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Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Tonight is the magical night! Seems like it came so fast!

Last night my friend Eric had a pretty traumatic night. He was doing a costume trial run, and put on his rings (three tiers) when the metal ring broke. I swear, I could see the life drain out of his eyes. 2 months of hard work and it broke. This was after he tried it on successfully a few times.

Well, me and Ta'Mar were not going to let his Halloween be ruined. We quickly went into problem solving mode.

My friend Sheldon was coming over to take picks and when he showed up we asked him if he had a soldering iron. His father-in-law did so him and Laura went to get it! It was very nice of them.

Well, the iron was kinda old and wasn't getting hot enough to melt the solder.

I called my friend Dan (who always has a wide array of tools) but I was shocked to learn he didn't have a soldering iron. What he did have was a torch though! He said he uses that for soldering copper piping in his house!

I asked to come over and borrow it, but (knowing me so well) he just laughed and said I'd burn my place down :) So he offered to come over.

Thank you Dan! Damn soldered Eric's costume in a few seconds, and Eric put it on successfully! All is well in the land of Halloween!

I would like to thank my friends for helping Eric! It was great how everyone came together. It was a party last night. Afterwards, we had some drinks and took some pictures. What a great night! I love my friends. :)

Anyways, gotta go but Have a great night all!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Busy Weekend!

Whew! I need to take a weekend off next week! Life has been so crazy busy but fun.

Saturday morning I went down the OC again and hung out with Eric and Chad all day. We worked on Eric's costume some more and spent the day laughing and working away. I actually love doing stuff like that! Eric had to go into work at 6 so I left a bit before then.

On the way home, I picked up my friend Steve and we trotted around Hollywood looking for some Metallic Pink underwear to wear outside of my costume. Needless to say, we couldn't find any. Neither at the the Pleasure Chest or Trashy Lingerie. I may not have it for Halloween, but I'll have it for filming for sure.

Steve and I went out for dinner then watched "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special" which was very cheesy and silly but contained quite a few one liners that will be used at a later date. :)

I have been too busy to clean my place or go shopping so I didn't host my pumpkin carvign party, which was just as well, as I got invited to one down in Hollywood. It was a lot of fun! There were about 35 guys there, many cuties and all were really nice. And as luck would have it, Steve and I were quoting Girls will be Girls when we heard someone from behind say "Hey, I was in that movie" and sure enough he was. It was a fun night and I came away with a cool pumpkin (I don't have my camera with me or I'd post a pic).

Anyways, that was my weekend in a nutshell.

Tonight, I am goign to clean my place, do laundry and pick up my cape! Laura is done with it and I'm sure it'll look fabulous!!

Eric comes over tomorrow to stay the night and do a complete trial run of his costume.

2 more days 'til Halloween, Silver Shamrock!

Shoes!

Haha I can't believe you remember Mr. Nobody!! haha

Here is a pic of my shoes for this year. They are silver not gold as shown in the pic. Aren't they the gayest shoes ever? I LOVE 'em! hahah

Yapple-Dapple!

1 More week 'til Halloween! Crunch time!

So Halloween is one week away and I just received my unitard in the mail. It's fabulous!! I'm glad I got myself into shape as it is skin tight haha, but thats all part of the fun!

I love my costume for the film but for Halloween, i am used to making more grand costumes, but there is always next year. At least my costume this year won;t be copied. I love doing fun things with creative people that have their own ideas.


Eric's costume is coming along still. I may have to go down and help him again with it.

The plan his that he, Chad, Shaq and John are coming up during the day. We will be met at my place by my friend's Kerri, Liz and Sheldon and taking some cabs down. We'll be meeting more people down there as well.. Ah, all is nice in the world. I'm so in love with this time o' year!

-E

Fun and Productive weekend!

I had a blast this weekend.

Friday night, I went with my friend Steve to see Coco Peru perform her one woman show "Ugly Coco". it was hysterical! I loved it, at the same time it was also touching. I love comedy that also makes you think. We met her afterwards and talked a bit about the show.

