Monthly Archives: November 2014

Gay is the New Straight

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I was watching a great Ted talk given by a terribly bright, terribly funny gay man who designs book covers. First he was talking about one author, then another, both of whom are also gay. And I suddenly felt like Joan Cusack in that scene from the classic 1997 comedy In & Out — when she’s still in her wedding dress, having been dumped at the altar by Kevin Kline (who in the nick of time realises he’s gay) — and so Joan Cusack goes to a bar, still in her damn white dress and a bit tipsy (and very horny), and she hits on Tom Selleck who informs her he’s gay as well. She then runs out of the bar and screams: “IS EVERYBODY GAY? AM I IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE! I NEED A HETEROSEXUAL CODE RED!”

Here she is, Joan Cusack, in one of the funniest performances ever EVER EVER:

Anyway, that’s kinda how I’m feeling right now.

 

 

When You Have A Blog, Everything is Interesting

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The Shoreline “Restaurant” – Worthing Hospital (clockwise from top left: yellow “jelly,” scone, hot chocolate, 2 thingys of butter, “creamy” hot chocolate, and “cutlery” (i like the brit fancy words 😉

I met my new friend, Harri (“a bird?” my roommate Tom later asked me), at the Worthing pier. She asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital. There’s a cafe there. And I thought, my God, these people have cafes everywhere. Bookstores, yes of course, but clothing shops and supermarkets for crying out loud. Even opticians. Don’t believe me? Look!

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Anyway, we went to the “Shoreline Restaurant Cafe” at the Worthing hospital, chatted and had our snack (see yellow jelly and scone photo above) and when I went to take the photo of our hospital tray complete with hospital food, Harri said, “When you have a blog, everything is interesting.”

We then went to the Burlington Pub to see if they have a room where we, The Rogue Players could do a monthly sketch/comedy/singing show thingy.

A friend of Harri’s was there – an old dude named Eddie and he entertained us. In his younger days, Eddie was a porn star. Or so he says. He also says he was married to Miss Sweden 1971 for eight years. Here he is:

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He kept calling me Grand Canyon because he couldn’t remember Terianne. I think it’s a reference to my being American and not a pornographic reference but I guess I’ll never know.

I googled Miss Sweden 1971. Not so easy to find. But this might be her:

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