Michael's Musings

Remember The Time?
Michael Shinafelt

Well it's day number 365 of 2021, OK kidding, but seriously? I'd be totally remiss if I ignored the events of this week. Honestly I am over the BS, it's time to move on and heal.

That's why I chose a TBT photo of myself, I want to remember what it feels like to live in a world that isn't what we have at present. Ya know, blonde ambition and all, prepare thyself for the vent...

Pack your bags a$$hole, game over!

Joe Biden has officially been certified President, please keep him safe

This just in Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announced they are delaying their divorce until a quieter news cycle

I was attacked by a Karen yesterday at Trader Joe's on Vine in Hollywood. How appropriate given the climate of the day, and what a feeling!

What? I'm not as light as I usually am today? Grow Up

So sad I can't say what happened yesterday was shocking and unsurprising

I can no longer in good conscience call myself an American, I have decided to resign

On a lighter note my Law & Order: SVU crush Rafael Barba returns tonight

Woman Crush of the Week - Stacey Abrams, she's got the power!

The US has been a reality sh!t show for the last four years

R.I.P. Tanya Roberts

Hell is like a sieve and the damned have been slipping through left and right

Are you in the market for babies and degenerate art? Call Sal 

The last thing I want in 2021 is to be torn limb by limb by an Incubus, no thanks

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Hump Day & Chill

Aussie Joey

Since we are currently in a hazy shade of winter, I thought we might want to Hump Day & Chill to summer down under. "Yes" this week we travel to Australia to HD & C with Aussie Joey warming benches, wearing, what else, nothing whatsoever.

That's correct Minions I am sending y'all on a Australian vacation via Tye Briggs Favorite Hunks & Other things. We have all earned this first Hump Day & Chill of January 2021. Hey it's already seems like we are 365 days into this year already so...

Enjoy the view of Joey warming benches in the buff, by clicking on the link below, and give it your first Hump Day & Chill of 2021. BTW in case you are wondering HD & C is a euphemism, so get to it!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2021/01/bench-warmer-joey-by-macpics.html  

God Save The Queen!

The Queen's Gambit
Elizabeth II & Friends

Who says Elizabeth II doesn't have a sense of humor, obviously has not seen this photo of her. "Yes" the Queen of England has some mad photobombing skills, add that to my 2021 Bingo Card.

Check out these two unsuspecting young women who thought they were capturing "their moment." See there she is in the background grinning ear to ear The Queen!

Yeah, she knew what she was doing and loving every minute of it. Hey Elizabeth knows how to party Minions.

Thus I leave you with this bit of levity today, I hope it entertains you as much as it did me...

Photobomb! 

Elizabeth II on Wikipedia -

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

Monday Mood

Yep...
Dwayne Johnson & Daughter 

Twas the first Monday of 2021 and all through out the world the only creature stirring was a big orange ________ it's time to fill in the blank Minions! Honestly the New Year does not begin until January 20th 2021 IMHO. Until then it's like 2020 on replay, same old sh!t different day (and at this point year.)

So this photo of Dwayne Johnson and his daughter from this past Thanksgiving sums up my Monday Mood quite epically. "Yes" it feels like it has been five long years since the November election and at least one of those years has been from January 1st 2021, till today. Honestly I'm over it, much like this father and daughter duo are.

Looking forward to, well, moving forward, not perpendicular. Here is the trick to keep ourselves collectively on track, don't look back, and make the most of every day. Even though the above photo this is reflective of how many of us fee at present, we gotta keep on keeping.

Me? Oh yeah I've got things to do the first Monday of 2021, but those things are for me to know, and you to never find out.

Remember: Smile Like You Have A Naughty Secret 😈

Dwayne on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/therock/ 

Just Because...Booty Call

Getting Cheeky With It!
John Barrowman

Just Because...fun is a good thing, Just Because...you know you like to watch & Just Because...It's cheeky, quite literally and figuratively, here's John Barrowman flashing his booty in Palm Springs.

Mr. Barrowman is known for his, shall we say, candid Instagram postings. Going commando in Washington, DC anyone? Well he decided to shoot some video footage of himself roller skating captioning it: "The view behind me...roller skating in Palm Springs. Can you see the moon?" 

If you know how this guy rolls, no one should have been surprised to get a peek at his supple bottom. "Yes" he laughs at his own naughty boy ways, hey he's having fun and wants you to as well.

What's that you say? You wanna see it? Well fear not and click on the link below Just Because...!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZ1u4kjC_8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

Sparkle Miley, Sparkle!

Shine Bright Like A Diamond
Miley Cyrus

OK, I know it is merely the second day of 2021 and, yeah, it's pretty much like 2020 thus far. I am looking forward to when the world finally starts moving that way.

So in the meantime I need things other than Netflix binges to keep my morale up. Shiny things that sparkle, like Miley Cyrus performing at Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve 2021.

"Yes" I am a Cyrus fan, she's one of the best contemporary artist out there at present. Honestly I jam to a song or two of hers at least once a day.

What's that you say? Did I catch her on NYRE? Sort of, I seent it on YouTube, I am asleep by midnight always and feel no special need to indulge in staying up to ring in the New Year. What's the point?! It isn't going to, especially this year, change with the flip of a switch.

Today I hereby add Miley Cyrus to my list of things to keep my spirits up while we wait for the world to mobilize in a positive manner.

Sparkle Miley, Sparkle!

Miley on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/mileycyrus/

Film Buff Friday: Southland Tales

In 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly achieved cult status with Donnie Darko, an assured debut feature exploring deep existential questions through the lens of 80s nostalgia. Five years later, he followed up with a more ambitious and even more beguiling sophomore effort, in which forces of totalitarianism and anarchism collide against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic, near-future world - the beguiling and baffling Southland Tales. Los Angeles, 2008. As the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental chaos, the fates of an eclectic set of characters - including an amnesia-stricken action star (Dwayne Johnson, the Fast & Furious series), an adult film star developing her own reality TV project (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cruel Intentions) and a police officer whose identity has split in two (Seann William Scott, TV's Lethal Weapon) - intertwine with each other and with the whole of humanity. A darkly comic futuristic epic that speaks as presciently to our turbulent times as it did to the American socio-political climate in 2006, Southland Tales receives a fresh - and timely - lease of life with this new, director-approved restoration.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• New 2K restoration by Arrow Films, approved by director Richard Kelly and director of photography Steven Poster
• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations of both versions of the film: the 145-minute theatrical cut and the 160-minute “Cannes cut”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006
• Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary on the theatrical cut by Richard Kelly
• It’s a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film, a new in-depth retrospective documentary on the film, featuring contributions by Richard Kelly and members of the original crew
• USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland, an archival featurette on the making of the film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew
• This is the Way the World Ends, an archival animated short set in the Southland Tales universe
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacey
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Peter Tonguette and Simon Ward

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