Thursday, November 13

The Beauty of the Male Form Part 2

Okay, I said I was going to cover clothes on men, so here I go.

[Above, Gaspard Ulliel]
I am not that crazy about really skinny guys but I do appreciate how a decent jean looks on a tall skinny man. Also, love leather shoes. I'm a foot guy, I got to admit. I am crazy about feet but mostly with the shoes on. No, I don't want shoes stepping on me, no I don't like doing anything physical with the shoes. I just like looking at them.

[Above, Milo Ventimigla]
I love the whole look. The stance is very sexy. And those shoes, I am melting. I don't know how to explain this, this is almost uncharted waters. It has been discussed on the internet about male feet and male shoes, there are plenty videos on YouTube but there is not much discussion in psychology which I would love to read.

[Above, Adrian Armas]
Sneakers and shoes like those are foxxy with business pants, I love this whole outfit, the layers. Leather jackets look hot when they are shorter.

[Above, Penn Badgley]
Can't help but to love this whole picture and the outfit and the stance and the shoes. I can't say anything else.

[Above, Cillian Murphy]
Again, sexy boots, skinny jean pants, etc.


[Above, Dean Sheremet]
I love when shirts can be seen under other shirts, especially the biceps. Such form fitting. Do I even have to say that I look seeing nipples sticking out of shirts?

[Above, Oded Fehr]
There is a stereotype that women can't resist a man in uniform, but I believe it depends on the man. I mean it can true, for both women and men attracted to men. But army fatigues are real hot, especially the boots. The whole look is so very attractive.

[Above, Greg Plitt]
Ditto, they look like GI Joe dolls come to life.

[Above, Nicholas Lemons]
This fashion photo is great because it shows an uncommon thing, most men are full of motocross gear and sometimes it looks sexy but sometimes it looks too clunky, but in this picture, we have the strong but somewhat fragile tender male body with the hard, sexy and sleek armor.

Don't get me started with kilts! How striking!

[Above Right, Tom Zbikowski ]
Seeing the brief line, much like the panty line in women, in pants is really scrumptious.

[Above, Robertas Javtokas]
Talking about uniforms, I love baseball uniforms but most baseball players don't have the figure to pull it off. I love basketball outfits the most because of the amount of skin that is shown.

[Above, Jimmy Clausen]
Football uniforms are awesome, I think the most alluring. The college football uniforms are most hot because you can see the calves.

[Above, Kevin Zegers]
Above you can see the vulnerability and the cuteness, the nimbleness that can has a lot of potential.

Related Topic: The Beauty of the Male Form Part 1

Tuesday, November 11

Peppermint Rose

I loved shows designed for girls in the 80's like Rainbow Brite, Lady Lovelylocks, Strawberry Shortcake,Care Bears, Popples, She-Ra, and Jem; Peppermint Rose came out in 1992 by Mattel, a line of dolls and stuffed animals with perfume scents of a mix of flowers and candies. Since it was created by "Those Characters from Cleveland" (who also created Strawberry Shortcake, Lady Lovelylocks, Care Bears and Popples), American Greetings made the cards and wrapping paper. TCfC was the toy design division of American Greetings.

Anyhoo, they made one animated special, probably as a pilot but it was never specified. It was syndicated and when it was going to air, one of the toy commercials had a voice-over for it, announcing to 'check your local listings.' So I did and the special aired on a Saturday morning in my area (Miami, FL) at 7 on what was WDZL 39, which is now SFL. I recorded it but with time the tape became unplayable and I no longer have it. I am kicking myself as much as I did with the fact that I gave away my Care Bears and could have sold them to eBay. Anyhoo, the special was later sold on VHS.

The special was about a typically spoiled brat teenage girl Rose, who was home alone and taken by a elephant-dragon, who I think her name was Petalpuff, but I am not sure. She was taken to another dimension to a dark land that needed their help. She was greeted by Diminutive, a little wizard. Actually, the story was told as a flashback, the show started with the girls in their 'hero' outfits and Diminutive said Rose wasn't always a fair and chaste girl. Anyhoo, the land was savaged by flower-eating bugs, three brothers and their mother. Rose traveled to Bagoona, which smelled horrible. On her way, she had to outsmart a roach-man with a riddle. When they arrived to the castle, Petalpuff went back to Earth to find her friends Lily, Daisy, and Violet, who supposedly were in a singing group. They all sung to 'tame the beast' and all the bugs became good and everything became bright and beautiful when they brought the peppermint rose patch back to its sacred spot. Diminutive then gave them their outfits and new names or rather, titles.

