While At BNAT X

So while I was at Harry Knowle's Butt-Numb-A-Thon 10, okay so I was standing outside, I had someone randomly walk up to me and sit next to me.

So the full story is simply this, I was waiting for McG to finish up with his presentation of Terminator: Salvation, and drinking a sprite, outside the Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar, when people started to come out of the theater for a cigarette. Mind you this is like 8:00 AM on a Sunday morning. These people coming outside had been at the theater since Noon the previous day, watching movies and drinking alcohol. So there I was just sitting at a picnic table, when next thing I know, Elijah Wood is standing next to me. I was in a suit with a tie and here he is with his cute messenger bag and smoking a cigarette. I just about fell out of my seat, in which case I probably would of smacked him with my hand, he was that close, but in the end, I didn't fall. I ended up just quietly and slowly moving away and giving him room. I should of asked for a handshake or a picture or something, but really I was just thinking in my head, "God, he is so cute!" I have never really liked Elijah or found him attractive until then, now I see it.

His eyes in person are just so beautiful, he is just so small and cute too. I noticed too that he seemed very nice and down to earth, he was interacting with everyone as if he was just a regular guy and not a guy that makes over $200,000 per year. I would love to get to know Elijah more, maybe sit, smoke, and just lounge and chat, seems like a really cool guy!

Elijah if your listening, hit me up.

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Terminator: Salavation - May 22, 2009

The new Terminator addition is on it's way. Yes I know that it is a ways away, but the BUZZ is starting on it. Shall I mention that I recently had a conversation with McG himself. So here it is, in my spare time, I do chauffering for a limo company here in Austin, TX. McG came into Austin to attend Harry Knowles Birthday Butt-Numb-A-Thon, where McG made a small apperance to promote Terminator: Salvation and gave Harry some birthday gifts in hope for a good review, it happens in Hollywood all the time. I drove McG and the Warner Bros crew around Austin from their private jet and hotel.

As for what I learned about the movie that made me excited was this. Christian Bale is obviously the playing John Conner, but Christian is not just an actor in this movie, he is also taking a large part in making the movie, much like he did with Batman Begins and Dark Knight. This tells me that we should be just excited for Salavation as we were for Dark Knight and Begins.

McG has said that we should be excited, especially the die hard fans, because of the referenceing it does and the questions it answers for us. This movie has the support of James Cameron, and with that said, we should all support this movie and be extremly excited.

Check out the new trailer for the movie. Read up on it yourself. Make your own decision, but me, I am supporting it 100%. Get ready for Salvation! The End Begins!

Stay Tuned for more updates here! Oh and yes, McG did promise to stay in contact with me, we really got along great and had a blast!

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Meet A Member of The Family

So last year we had a tragic Christmas with having to put our Golden-Lab (Baxter) to sleep due to cancer.

Earlier this year, we made the trip to Kyle Animal Shelter, after hearing that they had a huskey puppy there at the shelter. So moments after meeting Juneau, we were signing papers and adopting him.

He is a beautiful Siberian-Huskey, now about 2 years old, with blue/white eyes. Yes he would be a hot boy if he was human!

So Juneau likes to speak, play rough, and be chased!

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Changing Things Up

Hey All,

That is right, I am back and I have new mission. Recently I learned about a movie reviewer named Harry Knowles, and his blogging site http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/. My goal is to create a better blog and more informational reviews about movies. This is my goal, question is can I do it. I think I can, even with my busy schedule.

Some of the niche things that I do want to bring to my blog though is hot boys and shirtless scenes.

I will try to watch different movies, as much as possible, and give the best review about it as much as I can. If you want me to check out a movie, feel free to email me what you want me to check out and review. May even help to donate a little so I can help me go and see it, but not necessary.

BTW, the picture I am including is Harry Knowles, so you can see what a big guy HJK is. Am I better looking? I know I know, this is not about who is cuter or hotter, but then again, it is Hollywood that we are getting into now.

Let me know what you think!

Chad, the Boi in Austin

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Nappy-******* **** what?

God Bless Don Imus. Today Don Imus returned, if you have no idea what he said and why he is returning, then you must be really out of it or have been living on the dark side of the moon. I know that everyone has an opinion about Don Imus and most probably think that he is a raciest. My opinion is that he is nowhere near being a raciest. He is a white man, that made a really stupid, ugly joke. Point is that if you are not white, then you can say whatever you want. As soon as it is a white guy, saying the exact same thing, then there is a lawsuit and apologies to all follow. Don Imus was stupid for saying what he said, but he was also stupid for apologizing and doing the whole dog and pony show with Al Sharpton.



