Conversations

I wanted to give all of you out there an opportunity to get to know me a little better, see what makes me tick. That's why I invited my dear friend Matt McInnis to put me in the hot seat for an interview via instant message. If you ever want to sit down for some Conversations just let me know!

MM: Ok, first of all I'd like to say how honoured I am to be a part of your blog.

TK: Well it's truly an honor to have you

MM: Let’s just get this started: Describe Anderson Cooper in seven words.

TK: Does OMG count as one word or three??

MM: One

TK: “OMG Loves My Future Husband. Silver Fox!”
I mean have you SEEN him?!
I love it
And he’s a blue blood!

MM: I think that All-4-One should sing at the 2008 inauguration. And before Barack gives his pledge, he should begin with "I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky...to uphold the constitution...etc etc" Do you think this would be good for America?

TK: Would what be good? All-4-One?
I think Barack is good
I think Hillz is good

MM: Duff or Clinton?

TK: Wait, is this a new, unrelated question? Like ‘who would I rather eff?’ or are you asking me to clarify? Because in both cases the answer is Duff.

MM: In both cases I respect your answer.

TK: Thank you.
I adore respect

MM: **********And now for the Lightning Round**********
Cargo Pants?

TK: Hate ‘em

MM: Miley Cyrus?

TK says: I love the idea of her

MM: Super 8 or Days Inn, for a good night’s rest?

TK: Days Inn, hands down. I've frequented the one in SeaTac. It's superb

MM: Doping in pro-sports?

TK: I want it

MM: Doping in College?

TK: I’m sorry I don't understand. Was that a question or an observation?

MM: Favorite Davis sister?

TK: Lot-Bot

MM: Favorite Olson Twin?

TK: Duh, Mary-Kate

MM: Zefron or the Tis? To have over for dinner.

TK: Oh God, NOW we're getting to the tough ones!
…Zac. Oh! But you know I love the Tis!
That’s it. I'm changing my answer to Tis.

MM: Let’s stick with the Disney theme: If you could have two unaffiliated Disney Characters over for dinner, who would you invite?

TK: I'm going to go with Prince Philip and Belle

MM: What would be on the menu?

TK: It would be primarily French, for Belle

MM: Lots of creams?

TK: No creams, that’s not fitness. Reductions for sure, though. Roasts. I'm seeing roasts.

MM: If you could create a spin off for a trio of Disney characters, all from different movies, who would they be, and what sort of shenanigans would we find them in?

TK: I’d really like to see Beast, Mary Poppins and Buzz Lightyear running an upscale hotel in Miami á la Blanche, Rose and Sophia in the Golden Girls’ spin-off The Golden Palace.

MM: Okay, let’s talk music: If you could have one musical artist from the 70s 80s or 90s serenade you for the rest of your life, and that was ALL the music you were allowed to listen to, who would it be? (NOTE: They are playing it live for you at your house or in your car. They can even sit in the front seat)

TK: This is a good one. A question: Do they only sing songs from their repertoire, or can I teach them to new songs?

MM: It is unfair to expect them to learn ALL the top 40 hits of the day, but they can learn a few covers. It’s a free world.

TK: A lot of artists come to mind: Christina Aguilera, Sting, Whitney Houston. But I think it’s between En Vogue and James Taylor. (Or Justin Timberlake)

MM: Favorite Spice Girl?

TK: Then or Now?

MM: For all time

TK: ALL TIME!?
Mel B.

MM: 5ive or BSB?

TK: What are you talking about? I don't even know who 5ive are anymore!

MM: But I'm sure they read your blog

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, what defines the term "Rudebox" to you?

TK: A Rudebox is an offense. A supreme offense. It is typically done out of pure malice often for the enjoyment of the offender and his crew. That, and probably a vagina.

MM: Well, AJ Kous, I’d like to thank you for allowing me into your world for the evening. I think we’ve all learned a little something.

TK: Please, Teo, the pleasure is all mine!

Overheard...

Katie, on "Wild, Wild West" by Will Smith:

This song is so good. This WILL play at my wedding!

And Further Still

After deciding to marry and choosing some wedding accents, Court and I have chosen a honeymoon locale. Bask, if you will (and I know you will), in the wonder that is French Polynesia:

Doesn't it look like the LOST island!?

This is where we'll stay:

I will dive directly off the balcony for morning swims (preferably with dolphins)

This shall be for Courtney's mid-morning naps:

Cabana boys must be prompt with cocktails to wake the sleeping bride.

And here's for my mid-afternoon naps:

I shall roll right out of it for my afternoon swims (preferably with sea turtles!)