Merrymint Violet, the only black girl, was in the cartoon and dolls, but not included in the other stuff like stickers, puzzles, cards, wrapping paper, etc. The other outfits were different, but this one was a lot like Peppermint Rose's. I guess this was like their 'AA Barbie.' AA meaning African American. Her other friends were Vanilla Daisy and Lemon Kiss Lily. In the toys she was called Lemon Kiss Lilly and in the cartoon she was called Lemon Drop Lilly. The toyline of course didn't pick up and just became obscure. I know the dolls were still sold until 94 or so.

There were also little rabbit-like friends in plastic figurine and plush figure forms. They had different names, but there only seemed to be three in the cartoon. Also, I got to mention that the animation in the toy commercials were different than the animation in the special. This also occured with Jem, most of the animation in the commercials was the same but sometimes given to another company so it varied.

Sunday, November 9

El Show de Lucky the Clown

'El Show de Lucky' was a Children's program that was made in 2003 I believe and ended around 2005. It was made and produced in South Florida, mostly Hialeah and Miami. It was made in Spanish and English, the theme song was in Spanish but most of the show was in English. I was forced to watch this show when I worked for a Spanish network, well many of them and almost all of them had this show. The basic concept was of a Ronald McDonald-like clown named Lucky and his 'Lucky Stars' that dressed in different colors of the rainbow performing a show with a studio audience. He would say, 'Yo soy tu Amigo.' (I am your friend) And there was a person in a dog suit named Aliu that really didn't do anything. I had an inkling that Lucky's wife was in the suit. Also, there was a puppet, Tilingo, who looked like a lesbian science teacher with a big nose. It had an annoying voice and was the source of cynicism and ignorance.
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"El Show de Lucky" es un programa de la Infancia que se realizó en el año 2003 yo creo y terminó alrededor de el año de 2005. Se hizo y producido en el Sur de la Florida, la mayoría en Hialeah y Miami. Se hizo en Español y en Inglés, el tema principal (canción) fue en en Español, pero la mayor parte del programa fue en Inglés. Me obligaron a ver este espectáculo, cuando yo trabajaba para una estacion de television en Español, así muchos de ellos y casi todos de ellos transmiteron este espectáculo. El concepto básico era de un payaso como Ronald McDonald llamado Lucky y sus "Lucky Estrellas", que fueron vestidos de diferentes colores del arcoiris con un estudio de audiencia. Él diría, 'Yo soy tu Amigo. " y hubo una persona en un traje de perro llamado Aliu que realmente no hacer nada. Tuve una idea de que la esposa de Lucky estaba en el traje. Además, hubo un títere, Tilingo, que parecía una profesorda lesbiana de ciencias con una gran nariz. Tuvo una voz molesta y fue la fuente del cinismo y la ignorancia.


The basic format of the show started out with Lucky coming out with a drum and his lucky stars singing a song. Then he would have the kids from the audience do aerobics. Then he would introduce his Lucky Stars. Then usually Monique would talk to Tilingo and would talk about the topic of the day, if it was weather, time, flowers, flags, Christmas, etc. In some episodes later on, Eric and Elisa would have a news segment and Christopher would do a segment and later on, Derrick and Debby would do the weather. Before they ended, they would have a guest kid perform a talent, usually dancing and singing. And by the end, they would answer mail and announce the address. They would then announce kids who had birthdays that week. There would sometimes be a field trip segment with Jeanelle interviewing somebody and a karate segment with Master Joe--an actual Children's karate teacher from a local dojo, which was kept even when the format changed later on.
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El formato básico del programa comenzó con Lucky salir con un tambor y su suerte estrellas cantar una canción. Entonces tendría la chicos de la audiencia hacer aeróbicos. Luego, se presentará su Lucky Estrellas. A continuación, Monique se suele hablar con Tilingo y hablar sobre el tema del día, si era tiempo, flores, banderas, Navidad, etc. En algunos episodios más tarde, Erik y Elisa tendría un segmento de noticias y Christopher haría un segmento y más tarde, Derrick y Debby haría la clima. Antes de que terminó, que tendría un niño invitado realizar un talento, por lo general bailando y cantando. Y al final, respuesta el correo y la dirección. En ese caso, anunciará los niños que habían cumpleaños esa semana. Existe a veces ser un segmento como viaje de campo con Jeanelle hacieron entrevistas con alguien y una serie de sesiones de karate con Master Joe - un profesor real de karate en su dojo local, que se mantuvo incluso cuando cambió el formato más adelante.


