Monday Motivation

"Hi There"
Peter Gabriel

"The place where I come from is a small town, They think so small, They use small words" Big Time, Peter Gabriel

Lately Imagination has been on my mind. Why you may ask? Well since I have been laid up post bunion surgery I have a lot of down time (can't wait until that is over) thus I have been doing more writing.

"Yes" I am writing things hither and yawn, meaning today's Monday Motivation is Imagination. Imagination is something you use to create anything pretty much. Yep Imagination, it's not just for writing. It can be something you use to get you through a day at the office, it can be used to solve problems and it can propel you into alternative universes.

While there are many fanciful things I can think of to illustrate this I chose the video for the song Big Time off of Peter Gabriel's great album So. It came out in 1986, I was two years out of High School (insert old guy comment here,) the visuals in the video are so cool and full of Imagination that even if you didn't like the song you stayed for the visuals.

Not to mention I had a crush on Gabriel back when I used to find musicians hot (still do on occasion, but from a distance) I actually even dated one at a point and juncture, but I'm saving that for the book. 

So let's get this Monday Motivation started Big Time! Check out the video after the jump - 👀

Monday Motivation

No Explanation Needed

It's raining hardcore today in Los Angeles thus it is the perfect day to hibernate and write. That's correct today's Monday Motivation is writing. In addition to writing this post today I also have to finish up a piece on my 50 lb wight loss for a Gay oriented magazine as well as get busy with some other endeavors of a personal nature.

"Yes" I have my own pet project that I am working on to please myself and F#ck it if no one else likes it. This line of thinking gave me a flashback to when Madonna unleashed her Sex book. Oh the controversy that it caused. 

While it was mostly images, there was written passages by Madge herself. That described sexual fantasies, positions, fetishes, blah, blah, blah...

Is my pet project of a sexual nature you are asking? I'll plead the 5th, you will find out when I am ready to let the dogs out. That's right it was me who let the dogs out. Now you have the answer to that age old riddle.

Time to pull myself up by my jock and get moving, get your red hot Monday Motivation jones on people!

The Sex Book on Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_(book)

Peace Out

No Bird, Just Peace
Colton Haynes

When I saw this photo I did a double take. The first reason was because I thought it was hot. The second was because it made me want to know more about the guy in it and who he was. 

Honestly I did not recognize newly engaged actor Colton Haynes of Arrow & Teen Wolf fame as a suicide blonde. Yes, it took pulling the image up for me to see the name attached before I put that piece of the "Who's That Guy?" puzzle together.

Colton is "so fetch" in his casual suit and eye catching hair color, so much so that I wouldn't mind having him as one of my...Ha! Did you think I was going to spill on that? That's for the book I am writing.

Carrying on, Colton is giving the paparazzi the fingers, you know the universal sign for peace. Which I think is a perfect message for a Saturday, or any day really.

So "Peace Out' with Colton. C'mon you know you want to.

Colton on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/coltonlhaynes/?hl=en  

James Franco's Self Love

It's Better With A Friend
Keegan Allen & James Franco

"When I think about you I touch myself" - 

I Touch Myself, Divinyls 

Fact: Celebrities have sex too, as if you didn't already know that. Sometimes they have it with others and sometimes they are so busy that they only have time for some self love.

Judging from James Franco's comments regarding the subject matter I am guessing he's fly's solo more than playing well with others. "Yes" moments in bed with the likes of Keegan Allen of Pretty Little Liars fame are far and few between for James and his Franco. 

Here is what he has to say about how he let's go:

"It's like you have those days where it's just like, I have a ton of writing to do, or a ton of reading to do, and you're just like, okay, I'm going to be on the couch all day or in bed all day just doing that."

Get it? Got It? Good...Now you have the image of Franco going to his happy place lodged in your brain with no chance of banishment.

Chill out, as James would say "Relax!" 

James on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/JamesFranco 

Indigo Girls Out! June 2nd

New Album from the Indigo Girls

Available Now For Pre-Order

Behind the Scenes Look at the First Single
“Happy In the Sorrow Key” 

Alright Indigo Girls fans I know you're out there, the dynamic duo's first album in four years is dropping on June 2nd, but you can pre-order it now, that's correct, buy it and buy it now!!!

ONE LOST DAY, the highly anticipated new album from the Indigo Girls, is now available for 

pre-order 

from iTunes and Amazon. Releasing everywhere on June 2^nd, ONE LOST DAYis the first studio album from the iconic duo in four years.

Last week the Wall Street Journal premiered the album’s first single, “Happy in the Sorrow Key.” Written by Amy Ray, “Happy in the Sorrow Key” was a track Ray previously started writing and revisited after the loss of her father. “It’s not about death, but it’s about impermanence,” Ray explains. “Its kind of the opposite of ignorance is bliss, and me saying I’m happier when I know the facts, and when I know the pain, and I know all the sorrow in life and am faced with things.”

Watch the behind the scenes making of “Happy in the Sorrow Key”

The Indigo Girls will be hitting the road following the release of ONE LOST DAY. Visit www.indigogirls.com for updates.