Several weeks ago, I read on a certain website (Rod 2.0 Beta probably, though I can’t find the link to the bit), that an NBA basketball player was being hot and heavy with his boyfriend and was about to announce to the world that he was gay.

Fat chance, so I thought.  The likelihood that that would happen was slim to none.

And it still isn’t "true" in the most nit-picky of ways.  He’s a former NBA-er.  So yet again, an active member of a professional sports team in America hasn’t been able to come forward.  It will happen one day, but probably not soon.  Not if the stupid reactions of the NFL players to the SNICKERS’ commercials on the masterfood website really are the indications of the political environment of pro-sports.  Though LeBron James’ comments about honesty is truly a topic for discussion. And considering that he’s not a native American, the issue of "European-ness" and "Not our American boys" is sure to surface in defense of rampant homophobia.

Back to my original thought.
John Amaechi — super hot.
That is all.
Thanks G-d he plays for our team.
Photo courtesy of Towleroad.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2007-02-07-amaechi_x.htm?csp=34

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amaechi
http://www.meech.org/video.htm

Hotness:  The idolator blog is kicking up dust in the face of collegiate a cappella by pulling quotes from the RARB
site. They want you to spot the fake quote out of several of the review
snippets. I’m all a-flutter because two of the quotes they pull are
mine, and I know jevan wrote the third…so the deduction for me was
easy.

Go check it out

Then leave a comment or email and tell me which one is fake and which two are mine.
w00t w00t.

Even though National Coming Out day was last Wednesday (October 11 for those of you not in the know), this past Wednesday seemed to be the day for celebrity outings.  T. R. Knight recently sent an exclusive to PEOPLE Magazine (aohell dot com), the he is, indeed, a  lover among men.  I wonder how this is going to affect his story line on Grey’s Anatomy.  To keep in line with the McDonaldslization of the world:  I give you Dr. McDickey!  McDickey is easier to swallow than McCockey!  HA.

 R.J. Helton copyright Jeffery Mayer/Wireimages.

And the latest in the non-shocker-news is one R. J. Helton.  You may remember him from American Idol season one.  He was the wild card entry for the top 10.  Lasting longer than Jim V (who is out) and EJ (who is not) and AJ (who probably aint), R.J. has come out of the closet.  He did so on a Sirius radio station.  Fun times that.  He’s been big on the x-tian music circuit for the past few years.  This should prove interesting now that he’s found his true wings.  Kirk Franklin — ya listening?

I’m not back to the blog just yet.  (nor the website, nor the multitude of other internet presences that I currently own, but I digress).  I just had to put this up here.  Sadness personified.

I wasn’t going to report on this, but then the more that I thought
about it…I couldn’t let it slip.  Especially in times of Foleygate,
Studd’s husband denied his federal pension, and the outing of yoet
another gay-rep ( Larry Craig, in case you didn’t know), when certain
elements of the population are getting the attention they deserve.
Sometimes sadness overcomes any form of jubilation.

There is a dead (Black, Gay) man in NYC from internet attackers (and a hit-and-run driver who’s actually more at fault). 

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From Keith Boykin:

Michael Sandy: 

He was 28 years old the night he drove his car to Sheepshead Bay. An
interior designer at Ikea, Michael Sandy liked dancing, good
conversation, Thai and Indian cuisine, photography, Kung Fu and Mui
Thai boxing. He was intrigued by the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
And he liked a wide variety of movies from The Color Purple to Kill
Bill. And of course he liked Oliver Stone’s film JFK.

His musical tastes were also eclectic, ranging from Bjork to
Everything But The Girl to Brandy, Patti Labelle, Amel Larrieux, James
Brown and Prince. On television, he liked watching In Living Color,
American Idol, The Real World, Mad TV, and The Snake Master. That’s all
part of the picture of Michael Sandy that has emerged since he passed
away on Friday.

On his Friendster page,
which was still up on Sunday afternoon, he lists his height and weight
as 5′ 7, 145 pounds. He had brown eyes and black hair and described his
ancestry as Irish & West Indian. He described himself as athletic,
sweet and fun.

And now: 

225 Dollars!

By Keith Boykin
Wednesday, October 18 2006,  1:19PM

Apparently it is too late to bury Tyron Garner.
I just received word from Mitchell Katine, the local attorney in the
Lawrence v. Texas case, who informed me that Tyron Garner’s brother
Darnell signed the papers just this morning releasing Tyron’s body to
the county for cremation (at no cost). The fund which had been set up for his burial had raised only $225.00 in 6 weeks. 

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WTF?

I’m shocked on some levels because no one in his family could bury
him.  And then the way the fund was handled to help cover the cost was
abysmal. 

As has been rumored for years, (even I knew about this back in the 90s because of a colleague who went to school with him), former N-Syncer Lance Bass has officially declared his homosexuality (and his romance with blah blah blah i-can’t-stand Amazing Race winner).