This inicident should of woken up America and allowed us to realize that no matter what the situation is, we do not have freedom of speech. This is not what the constitution was meant for, to support the loudest wheel like Al Sharpton. Does anyone find that it is wrong what Al Sharpton does to make money? Also, during the Imus apology tour, Sharpton had stated that he was going to change the Rap and Hip-Hop industry by holding the artists that use this language accountable as well. The day Imus got in trouble, should have been the same day that the CD’s , DVD’s, and games using this kind of language be pulled off the shelf. Mind you, I don’t want this to happen, I don’t like listening to that music, I don’t like hearing about “hanging with my homies” and “slapping the slut I’m with”. I don’t care for that, so I don’t listen to it and I don’t buy it. If everyone was disgusted with Imus then the only reason why he should have been fired or let go was because his ratings had dropped, and not ever because of the pressure that Al Sharpton put on NBC. I think Al Sharpton needs to apologize to Jews and white people in America for the things he has said in the past. I think he should also apologize to his fellow clerical members for the disgrace he puts on the position of being a Reverend. “Thou shall not judge”, right Al?

Please voice your opinion, I did.

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Ken Burn's and "The War"

This morning on my way to work, I was listening to Opie and Anthony and their guest Ken Burns. Ken Burns does some documentaries, which his latest is called, “The War”. There was some interesting discussions with O&A about what people know about the wars, and what they don’t know.

Just this weekend, we had a guest over at our house and I got in a discussion with him about WWII, and Afghanistan, and in the discussion Russia was brought into the discussion. My friend insisted that Russia had sided with Nazi Germany, and that Russia and Nazi’s had fought together and not against each other. Now, I don’t like arguments, and I am not a history buff, and if I am not 100% I tell people that I am not. In this case I was not 100% but I did say that I was 80% sure that Russia and Germany fought each other. I even brought up the movie “Enemy at the Gates” and said that it was a movie specifically about the two powers fighting. I also mentioned how Germany was split up with the Berlin Wall, and how Russia felt they were owed East Germany because of what happened to Russia during this war. Ken Burns mentioned this exact thing as well, talking about how most high school students have no idea about World History and U.S. History. Jay Leno’s “Jay walking” on the Tonight Show has also hit on this subject of how stupid our fellow countrymen can be. They also touched on the war today, and how few people know anyone that is in Iraq today, unless it is specifically a military town or community. Here I am, a U.S. Marine, and I know plenty of people in Iraq, not to mention, plenty who have come back. This really did make me think this morning about my most recent Marine Corps Birthday Ball where I just about cried. The Birthday Ball was in San Antonio, and was actually on November 10th. San Antonio has several different hospitals, not to mention one of the biggest military hospitals, with one of the biggest military burn units in it, BAMC (Brooks Army Medical Center). Some of the guests at the Ball were Marine and Navy personnel who had returned from Iraq with a little less than what they went with. I shook and hugged my heros, my brothers, my friends. Some with mental instabilities, others with missing limbs, or sever burn marks, each and every one of them had their uniform on and stood proud with it on. I know that most people do not want to see these men, in fear that they would become depressed, but the fact is most of these men are not depressed, but they are happy to be alive, and to have given as much as they did. My unit in the Marines, has some fellow brothers with purple hearts all over the place. It’s nothing to brag about, but most of the guys I work with in my unit have a purple heart. Some, you can tell who has it, and others you would of never guessed. Each time I see one now, I ask them about the story, some will talk about it and others won’t. For the most part, they want to talk about it though. My suggestion is for everyone to start asking their neighbors and friends about these things, find out who they know who has served in this war, find out who has come back on their feet or in a box. Whether you agree with the war or not, we should still talk about it. During WWII it was shocking to people if you didn’t know someone that was in the war. During WWII, everyone gave something, everyone was involved. Please get involved with the military members in this war, during this holiday season ship something to a stranger overseas, donate money to reputable organizations, have a military member that is away from home over for dinner.

I suggest that you should surprise yourself and do something that you would normally not do.

Visit your local military community website to get more information of events going on around you!

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Lower 9th Ward to start rebuilding?

So the summary is that Brad Pitt is working with this organization, that it seems like he founded, and is trying to restore the Lower 9^th Ward.