The Lucky Stars started out with five, they all dressed in shirts and nylon excerise pants of the same color they were assigned: Monique, the oldest, who dressed in aqua; Erick, the chubbiest boy in green; Elisa, the prim and proper girl in purple; Janelle Marie, who started out in pink and when the show progressed and the other kids left, the outfits were phased out; and Christopher, the most into theatrical stuff, in blue. A bit later, a new kid was added, Derick, who was initially dressed in navy. Christopher then left and there was a few episodes with just the five until the last little girl came, Debbie the youngest, she dressed in red and by the next year, they phased out the first type of uniform. The second uniform was a shirt of their color and overalls with their name drawn on it. Derrick then changed to orange.
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Los Lucky Estrellas comenzó con cinco, todos de ellos vestideron con camisas y pantalones de nylon de excerisio del mismo color que fueron asignados: Monique, la más grande de los otros, quien vestio de aqua; Erick, el niño mas gordito en verde; Elisa, la chica adecuada de color morado; Janelle Marie, quien comenzó en rosa, y cuando el show avanzaba y los otros niños se fueron, los trajes fueron eliminandos gradualmente, y Christopher, que le gustaba la mayoría de cosas de teatro, en azul. Un poco más tarde, un nuevo chico se ha añadido, Derick, que fue inicialmente vestidos en azul oscuro. Christopher luego se fue y hubo algunos episodios con sólo los cinco hasta la último niña llegó, la chicita de Debbie, vestida de rojo y por el próximo año, el primer tipo de uniforme fue eliminando gradualmente. El segundo uniforme era una camisa de su color y overoles con su nombre dibujado en ella. Derrick luego cambió al color naranja.


By the third year or so, all the kids grew up and left the show, leaving just Janelle Marie. Eric, Monique, Elisa and Derrick made their own singing group, I forget the name, something like Sol, Arena, and Mar but that may be wrong. The group is now called 4 Elements and has Debbie instead of Monique. Then a new member was added in the form of Super L ('L' was pronounced in Spanish so it sounded like Super Ele). He would 'fly' in, in a cheesy manner and was superimposed over the opening credits even though most of the kids had long gone and Tillingo was phased out as well. By this time, the audience had disappeared and the studio looked kind of empty. Super L was the son of a famous Cuban comedian, forgot who. Later on, the son of the guy who played Lucky was added to the show and I forget his name, maybe Daniel, but he was difficult to work with. It seemed he didn't want to be involved. He would look at the camera with such disdain.
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En el tercer año o así, todos los chicos crecieron y dejaron el show, dejando sólo Janelle Marie. Eric, Monique, Elisa y Derrick hizo su propio grupo de canto, me olvido el nombre, algo así como Sol, Arena y Mar, sino que puede estar equivocado. El grupo que ahora se llama 4 Elementos y ha Debbie en lugar de Monique. A continuación, un nuevo miembro se ha añadido en forma de Super L. El 'volo', en un manera muy 'Mickey Mouse' y fue superpuesta sobre la apertura de créditos, aunque la mayoría de los niños ha ido de largo y Tillingo fue eliminado también. En este momento, el audiencia había desaparecido y el estudio estaba vacío. Super L es el hijo de un famoso comediante Cubano, que no me recerdo el nombre. Más tarde, el hijo del actor que hizo Lucky se ha añadido el programa y se me olvida su nombre, tal vez Daniel, pero era difícil trabajar con ellos. Parecía que no querían estar involucrados. Él mira la cámara con tanto desprecio.


