Friday, March 03, 2006
If It Weren’t Friday, I Would Slap You!
I’m just really ready for the weekend. I was supposed to go away today, but plans changed and now I’m staying in the city – which I couldn’t be happier about. Not only do I not feel like traveling, I would have to find someone to come down and stay with my dog for a little while since Paul works a hundred thousand hours from now until Sunday. But as it turns out, it will be Tyler and me, the two boys, chillin out, playing games, and watching movies together. I just love that little bastid.
Tonight I’m heading to this Mexican place in the East Village to have dinner with 18 gay men. UM! I’ve never gone anywhere that had so many gay men, unless it was a club or the gay pride parade. My friend, Brian, invited me to join him for quesadillas and a slew of gay men. I’m not SO excited for Mexican food, only cuz if I don’t watch what I eat, I’ll be the guy who’s like “Thanks for inviting me, but I have to run home and have diarrhea from hell.” And that’s REALLY attractive. I mean, who DOESN’T think runny poopie pants is hot? Sheesh.
I’m pretty much looking forward to it, although I’m a bit nervous. Usually I’d like to go to these things with one of my girls. That way if I was feeling insecure or left out, I could stick to them and make inside jokes and laugh the whole time. I know it won’t be fear inducing, but I always try to be prepared for that “I feel out of place” feeling. Luckily, my friend Angie will be joining up with me at some point during the night, so I know that once she gets there, my game will be ON. And by on, I mean if the party sucks, we’ll leave and go have our own party. Fair enough!
The next two weekends, I have birthday extravaganzas! Next week is Ari's birthday. That will definitely be fun and random, since although Ari and I are super good friends, I don’t know many of her own friends very well. The ones I do know, I enjoy immensely. But the other ones…let’s just say, I better come prepared with some witty repartee.
The weekend after that, I have one of my best girl’s (Mariah) birthday celebration. As some of you may know, Mariah is a mind-blowingly good singer and she will be performing on the night of her bash. And…scarily enough…she’s asked me to sing a duet with her! EEEEEEEEEEPS! We’re in the process of figuring out which song to do and although I’m kind of terrified about singing in public again, I love how our voices blend together. Mariah has always given me such strong confidence when it comes to my singing and when she asks me to do something like this with her, I jump at the chance. I might just want to consider smoking a little less before the performance. Otherwise, I’ll totally be singing Old Man River - an octave lower than usual and with a sexy rasp.
Other than getting my gay groooooooooove on tonight, I will be watching two movies that I’ve been dying to see: Saw 2 and The Chumbscrubber. Doesn’t the latter sound like a disgusting, fetish porn flick? It’s actually an independent movie starring Jamie Bell and it sounds fucking great. Independents always know how to rip your face off and force you to eat it. That’s so my style. I’ve heard mixed reviews about Saw 2, but I couldn’t care less. Blood, terror, and gore? Eggselent. Plus there’s one of my favorite "super hot guys" in it, Franky G and that usually keeps my attention for at least a good hour. Not to mention Dina Meyer, who if you remember is one of the best weirdoes to ever grace the Beverly Hills 90210 set. Adore. Her.
So yeah…good weekend coming up.
Last night I made a new recipe for Paul and my dinner. It’s called “Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, blue cheese, and bacon”. Clever title, no? I was in the mood to try something different and lately I’ve become a cooking machine! I love recipes. It’s like a project that you can eat afterwards. Um…yeah!
So here is the recipe just in case you’re interested.
Usually when I make dinner, Paul is like “This is nice. I enjoy it. Very…well…nice.”
But LAST night, he wasn’t even hungry when he got home, but once I served him up a plate of this chicken (rice pilaf and asparagus on the side – and lately I’ve been making a MEAN asparagus), he started chowin down! In a shocked voice he said “Wow, Joe. I mean, wow. (CHOMP CHOMP) It’s so good. I love how the (chomp chomp) chicken and the blue cheese, which you know I don’t like (CHOMP!) goes so well together with the bacon and spina (chomp!)ch. Maybe even (CHOMPCHOMPCHOMPCHOMP!) you can add MORE blue cheese next time.”
I sat there beaming.
I’m a cook now! Or at least I can follow directions very well. And I have to admit, this recipe turned out so well that it’s my new staple dish. Give it a try! And maybe your Paul will be like Chomp City, USA too!
USA ALL THE WAY!
Ok, that was weird.
And that’s it for today! Have a great weekend. Let’s all have some fun, get some rest, and spend it with the people we love. For me, that means Senor Paul and my absolutely perfect, most adorable dog I’ve ever seen in my life. Really, he just gets cuter by the day. Is this the love that people were telling me about when I first got him? It’s turned into a full blown doggy style obsession.
PEACE LOVERS!
