Queer Eye for the ThursGAY

Okaaaaaaaaaay y'all. This week's ThursGAY has an eye for fashion, luxury, and knows how to make straight women "look good naked".  What more could a LW want???  This week we dub Carson Kressley an official LW ThursGAY.  With his breakout Bravo (a LW favorite) show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy we got to live out one of our many LW fantasies: that our best gay would give our (nonexistent) boyfriend fashion, cooking, and etiquette tips!  Carson would wave his magic gay wand and schlubby frat guys were suddenly transformed into well-groomed RL Polo models. Le sigh. When Queer Eye ended, we need not fret because he then moved over to Lifetime (!) and hosted How to Look Good Naked.  It taught us LW how to dress for our body type and exude the confidence that is dead 99.999999% of the time.  Only Jinxy Cat has ever heard us belt out Celine anyway.  Nowadays Carson is busy being fabulous, writing stye guide books, and guest judging on various pageant style shows. His combo of tough love and encouragement is exactly what a mother-daughter pageant team needs anyway!  If there's one thing I've learned from this ThursGAY, it's don't be afraid of animal prints!!!!

Print this out, We're Totally Going!!!

So yesterday on the interwebs I came across the most exciting find ever!  The Royal Wedding Invitation has been published and as you'll see below, the names of guests were written in! Now that doesn't speak very highly of the security of Scotland Yard or whatever, but it's a great find for a LW!  So far I've heard Beckhams in (yes!), Fergie out on the guest list.  Also Kanye West was invited....is he there to steal the spotlight from Kate? Hahah LOL J/K, love ya 'ne!  Anyhoo, basically, print this little golden ticket out, use your best calligraphy and get your name in there.  I'm sure it's all we'll need to get in to the party of the century, right.....right?

That Lord Chamberlain is commanded to invite ME!

An Interesting Theory...

So I for one, would NEVER suspect my lovely little Jinxy Cat of keeping me perpetually single, but the BBC has some interesting statistics and a theory on the correlation between female cat owners and loneliness.  If you're curious about this malarky, take a look below: Single White Feline

The Weekly ThursGAY

So this week we welcome perhaps our youngest ThursGAY yet into our little hall of fame. Chris Colfer, from the breakaway hit Glee gets that honor.  Unlike ThursGAYs before him, Chris is a true sign of the ever changing times as he never had a "coming out" moment...he's just always been openly out and proud!  Born in 1990 in a conservative small town in California, he faced bullying and prejudice, but that only became fuel for his artistic fire! His character, Kurt, faced those same road blocks, only this time his story could inspire the world!  We were just itching for a fabulous gay high school student role model, who could tell us when we dress badly, and sing like an angel.  He reminds me of "Fancy Pants" from the movie School of Rock all grown up. Most recently he won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor, so at least the wonky Hollywood Foreign Press thinks he rocks. But seriously his speech was moving, and he dedicated his award to all the kids out there that are bullied and don't think it gets better. So conrats to you, Chris you've certainly hit the high note in our gleeful hearts.



That pose, that eyebrow! Fabulous!



A National Day of Mourning

So today is Valentine's Day.

Yeah that about sums it up.

Just kidding (not really).  Here at the LW blog, this day can be hard because while the other 364 are enough of a reminder of our perpetual loneliness, today makes that reminder inescapable!!  From the excessive PDA, the pink hearts, happy couples, and red roses it can sometimes be too much for the average LW to bear.  But that doesn't mean you should slit your wrists just so you can see red on this day too!! How about you drink a lot of red wine instead? Perhaps in a nice chamomile bubble bath? And what they hey, buy those Godiva chocolates...everyone else is!  Luckily this horrible day falls on a Monday this year, so the blow is somewhat lessened by the fact that people do actually have jobs to go to and things to do and the world doesn't stop just because you cube mate got 3 dozen red roses from some guy she's been seeing for 2 weeks but already knows he's the one!!! Er, I mean, the best approach for any LW is to look at this day as any other, and before you know it, it will be Tuesday and all the crappy Valentine's Day stuff that Walgreen's didn't sell will be 75% off.  So look at the silver lining my LW friends, there's always next year, and when you come home tonight, I know for a fact Jinxy Cat will be VERY excited to spend the holiday with you.  Just don't forget the salmon, it's his holiday treat.