Granted he’s nowhere on the pop horizon zone at the moment — even though gbloggers have been posting his photo non-stop for the past couple of months because of his P-town revelry on the 4th –  I’m still very excited about the prospect of what his CELEBRITY could do for moving the thought of gay people being normal invididuals.  Not to mention the fact that the self-proclaimed powerbottom would have also been the first GAY IN SPACE had that whole russian thing worked out.

Celebrity

if i wasn’t a celebrity
would you be so nice to me?
if i didn’t have cheese like every day
would you still wanna be with me?
if i couldn’t buy you diamond rings
and all those other expensive things
would you still wanna get with me
if i wasn’t a celebrity?

Queerty leaks the cover photo on Lance Bass.

So I did post the clip on my myspace account.  if you want to hear it go to TeKayTalks) and play the track.  It’s a live recording and I have smoker’s lung.  But there ya go.  The song is from Cirque du Soleil’s QUIDAM…and was made popular by Josh Groban.

A couple of things:  My concert last Saturday went very well.  We had some exceedingly beautiful moments and some not so great ones.  If/when I get it, I’ll post a file of "Let Me Fall" either here, myfriendster or on my myspace page (what you don’t know about that page).  It is http://www.myspace.com/63445149

I have to figure out a myspace tinyurl because, get this, I truly am a 16-year-old girl!  Mary Page lives!  Or at least some girl by the name of Tina who lives in the NE.  Don’t believe me, check out www.myspace.com/tekay

She even spells it the way that I do.  WTF?

So yeah, the concert was good.  I made a few mistakes during my speech and I regret that a lot, but those are the breaks.

Got a lot of compliments on the solo.  I’m still a bit overwhelmed by that.

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I’m wondering now, why GROVER didn’t mention this? (and why I’m too lazy to do the great lj links and cuts).

UNC’ baseball team is on the road to being the Collegiate World Series Champions.  Of course no one at school really cares about it. There was even a letter to the editor in the DTH today about how people at BW3 would rather perform karaoke than watch the game the other day.  Like for real!    Was funny to me in a not so funny way, you understand.

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And speaking of the DTH, I keep getting closer to presidents.  Y’all know about the slight debacle that happened last week between g-bud and a guy who’s future’s so bright, he’s gotta wear shades.  And I’m sure you know his name is Pete Wallsten.  Well, Pete was my editor at the DTH.  I totally didn’t recognize him from the photos or the news clips because he’s shorn his glorious jew-fro from back in the day.  But still.  UNC hates you g-bud, don’t phuc with our journalists!

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Okay, later!

Because of so many issues, I forgot to post this when it was still relevant.  Needless to say, I’ve recently found out that CD and Fuel are in discussions for this to happen.  Especially since a certain someone didn’t win the competition.

Taken from NYTIMES article:  Music Labels Jockey for American Idol Exposure

It is not clear exactly what determines whether a particular contestant’s performance will generate a sales spike. The results can be unpredictable. On the March 1 episode, for example, the contestant Chris Daughtry sang "Hemorrhage (in My Hands)," which had been a hit for the rock band Fuel in 2000. Sales of the digital single soared to more than 17,900 copies the following week, up from just over 1,100, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Mr. Daughtry’s timing was fortuitious: Fuel recently parted ways with its lead singer, and is now auditioning for a new one. "It just came out of the blue," said Paul Geary, the band’s manager. "Our Web site lit up. This guy gets on the air and nails the band’s biggest hit. I think he’d be a contender for the gig."

Wouldn’t it be amazing for Chris to become the lead singer of Fuel?

This makes me sad.  Poor George Michael.

I’m not going to include the photos because I can’t do my future ex-husband like that.  But alas, my baby is looking the worse for wear.  Where the hell is Kenny?  I leave him alone for one minute under someone else’s care and look what hell breaks loose.

damn.

What a Dope

Truly interesting website that I was turned on to by a co-worker at the AE store where I work part-time.

Crazies, Imposters and Charlatans Oh My!

Excerpts: 

Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower

Victor Lustig (1890-1947) is held to have been one of the most talented confidence tricksters who ever lived. Lustig’s first con involved selling a $30,000 money-printing machine that didn’t worked well.

Sabbatai Zevi, the Jewish Messiah who converted To Islam

Leader of the largest messianic movement in Jewish history, Sabbatai Zebi was born in Smyrna (Turkey) in 1626. He "revealed" himself to a band of followers as the "true Messianic redeemer" designated by God to overthrow the governments of the nations and to restore the kingdom of Israel. His was expulsed from the city.

David Icke, our salvation from Reptilian Humanoids

David Icke, is a former professional football player, BBC television sports presenter, and British Green Party national spokesperson. Since 1990, he has been what he calls a "full-time investigator into who and what is really controlling the world.": reptilians.

He dresses only in turquoise and sustains that the world was ruled by a secret group called "The Elite": a race of reptilian humanoids, known in ancient times as the Babylonian Brotherhood, and that many prominent people are descended from them, including George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, and Kris Kristofferson.

I AM SO DOWN WITH GWB BEING AN ALIEN!