Fanmail!

If the first thing that came to your mind reading the title of this posting was:

You are gay and/or a TLC fan and/or have an uncanny knack to retain useless music trivia. Maybe you are all of the above, though instinct tells me that is unpossible.

Why, you may ask, do I know the name if this album? As I mentioned on the old site of yore, these sorts of questions will drive you crazy, dear reader, so do not ask them. It is not a good album that much I know.

Now on to today’s question: Is “you’ve got mail!” important to me because…

1) it was a terrible movie staring Meg “Picasso Face” Ryan?

or

2) it was the status of my vancouvergayblog@gmail.com email account this morning?

If you guessed #1, I curse you and your first born with the following affliction:

<Shudder> Tom Hanks, something died in your pocket. I think it was Meg Ryan’s dignity.

Anyway, I like fanmail more than I like creepy stalk mail or passive aggressive hate mail disguised as poetry.

Here’s to the good stuff…it’s from a lovely lady-fan named Amanda Jane:

Okay so I’m cheating and I didn’t take a picture and insert my comments
about ‘what the fuck were they thinking’ but I love your arm band
tattoo of the waves and I would be forever grateful if you could tell
me where you got it/who did it ? (I’m hoping it was somewhere local and
not one of those annoying things like when you ask someone where they
got their shirt and they say Paris, but once I asked a girl where she
got her earrings and she said Barbados and I saw them in Aldo the next
week so maybe some people just like to sound exotic, but I digress.)

I hope this doesn’t
come across as stalker-ish, but I’m assuming you probably get a few
emails that are a lot creepier. So hopefully this is just flattering
and you can fill me in on the deets.

Anyway, I love your column!

Do you know the quickest way to get on this blog? Pay me shameless compliments and I will be yours forever. FOREVER! or at least until my ADD kicks in.

In case you didn’t know, I interviewed Boy George in person around 12:30am on Saturday night at Celebrities in a 2′ x 3′ dressingroom down in the basement. Who said what? Who kissed who and is willing to tell? Check back Friday morning for some excerpts.

 

PS DID SOMEONE SAY “MORE INAPPROPRIATE SPOUSAL ABUSE CARTOONS? I thought so…

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