Jake’s Life

I had the distinct pleasure of picking up a travel pack of Tylenol Go-Tabs today, which work great. I always try to keep a stock of things in my duty bag or seat organizer at work (headache medicine, Sudafed, hand sanitizer, hand wipes, etc.), and they’re perfect for that. Instead of suffering until other things decide to kick in, these work pretty fast.

My combined total of buddies on AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! have now reached three. Oddly enough, only one ever really chats with me and I’m getting pretty tired of him because I’m always the one to say hi. It’s been one of those things where you talk to them a few times online, then the phone, then never again.

Speaking of things that suck, I found a relatively new social networking site online: Beautiful Gay Guys. It’s not just a new “Gay MySpace” like LifeOUT, but it’s specifically targetted to so-called “beautiful guys.” Just take a look at their main page or a few of their members’ pages and you’ll get a better idea. (Just as FYI to my straight friends, which happens to be most of them, this is what the average gay guy looks for, which also happens to be most of them.) Taken from their About page:

BeautifulGayGuys.com is a unique online social networking site for like minded gay men. The concept was designed for those who are searching for other quality gay guys. To this end, our members decide who is allowed to join our online community.

This concept isn’t new in the gay community…they do it all the time, which is obvious through other sites like Gay.com, MySpace, Connexion, and every other site that allows you to “friend” others. When you find a guy that is what most find to be “hot,” generally everyone on their friends list are too. At a certain point they all start to look alike, act alike, and disseminate their individuality into the ether. This is what’s expected. So next time, my straight friends, that you ask why I don’t look for more gay friends, check out these sites and see why.

The UCLA Taser incident has been making big news. Below is a video taken from someone’s cell phone, which doesn’t quite add up with eyewitness “accounts” of the person being compliant and peaceful. When the officers tell him to stand up, he says, “Fuck off.” One other thing that pisses me off is duringthe event the officers also had multiple students asking for their badge numbers. Geez, let them get the situation under control, because then they need witness statements, and can give it out then. It’s a matter of public record so they’ll have access to it. Typical youth impatience.

Got my car back from the shop, and $400 later the transmission is great. They did a full assessment for me and there’s still some things that need fixed, but I can’t afford to get them all done at once. It occured to me that I haven’t even taken a photo of my car yet, so as soon as I get it washed again I’ll post one.