Day 113

I worked out earlier today, a pretty heavy chest day (though I'm beginning to plateau again, and I need to start eating more "real" foods), but by this afternoon I was beginning to ache some. As the evening progressed the aches got worse and worse, my wrists, all up my arms, into my shoulders. Now, if you're gonna ache, you tend to the day or so after. So this was weird. Especially since it was in my arms and, well, it wasn't even an arm day.

And then it rains!!!

A nice, sudden downpour (I rarely watch the weather reports, so who knows if they forcast this), followed by some light intermittent showers.

I've been here now for well over 3 months, and this is the first time the skies have opened up. And, naturally, leading up to these first rains, my old bones start to moan and grumble at me about the change in weather and the coming downpour.

Yes, I'll always be a country boy at heart!

I Survived! And So Did Steph!

Walker was right! I already love love love Survivor: Guatemala! And beware, there are minor spoilers below for those of you yet to watch your TiVos.

And, by the way, I actually knew it was Stephanie and Bobby Jon (not Jeff) who were the two returning favourties. I just wanted the chance to post another Jeff pic. Seriously, who would rather look at Bobby Jon? Or Jeff?












You see, I did it again!

Now Walker and co. think Bobby Jon (or Jesus as we like to call him) has buffed up significantly since Palau. Maybe... but that shot of his eyes rolling back in his head... buffer or not, a total turn off.

Also, I did tear up a tad when Jeff told Steph this would be the first tribal council she would not be participating in (I usually don't blub until the final 7 or 8).

And though they didn't post to the blog, both Emily and Walker responded to my entry:

Walker: "I have determined that I won't say, "I love him/her" at all this season to attempt to keep some of my fun people around."

Emily: "Yes, and I promise that when I see Angela at that wedding next month, I'll kick her in the gut if she tries to tell me anything."

Lastly, I just purchased the new mug. I am a total geek!

Will I Survive Thursday?

What type of question is that, you may well ask? Well, tomorrow I work a double. Yes, that's right, I open the restaurant at 8am and close it down at 11pm. One hell of a long day (and a gymless one at that unless I'm up at 6am), but one of my own choosing since I switched shifts so I could have both Friday and Saturday off this week.

Tomorrow however, is also the premiere of Survivor: Guatemala. And just who the two returning Survivors? My picks are Stephanie and Jeff from Palau. In ten seasons I've NEVER missed an episode, I have all nine campfire mugs (they never made one for season one), and even a buff. But most importantly, this is the first season I'm spending thousands of miles away from the group. Every week we'd get together, someone would cook or order in, and then we'd all sit there screaming at the TV.

Whoever Walker took a liking to would be off the island faster than you can say "tax evasion". Emily's friend would always somehow leak the order of who got booted. And Ken would embarrass the rest of us with simply stunning dinners. Others flitted in and out (as I did at one point), but those guys were the core.

Until I have a new group out here, I'm gonna feel this pang at 8pm on Thursdays, so for now maybe it's better I have to work!

Blendz Addiction

So I was doing some figuring...

I generally workout 5 times a week. Let's say I get shakes roughly 4 days out of 5. A typical shake, once you've added the cost of the extra scoop of protein I get, costs $6.00 (give or take a few pennies).

That's $24.00 a week. Not bad.

$96.00 a month. The approximate cost of a month's cable and TiVo combined.

Or $1,200.00 a year (this is based on 50 weeks since I usually take a couple of weeks off).

In real terms this is the equivalent of 4 car payments, 2 months rent (yeah it's cheap), or 219 Star Wars action figures (and BTW people The 40 Year Old Virgin made a mint off of his "dolls", so could I... eventually... maybe... I do have the ComicCon exclusive Werewolf Oz).

But yes, if I continue like so, I will be spending $1,200.00 a year on PROTEIN SHAKES.

(Damn you Julie at Gold's for getting me addicted! And damn the Mocha Meltdown for being so bloody good!)

Now that's just crazy!

Unless, of course I end up looking like this...

