Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day 2007
This was my second Valentine’s Day with my Sweetie. In the past he’s sent me floral arrangements throughout the year and co-workers have drooled all over them 
. This year, my co-workers were wondering what was going on. I got no flowers at work. They thought something was off. Were we fighting? Were we already separated? As I sat there laughing to myself about my puzzled co-workers and their prying questions, I wondered what was in store.
I was eager to see his face as he opened the gifts I wrapped for him the night before and left on the stairs to taunt him. Would he like what he was getting from me? And what was he up to?
After a long day of work and school I come home to a treasure hunt. That’s right a treasure hunt. He put the first clue on our wedding website. At the first stop a bouquet of Red Roses. At the second stop was a bouquet of Iris and White Lilacs. Every stop had cute little Photoshopped pictures indicating my next hint. A Very cute idea! So just because you don’t get flowers at work, there are some men that go the extra mile to be original and make that day special in their own way. 
Super Bowl XLI , Snickers, and gay rights???
Super Bowl time! A time to gather with friends, eat junk food and watch the game. Well for many, the commercials are just as important as halftime and the game itself, but in today’s modern culture we have voiced opposition of our cherished enjoyments. Controversy struck when Janet Jackson’s breast “popped” out during a half time performance with Justin Timberlake during Super Bowl XXXVIII . An unforgettable moment, yes, but we move on.
For Super Bowl XLI, MSNBC reports that this year the controversy is over a hilarious SNICKERS ad. Two guys are working under the hood of a car and one begins to chew on a SNICKERS bar, leaving it in his mouth to continue working. The other man starring longingly at the SNICKERS bar in his friends’ mouth decides to take a bite. Then like a scene from Lady and the Tramp they meet in the middle to seem as if it was a “kiss”. They both jump back and say they should do something manly. So they both yank off a patch of chest hair and scream…end of 31 second video clip.
Now our little prissy gay community, (The Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is “outraged”. I have nothing against gay people my best friend is gay and I know many others that are, but what does bother me is their drama.
In the gay community everything seems to be OVER THE TOP. Many over react to small issues for whatever reason. Our world has become increasingly lax in the acceptance of gay lifestyles mainly because of the persons we know and not because we agree with it. That doesn’t mean that everything needs to revolve around the gay community though.
When gay jokes are being said out of the mouths of the actors/actresses portraying gays on gay “themed” TV shows such as “Will and Grace” or “Ellen” you hear no complaints. At a recent show at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California, David Copperfield himself made a joke referencing that his magic was not “broke back” magic when he had a guest from the audience on stage helping with an illusion. The entire sold out audience laughed roaringly. Yet when a commercial is made that is comedic to the rest of us they complain enough to have it pulled off the TV and the company’s website. Now to me that’s GAY!
They make a big deal out of everything “gay” related so that they force their community on us and we’ve accepted, but to take away our freedoms of enjoying gay comedy because they don’t agree with it? How gay is that? SNICKERS you shouldn’t have conceded!
David Copperfield Grand Illusion
I attended a recent venue of David Copperfield and his Grand Illusion. I have been waiting for years to see him live on stage and finally I get to see him and it’s bittersweet. I was overwhelmed with the reality. Two David Copperfield tickets for Grand Illusion Live at the Kodak Theatre Hollywood, California, and I was there! I couldn’t believe I had finally made it! Sitting there waiting for the show to begin I wondered what David was going to amaze me with that evening. The show began with a real mysterious self praising video collage of David Copperfield as the subject matter. For instance a clip from Friends, news broadcasts, political cartoons, and many more. This video lasted a good 5 minutes or more. Then he gave his magical entrance. The show started out slow and about 1/2 way through…yet another video clip. I know David Copperfield is a great in our time and that’s why I’m there! I wasn’t eagerly awaiting his performance to see how much video he could have edited and put into his act to praise himself in front of his audience.
Our seats were in the first couple rows, center second level…pretty good…price tag $60 per ticket plus ticketing fees. After all was said and done the show including the 2 video reels was a whopping 1 hour 45 minutes and there were only 3 or 4 illusions that left me amazed.
Do I think David Copperfield is great? Yes, of course he’s been able to create some illusions that will leave many of us puzzled for our entire lives. For such a man as he I felt like I had been taken by the price tag on the ticket and what I got for the show.
Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed the whole thing. It just went by so fast and the lengthy videos seemed over kill since we were paying to see him perform instead of praising himself by his self edited videos. Are all the magicians/illusionist this way? Or was this a bad first experience? BRING BACK SIGFRIED AND ROY the tigers really do love you!