Monday Motivation

Motivated
Michael Shinafelt

Well I finally did it, after months of struggling to lose the 28lbs. I had gained over the past year during this ongoing Pandemic, I finally broke the 203lb mark. That's correct Minions I am now 197lbs...Yay!

This is giving me all the Monday Motivation I need to keep it up. It's hard when you lose two and gain them back to not get discouraged. But when you lose 6 and drop below the 200lb mark, well then, you've hit the motivation jackpot!

Results that will finally put my headspace in the zone it needs to be for me to keep on keeping.

What's in your headspace?

Monday Motivation on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Motivation  

Clean Your Beach Up!

Beach Bums
Adrien Grenier & Katherine McPhee

Remember when your mother told you to "clean your act up?!" Well with climate change she just might tell you to "clean your beach up!" 

Well apparently Adrien Grenier & Katherine McPhee do what their Momma tells them. They took to the beaches of Malibu for a clean up event hosted by Shiseido Blue. 

Clean-up tools in hand they scoured for litter and other such beach debris all in an effort to save our environment and to try and stop climate change in the name of love for our planet.

So what's on your agenda to save the world???

Shiseido Blue on the WWW -

https://international.shiseido.co.jp/shiseidoblueproject.html  

Threesome

The Three Musketeers!

Here's the first photo to come from Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck's inner circle celebrating Jen's bestie Leah Remini's 51st Birthday, that must have been some party!

Jen had her hand on Ben's chest and a fierce look on her face. Ben kept one arm around each of the women, but kept his hand firmly on J.Lo's shoulder as they stared down the camera. 

"Wanted to share a little video from my birthday with you all because I got so much love from you on my birthday but also everyday," Leah "captioned the post on July 22. "I consider myself to have the best support system here on social media. Also, I can't thank my family & friends enough for coming, for celebrating with me in a way that was very special to me."

Yep, it's the threesome with the most cake...

Leah on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/leahremini/?hl=en   

Coco Zandi of Wild Child

 CocoZandi of Wild Child goes solo

New Single "Time to Get Away" Coming July 15th

Debut album "As Simple As A Dream" on OneRPM coming August 27th

1950s Hawaiian and exotica records with a modern twist

Better known (for now) as Alexander Beggins, half of the duo Wild Child, CoCo Zandi makes music inspired by an acute love of the sound and vibe of 1950s Hawaiian and exotica records, chased with a modern twist. Armed with his trusty baritone ukulele, an irrepressible crooning swagger, a tablespoon of steel drums plus a pinch of electro 808s, and his trio of backup sirens known as The Coquettes, CoCo Zandi’s forthcoming debut album As Simple As A Dream explores themes of love and loss and all that jazz, but always with a smirk on the lips and a half-empty (half-full!) piña colada in hand. The first single, Time To Get Away, will be released on July 15th. Zandi says, "We all felt it deep in our bones, bubbling up like a rush of blood to the head, an indescribable angst to skip dodge, get out of town, and break away from the shackles of our respective quarantine lives. I'm used to being on the move. After a decade of shows on the road I found myself struggling to stay still. Time To Get Away is an ode to that unforgettable moment in time. Sometimes simplicity in writing can convey the loudest message. I think it is, indeed, time to get away. " He continues: “Kelsey [Wilson] and I have been writing music together for almost a decade, which completely blows my mind,” says Beggins. “We've been writing songs together for a third of my entire life. Ever since the first song we wrote together, there was magic and palpable chemistry. We both bring something unique to the song writing equation. And we both have very different tastes in music, which I think makes our music unique. We pull from such different inspirations and listen to very different music so when we sit down to write together we create something new. If there was a Kelsey and Alexander venn diagram the overlap is Wild Child. But now, with our new projects we can give the other sides names: Sir Woman and CoCo Zandi. Listening to each of the projects, you get a sense of how Wild Child was born with both of our musical DNA. We will always have Wild Child, and we'll be making records together until we're old and wrinkly, but I think we've found how important it is to have separate outlets as well. It's refreshing and makes us better musicians and people.” CoCo Zandi started out as a byproduct of an identity crisis. It was 2019, and Wild Child had just finished an arduous tour for their fourth LP Expectations and their souls were tired. They'd been grinding for a decade and they were feeling it. It was clear they needed a break. Zandi says, "I had always wanted to make a solo record but it never felt like the right time. In some ways it felt too daunting. I was too comfortable and complacent but all the sudden I found myself with a lot of time and a lot to say. As Simple As A Dream is a record about finding my own voice, written from a place of trying to understand my place in the world. I like records that have a good narrative. Records where you feel a full spectrum of emotions, like watching a really good flick where you find yourself smiling and before you know it, crying. As Simple As A Dream should take you on an excellent roller coaster ride of emotions. And if nothing else, it's good music for a beach/pool day." As Simple As A Dream, Zandi's debut solo album, was produced by Walker Lukens and recorded at Public Hi-Fi in Austin TX.



Michael's Musings

How I'm Moved, How You Move Me
Michael Shinafelt

I am writing this presently in my new apartment, that's correct Minions I have a new vibe. I didn't sleep so well, had to hit the futon in the living room. Why? Because I was too lazy to make the bed after spending the day moving, that's why. 

It's just me in the corner on my chair, wishing I could wave my hands in the air like I don't care. But I can't I ain't got time for that! Moving on (get it???)

Stop in the name of lip fillers

The customer service rep I spoke to at the AT&T call center in India told me she was happy to be alive...the more you know

I'm tired of sh!t not killing me and only making me stronger

Discovered the cure for insomnia, I fell asleep fifteen minutes in to this weeks episode of The Real Housewives of New York City

Speaking of which there is someone on Twitter who uses the handle: Dorinda Deadly LOL

I find it odd that gay men never win hot dog eating contests 

While were on the subject: to the holier thou priest who tried to deny Pro-Choice Biden communion and was on Grindr everyday and went to gay bars: Being a holier than thou jerk is one thing, being a flat out hypocrite is another, just sayin' 

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own

Woman Crush of the Week - Kate Bush, if you don't know her and her music, well, who are you?!?!

You've mistaken me for someone who would care about that

Jeff Bezos wins the big dick competition 2021 hands on

I thought you should know that I've seen all three movies in the Fear Street trilogy

Sometimes a metaphor is just too glaring to ignore

It's time to unpack

Find out what here:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

Richard Gere

A little while back I was having lunch with a friend at my favorite local Square One Dining. When this Silver Fox in a mask walked in, he oozed sex appeal out of every pore of his being. He sat at the table adjacent to me and my friend, when he removed his mask I kept thinking there was something familiar about him. Then it hit me Richard Gere was sitting next to us.

This of course got me thinking about his high profile controversial role in Paul Schrader's American Gigolo. It featured something rare in American Films, full frontal nudity courtesy of it's leading man, Richard Gere, naturally. 

Of course I then wondered if Tye Briggs had done a piece on this particular film for his Favorite Hunks & Other Things blog. Guess what? He did!!!

Thus today Minions we are going to Hump Day & Chill to Mr. Gere baring it all as the American Gigolo. Hey, that's what gigolos do, take off their clothes. 

You know what to do, the link below awaits your clicking!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2010/02/flashback-richard-gere-in-american.html 

Score! Luke Prokop

Luke Prokop

Luke Prokop of the Nashville Predators made history as the first hockey player to come out as gay in the NHL. 

Hats off to Luke and his courage to be his authentic self. His visibility will serve as an inspiration to others struggling with their sexual identity.

Below is Luke's official coming out letter: 

Luke on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/lukeprokop_/