CELEBFLASH: Revenge of the DILFs

Well, not ones I'd particularly like to, but the consensus amoung the girls at work was that these guys were all definitely very do-able:

Balthazar Getty survived Feast, but will he outwit Jennifer Garner when he joins Alias this season? This Young Gun has definitely managed to hold onto his looks, but certainly can't keep his gun in it's holster with his 2.4 kids in tow.

Breckin Meyer. The guy from the Garfield movies (yes, they really are making a 2nd). Short, cute and a tad cocky, in person Breckin's REALLY TINY (and I'm only 5'5" and a half). After Garfield, Rat Race and Inside Schwartz you're all like, I hate this guy, but check out his earlier stuff like Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 and Clueless!

Giovanni Ribisi. Looking dirty Giovanni, looking really dirty! But he looks so cool and clean cut in the picture I hear you cry. Oh no, not in reality my friends! And again, he was one skinny runt in person.

OK, so maybe in his day he might just have been my cup of tea. Nah, not really, but Michael Ironside sure looks like somebody's daddy nowadays! Another V alum, Michael was also the guy in Total Recall who got his arms sliced off. Has he ever played a nice guy? And what's it like to be the poor man's Jack Nicholson?

By the way, if you're not sure exactly what a DILF is, think back to 1999's American Pie and the discussion of Stifler's mum being a MILF, only here imagine Stifler's dad instead of his mum!

Kathy's "Main Gay"

While checking my email this past weekend, I come across this rather cool email:

"Hey Matt,

A friend of mine sent me the link to your blog and I'm very flattered that you named it after my novel. What a compliment.

Hope LA is treating you well. perhaps our paths will cross sometime. Oh, if you're looking for something fun to do, I'm hosting this funny show, The MisMatch Game at the Gay and lesbian Center on Sept 16 and 17th. You can see all the info on my website under 'MisMatch Game'

Happy Labor day.

Yours,
Dennis Hensley"

But, you may be asking, why is this email so cool? And why does the name Dennis Hensley seem so familiar?

Dennis is the author of the book I named this blog after (see the blog's description under the title) AND he's also one of Kathy Griffin's "Main Gays" on My Life on the D List (the final episode of which is this Wednesday at 10/9c).

There is no mention of him thinking the blog witty and well written, but we'll assume he thinks so. And, I'd like to think he's forwarded it on to Kathy, which would be pretty awesome since her routine centers on celebs, as pretty much does the blog.

Brian and I quite fancied the idea of being, 'Second-Tier-D-List-Gays', maybe this is our in!!!

Between Her Thighs...

Teri Hatcher's thighs that is.

Paul Nicholas (actor by day, waiter by night) was the waiter who went under the table and between Teri's legs in the Valentine's episode of Desperate Housewives. What exactly did he see up there, I don't know, but Paul has a nice little clip of the incident on his website (click here). This might just top working with George Eads!

Paul once played a rent boy on Homicide: Life on the Street (in the episode "Closet Cases"), which ties us nicely to...

Natalie Sutherland, has also played sluts and prostitutes a few times in her career (so she told me, including once on ER I believe) . Natalie just recently lost a guest spot on Arrested Development to Charlize Theron. Natalie is a fellow Brit (she's a Scot through and through actually), and the casting people were looking for a British girl to play Jason Batemans' love interest for a few episodes. Natalie is spunky, feisty and attractive. She would have made a nice foil to Michael, but they went for a name actress and naturally picked a South African. However, Nat did get to make out with this guy (on the right) in a movie, so I can't feel that sorry for her this time...


Lastly we have Angie, who used to be one of The Farm's managers, but wisely gave up that gig to wait tables (which is highly more lucrative with better hours). In a pervious incarnation Angie worked on none other than Feast, the latest and greatest Project Greenlight movie which has still to see the light of day. Apparantly the shoot was just a horrific as Greenlight showed, Matt Damon was never around, and Ben Afleck was/is a real dick. That said, I still want to see it if it is ever released (IMDB says 2006).