The houses are green, meaning they are good for the environment, using solar panels, tank-less water heaters, non-toxic paint, low flow water fixtures, and energy saving fans. The houses are $150,000 and are built to be 8 to 9 feet off the ground. They also have a generator built infor emergency power use. First I wanted to start by saying I am glad to hear that someone has thought of something, I too would l9ove to see the 9^th Ward restored to something better than what it was. Problem is, do the people in the 9^th Ward really want our help? Not to mention, should we be rebuilding in the 9^th Ward with the condition of the levees? I know that Brad Pitt and all others, to include yourself, have read and heard just as much as I have that the major issue is the levees. The levees have yet to be restored to the original state, prior to Katrina. I would think that Brad Pitt and his team of superhero actors would want to raise money to hire the Dutch company to come and fix the levees with the awesome guarantee that they have given us. My theory on this though is it will not be addressed and it will not be fixed. Why? The only answer I have is, the fixing of the levees does not give a physical home to people, it is not very glamorous and fascinating. People don’t walk up and look at a levee and ohh and ahhh about it. Actually, maybe some people would. I would think that we would hear ohhs and ahhs from the families who lost everything during Katrina, they would be excited to get the levees fixed so they can feel safer living at home. So I say to Brad Pitt and the other superhero actors, YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH! Imagine that, maybe they should stop spending their money on traveling and give fabulous homes, and instead use their own personal money for something that would make a difference. Just imagine this, one day on the news you hear, “Well Brad Pitt’s Levee was hit yesterday with a Category 6 hurricane and saved over half a million people today, thanks Brad!... In other news…” Talk about making history huh, talk about fame!

What are some other problems that our Superhero Actors should fix next?

Here is some articles that I read to help me write this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

http://chibloggo.blogspot.com/2007/07/infamous-lower-9th-ward.html

http://www.makeitrightnola.org/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033001912.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0902_050902_katrina_levees.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/05/AR2006030500976_pf.html

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Sagger Ban

While looking at the Drudge Report this morning, I found it very interesting that the NAACP finds this to be a horrible, by banning the saggy pants. I agree that this is a “freedom” issue. Can the government tell us how to dress and look? This ban does bring an image of “high school hall monitors” armed with rulers and a ticket book manning the streets look for dress code violations. The fact is that those who are pushing in favor of the ban, are looking to bring value back to their community. The NAACP should not be fighting this, they should be helping and supporting the changing of this community. Does the NAACP want “their people” to look like gangsters, and jailed hip-hop thugs? Honestly, I think a community that is trying to show their youth the proper way to present themselves, and the proper professional look in this world, is a caring community. If the ban doesn’t get passed, then the community should just start a marketing ad that says, “If you don’t like looking at our thuggish kids, don’t live here.”

On the other side, if the ban does get passed, how far can this go, where are the constraints to the ban? I would figure that the ban should be issued for a time period. Something like, no sagging of the pants from 8am-5pm M-F. This way the community gains a little, and the children will eventually get tired of looking at their watches, trying to see when they can/can’t sag their pants. Here in Austin, we have Leslie Cochran the half-him/half her person. If this ban were to be issued in Austin, would that mean that people like Leslie would be banned from expressing themselves and presenting their piece of art? I have to say, as a gay man, I kind of enjoy looking at the saggers. Some of these guys are really cute and hot. Let me tell you though, it is not just black guys, and it is definitely not a poverty thing. Saggers can be found in all communities, just look around. My question is, if the gay community was to come out and support the saggers, would we see a rapid decrease in the number of saggers? I propose a campaign, “Support Our Sagger’s: We want to see your ass and balls!” Oh wow, even has a cool catchy abbreviation, SOS. Now that is fitting, just as fitting as saggers’ jeans.

Would you vote for the ban in your city of not?

Check out the articles that go with this post:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071203/D8T9UQH01.html http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/08/can_dallas_ban_.html http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2007/08/atlanta_considers_saggy_pants_1.html

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Been Gone For Awhile

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UT's Sportsmanship

Well when I first moved to Austin, I quickly learned not to "dis" the Longhorns. At the time it wasn't even a good idea to go to a local bar and watch a game with another teams jersey on. Times are changing though. Seems like since the "big win" against USC at the Rose Bowl 2005, Longhorn fans have "simmered down" a bit. In a recent article from the Austin-American-Statesman, they talked about the fans making a huge effort to exercise good sportsmanship.

"The University of Texas wants to stress good sportsmanship at Longhorns athletics events. To that end, UT administrators are urging fans to monitor their alcohol consumption; treat opposing teams, fans and spirit groups with respect; watch their language; tell ushers if they they see inappropriate behavior; and support their team enthusiastically. Do you think poor sportsmanship is an ongoing problem at UT sporting events? If so, will this campaign help? Do you think most UT fans will follow these guidelines at the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 7, when the Texas-OU game takes place?"

I remember after first coming to Austin talking with a co-worker, an Aggie's fan,and how he would just find the Longhorn fans conduct after a game to be just disgusting. I really do hope to see all team fans both in the NFL and in College Football to look at their conduct before, during, and after a game. Let's keep the booing on the play ground where are 2 year-old is playing or in the hockey stadiums.

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Pre-game and Post-game in Austin

Outsports on Oct. 20, 2005 did an excellent article about the pre-game and post-game events in Austin. The whole article talks about the writers one night event of going to a UT game for the first time. You wanted to know what the spot is for the pre-game and post-game party. Well here it is...

