about Star Trek") is really good and completely reinvigorates the concept for a new generation. It's probably time for the original crew members to pass the torch. It was getting to be like going to a Rolling Stones concert. (I mean, the Stones NOW.) I will humbly own up to going through a phase as a Trekkie in my junior high/high school days. I never dressed up as a Vulcan or anything, but I did go to a convention ONCE...at the Hilton Hotel in Portland. (Must've been 1990 or something.) That phase is long over, but I may check the movie out, out of idle (/idol) curiosity...

Rimbaud reincarnated?

I should like to offer my belated congratulations to Mr. Ben Whishaw for winning the BAFTA award three nights ago for his work on BBC-produced TV show Criminal Justice. Et j'adore les cheveux ébouriffé comme ca. If you don't know who "Ben" is, you haven't been reading my blog.

Pig flu

Apparently the swine flu warrants more concern than I had apportioned it. Unlike avian flu, it can be spread person-to-person. J just told the whole house that it's worldwide now and we should carry Purell and a face mask with us everywhere we go and wash our hands after touching...anything. He's concerned about us on the islands because there have been outbreaks in New Zealand, and New Zealanders come here all the time. Ah well. Maybe the locusts are preparing to descend at last.

LiLo in Lahaina

So, I'm not usually one to waste bandwidth (is that what I'm wasting?) on shallow celebrity gossip, but...OH, who the fuck am I kidding. My roommate who works as a pearl-seller in Lahaina by day said Lindsay Lohan came into the shop yesterday. And would you believe the bitch only dropped $1100 in the store, and it was hard to pry that out of her. Took her two cards to add it up.

Sex and the Classics

Maybe everyone's already seen this, but I just did and it's hilarious: a "Sex and the City" parody starring the recently departed Mr. Bea Arthur.

very good grasshopper

Yesterday I read in MauiTime Weekly (the liberal free paper on the island, something like the WW or Mercury, but less self-consciously and excruciatingly hip) that 100 grams of grasshopper has the same amount of protein as the same portion of lean beef, but only one-third the fat. How long until McDonald's updates their menu to reflect the new "green" cuisine?

Portland Queer!

Check it out, it's a real book...and I'm a contributor. PORTLAND QUEER, edited by Ariel Gore. It's at the printer right now, but should be available soon. And you don't have to be queer to read it. It just helps.