Rubbery Buggery Bonk

OMG. Saw the cutest ad over at Queer Rant and it just made me laugh and laugh. Too good not to be shared!

Watch the video over at Queer Ranter's or head straight to YouTube. Not quite kid-friendly, but I'm sure you've gathered as much :-)

If Wishes Came True

Naughty or nice? With X'mas less than a month away, I guess now's a good time to talk about the things I've been wishing for. Surely I deserve them, for I've been nice. Well, maybe I've been naughty too but we're talking about being naughty in nice ways ;-)

1. Things that make me go awww...

I'll start this easy. Despite being thirtysomething, I'm not ashamed of being still in touch with my inner Calvin. So wickedly adorable stuff like this raunchy reindeer is always welcome. Feel free to buy one for me, at kidrobot.com :D


2. A better bedfellow

I've said time and time again, I'm fine sleeping without air-conditioning. But the sad fact is, I'm a rare breed (rare enough to ask WWF for help, I warrant), and people who'd want to sleep with me, more often than not, aren't so cool about sweaty sex in an unchilled room. So it looks like, sooner or later, I gotta hook up an aircon in the bedroom, for the sake of nuzzling, cuddling and "dot dot dot". Of course, an Energy Star rated one would be good - save money, save the world! I suppose I could afford to get one but there are so many other things clamouring for my hard-earned money. Things like...


3. A 3G WiFi phone with GPS

Like, so much of my life is online these days I'd even be chatting with friends around the table and have side conversations online with those same people! Most phones would get you online but WiFi gets you online for free (when you're in a hotspot anyway). Unfortunately, there aren't too many models boasting WiFi and even less come bundled with A-GPS - not exactly necessary, but I've seen how well it works first hand, and it helps for people like me who like to get off the beaten track in the hunt for nice shots. Of course, shots like that would be best captured with the use of...


4. A Digital Single-Lens Reflex camera

And it's gotta be a Nikon! Don't get me wrong, I love my less-than-a-year-old P60, but obviously I can do so much more with a DSLR. And I'm getting so into taking photos I'm starting to feel like I wouldn't really mind lugging the baby around wherever I go.These things come with a hefty price tag, though, and that's before all the extra lens and accessories. The cost of D40 with kit lens alone would pay for the air tickets to get me to...


5. Melbourne

I so wanna go back there again, even though I've heard about how much it's changed. But somehow, something stopped me from hopping onto the free air ticket bandwagon. Probably I was worried about my work schedule, and the expenses I'd incur. But now I know it was really the holding out in the hope of a better offer. Something like cheap tickets to...


6. London

Yup, I've been wishing for this for almost two years! And as of today, it's officially OFF my wishlist. Although I had to be my own genie in this case and pay for my own air tickets, and I'm taking chances here by flying long-haul on budget air. Still worried about my work schedule and expenses, but ah heck, screw them! Just in case though, I'm updating this wish from "tickets to London" to "sponsors for accomodation, meals and transport".

*BIG HINT to all you people in London* :P


Bonus: World Peace

I really do want world peace! Joystick, peace and love!

Sharing The Spoils

I wouldn't steal, either.

My First Time

Somehow first times are mostly overrated. I mean, just how many people out there remember their first step on one foot, or their first word. And if ever those giant-leap moments were ever captured by ever-attentive parents on their ever-present camcorder, well, most of us would probably be embarassed to see that tape being pulled out year after year.

First kiss? First fuck? Well,undoubtedly memorable, but honestly, only the lucky ones have it memorable for the right reasons.

Still, every once in a while there comes really great first moments - like the first time I drove a car as a licensed driver, which was a pretty proud moment especially since I got my license earlier than most of my friends being a March baby and all.

Here's another 'first' to make it into my book of good memories:

After they’d lugged the components to my room, Skinhead and Younger Guy offered to put it together for me, which was not part of the deal. Naturally, I jumped at it and in short order, everything was set up.

“All we need is a bedsheet,” I said.

“No we don't,” said Skinhead with a wink. He proceeded to pull me to him, while Younger Guy – exhibiting no hesitation whatsoever – whipped off my shorts with remarkable skill. And for the next hour or so, in the name of research, we vigorously tested every part of the bed, from the headboard (strong) to the frame (sturdy) to the mattress (springy).

On that cold December morning, my new bed was christened over and over again.

In case you're wondering, that wasn't about the first bed I bought. In fact, it wasn't even my bed. That was my first Jay. Possibly the first blog I ever read, and what luck, it turned out to be one that was full of creativity, wit and gaily-skewed perspective. Definitely one of the best blogs I've been reading. And I've been reading it for a good two years now, which, by no coincidence whatsoever, has been almost the same amount of time I've been blogging.

Happy Blogiversary, Jay darling! It's been a fabulous two years with you around, no doubt about it ;-)

Anyone up for a 'My First Jay' meme? Consider yourselves tagged :-)

The Best Things In Life Are Free

But sometimes you just have to do that little bit of extra work to get it.

I'm talking about AVG Free - the software that finally made virus protection free to the masses. I use it because it's free, but I like it for other reasons as well.

1. It's a basic system, which means it's light. No additional features or heavy-duty, multi-featured, multiple-software-on-one-platform stuff, which eat up disk space, slows down the system, and makes startup godawfully sluggish.

2. It's fast (see Item 1). Also fast to download upgrades and new definitions over a broadband line - the whole process finishes itself in a jiffy which means you won't get bogged down by it.

3. It's non-obstrusive. A good security system should protect your computer as quietly as possible, rather than serving you with all sorts of pop-up alerts, pesky reminders and perhaps even crashing your PC.

I admit a free software probably would never be as good as one that you pay for, but hey, it's been working alright.

Recently, however, AVG has taken to sending occasional reminders to upgrade from the current version which would be taken off in about a month's time. Fine. Seems that I can upgrade to AVG Free 7.5, not like they're removing support for free software.

Here's the thing - clicking on the link takes you to AVG's site where you can get version 7.5. The paid version. So is there no free version of 7.5?

Actually, yes. They do have it. Just that it's off the main AVG site and in Grisoft's free software site. The tricky bastards. Good thing I sniffed around and found it.

So to those out there who are using AVG Free and are still wondering how to upgrade it to 7.5, here's the link to take you straight there.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free

Now everyone can play safe :-)

Oh Look. Still Him

Once in a while I get desperate enough for some reading material, any reading material, while I have my lunch that I'd actually resort to buying a mag not printed for the sole purpose of showing off hot men. So I picked up a local rag today that I do read every once in a while because they do unearth some pretty cool things every now and then. Of course, mags like these would more likely feature some hot women than a hot male.

Or so I thought.

From the Oct 2006 issue of KLue

And by hot male, I didn't mean Kenny (no offense, but...).

Well, I guess it really is cool to be gay. But we already knew that, didn't we? ;-)