six things
31 August 2005
six songs i've requested be played at my funeral
1. being alive
2. stayin' alive
3. born to be alive
4. maybe this time
5. you can't always get what you want
6. i will survive
30 August 2005
six various artists vinyl records with groovy titles i still have from the 70s
1. unreal
2. bobby dazzler
3. outa sight
4. ripper
5. whopper
6. super bad
29 August 2005
six things i've done before (but not for some time) that i did again over the weekend
1. played records
2. read 'brokeback mountain'
3. got teary while reading 'brokeback mountain'
4. spoke to my friend carl in london
5. exercised
6. forgot to go to a party
28 August 2005
six peanuts characters in the order i relate to them as an adult
1. lucy
2. pigpen
3. sally
4. snoopy
5. linus
6. charlie brown
27 August 2005
six peanuts characters in the order i related to them as a child
1. linus
2. charlie brown
3. peppermint patty
4. snoopy
5. schroeder
6. rerun
26 August 2005
six tabloid crime stories i was obsessed by for quite some time
1. the texas cheerleader mom
2. whatever happened to baby jaidyn?
3. the baby beauty queen murder
4. the woman in the boot mystery
5. the long island lolita
6. the azaria chamberlain disappearance
25 August 2005
six things i now do online that i once had to leave the house to do
1. rent dvds
2. buy groceries
3. banking
4. pay bills
5. buy music
6. chat with strange men
24 August 2005
six potential titles for my imaginary debut album (depending on the genre)
1. purple monkey dishwasher (pop)
2. if these walls could sing (folk)
3. hello dolly (duets with dolly parton)
4. par3182 live (live)
5. crap (rap)
6. and then i said... (spoken word)
23 August 2005
six words that collectively sum up my feelings about reaching this milestone sixty-sixth post
1. i
2. never
3. thought
4. i'd
5. make
6. it
22 August 2005
six procedures i've undergone that required varying degrees of anesthesia
1. knee surgery #1
2. gum surgery
3. knee surgery #2
4. wisdom teeth removal
5. knee surgery #3
6. muscle biopsy (left bicep)
21 August 2005
six fictional places i'd like to visit
1. the kingdom of dictionopolis
2. the forest of sight
3. the island of conclusions
4. the city of illusions
5. the foothills of confusion
6. the kingdom of digitopolis
20 August 2005
six favourite muppet show guest stars (in honour of kermit's 50th year)
1. bernadette peters
2. debbie harry
3. twiggy
4. alice cooper
5. liza minnelli
6. linda ronstadt
19 August 2005
six memories of my time working at a gay video store
1. men who rented soft porn rarely rented other genres
2. the popularity of 'queer as folk' continuely baffled me
3. any bad film with a hot shirtless guy on the cover always rented well
4. 87% of hotly anticipated titles turned out to be lame
5. no question was more annoying than "what would you recommend?"
6. nobody ever liked 'chuck & buck' when i recommended it (but i loved it)
18 August 2005
six pamphlets i was reduced to reading in the doctor's waiting room
1. pelvic exercises for men
2. it's never too late to donate (your organs)
3. keeping track of your child's immunisations
4. the national public toilet map
5. save money on your medications
6. pelvic exercises for women
17 August 2005
six degrees of kevin bacon
1. kevin bacon was in 'diner', which co-starred
2. mickey rourke, who was in 'sin city' with
3. clive owen, who's going to be in 'the golden age' with
4. cate blanchett, who's married to
5. andrew upton, who went to drama school with
6. me
16 August 2005
six thoughts on my nephew's birthday
1. how can he be 18 already?
2. i have an adult nephew - jeez
3. i'll wager he doesn't think those 18 years flew by as fast as i do
4. he single-handedly changed my opinion of children from bad to good
5. he's a lot more together at that age than i was
6. i hope he still thinks of me as his groovy uncle
15 August 2005
six things i've learned from junk email
1. all debts can be easily eradicated
2. a bigger penis improves endurance
3. teen girls love cock
4. computer software is overpriced
5. viagra more so (save up to 90%)
6. every man must have sex, must!
14 August 2005
six comic strips that are never funny
1. andy capp
2. hagar the horrible
3. bristow
4. for better or for worse
5. marmaduke
6. fred bassett
13 August 2005
six fabulous actresses i've been fortunate enough to see perform onstage
1. maggie smith
2. vanessa redgrave
3. stockard channing
4. mary louise parker
5. the fabulous lypsinka
6. lynn redgrave
12 August 2005
six countries i haven't visited but would like to
1. botswana
2. canada
3. egypt
4. italy
5. portugal
6. uruguay
11 August 2005
six acclaimed works of fiction i've tried to read but failed to finish
1. moby dick
2. war and peace
3. remembrance of things past
4. oldest living confederate widow tells all
5. portnoy's complaint
6. the bible
10 August 2005
six excellent songs regarding topographical features
1. ain't no mountain high enough
2. across 110th street
3. every day is a winding road
4. river deep, mountain high
5. wuthering heights
6. fields of gold
09 August 2005
six things that have become obsolete in my lifetime
1. vinyl records
2. cassette tapes
3. typewriters
4. dial telephones
5. black & white tv
6. letter writing
08 August 2005
six annoying performances that were somehow nominated for oscars
1. tom cruise - magnolia
2. brenda blethyn - little voice
3. ed harris - the hours
4. mariel hemingway - manhattan
5. brad pitt - 12 monkeys
6. helen hunt - as good as it gets
07 August 2005
06 August 2005
six superpowers i'd exploit for dating purposes
1. x-ray vision
2. elasticity
3. slowing things down
4. speeding things up
5. mind melding
6. web slinging
05 August 2005
six people i've been told i look like
1. clark kent
2. david byrne
3. ivan lendl
4. guy pearce
5. my sister
6. my dad
04 August 2005
six thoughts while in the dentist's chair
1. was it a mistake to refuse the numbing needle?
2. this doesn't hurt at all
3. uh-oh
4. the kid next door is screaming
5. i'm so brave
6. i can't remember the last time i had a guy's fingers in my mouth
03 August 2005
six oscar winning songs i like enough to keep on my ipod
1. the morning after - the poseidon adventure
2. i'm easy - nashville
3. it goes like it goes - norma rae
4. theme from shaft - shaft
5. fame - fame
6. we may never love like this again - the towering inferno
02 August 2005
six writers named david whose work i've enjoyed
1. david sedaris
2. david malouf
3. david bowie
4. david leavitt
5. david hare
6. larry david
01 August 2005
six broadway cast recordings i sometimes inadvertently lip-synch along with
1. gypsy
2. dreamgirls
3. company
4. hairspray
5. avenue q
6. chicago