Overthinking It

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So, yeah. I thought I had finished that cross-stitch of that Honcho magazine cover. Well. I started overthinking it.

Here’s the “finished” piece.

But then I got to looking at an image of the actual magazine. The cover doesn’t bleed off the edges. It has a border the same color as the HONCHO lettering.

This started to eat away at my soul a little, so I removed the back stitching and added a border around the image.
FINALLY Completed!

I like it a lot better now! All that is left to do is find a frame and hang it for my friends and adoring fans to admire.

Now, the big question is… what should I stitch next?

Overthinking It

Memorialed

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What a busy holiday weekend. Four social events, record shopping, a movie, and crafting. Why can’t they all be holiday weekends?

Social
I was spotted at the local gay social. I DO get out of the house!

On Sunday, I took Sherry and Tom to a record store they had never been to. I was pretty excited to find an original Sire pressing of the first album by The Smiths. It was pricey, but I wanted it. Well, I should have looked at it more closely. It’s pretty beat up, and the pre-cleaning playback was not great. Skips. Run-out groove issues on Side 1. Run-in groove issues on Side 2. Pretty bummed about the state of this record for the price that was charged. Gonna have to be more cautious and less excited next time!


At the Sunday afternoon social event, we got to see a rather large black snake climb a tree. It was pretty cool! Nature is awesome … and scary. Ha ha. Thankfully, the snake didn’t drop off a limb onto anyone.


Yesterday, I finished that Honcho cover cross-stitch I have been working on. I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Now I need to find a frame.


I made sure to find some time to laze around in the hammock yesterday. The Summer of the Hammock continues!

Anyhoo … It’s been a slog of a work day, and I want waffles! (Thanks, Michael.)

Memorialed

Mid-Week Thoughts and Things

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Shew. My energy level this week has been in the shitter. Sinus infection aftermath? Side effect of the meds? Simply being an old bastard? Who knows. I have been feeling exhausted every damn day.

The super secret coss stitch project was handed off to Shortlegs (aka Sherry) this past weekend, and she seemed to really like it. She and the Former Roomie (aka Tom) have an octopus theme going on in their guest bathroom. Plus, Sherry always wants to slap people who annoy her. So, this seemed like a no-brainer to make.

The next project is underway. This one has been a little more involved. More colors and more kinda random stitching, which means having to pay closer attention to the pattern. That’s one of the problems with using a program to convert an image into a pattern. Anyhoo. It’s gonna be fun to have this framed and hanging on the wall.
Next Project

Summer weather is in full force here, and I spent a good part of the weekend lazing around in my hammock on both Saturday and Sunday. I am declaring this to be “The Summer of the Hammock!”
Lazy

The Peace Rose in the front yard was looking all pretty and stuff yesterday.
Peace Rose

I bought a Ninja Slushi machine last year, and it’s been a great addition to the house. Well, I was in Walmart last night, and they are now selling the Ninja Slushi XL, a bigger, better, more awesome version for the same price as the one I bought last year. Sadness! And, if you go on their website, they have an even bigger version for $20 more. Dammit!!! Now I want the Max version for the ultimate slushi experience. I guess I am a size queen after all.
Upgraded!

Mid-Week Thoughts and Things

Dead in the Head

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Sheesh. What a brain drain of a week!

Work has been MIND NUMBING! And, I have been dealing with a sinus infection. I finally got put on drugs midweek after blowing a bunch of blood out of my head on Wednesday morning. Yay.

Here’s some smooth music to listen to while I regroup …

Dead in the Head

A Good Laugh

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Anyone who knows me knows that I can be a bit of a karaoke fiend when the mood strikes. About a month ago, Michelle and I went for her birthday and ate/drank/sang too much. It’s always an ’80s hits/new wave/alternative flashback when I am on the mic. Little did I know that she videoed a little bit of me in action. Press the play button if you want a good laugh or your ears to bleed.

Karaoke at our favorite spot runs from 9 pm to close on Wednesdays. I will say that I am a little too old for tons of mid-week drinking and late-night shenanigans. Lordy.  They really need to institute “senior” karaoke for us old farts who are in bed by 9 pm.

A Good Laugh

Nostalgia [Comments Edition]

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I have been on a nostalgia kick the past few weeks and have been going through old (like 20+ years old) blog posts. I must have missed the two comments on this post back in the day. I think in 2005, just 2-1/2 years into this blog, they would have freaked me out, and I would have deleted them.

Comments

Reading these now, I find them to be absolutely hysterical!

“Absolutely disgusting thoughts!”
“My innocent Christian eyes!”
“Sick homo freak!”
“Hope you have a straight day!”

Obviously, someone was just trolling. Thanks for the 20-year overdue laugh. Say “hello” if you are still reading!

Meanwhile, this has got me thinking that I need to get back to posting some degenerate homo content every once in a while. More cock! More asses! More blojobs! More butt sex! Ha, ha.

Nostalgia [Comments Edition]

Things & Stuff and Stuff & Things

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– Guess who is sick with (what I am assuming is) a sinus infection!  It started last Monday and made last week a bit pesky. The weekend wasn’t much more fun. If it were just the snot, I could deal with it better. It’s the sinus pressure/pain and headache that make things miserable.

– I finished my top-secret cross-stitch project last night. I will finally post some photos of the darn thing when I get it framed, and it’s been handed off to the lucky recipient. I am fairly certain this person doesn’t look at this blog anymore … but you never know!

– I talked the other day about the stages of grief I have been stuck in over Róisín Murphy’s heel turn from queer-friendly singer to evil TERF monster.  Last week, I commented on a Facebook post of hers whining about being canceled. My comment was blunt and expressed hurt. It was not full of the insults I would like to hurl in her direction. Well … she blocked me. [Insert Eyeroll Emoji Here!]

Roisin Murphy Blocked Me On Facebook

– AND … If anyone has $1.3 million to give me so that I can purchase this brutalist beauty that is located in the California desert, please contact me. SWOON!

Brutalist Brutalist

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Hell Has Frozen Over!

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Ken Russell's THE DEVILS

In a development that I NEVER thought I would see happen in my lifetime, Ken Russell’s 1971 shocker The Devils has received a 4K restoration. The director’s cut will premiere at Cannes later this month (!) and is supposed to include the infamous Rape of Christ and Sister Jeanne/fremur scenes that have been censored since the film first premiered. Hopefully that means a 4K release on home video sometime thereafter! It would be awesome if there were a theatrical release here in the States as well, but I am not holding my breath on that one.

“The 4K restoration was drawn from the original camera negative by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services and Water Tower Color. The restoration is part of the newly launched Warner Bros. Clockwork specialty label, which is dedicated to restoring and releasing classic Warner Bros. films. The restored film, with a runtime of 114 minutes, is set to screen in the Cannes Classics lineup.”

I have had this BFI DVD (Region B locked, of course) of the British “X” theatrical cut for a few years now. It’s been a great way to see this film (albeit censored).

I would argue that any true film fan needs to see The Devils at least once. Even after all these years, this film still manages to be shocking and has absolutely stellar performances by Oliver Reed and Venessa Redgrave.

Hell Has Frozen Over!