By the end, it seemed their bugdet got reduced because they got cheaper opening sequence and a smaller studio with a smaller audience. By this time, with Janelle, Super L, Daniel, there was another girl, an older girl, maybe even older than Monique but I forget her name and she didn't have a color. Jeanelle would wear her old overalls until they changed the studio. They even had a 'special' episode where they went to a 'special location.' But no not Disney world, no not Hawaii.... Dominican Republic. It seems to be where Lucky is from. It was pitiful, they made a big deal going on the airplane and going to this resort and of course, they had an 'adventure' where they had to go find Lucky. I mean, the place looked like the last place a kid would want to go have fun in. Well, that's my rant, this show was highly made fun by my co-workers and I just wanted to share in the absurdity. This show still reruns in some local and cable Spanish channels.
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Al final, parece que tiene su presupuesto reducido porque los graphicos de la segunda apertura fueron más baratos y el segundo estudio fue más pequeño con un audiencia más pequeño. En ese momento, con Janelle, Super L, Daniel, hubo otra chica, una niña de más edad, quizás incluso más de Monique, pero se me olvida su nombre y no tenía un color. Jeanelle uso su traje viejo hasta que cambió el estudio. Incluso había un episodio "especial" en el que ellos se fueron a un "lugar especial". Pero no fueron a Disney World y no a Hawai.... Fueron a la República Dominicana. Parece ser que es de donde es Lucky. Es lamentable, hicieron una gran cosa va en el avión e ir a este recurso y, por supuesto, tenían una 'aventura' que tuvo que ir buscar Lucky. Quiero decir, el lugar parecía el último lugar que un niño quiere ir a divertirse. Bueno, ese es mi despotricar, de este programa fue muy divertido hecho por mis compañeros de trabajo y yo sólo quería compartir en este absurdo. Este programa todavía se repeta en algunos canales locales de cable en Español.

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Thursday, November 6

My take on the Gay Marriage Ban


So here is my take, I was all for 'No on Amendment 2' in Florida which defines marriage in the traditional sense and it was passed. I had no idea about California, I thought I was safe on that side but unfortunately Amendment 8 was approved and now there is a ban on gay marriage but I know my people will not take it without a fight. There is no so far 3 lawsuits against the amendment and plenty groups are fired up and fighting back. Yay for them and I am right with them. This is not the end, this is just the beginning. If we can have Obama for president, I can have my husband one day.

I worked as a poll worker/quality assurance specialist in the election on Tuesday and I had to read in Spanish to the non-English speaking voters that required help, and it was hard to see them vote 'yes' on the amendment but I took an oath and had to take it with stride. This is the rare times I mention something private about my life on my blog, my win was that my mother, who I have fought with for years about me being who I am, voted 'no' on the amendment and that touches me so much. So much, without words to express but I have tried.


South Park/Obama Episode Quick

That was rather quick with South Park's episode last night about Obama and McCain pulling an 'Ocean's Eleven' on us to find a diamond under the White House. They have done this before with Sadam and his spider hole with that Canada/Wizard of Oz episode. I wonder what they would have aired if Obama didn't win. My dad thinks there is a whole other episode out there with McCain winning. But Parker and Stone sure are psychic to predict Obama and McCain voters' reactions. I wonder if McCain won, would they have had Obama suiciders.

They tell The Live Feed this:
"We've only ever worked on an Obama version," said Parker and Stone via email, when asked if they prepped two versions in case McCain won. "We followed Vegas odds. If McCain would have won we would have been screwed. It would have been our 'Dewey defeats Truman' moment."

Source:
The Live Feed
Watch the Episode free online at South Park Studios

Tuesday, November 4

Yay!

Yay!

But this doesn't mean a magic wand is going to fix everything. The White House is a mess and it is not going to be a quick change and he has said that. McCain actually did a great speech, he was real humble and he got boos for supporting Obama but that was because he had created a monster with his voters. I hope that in four years, we don't blame Obama, if you voted for him, stick with him. This is the first time in eight years that I have voted three times for present that my candidate won!