For those that find this day to be too difficult, there is help.  Call our hotline: 1-800-555-IMALW, we have operators standing by to talk you off that ledge and direct you to LW support groups in your area. Just think less than 15 hours to go and this will all be over...

Weekly ThursGAY...fashionably late

Sequins, feathers, fur, glitter, ice.  What do these words make you think of? Well if you said this week's  ThursGAY Johnny Weir, then you'd be right!!!  Perhaps our most flamboyant ThursGAY to date, Johnny is known for pushing the envelope, both on and off the ice. Ever since his documentary, "Popstar on Ice" premiered his fan base exploded beyond Japanese Harujuku girls and vodka drinking Russians.  His reality show "Be Good Johnny Weir" on the very progressive Sundance Channel gave us a glimpse into the quirky daily life of this budding icon.  From his OCD clean, Versailles-inspired apartment, to his expansive collection of mink hats, stoles, and coats, and his self described "anorexia adjacent" diet, Johnny was a soul unlike any other.  When he guested on Kathy Griffin's "My Life on the D-List" and taught her to skate, we knew she had given her gay approval and his status was cemented!

At the 2010 Winter Olympics he caused quite a stir with this short program costume once PETA threatened him for using fur; but his routine he danced to Lady Gaga blew us out of the water! From then on, his gay star has shot off from judging "Skating With the Stars" to moving his reality show to the network LOGO, and most recently releasing his new single "Dirty Love".  It's sexy, bumpin, and sure to become the new gay anthem! While it was the worst kept secret in skating for years that Johnny was in fact gay, he didn't officially come out until his memoir "Welcome to my World" was released in January. His effort was commendable however, as it was done in an effort to take a stand against the ever growing bullying problem in America. So keep blading on to glory, Johnny you continue to triple axle into our hearts!

A Lonely Woman's Favorite: The Rom-Com

So in honor, or perhaps in disdain for that fast approaching day that starts with a "V", we have compiled a list of the LW's Top 10 Romantic Comedies Of All Time.  It's no secret that rom-coms are obviously a LW's favorite film genre, but not every film possesses the qualities that draw a true LW in. Check out our list below and see if you agree. Any movies you'd add? Tell us in the comments!

10. Sweet Home Alabama. It's got southern charm coming out of its ears, McDreamy, and Reese Witherspoon! Plus how often does a career driven LW get to choose between 2 guys?? Oh and don't forget the scene where she picks any engagement ring she wants from Tiffany's! Le sigh.

9. Mystic Pizza. It was Julia Roberts' break out role and really hit the hard questions! Can a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks who works in a lowly pizza parlor really find love with a dashing Harvard boy with a name like Windsor? Will their love survive against the odds? We've certainly never seen this plot line before. Oh and Matt Damon's teen self is in it...yummy!

8. The Wedding Singer. How could you not love a guy who gives singing lessons to sweet old ladies AND only wants to marry the love of his life??? If only Robby could make Julia see that Glenn is not the one, all would be right! So, last minute flight to stop the wedding? Another very original rom-com element. And any dude that says he wants to grow old with us and let us hold the remote control is A-OK in our LW book!

7. Dirty Dancing. Nobody puts baby in a corner...unless you're a muscly Patrick Swayze and I landed in that corner because we just nailed the final lift at the Labor Day picnic. Icon status. "I had the time of my life" watching this movie. Enough said.

6. While You Were Sleeping. What LW rom-com list would be complete without a nod to our recently rejoined club member (screw you Jesse James!) and all around great gal, Sandra Bullock! This is a tale of unrequited love amidst the subway, when through a twist of fate she's mistaken for her crush's fiance and shenanigans ensue! This one really does have the balance of comedy and romance. Plus mid-90s Independence Day era Bill Pullman is pretty cute too :)

5. Sleepless in Seattle. Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan. Climactic meeting atop the Empire State Building in a nod to the classic An Affair to Remember. This movie practically has LWs salivating at the utter romance of a dashing widower finding love again through a chance call-in to a national radio show. All of which is prompted by his precocious young son. Nora Ephron, you've spoken to our LW heart again. There's way too many "awww" moments and longing sighs to count from this movie!