At the show, we ran into some of Steve's friends Tony and his partner of 15 years! They were really nice guys and live in North Hollywood. I would like to keep in touch with them. We also saw Dennis again and the day after Steve saw Jack (Evie)! Those guys are turning up everywhere we go! haha

Saturday morning, I woke up bright an early and headed down Orange County to help Eric with his Halloween costume. He has been stressed because assembling it is taking a long time. So, to be decrease his stress level, I went down and helped. Man, this last bit that we worked on is the finishing touch to his costume. It blew me away! We worked all day until about 5:30. He had to go to work so I came back home. During the day however, his friend Chad came over and we hung out. What a cool guy he was. We hit it off and we all spent the day laughing while working. It's cool to make new friends.

Sunday was more of a mellow day. I slept in for a bit but then spent the afternoon over at my friend Sheldon's house. I helped him work on a project he is working on and handed my first attempt at the cape over to his wife Laura who was eager to help. I'm so happy about that! It is very nice of her and very much appreciated! She even offered to make the dog a costume for the film! I was just going to buy her one, but Laura is very good at what she does. When I was done helping Shel, I came home, had dinner and relaxed the rest of the night.

BUT, while I was relaxing, a beat came to my head...the opening theme of our series! I've been waiting for about a month for this song to come to me and last night it started to come. I am going to try to create it in Garageband (Cool music program for the Mac). If not, I'll have to find someone who is good at composing music on the computer.

So things are moving along with our series and Halloween! I love this time of year!

9 more days 'til Halloween, Silver Shamrock!

xoxo,
E

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special!

My friend Steve just sent me an e-mail on this, so of course I had to order it!

It was only aired once in the 70s!

I can't wait to put it on at my pumpkin carving party :)

Oppsie...

D'oh!

It's actually a good thing though since something came up with one of my friends and I'm going to help him on a project he is workin' on.

So, I'll report back on Saturday how it was! Err Sunday since Saturday I'll be in the OC.

I got my report back from my checkup I had last week, my LDL cholestrol went down over 30 points! Like Martha Stewart says, "That's a good thing."

I sent out an invite to sme friends for Halloween! We'll have to take 2 minivan cabs down (I know...minivans.....) and 2 more groups of people will meet us down there. I can't wait :) It's one of my most favorite holidays :)

I am so proud of my friend Eric. He was worked *SO* hard on his costume (and still is!) It looks amazing. He has GOT to get a bracelet this year to go on stage for the costume contest, it's just that fabulous!

:)

-E

Ugly Coco!

Tonight, some friends and I are going to see "Ugly Coco!" Starring the fabulous Miss Coco Peru !!

I am very excited as I have always loved Coco and meeting her last week at bingo was a real hoot. She (he) is very nice.

Everything else has been pretty quiet the past few days. Although I have started dating, it is something I won't be posting about here. (as I posted before I don;t like to post about other people and dating, well theres always another person involved :))

That has been going okay. Just a matter of getting yourself out there.

Other than that, I've just been watching my tutorial DVD on my editing software, trying to memorize it.

That's all for now!

xoxo,
Eric

Costumes and Friends

This weekend was very fun and exciting!

Friday, I went to see a play with my friend Gil. It was interesting. I love small theater! I'm growing more of a passion for it all the time!

I also got my Final Cut Studio Pro 2 on Friday!!!! This is a major milestone in terms of getting ready to film my series of short films!

Saturday I spent trying to get an external hard drive to work on my Airport Express. It wouldn't work, after 3 hours I gave up and took my lil heiney over to the Apple store in Fashion Square mall. I bought an external 320GB hard drive there, took it home hooked it up and poof, it worked instantly :)

I then copied over home movies I took when my Mom was here and moved them to the drive, freeing up TONS of space on my laptop. I was then ready to install my program. It took around 4 hours! (The thing is huge!) and then updated it from the web. It was late Saturday night when I finished, so I popped in the Tutorial DVD and started to learn what it can do. It is truly an amazing product and will take a while and a class or two to master. I am looking forward to it. :)

Sunday, my friend Eric came over. We spent the afternoon shopping for various items for his Halloween costume. What a great costume he has! We then went to Joann's fabrics and bought stuff for my cape.

Afterwards, we went out to dinner then came back to my place and worked on his costume and did our best trying to make the cape. We got a good first draft done, but I need a sewing machine to make it look nice. I don't have one and have no clue how to sew so I asked a friend if she would help. She's very good with home stuff, so she will help us out. That's awesome since not only is this for Halloween but it's also for my series of short films, so it'll be nice to have it look awesome.

Last night, Eric came over with his friend TaMar. She is awesome and we clicked right away. It's always nice to make a new friend. She is writing a script too so we had lots to talk about! :)

On the series front: I already talked about my cape and the editing software...I got a shoe stretcher for my shoes, so they will actually fit when the time comes. :) and Sheldon has been playing with my HD camcorder learning it (as he will be the chief cameraman). His task this week is to film some stuff so I can grab it off the camera and start editing it and playing with Final Cut Pro. Gotta practice!

I am going to try my best to start filming in December. I originally wanted to start in November, but that is approaching very quickly and to do it right, we need a little more time. I actually have a document written up now that (at high level) describes each of the 10 episodes and next year's Holiday special!)

Fabulous!
-E

All Women Have Periods!

Steve got me addicted to this. This has got to be the funniest thing ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP5bz0cogeA

Morrissey Concert!

The old man can still jam!

Last night's Morrissey concert was excellent!

I went with my friend Steve. True to Morrissey form, he ripped his shirt off twice (a little old for it,. but still has a good body) and threw it into the audience. Of course I was overly joyed he played How Soon is now and Last of the Famous International Playboys! My friend Steve wants to get some more of his stuff now. :)

It was a very fun night. :)

On other fronts, my editing software is on the FedEx truck on route to my place from North Hills :) One step closer to filming!! :)

I'm gonna go home at lunch and hopefully, it'll come then.

Tonight I have a play to go see, so maybe in the morning I'll install it and start dickin' around with it.

-E

Coco!

Last night, Coco Peru was the guest ball caller at Bingo!

It was weird seeing her there, since just days before we ran into Jack Plotnick at Disneyland (Both starred in "Girls will be Girls". Coco was very nice and she signed my "Girls will be girls" DVD!

I was a fun night!

Tonight, I am going to see Morrissey! It has been a long time since I had seen him so I am very much looking forward to tonight!

Friday night I am having dinner with my friend Gil and then we are going to see a play. I don't know what it is or what it is about, but I love going out and doing things and love small theater so it'll be fun. :)

I also ordered my Final Cut Studio Pro 2 (Thanks John for letting me use your discount and saving me 600 bucks!) That should come to me on Friday, so I'm excited to play with that all day Saturday and then Sunday and Monday I'll be hanging with my friend Eric to work on costumes. :)

Fun fun!

'Til next time,
-E

The Happiest Place on Earth!

This weekend was a blast!

We got a little bit of a late start since I got out of work a bit later than expected on Friday. I picked up Steve at 7:30 and we drove down to Anaheim. There we picked up John and headed to our hotel which was in a prime location for a very short walk across the street to Disneyland! :)

We got in the room Friday night and got it set up just in time to be joined by Eric. By then it was around 10:30 and we were all exhausted. We spent the rest of the night hanging in the room, drinking some and listening to music that Steve and I brought down on our ipods. We chose to stay in because we were getting up at 6am that morning to spend all day walking in the park!

The night was fun, it reminded me of being a kid again with 4 people in the room gabbing until you just fell asleep.

Saturday morning, we woke up bright and early to shower. John got us a reservation at a buffet breakfast at his hotel. The food was AMAZING. Hmm, carmel French toast... mmmmm We had some characters sit with us and say hello (I'll have to get the pics from John).

We then went into the park and spent all day at Disneyland. It was so much fun! Everyone was very nice. We were there from opening until closing! Good thing I bought new sneakers to wear!

Eric had to leave around 3pm to go to work. We were all bummed about it, but glad he had the chance to spend some time there.

We ate at the Blue Bayou restaurant which is located inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I LOVE that place!

Lots of cute guys to look at, but a lot of them were too young for me to be interested in dating. But it was fun, We had a blast!

Sunday morning we woke up early. John had to work until 4:30 so he got us into California Adventure once Guy got there. We met some nice folks in line for "Soaring over California" That is THE coolest ride I have ever been on! They really trick your senses into thinking you are actually flying, complete with different smells! (I.e. orange for flying over the orange groves etc.) It was my first time in California Adventure and I really liked it. The guys we met hung out with us for the rest of the day and night. They were both really nice (again pics to be posted soon). John met us when he was done working and we continued to have a blast!

