D&G Ad

This advertisement was from Dolce & Gabbana's fall 2009 campaign but I just stumbled across it and obviously intrigued. Other than Jesus Luz just hanging out there on the right, pretty out of place for the advertisement, I think it's a pretty fascinating piece. Dolce & Gabbana are continually my favorite source of print advertising because of the ways in which they push homoerotic boundaries and play with the viewers subconscious.

This ad especially works hugely with notions of masculinity and, as per usual, plays on sexuality as well. Fun stuff.

Weekend Warrior

Literally feel like the past four nights have been a battle of booze and babes.

(Disclaimer: The babes in the sense that Smith has many, many of them and therefore they have been a part of my weekend)

Anyway, tonight let's chat about the pros and cons of starting your weekend on Wednesday night. Here in Noho, Wednesday night means drag night at Divas downtown. Usually pretty entertaining, cute girls, fun gay men...not such a good idea to attempt a visit sober...and definitely not a great idea if you have class at or before 9 am the next morning. Although this hardly stops anyone.

So, you've hit up Divas on Wednesday: saw some drag, danced around- maybe on stage, and hopefully found a cozy ride home instead of having to brave the chilly fall air. Thursday morning rolls around, you're totally miserable, but hopefully the night before was fun enough to make it worth the headache (remember to drink water throughout the night to prevent this headache!).

Thursday night, party? Why not. If you aren't bound to science labs all day on Friday and instead have the freedom of the 3 day weekend, have some fun! I'm not saying the four day party weekend is a good idea every weekend. No, no, no. It should only be attempted rarely to save your body from complete and utter exhaustion. So, you've committed to Thursday. It's happening. You're raging. Good job. There's always the option to take either Friday or Saturday night off, but that's a bit more tricky as more people are generally up for a good time.

Now, the pros and cons of putting your body through the four-day-warrior-weekend. This is not a serious term, I'm basically referencing the self-label of "warrior" that occurred the other day while talking to my co-DJ (DJ Pearlz) at a hungover brunch.

Pros:

• FUN! Everyone needs a break from school and real life now and then. Kick back. Take some time to relax and play. We all need it.
• Breaking up the week. Why only have fun two nights of the week? Going out on Wednesday keeps you sane from the hellish amount of work and life dramz that can happen during the week.
• Dancing=endorphins! Good for the mind and body!
  

Cons:

• $$$: Going out/liquid refreshments can be expensive
  
• Lack of motivation for school work: exhaustion seeps in and who wants to do a paper outline or read about Bourdieu's stance on the field of education when our beds are oh so comfortable and napping is oh so nice?
  
• Bad life decisions. Always a possibility over the course of that many drunken escapades.

Speaking of bad life decisions, I've chosen to write this post instead of reading Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right... oh well! The night is young!

Do yourself a favor

And watch this video right now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZrSY_ISn4w

I miss coffee

No coffee for me today. Missing it. In a stage of my life where today I've decided that I want to own a coffee shop. Mmm coffee.

It's a beautiful day

I'm in a great mood, and I wanted to post something that symbolized happiness to me recently!

Pre-weekend advice: HANGOVER HELP

Due to it being Thursday, and therefore the start of the weekend, I thought an appropriate post would be some handy hints as to avoiding/dealing with a possibly inevitable hangover sometime this weekend.

Unfortunately for me, hangovers tend to be an all day event. The sacrifice of a night well spent. All I find myself craving is melted cheese. Since I cut fast food, and more specifically- Taco Bell, out of my diet, it has been harder to find the perfect food to satisfy this intense desire for my poor hungover body. A few good substitutes I have found are: a cheese quesadilla from the Campus Center Cafe, Macaroni and Cheese, a grilled cheese, and sometimes- just plain melted cheese. Nom nom nom.

First off: Why do hangovers happen?!

Well, according to my handy-dandy pals at besthangovercure.com who sum it up nicely:
A hangover is an after-effect of intoxication(DUH). Alcohol being a diuretic leads to dehydration of the body. This dehydration is in turn responsible for the headaches,dizziness, general body weakness and tiredness, increased sensitivity to light and noise, nausea and vomiting – all the symptoms of a hangover. Fun stuff, right?

So, to first avoid having a hangover, you should note that some alcoholic drinks are more likely to make you feel like shit than others: red wine, for example, is worse than white. Clear alcohol is better than dark. Also, eating fatty foods and drinking milk before drinking are both good ideas. Then just keep hydrated while drinking alcohol to keep your body hydrated.

Some remedies: Water, obviously. Foods that will boost blood sugar and restore potassium and salts: BANANAS and COCONUT WATER are great. Avoid aspirin and Tylenol so as not to upset your stomach, but other over the counter pain relievers are good. Also, coffee-NOT GOOD. Also a diuretic, avoid it, unfortunately. Sports drinks- good! And lots of sleep. Sorry, Sunday homework.


On the bright side, one of the (or the only) nice things about devoting a day to a hangover, is how awesome you feel the next day. Without the hangover, it's like being rejuvenated and feeling like you're on top of the world!

Happy Weekend!

Procrastination Round 2

Once again, instead of studying for this LGBT midterm tomorrow (Let it be noted, however, that I have almost completed my study outline), I have found myself on the Garfield website looking through the comic archives for the strips that have published on my birthdays throughout the years. For your entertainment, and possible procrastination, I will post some gems: