It's my Birthday & I'll say what I want to. What did you think I was going to say cry??? Then you obviously don't know me too well.
So I guess I need to be all reflective and stuff, correct? Of course I do! Today I turn the ripe age of 52, and I am proud of it. Why you may ask? Because the wind is high, it blows my mind, that's why! "Yes" I threw in that lyric reference to F#ck with you youngsters out there.
In all seriousness it's because I'm feeling myself. Translation - I know who I am and what I want, and I'm coming for you 2018, so bend over and take it!
The image above I took this morning, right before I got on the computer to write this post. Why am I in the shower with a glam face filter you might ask? Because I have lost 24 lbs and counting minions, not to mention my body is really tight.
While my face has a filter, my body does not. I have gone from 213 lbs to 189 lbs and I expect to lose more and get even more ripped thanks to my new love boxing. I punched a bag and I liked it!
Along with boxing I spin 3 -4 times a week, go to yoga once a week and watch what I eat. This is no small accomplishment when one reaches a certain age.
Thus today I am celebrating my 52 year old body. I am in some of the best shape I have ever been and guess what? Yep, I'm feeling myself today, and everyday.That is always a reason to celebrate!
Do you remember the days of September? Why actually I remember them quite well...and today was one of the lovelier ones. After I clocked in the to my daily work routine and took some meetings. I then came home, ate lunch caught up on American Horror Story: Cult while devouring a delish shrimp salad I made.
Then off to West Hollywood to meet up with my talented buddy Jay Jacobson @ Marix. What was verbally exchanged? Perhaps you will find out, or not. Read on minions...
Jay Jacobson is hard at work on his upcoming CD Travelogue - a margarita told me so
Are you watching Growing Up Supermodel? If you are you now know what Ricky Schroeder would look like transgender
It's not OK to rub boogers on your sister, would you want boogers rubbed on you?!?! Nicole Kidman complained on The Emmy's that there are few good roles for women in Hollywood. That's partly because she takes them all. There is a shortage of Latino foreskin happening Deborah Gibson should duet with Yolanda Foster on a f/u to Shake Your Love called Shake Your Lyme
It's all about the bears, of which I am one, at MisterH.shop who featured me on their site. My personal favorite item from them? The unicorn bear T-Shirt. Get one at: https://www.facebook.com/Misterh.shop/ or https://www.instagram.com/misterh.shop/ Gay Roaches, the threat is real Yes, I liked Mother! If you disagree, I'm down with that! Congrats to spin class dynamo Toni Trucks on the premiere of Seal Team this coming Wednesday on CBS - beep, beep! I heard what you did for a Klondike Bar, call me... Catching a dance performance piece Daedalus' Daughter with Maresa Wickham tonight at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. It examines bipolar disorder. Come on get happy! You should always feel like somebody's watching you, because, they are! Follow me, but not too close at: https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en https://twitter.com/MShinafelt
Hello Peeps! Wow this past week has been really great! How great was it Michael?! Well let me spill, there was a partial eclipse of the sun in Los Angeles, I saw my friend E.G. Daily perform raw (acoustic) at the Hotel Cafe, I went to the IT Experience in Hollywood and Donald Trump is still a F#ck Weasel.... It's time to extrapolate, now! Best name ever for a club: Hissy Fist (if this confuses you, ask) We only had a partial, eclipse that is, in Los Angeles. Damn not a total one! I was walking down Hollywood Blvd. at the time you would think peeps were the Walking Dead when it happened. Warrior Juan, discuss I got stage fright during my Mandolin auditions. Truth or Consequences??? When all else fails tell people: A Bear Kidnapped Me Poor Little Kook I know I posted about this, but ooooops! I'm gonna do it again. The IT Experience in Hollywood is a hoot and a holler and one eighth, yee haw!
E.G. Daily, Raw
Nobody does it better than E.G. Daily, raw! (meaning acoustic) That time I overslept. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Bethenny Frankel, that is all How many Donald Trump's does it take to screw in a light bulb? I wish you relevance Experience me at: https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en https://twitter.com/MShinafelt
Remember the classic tune, Son of a Preacher Man by the legendary Dusty Springfield? Well the song has just been turned on it's ass by singer/songwriter/actor/activist and all around cool guy Tom Goss.
The out, bear loving artist has given the familiar staple a powerful gay twist.
"A lot of gay men and women have been condemned by religious institutions. Our goal was to speak to that experience and show how destructive it can be.
We hope that this video reaches people, helps heal people, educates people and provides an outlet to help promote those who are doing so much to curb the pain.