4. Say Anything. John Hughes really captured the voice of an era throughout the 1980s, and while so many of his films are iconic, this one tugs at just the right heartstrings! What LW hasn't fantasized that a young John Cusack would stand outside her window blasting a Peter Gabriel love song just to say the feelings he can't? It's swoon worthy overload!

3. Notting Hill. Julia makes her second appearance on the countdown with yet another "can love overcome their differences?" story.  This time however she's a movie star and the strapping Hugh Grant is the English any man who's caught her eye. And lest we forget her famous line that makes this movie so LW worthy: "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." You go get her Hugh!

2. Bridget Jones's Diary. I bet you LWs were getting worried you hadn't seen this on the list yet. Well never fear, we save the best for the end! Bridget Jones is the epitomic lonely woman so perhaps this movie speaks to us more than any other. From her struggles with unavailable men (Hugh Grant, again) to her nights with pints of ice cream and singing Celine Dion songs loudly and alone in her apartment, it was as if we were watching a home movie! But in the end, she snags her man (in some very unflattering granny panties I might add!) and reminds us that there is hope for us still!

And Finally....

1. Love Actually. Perhaps a surprising choice on the surface, but a wise one just the same. This movie has key essential elements: Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, a wedding, a hot foreign guy with six pack abs, Dido on the soundtrack, British accents, and of course LOVE. Lots of it, in all shapes and kinds. From mothers to daughters, fathers to sons, brothers and sisters, best friends, new romances, old romances, this movie has got it all. It warms our heart to see that love comes in many forms, and in doing so reminds us that maybe we aren't so lonely after all...

The ThursGAY

Doogie Howser, Barney, Neil, NPH.  All of these refer to our very special ThursGAY, Neil Patrick Harris.  As our favorite (and only) teen doctor of the early 1990s, NPH gave our elementary school hearts something to flutter about. He's a doctor AND in our age range? Score! Then little Doogie disappeared for a while, but we were always left wondering what happened to the handsome doc of yesteryear.  Then when How I Met Your Mother exploded onto the scene, we could hardly believe the pubescent MD had become a strapping and handsome man!  Now we had the womanizing and well dressed Barney to lust after.  It wasn't until November 2006 that he shocked the world with his "I'm Gay" announcement. No gay plays straight quite as well NPH. I don't know about you, but this LW did not see that one coming! Ricky Martin on the other hand....that's a different story.  Luckily it didn't hurt his popularity at all, and only opened the door for him to finally do more gay-friendly things...like host the Tony Awards which he did in 2009.  With the birth of his twins in October 2010 (what is it with the Gays and twins??) his life with partner David Burtka was complete and he continues to amaze us with his gay sleight of hand to this day. That's a pun on his ability to play straight roles and the fact that NPH is really into magic for some reason, I swear look it up! So just like a rabbit out of a hat, we pull you, Neil Patrick Harris out as our weekly ThursGAY!

An Exciting Find Fit for a King

So as this cold and bitter (just like our LW souls) winter rolls on, I've been amiss in forgetting to remind all my fellow LWs out there that in just a few short months, along with warm weather, spring brings a ROYAL WEDDING! I'm sure you all know by now that Prince Will is marrying his longtime love, commoner Kate Middleton (see ladies? there is hope for us regular Janes!).  Well now that the date has been set, April 29th, here at the blog we'll be periodically counting down and updating with news.  When the day finally arrives it will be a live blogging extravaganza for sure. But in the mean time, I thought I would direct you all to this great find on the Washington Post website: a Royal Wedding Watch! It's a great fix for all the tidbits from the faxed save-the-dates (tacky!) to special royal themed condoms (classy!). So check it out in your down time and be sure to check back, because in no time the nuptials the world has been waiting for will be underway. I'm off to the hat shop right now to select the right head piece for just the event! I just hope Fergie doesn't get the same one as me...