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Head Bitch In Charge...that's the nickname bestowed on Adam Lambert over at [livejournal.com profile] ontd_ai. I think it came from some modeling reality show, but hell, it fits him. The guy is a total alpha male. With every interview I see with him, I am more amazed with his people skills. He reads interviewers like a book and has them eating out of the palm of his hand.

The news cycle the last week has been all about the Rolling Stone cover and the "I'm gay" thing. (Next up, "Water is Wet" and "The Sky is Blue.") Fortunately, already the news cycle has started to shift to the tour and the music, and I couldn't be more excited. He is co-writing and working with some of the top producers in the biz. It sounds like there's going to be a rock/pop flavor to the album, but hell, he could release 10 Bing Crosby covers and I would buy it.

From the get go, I swore I wasn't going to shell out the bucks for the idols tour, but my resolve has flown right out the window with my dignity. We know Adam will be doing FIVE solo songs including a Bowie 3 song medley (including "Fame"), and "Starlight" by Muse. He'll also be reprising his utterly charming duet with Allison of "Slow Ride." OK, you win. I'm going, I'm going.

Here he is yesterday on his way to an interview on Access Hollywood. Not digging the new haircut, but the boy has style.


He gave a GREAT interview with (of all people) Oprah.com. I'm soooooo excited.

Q&A with American Idol's Adam Lambert
By Stephanie Snipes

From the very first note, there was no doubt Adam Lambert was bringing something new to the Idol stage. He is by far one of the most original and talented performers in the music industry today—and he has the Rolling Stone cover to prove it!

Screening Room chatted with the American Idol runner-up about life in the fast lane.
Stephanie Snipes: We simply must start by talking about the Rolling Stone cover. How amazing is that?

Adam Lambert: Wild, right? I was so honored when they asked me. It's surreal. Every time I see it on a newsstand or on someone's coffee table I'm like, "Whoa! That's me! Oh my gosh!" It's wild. It's such an honor.

Cut for long-ass but totally worth reading interview )
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So, in personal stuff, my house is still on the market. The market here is dead, dead, dead. I'm getting to the point where I'm thinking seriously about renting this place out and moving north anyway. Plus, it makes more sense to buy at the bottom of the market, and sell after it starts to rebound. I'm pretty confident I can find a job, although I'll probably have to work full-time again, at least for a while. The next six months should be full of interesting changes.

In happier news, I head up to Canada in a couple short weeks to revel in its beauty, drink gin and tonics with the lovely [livejournal.com profile] and_ed, AND WE GET TO SEE GREEN DAY. TWICE. And I get to meet (fucking finally!) [livejournal.com profile] loser_and_user!!!!!!! And hook up with a few other of my Green Day peeps! God, I can hardly wait. Yes, my life is not bad at all.

Hope the rest of you can say the same.

SOS

Dec. 7th, 2008 04:10 pm
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OK, my Canadian friends (or other smart people on my flist). I am confused about what the bleep is going on with your government. Part of the reason is my incomplete understanding of the parliamentary system of government, but the rest is the complete lack of coverage here, and let's face it, Matthew Good talks waaaaaaaay over my head.

So let me see if I have this right, and you all can correct me.

The Conservatives won a plurality (but not a majority) of seats in P-ment in the recent election, so their party leader, Harper, gets to be PM.

But, the other parties can band together to form a coalition, then they get to pick one of their own to be PM. (Do they have to sign an agreement? Why can't they just say they're forming a coalition, then vote however the hell they want? Couldn't the Conservatives form a coalition with one or more of the other parties with enough seats to put them over the 50% mark?)

Does someone (who?) have to call for a Vote of No Confidence in P-ment for this to happen? I know the latest general election was called by Harper, the PM. Can anyone do this? Only the PM? At least our madness is confined to every four years. :-) Is there a fixed interval for elections to be called, at a minimum?

So, the other guys, the NDP, the Liberals, and the Bloc (who only give a crap about francophones in Quebec, did I get that right?) want to agree to play nice together to get rid of Harper, but Harper got someone with the authority to call a time out on P-ment (prorogue...I learned a new word!) so they effectively can't make this happen.

And the underlying reason for all this fuckwittery is, as usual, economic, I gather.

So what happens next?

ETA: [livejournal.com profile] canis_takahari found this excellent entry in a knitting blog(!) of all places that explains the Parliamentary System and the current crisis with amazing clarity. Thanks Helen. What is Happening in Canada
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The latest word is that my pretend boyfriend Gale may be released from the hospital this Friday. I still won't exhale fully until I hear for sure that he's back at work. *crosses fingers and toes*

I'm really liking my new job. The nurses and staff are really nice (and they seem to like me!) It seems to alternate between Boring as Hell and OMGKillMeNow, but so far, so good.

I'm gonna take the plunge and put my house on the market in December. I'm already fighting off the twinges of seller's remorse, but when I look at all the reasons I have for moving vs. the reasons to stay, it's still no contest. I'm going to start looking for houses in San Francisco next month.

I know there's at least one synesthete on my flist. A friend of [livejournal.com profile] cleolinda is looking for synesthetes for an online survey. I'm not, but I sorta wish I were. It seems kind of neat.

Don't forget to vote next Tuesday, those of you that live south of the 49th parallel.

This video is pretty funny:



Maybe we should all move to Canada either way! :-)

Everyone have a happy and safe Halloween!

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