Notably organizations like The Trevor Project and PFLAG." States Goss.
So without further fanfare stop, look and listen to his awesome take on an old hit!
It’s a Cho, Cho World - with season four of “Drop Dead Diva” already in full swing & her upcoming comedy tour “Mother” not to mention her too cool for school guest spot as Kim Jong Il on “30 Rock” Margaret Cho is in your face B!tches!
She even caught the attention of the Fred Phelps comedy troupe known as The Westboro Baptist Church, who called her a “Lying Pervert” uh, ok, we Cho fans already knew that, duh!
MS: Hi “Lying Pervert“.
MC: It’s true, when I read that I was kind of like, well, yes! I think that’s fine.
MS: The Westboro Baptist Church is so over the top, I find the the sh!t they say oddly funny.
MC: It’s really kind of flattering. Once they had a big picture of Elizabeth Taylor with the words “Fag Hag” underneath it. I thought it was just so flattering, some sort of signage for people who support gay rights, it’s really kind of amazing.
MS: BTW I watched the season four premiere of “Drop Dead Diva” you look like you are having a blast on that show!
MC: Yes, I have a really good time and I really love the cast. They are all really talented actors and we have really amazing guest stars all the time, which is a lot of fun. My favorite this year have been, Patty Duke…and I didn’t even get to meet Kim Kardashian, but I guess she is coming back soon, so hopefully I will get to see her. We’re always having all sorts of fun people drop in. It’s a great place to be for shooting “Drop Dead Diva“, Atlanta, GA, people are here everyday. Kathy Griffin just came through this past weekend and that was a lot of fun. It’s a cool place to be and being part of cast for four years and playing a character for four years is really great.
MS: The chemistry between the actors on the show rocks. I did watch the season four premiere before we spoke, Kim Kardashian wasn’t bad actually.
MC: She was good.
MS: Let's talk about your upcoming tour “Mother”.
Photo: Austin Young
MC: I have to put my tour schedule together for six months out of the year, because the other six months I am working on “Drop Dead Diva”. Every once in a while I’ll be able to get out and do a gig, but that’s pretty rare, finally I’m actually getting to go back out on the road. People have talked about my “Mother” impression all throughout my career, I wanted to do a show that was just, full on about her (laughs). It’s also about how I have become a “Mother” for the Queer community, I became a maternal figure within that context. This show is about my Mom, dedicated to Mom’s and about a Mom, which would be me I guess. (laughs)
MS: Do you ever want kids for real?
MC: No, no, I mean it is a possibility, it’s important to think, that even if I am not an actual “Mother” I still have to be there for Queer/LGBT young kids. You have to be there as an adult figure within the Queer community. We all have to do that it’s an important thing. In my generation I lost a lot of people that I looked up to in the Queer community. People that are “Generation X’ers” have to have much more of a parental influence to bridge that gap.
MS: There are plenty of people that I do that with. Since we were on the subject of Mom’s I had never really asked you if you wanted to become one, so I had to go there.
MC: You sort of become one by default, in the sense that when you age and get older you just become a kind of a “Mother” even if you don’t literally have child, you have one, we all do.
MS: I caught your guest stint on “30 Rock” as North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il, you played a guy, but it really worked.
MC: Oh yeah, it was insane because I looked just like him. When I went outside, I was standing there in the bald cap and the wig…I got cruised by this hot older Bear. He thought I was a hot young Asian Bear, I’m like: “ I just got “Bear Cruised” - but I could not follow through on it exactly because I am sure he did not know I was a woman. (laughs)
MS: Yeah, I did not recognize it was you right off.
MC: It’s so crazy how much I look like him, it’s really scary.
MS: Tina Fey said it was one of her proudest moments on the show, having you on as Kim Jong Il, how cool is that?
MC: I really love her and am so proud to have been on the show and have played that character, I am actually North Korean. To be from there and to be isolated from my family because of this dictator, and to be able to make fun of him is a great thing, but it is also pretty sad too, it’s a weird situation.
MS: When he died what were your thoughts?
MC: I was hoping there would be some sort of a change, that it would be time for that country to open up, but that hasn’t happened obviously it has gotten a bit worse. There is less contact, less communication and less scrutiny.
MS: How’s your music going?
MC: I will be doing some music on “Drop Dead Diva” this year.
MS: Very cool!
MC: Also I am so excited to go out on tour as well!
MS: Out of everything you do is touring your favorite?
MC: Touring is and will always be my favorite job! I really love stand-up.
Margaret Cho is not a “Lying Pervert” keep up with her at: www.margaretcho.com
