A gay actor / director / fundraiser / cabaret singer / lesbian-esque guitar player from the hills of East Tennessee, living in Chicago and looking for... wait... what is it I'm looking for again?
One who hasn't really been given a break. By Hollywood or by the fanboys.
Sure, his casting as "the big, blue Boy Scout" was break enough, but "Superman Returns" wasn't THAT bad folks. If you think it was, watch "Daredevil" again and you'll change your opinion.
Thank God I work alone on Tuesdays. Anyone who worked near me today would have killed me. And since it's le quatorze juillet, they probably would have taken me to the guillotine. Just like Marie Antoinette.
Today has been a difficult and slightly depressing day, and I need a laugh.
I started the morning with a performance of ALADDIN...
...which wasn't bad, but I don't think that painting your face blue, pulling around a carpet stapled to a wheeled platform and pretending that it's "flying," and singing any note above Bea Arthur's range any time before noon is quite what Thespis had in mind when he stepped from the chorus and created "theatre"...
...If he'd known that this was where it was going, he'd have stayed in the chorus. Trust me...
...and after the play, I went to my office and discovered that my computer wouldn't - - not couldn't, but wouldn't - - access the internet. I tried all the standard techniques / tricks to fix the problem but nothing would work, so instead of making a dent in my To Do List, I played "Uneducated, Redneck I.T. Guy." With myself. It wasn't fun. At all.
And right before I left work, my mother called to tell me that her employer has changed health insurance policies and under the new policy, she will no longer have a co-pay, but she will have a $2,000 deductible. My mother's salary is very small, so this was too much for her. My brother and I will do everything we can to help her with expenses, but my mother's initial response was that she would no longer see her doctor. At all.
My mother is diabetic. Not seeing a doctor regular checkups is simply not an option. This new insurance policy is basically destroying her spirit, her health and the last of what was left of her "job satisfaction."
And hearing my mother so upset preys on my guilt. My guilt for not living near my family, for not being nearby to see her on a more regular basis, for leaving town and pursuing my goals, my life. Needless to say, after I spoke with my mother, I was depressed.
Thankfully, I had a meeting with Karen Bronson and Doug, Mark and Debbie to rehearse their upcoming Season of Concern cabaret benefit.
Seeing them, laughing with them and singing with them make me feel so much better.
And after discussing this clip with Karen on the ride back home, I felt it the perfect way for me to laugh my way out of a difficult day.
I've talked about Charles Pierce before when I posted the videos of his brilliant Bette Davis impersonation, and these clips are from the same concert. Only this time he tackles Mae West. And his Mae is just like his Bette - - pure comic genius.
"I woke up in a cow pasture outside of town. There was a bull chasing me. I was tired, so I ran."
It's funny because it's true. Well, for me anyway...
Tonight, the evening will benefit Season of Concern and they have kindly asked me to host.
2nd Story is an evening of storytelling, music and usually wine tasting, but tonight, it's all about cocktails... which is probably why I was asked to host...
I never met a vodka I didn't like.
Being Pride Month, the stories tonight are about the gay and lesbian experience, so I've been asked to provide a little toast before each of the three stories being read.
I am rarely if ever speechless, but I figured I should do a little research so that my toast won't simply be me quoting a line from one of my favorite tv shows... like what Shirley wrote in Laverne's yearbook...
If in Heaven, we don't meet Hand in hand, we'll bear the heat And if it ever gets too hot Pepsi-Cola hits the spot
So, in my googling, I came across this website of gay and lesbian quotes and I found these three in this exact order...
"As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children." - Anita Bryant, 1977
"If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nailbiters." - Anita Bryant
"Anita Bryant like Anita hole in the head." - Graffiti
For those of you who don't know Anita Bryant or believe her to be one of the women from WEST SIDE STORY, I'll just say this - - you know Ann Coulter, right? Well...
Ann Coulter is sort of the beta 2.0 version of Anita Bryant.
Anita Bryant 2: Electric Boogaloo!
That clear it up for ya?
I could call Ms. Bryant so many names and rant and rave, but I found a quote on another site that calls Ms. Bryant exactly what she is.
This is attributed to the uber-fabulous female impersonator, Mr. Charles Pierce...
“If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?”
Come to 2nd Story tonight if you're free. I've read the stories and they are really wonderful!
"Mind if I smoke?"
"The perfect lover is one
"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end,
"The perfect lover is one
"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end,
"You've heard of Women's Wear Daily? 