"The gay Texas Exes set up a tailgate just southwest of the stadium at 18^th and Brazos. They told me to look for the RV with an orange tent and a rainbow Bevo flag. (Bevo is the name of the Texas mascot, a real Texas longhorn steer).

We arrived shortly before Noon (game time was 2:30) and tailgating at the gay Texas Exes party was in full swing and throughout the rest of campus. The rainbow Bevo flag was flying proudly at the gay Texas Exes spot when Mauricio and I met up with Michael O’Dwyer, a Longhorn fan from Dallas who was originally from Ireland.

Michael left Ireland in 1990 to work for American Airlines in Dallas and went to his first college football game in 1992 when he saw Texas play Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl and from then on, he was hooked. Many of his friends were UT grads and he became an UT all-sports fan over time, though his special passion is football. He loves the camaraderie and fun that the group has at the six to seven home games in Austin each year.

Most of the guys we met in the group were Texas alums, Outsports readers and avid football fans. What struck me was that their group of 40-plus guys was tailgating out and proud in the middle of campus and no one cared or made an issue of it. They were one of thousands such groups of friends and colleagues gathered around the UT campus. Most of the friends and family who wandered over were straight, and they blended right in to the party."

Unfortunatley the writer did not talk too much about hot frat boys, he couldn't find them, and he didn't mention the bars that were the best for team spirit. This is where you (the reader) and I come in. If you have any happening places to add, please let me know. If you know of a frat party to attend, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

The places that I do know to hit up are the mighty 4 gay Austin bars. The best way to experience the bars in Austin is to bar hop. Now mind you I do plan to add a map, to show those who are drunk how to stumble from one to the other, but for now the addresses will have to work.

Number 1 on my list is Oilcan Harry's, I know it sounds nasty but it is one the coolest gay bars, Austin style. Oilcan Harry's is located downtown on 4th Street, just between Lavaca and Colorado. Best thing is to park in a paid parking lot\garage, or if you have no room for a DD(Designated Driver) then get a cab.

Second on my list is right next door, Rain. If you arrive at the bars after 11pm, you will find that Rain has a long line outside. The bar is a very nice "upscale lounge bar". The dance floor is small, but if you just like to socialize and drink, then Rain is the place to go. Once again, Rain is on 4th Street, just between Lavaca and Colorado.


So I have a tie for Third. Both of these bars are completly different from each other, and I like them for totally different ways. Fabric and Rainbow Cattle Company (RCC).

Fabric is not a well marked bar, it is missing some good sign-age. Once you find Fabric you will find most of the cliental are college guys, and are card holding memebers of the "IT Crowd". Fabric is found to have some of the most exclusive DJ's spinning and one of the bigger dance floors compared to Rain and Oilcan Harry's. You can find Fabric on 5th Street just between Congress and Colorado, closer to Congress than Colorado. When your walking down the sidewalk, look for a white cement building, the entrance normally has a staff member blocking it, wearing a white T-shirt.

Rainbow Cattle Company (RCC) is a country western gay bar. You will find that the dress code is mainly, but not limited to, Stetson and Wrangler. This bar has the largest gay dance floor in Austin, which is usually used for line dancing and two stepping. RCC is definitly a bar to check out, if you think your too good for it then head back to Fabric, that is probably more your place. RCC is located off of 5th Street just between Lavaca and Guadalupe. You can't miss the western doorway and the rainbow flags.

Well hopefully this works for you. Trust me I totally have more to come for you in the future. Please just be patient with me. Thanks.

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It's Getting There

So I am proud to give you my first post, on day one of my blog. I am so excited that I am actually doing this! So here it is. Some of the things that I wanted to share with you some of my plans for the future. This actually should be very exciting for all parties.

Food- reviews of local restraunts to check out what makes Austin - Austin

Drinks- reviews of the local bars, mainly gay and gay friendly, some straight bars that are just fun to go to, like Pete's Dualing Piano Bar

The Scene- the gay scene, and nightlife in Austin

Party Time- Some cool events that are happening in Austin, if you weren't invited, well now you are.

Benefits - there are some cool benefits to be a part of .. one to highlight would be Hill Country Ride for AIDs..


News- the local news, the federal news, and every other type of news..

stuff like that... I have a lot of work to do...

You will notice that on the left-hand-side I have some links to other sites along with donations and so on. I have been spending all day setting up pages and accounts just so the function is there from the beginning. I am not expecting anyone to give me anything for this. In my eyes, I am just sharing feelings and your listening.
Well, I hope that soon I will be getting into the posting mood and get really active on here. Wish me luck and feel free to post as many comments as you want!

Thanks a bunch all for your continued support!

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