We will stay for 2-5 weeks, or until we tire of it, whichever comes first. Don't you just love the idea of this?!

You know the best part? I don't even KNOW where French Polynesia IS!

We've Gone One Step Further

So Court and I are really running with this marriage idea.

She's picked her ring (choose the second "matching band"). But I think she'd look better in this one (choose the third "matching band").

She picked this for me. But this seems much more my style. It's more subdued, you see.

If the wedding is at the Manse, her dogs will act as ring-bearers. But regardless of where it is the guests shall throw shavings of Thomas Haas' finest chocolate instead of rice. Oh, and he'll most definitely be doing the cake (it's the sixth and final cake in the picture cycle - the SEVEN tiered one)!

Now all I need is an anniversary gift before I divorce her for "irreconcilable differences."

Somewhere In Cyber Space...

Courtney: omg haas does weddings
Courtney: marry me?
Me: for haas, I'd even fuck you on our honeymoon
Courtney: oh kous! i just single teared

Telly on Telly: R.I.(Sweet)P.

It's been a good few months with this season's Project Runway designers. A memorable season indeed: the all-star guest judges (SJP, Cavalli, I hear Posh is judging the finals), firsts for menswear, prom dresses and wrestling wear, the constant model shifting (one week it's the girls, then a group of BOY models[!], then highschool girls, then newly-trimmed ex-fatties), and what I believe to be the greatest crop of talent the show has seen. Seriously, SO MANY of them are good! Nowhere near Season One when really the only exceptional ones were Jay and Kara Saun (oh, remember that ghastly Wendy Pepper? I loved her like no other!).

I mean, I guess they're comparable to the season two hopefuls, but maybe that's just because that was the most charismatic cast, with the BEST characters. I mean how can you ever beat Kara Janx, Zulema, the return of Daniel Franco (who, ps., I stood FIVE FEET away from at a music store last week), Dirty Diana and Guada-Loopy, not to mention the Gay Boys Club that was Santino, Andrae, Nick Verreos and my Love, Daniel V! In the immortal words of Michael Kors, "I'm a full-on Dan-Fan!"

But let's get real about what's happening here. We have some terribly talented designers churning out top quality work, one ridiculous challenge after another. And as far as I'm concerned these have been some of the most challenging challenges yet (I think my favorite was the hairstyle to avant-garde, avant-garde to mainstream challenge).

As for the final four: I love love love Jillian. She's adorable and talented and sweet and I think she has what it takes to win this show. Christian is a force to be reckoned with. The boy is supremely gifted. He has excellent skills, sharp and efficient skills, that have helped him to succeed in every challenge. There's no doubt in my mind that he will produce an outstanding collection for Fashion Week and he has potential to build a strong fashion empire. To be honest I have nothing to say about either Chris or Rami. I like them both. I don't really love them, but I like them and wish them well. (PS. Remember when Chris got kicked off already??)

The reunion episode airs next week and I can't wait to see Elisa and Kit! God I loved Kit. I remember during the prom episode they had this stupid texting poll during the commercial:
Who would you like to go to prom with?
A. Christian
B. Jillian
C. Kit
D. Rami
It's tough. They all bring something wonderful to the table. But I sincerely believe, right now, that I would have the best time - undoubtedly - with Miss Kit Pistol!

The Fashion Week Finale follows a week behind the Reunion next week. Wednesdays at 10 on Bravo.

Who would YOU take to prom??

Oh No!

Look what Perez is reporting!!!!

I was literally thinking THIS WEEKEND that I wanted to get a Polaroid.

This is the end of an era... I'm upset. VERY upset.

30 Minutes Later

My friend Matt and I were bumming around YouTube while online together (ok, that didn't seem lame until I put it in writing) and I found this little gem: a full half hour of 90s cartoon series intros!!!

It all started great with Tiny Toons (aka my heart), Animaniacs, Bonkers, TaleSpin, but GOOF TROOP!? Oh you gotta be kidding me! It took me right back to 1994, chilling on my flower-print sectional sofa. I was such a TV junkie then. So much has changed, right...?

Did you know there were THREE different Sonic the Hedgehog shows in the 90s?! And at least two Batmans? Also remember the evil David Xanatos and his desire to rid the world of Gargoyles?

Give this one a try if you, like me, desire to recapture a lost part of your youth (aka the hours you spent in front of the tube) and you have 30 minutes to burn.

Note: The shows get weirder and more obscure as you progress through the half hour. Or as Matt so eloquently put it, "Back To The Future was a cartoon??"

Overheard...

Me, to my new friend Greg's rich friend Katie during a wine and board games party:

"PS. I hear you're rich."

