It's been quiet an eventful year for many of us. May the coming year be full of blessings, happy accidents, and many moments of pleasure!
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. - T. S. Eliot
Regards,
Manny
I am selfish, impulsive and insecure. I am reserved, reclusive and at times apathetic. I make mistakes and oftentimes can be hard to handle. Those of you who have experienced me at my worst, are truly deserving of my best.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Hmmm...
I'm starting to wonder if I'm turning into a viper-tongued, frigid queen - with a penchant for cheap Red Wine and generic Xanax.
What I am Michael is a 32 year-old, ugly, pock marked Jew fairy, and if it takes me a little while to pull myself together, and if I smoke a little grass before I get up the nerve to show my face to the world, it's nobody's god damned business but my own. And how are you this evening? - Harold, Boys In the Band
What I am Michael is a 32 year-old, ugly, pock marked Jew fairy, and if it takes me a little while to pull myself together, and if I smoke a little grass before I get up the nerve to show my face to the world, it's nobody's god damned business but my own. And how are you this evening? - Harold, Boys In the Band
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Not on Christmas! Not on Christmas! Part Deux
Not on Christmas! Not on Christmas! And I do mean it this time... Not to be taken as some clever some sarcastic joke... Another legend crosses over. Here's Miss Kitt singing Cha Cha Heels with Bronski Beat... The irony behind it all? Divine's character, Dawn Davenport, in the film Female Trouble, wanted a pair of Cha Cha Heels for Christmas. When she doesn't get them, she throws a fit on her parents. Dawn causes a chain reaction which makes the Christmas tree topple on top of his mother pinning her to the floor where she lies crying out, "Not on Christmas! Not on Christmas!" The vidjeo below is of a song that was written for, and intended to be sung by Divine in 1989 (he unfortunately died in 1988). I'm sadsies.
I's dun bin giffft'd!
DVDs:
The Dark Knight
Friday the 13th: The Series Vol. 1
French & Saunders Collection
Girls On Top: Big Snogs (Not Fetish Porn!)
Girls On Top: Four - Play (Not Fetish Porn!)
Serial Mom: Special Edition
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
The House of Venus Show: First Season
The Dark Knight
Friday the 13th: The Series Vol. 1
French & Saunders Collection
Girls On Top: Big Snogs (Not Fetish Porn!)
Girls On Top: Four - Play (Not Fetish Porn!)
Serial Mom: Special Edition
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
The House of Venus Show: First Season
Gadgets:
LaCie External DVD Burner w/ LightScribe
Books:
My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Four Comedies: Taming of the Shrew * Midsummer Night's Dream * The Merchant of Venice * Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
Giftcards/Cash:
AMC Theatres
H&M
$100
Clothes & Miscellaneous:
A $300 shopping spree at The Gap
A DC Brave II Heather Gray Skater Hoodie
Uniqlo Solid V-Neck T-Shirts
(RED) Scented Candle
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
My Christmas Card
It has been one hell of a year! For every tear, there's been a smile. There have been unfortunate accidents, and there have happy accidents. It's been a long and winding road, and as I have made my way through it, I feel fortunate enough to have been surrounded by a loving family and warm friends. For that I am eternally grateful. My best wishes to you and yours.
"There are very few moments in life as good as this. Let's remember it. To each of us and all of us, never have we been more close, may we never be farther apart. " - Lloyd Richards, All About Eve
Love,
Manny
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Horrorscope
Cancer
Wednesday, December 17th 2008
Be careful of keeping secrets from the people who need to know what's going on in your life, Cancer. Of course, not everyone needs to know all of your business, but to lock someone out of your inner thinking and plans could be seen as righteously excluding them. You may just be mulling things in your own mind, gaining clarity before sharing your thoughts, but don't assume someone else is aware of this fact.
Wednesday, December 17th 2008
Be careful of keeping secrets from the people who need to know what's going on in your life, Cancer. Of course, not everyone needs to know all of your business, but to lock someone out of your inner thinking and plans could be seen as righteously excluding them. You may just be mulling things in your own mind, gaining clarity before sharing your thoughts, but don't assume someone else is aware of this fact.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
i need a little privacy
going forward you will need to log in to read the blog. unfortunately, i've had a few unwanted readers/visitors.
Friday, December 12, 2008
false pretense
all your life was hit or miss
living under the false pretense
that you were so special
that you were someone
you are no one just like me
now you know what's after this
beyond your grave another false pretense
that you go to hell or you go to heaven
you're going nowhere just like me
- god module
living under the false pretense
that you were so special
that you were someone
you are no one just like me
now you know what's after this
beyond your grave another false pretense
that you go to hell or you go to heaven
you're going nowhere just like me
- god module
I should've killed myself when he put it in me. After the first time, before we were married, he promised never again. He promised, and I believed him. But sin never dies. Sin never dies. At first, it was all right. We lived sinlessly. We slept in the same bed, but we never did it. And then, that night, I saw him looking down at me that way. We got down on our knees to pray for strength. I smelled the whiskey on his breath. Then he took me. He took me, with the stink of filthy roadhouse whiskey on his breath, and I licked it. I licked it!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Peliculas de Diciembre!
Flicks to see this December...
The Reader Release Date 12/10/08
Doubt Release Date 12/12/08
The Wrestler Release Date 12/17/08
Revolutionary Road Release Date 12/26/08
The Reader Release Date 12/10/08
Doubt Release Date 12/12/08
The Wrestler Release Date 12/17/08
Revolutionary Road Release Date 12/26/08
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Different = Same
"Everything in life is connected somehow. You may have to dig deep to find it but its there. Everything is the same even though its different. Somehow everything connects back with your life. The faces in certain places may be different, but the situation is the same. Irony is a hidden factor that creeps around us in life, letting its presence felt only after it has left. Picture back to a year ago and the situation you were in. Look at how things are different yet somehow everything it still in someway cognate. Everything connects together to form the balance of life, to maintain structure. Change is and always will be inevitable, but everything is relative, and all the moments and times in your life will come back around again, you just might find yourself on the other side of the coin. Things are always changing, as fast as everything stays the same.” - Unknown
Monday, December 8, 2008
In a WGI state of mind...
VERY few people know that back in the day I was in fact a "f(l)ag twirler." Well, actually I was a riflist. Anyways, if it wasn't for the fact that I've "aged out," I would so totally try to make the time to get back into it. Here are some vidjeos from some of my favorite shows of WGI 2008.
Mount Carmel
Northeast Independent
Alter Ego
Northeast Independent
Alter Ego
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
...I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
September 1, 1939 - W.H. Auden
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
September 1, 1939 - W.H. Auden
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Let The Right One In
I had the pleasure of watching Let The Right One In tonight. It was by far the most enjoyable movie going experience I have had this year, second to The Dark Knight. Although it's underlying plot line is that of a vampire's tale, the film takes a fresh step in narrative. I would love to come across an critical analyzation between LTROI and Twilight, which are actually both based on books.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thankful...
It certainly has been quite a year, and it is not over yet. Between today and tomorrow I will be sharing what I am thankful for, and perhaps, what I am not so thankful for...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Re-hire, Re-Fire, Re-tarted...
LSC BEGS FOR $2.5M
Fulop: 'Bailout' by city would set bad precedent
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
By PAUL KOEPP
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Whether it's labeled a bailout or a bridge loan, the Liberty Science Center is asking Jersey City for $2.5 million to keep its doors open.
The City Council is expected to pass a resolution tonight to authorize a loan application to the state Urban Enterprise Zone Authority. The money would come out of the sales tax revenue that fills the city's UEZ coffers.
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The science museum, located in Liberty State Park, would start paying back the zero-interest loan in March, with the balance due by Dec. 31, 2010, according to the proposed resolution.
The $2.5 million sum is about 10 percent of its annual operating budget, according to LSC President and CEO Emlyn Koster.
Koster defended the loan request at yesterday's City Council caucus, saying the museum employs more than 100 Jersey City residents, including 25 full-time staff, and educates schoolchildren from across New Jersey.
In fact, it was the state's decision to cut funding for LSC's Abbott school district programs in half, from $6 million to $3 million this year, and that precipitated the "cash crunch," Koster said.
Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy said earlier in the day museum officials came to the city for help when they learned the state would cut its funding and a request to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was rebuffed.
They told him LSC would have to close as early as Dec. 12 if it did not get the loan, Healy said, although Koster said last night LSC would actually be solvent through January.
"It is critical for us to find ways to help support the Liberty Science Center and ensure that this iconic institution remains in Jersey City," Healy said in a statement.
Branding it a "bailout," Councilman Steve Fulop said he had "significant concerns" about the loan, saying it would set a "very dangerous precedent" that nonprofit organizations could count on financial backing from the city.
Other council members expressed support for the "bridge loan," but sought assurances it would be paid back on time.
Koster acknowledged that attendance has remained below expectations since LSC reopened last year following an extensive renovation. The museum expected more 1 million visitors this year but is on pace for only about 800,000, he said.
He said LSC is launching a new marketing campaign to boost attendance and raise funds from private donors, to enable it to pay back the loan.
8 Femmes
Isabelle Ruppert performing Message Personnel, one of the many great song performances from Frank Ozon's film, 8 Femmes (8 Women).
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Traitor
Back-stabbing shammer
You took me by surprise
You fooled me twice
Blank-faced scammer
Choke on your lies
I phantasize
I realize...
I hate you
Traitor
Here's to friends
Allies in the game
You're all the same
Well laid plans
Toxin in my heart
Tear me apart
I hate you
Traitor
Scum, vassal, Trojan whore
You can't reach me anymore
Scum, vassal, Trojan whore
You can't hurt me anymore
Putting him in his place...
My "fiance" and I had cyber lover's quarrel...
11:12:10 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Go to bed my love
11:12:21 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: fuck you!
11:12:34 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: get in the kitchen and make me some dinner
11:12:41 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: get me afucking beer too, you bitch!
11:12:43 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: lol
11:13:01 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Fuck you fat ass. Get it yourself
11:13:19 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Nite nite
11:14:02 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: i'm gonna choke you in your sleep faggot
11:14:27 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: teach you a lesson to talk to me that way, now get me a goddamn beer before i put your head through the wall
11:14:33 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: you piece of shit!
11:14:36 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: *SLAP*
11:14:38 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: LOL
11:15:10 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: i should put that on my blog LOL
On a serious note, gay domestic violence is a serious fact of daily life for some. For more information please visit Gay Domestic Violence Project.
11:12:10 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Go to bed my love
11:12:21 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: fuck you!
11:12:34 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: get in the kitchen and make me some dinner
11:12:41 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: get me afucking beer too, you bitch!
11:12:43 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: lol
11:13:01 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Fuck you fat ass. Get it yourself
11:13:19 PM larryshifflettjr@hotmail.com: Nite nite
11:14:02 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: i'm gonna choke you in your sleep faggot
11:14:27 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: teach you a lesson to talk to me that way, now get me a goddamn beer before i put your head through the wall
11:14:33 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: you piece of shit!
11:14:36 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: *SLAP*
11:14:38 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: LOL
11:15:10 PM mannym716@hotmail.com: i should put that on my blog LOL
On a serious note, gay domestic violence is a serious fact of daily life for some. For more information please visit Gay Domestic Violence Project.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Brief Encounter
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore. But I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no I don't want that time to come hither. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days. ~ Laura Jesson, Brief Encounter (1945)
The Trailer
The Final Scene
Back to our original programing...
Most everyone who knows me, knows I grew up on a diet of USA Up All Night and Troma movies - hence my twisted sense of humor. Here's a fan-made compilation of the goriest scene from one of the best Troma movies to date, Terror Firmer.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Our time will come...
It is not that I have no interest. I am very conscious of the issue. It is not that I am not passionate about the matter. I want it just as badly as everyone else. At this time I feel we have more pressing matters to tackle... Our time, like it has for others, will come. Despite my views on the matter, I want highlight (just like many other people have) Keith Olbermann's heartfelt speech on Countdown...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
HB MR
Reluctance
Robert Frost
Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.
And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question "Whither?"
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
Robert Frost
Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.
And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question "Whither?"
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
Patsy & Edwina = Larry & Manny
Oh how I miss those days... Love you kiddo! See you soon!
Oprah: Busting A Nut!
I was just clearing my throat...
I stumble gracefully
OMG, Sunday Tweakers!
Oprah: Busting A Nut!
I was just clearing my throat...
I stumble gracefully
OMG, Sunday Tweakers!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Nothing Gold Can Stay - Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Time/Interlude
Time is like a dream
And now for a time you are mine
Let's hold fast to the dream
That tastes and sparkles like wine
Who knows if it's real
Or just something we're both dreaming of
What seems like an interlude now
Could be the beginning of love
Loving you is a world that's strange
So much more than my heart can hold
Loving you makes the whole world change
Loving you I could not grow old
No, nobody knows when love will end
So till then, sweet friend
Was there some sort of election yesterday?
I'm not big on politics... So here is my sole contribution to all the hubbub...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
R.I.P. Yma Sumac
herro!
the holidays are fast approaching, and in the world of retail that means i will have less of a personal life for the next 2 1/2 months. then again, i haven't had much of a personal life lately... although i have been slowly coming out of my shell once again.
i have definitely come some distance from where i was 3 months ago, emotionally and otherwise. don't get me wrong, i do still have my moments. his birthday is coming up so that's been swimming in my head recently.
my focus overall though has shifted. i'm consumed with work - self-induced consumption. my mom's overcoming some medical hurdles and i've sort of dipped my fingers into that pie. although i haven't been as active at the gym recently, that's been a positive outlet. and it hasn't been a drain on the wallet-considering it's a new york city based gym. this blog thing has been a great way to get my creative juices flowing once again. i've been thinking about possibly starting a podcast, and i think once i get more comfortable with the blog thing i'll eventually explore that arena.
that's pretty much all i have to say for now... i'm not much for writing about myself and my happenings at length... would rather keep an air mystery about myself... besides writing out my thoughts and such is so draining.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Hell-o-ween
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