One really cool thing happened, we met the Jack Plotnick that plays the character Evie in Girls will be Girls and from the shining star videos on youtube! He was really nice and it was a really odd happening as Steve and I had been quoting Evie all weekend.

Anyways, gotta get back to work. Overall, this weekend was great fun and a good time was had by all! Next holiday...Halloween!

xoxo,
Eric

I met my goal woohoo!

This morning I got on my scale and tah-dah! I have reached my goal of 165 pounds! (165.2 to be exact)! This is exactly the weight I wanted to be for Gaydays at Disneyland!

The "Just Do it!" mode of thinking is working. It just takes dedication. If you want something bad enough you can make it happen. I believe that to be true in every aspect in life. It's just a matter of getting off your butt and doing it. My life is exactly the way I want it right now. Writing my lil short film series, better body (although, I wanna set a new goal of losing 5 more pounds by Halloween...but come to think of it, I dunno if I can, since muscle weighs more than fat, I think I should get my body fat measured and think in terms of losing body fat percentages now rather than just weight on a scale. I'll get it measured next week!

Last night a friend came over that I haven't seen in a while. We hung out and gabbed and did some drinking. It was fun. It was nice to see him.

On a serious note, I said long ago I wouldn't post personal things about others in my blog as I dislike Yentas and it's not up to me to tell the world their business. That said, I do have to say that my thoughts are with a dear friend right now as he is in the hospital. I am sending good vibes for his recovery.

Have a great weekend all, I'm off to Disneyland!
xoxo,
Eric

Inching closer...

...to the weekend!

Tonight, I am going to try one more store for a red tee shirt. I have an "official" one for Saturday but I need a shirt for Sunday. I have a red tee shirt, but it's a bit faded and not as fabulous as it should be.

Afterwards, I am going to go to the store for stuff for the weekend. I already have vodka and cups for the hotel room, I just need cranberry juice and Redbull :) and some snacks!

I got my masks in the mail too! I ordered 4 of them so we have a few extra.

It looks like, when I arrive in the OC tomorrow I'll hop to the mall real quick with John and buy my Final Cut Studio Pro 2 for my Project X!

I'm so excited!! :)

A Happy mishap!

Last night, I had a voicemail at home from the company that is making my outfit for my Youtube series (which will double as my Halloween costume).

The said the earliest deliver date would be Oct. 29th. I called them first thing this morning (6am as they are on the east coast) and talked them into delivering it by October 25th as I am hoping to bedazzle it before hand).

The shoes I wanted were out of stock and were not going to be available. I thought "Poop!" but then she suggested another shoe which was available is metallic silver and it's even better than the original one I wanted!!!

Happy happy joy joy!!!

This week I am busy with laundry and shopping and car washing etc. to get ready for my gayday weekend. Time sure is flying!

Slipping into the future,
Eric

You should be dancin'...Yeh!

What a fun weekend it was! My friend Eric has been staying with me, he just left today. It was fun having him here.

We did some shopping for costumes. I ordered my costume for the Youtube series I am writing, and I am going to double it as a Halloween costume. Over the weekend, I bought my costume and shoes (They have to be specially made and I will get them in a few weeks) as well as these funny wigs!

Saturday night, I put on my hot pants and we went dancing at Oil Can Harry's

It is usually a Country Western type place but on Saturday nights, it is Retro Disco with a few early 80s thrown in for good measure.

Oh, we had so much fun! It was the first time I've been out dancing in a loooong time. I haven;t really gone since the Senator days. Once he moved away there was really nobody fun to go with. But E and me had a great time! There were some other people from gay.com there and there were 20 firemen promoting their special calendar.

The hot pants worked their magic and I met this cute guy named Robert. I'm tellin' ya, the hot pants never fail! They are magical! haha

We closed the place down and hung out with Robert and his best friend Heather until around 4am or so.

Sunday was a day of recovery haha. I worked on some more ideas for my series then watched some T.V. with Eric before going to bed.

It was a little of everything this weekend.

Just 4 more days until my Disneyland weekend! The weather is supposed to be great too!

That's all for now. Happy October!

30 more days 'til Halloween...Halloween...Halloween, 30 more days 'til Halloween, Silver Shamrock!