Where The Hell Is Rachel McAdams?!

Has anyone else been lying awake at night wondering where Rachel McAdams went? The Queen Bee of Mean Girls flew into my heart in The Notebook, tested her comedic chops in Wedding Crashers and then enjoyed some A-list company in the Christmas family drama The Family Stone (which I loved despite it's ridiculous contrivances). Then I think there was some thriller called Red Eye costarring Cillian Murphy (which I totally wanted to see, be tea dubs).

But...WHERE IS SHE NOW?? Shouldn't she be striking while the iron's hot? I mean she's practically 30 and she totally needs to reclaim her image after breaking up with Ryan Gosling!

She's so beautiful and charming. I mean LOOK AT HER! She's stunning! And TALENTED!!!

I miss you Rachel! Come back to me!

MacTotle

This is one of my favorite pictures. It was taken aboard Vandal (aka Vondelle), a sleek and sexy antique yacht owned by the fine and fabulous Davis family.

The blond is Mackenzie, the younger of the Dynamic Davis Daughters (the older, of course, being Courtney, the best God Damn Hell Ass Queen I know). This picture so accurately captures her effervescent spirit. It also effectively displays her white sunglasses (Mack's a model. Believe it). I'm the one who's looking dead sexy in the striped shirt. Such a simply irresistible pair, aren't we?

Word on the street is Mack and her roomies have crash landed in the blogosphere. Who knows what havoc they'll wreak?

But seriously, don't we look great in that picture??

Forever Our Girl?

As it happens, I didn't really mind Paula Abdul's performance at the Super Bowl. I thought the choreography was sorta great, and I think she has a terrible voice anyway, so it's probably best she lip-synced! Would have liked to see her move more...

Can you believe she could once do this?! Oh, god, it's just too fabulous! Other than the strange costume/set change in the middle this MUST be one of the best televised performances of the 80s, the 90s and today.

I Think I'm Lost: The Beginning Of The End

(Um, I guess this is your spoiler alert!)

Four things:

1) I loved it, I love the future, yes, yes, I see it and I love it. I love how all the mysteries lying in the future are now lying in the past, with a whole new set of mysteries about the past...which was the future. The narrative really is contained or as Desmond put it "it's a bloody snowglobe!" There is something so sad about seeing Future characters. Just like Future Jack did with Jack, Future Hurley has chipped away at the fine and noble fabric that was Hurley, leaving only a deflated shell of a once great warrior. But Future is the new Past, so I'm ok with it.

2) Charlie. "I'm dead, but I'm here." And the other guy saw him, so he must really BE THERE. Right? Well, I suppose it is a mental institution... But let's think a moment on how this may further play into the Life/Death theme that seems to be becoming important. Let's remember that dead people often appear on the island. Let's remember Future Jack spoke of his father writing prescriptions and actually be upstairs at the hospital. Does the island manifest the dead both on and off the island? Is this a curse of all those unresolved and desperate? Apparitions? Heavy... (But for one second didn't you think that Charlie was still alive and at some point in the narrative they find a way of bringing him back, or it actually never really happened and he was fine all along? Just a thought)

3) Something happened. Something big. Future Jack referred to it when pleading with Future Kate: "I can't keep lying." Future Hurley assumed Future Jack thought he "went nuts and told them everything." Mistakes were made. Bridges were crossed. And burned.

4) Goddam you, THE OCEANIC SIX!?! You can't do that to me! This is the kind of shit that keeps me up at night. For the last 30 hours all I've been hearing running through my head is "I'm one of the Oceanic Six. Don't you know who I am? I'm one of the Oceanic Six!" Ok, so now we know how many come back. And thankfully we know half now: Jack, Kate, Hurley. I'm going to support my previous theories and say that John Locke was also one. This is because a strong part of me believes he was in that coffin. But given the recent legitimate schism, I don't know if Locke would even think about leaving the island. And besides just because someone came back doesn't mean the rest aren't still alive on the island. I mean, remember that scary black man who tried to take Hurley away. "Are they still alive?" 'They' could be anyone: the Hostiles, other survivors of the crash, hell, even the current invaders from Naomi's ship. ANYONE. Geez, knowing all your friends were having ridiculous action-adventures on a mystical island in the middle of nowhere and not being able to rejoin them must be really tough. Will, as Hurley predicted, the island find a way to bring them back? Can their mistakes be undone? Is a Lost island never found again or will the Oceanic Six live to fight another day? REGARDLESS, I can't believe this shit. I have to know and I have to know now. Talk about plaguing my thoughts! "I'm one of the Oceanic Six" is definitely the new "We have to go back, Kate! We have to go back"