New Feature: Soundtrack Of The Day!

In case you hadn't noticed, I've been writer's blocked, lazy, uninspired, and a lot of other things for the last year or more. I've been really bad at keeping up with the blog, so I've been considering my options. I don't want to stop writing but I don't seem to have the time for full-length posts. So I am beginning a new feature that will allow me to write in short bursts, post daily, and keep this thing rolling until I figure out what to do.

The boyf bought me a notebook for Christmas with a graphic cover that says "Music is my addiction." He knows me so well. I still love music but I haven't been as excited over new stuff recently, hence the lack of posting. But everyday of my life has a soundtrack, a little Nina Simone here, a little Janet Jackson there, a little Relient K everywhere.

That brings me to the new feature. I will be posting a song each day with a little blurb. Sometimes the song will be inspired by that day's events, other times it will be new music that has grabbed my ear (watch for the Freshness Edition in those cases) and other times it will be in honor of someone's birthday, anniversary or holiday.

If you have a request for Soundtrack Of The Day, leave 'em in the comments. If you are a band or artist who would like to be featured, let me know where I can find embeddable players with your music (YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.)

So, this could be fun. Soundtrack Of The Day starts... today!

Writer's Block

You may have noticed the complete dearth of posts over the past month. Yeah, I have writer's block. I've never had total writer's block before, usually I just can't write about the particular topic I wanted to. I can usually find something else to post, though. Right now, I just look at a blank screen and can't formulate a sentence that isn't boring as shit.

So, I am currently writing about not being able to write. I guess that's a start. I noticed the writing quality of my posts over the last few months has gone downhill, I think that it scared me and my brain decided not to write at all. But I'm going to attempt some year end lists either this week or next and I'm hoping that will start a resurgence of creative flow. We'll see.

Til then, Happy Holidays!

Dust Has Just Begun To Form Crop Circles In The Carpet...

Oh, people of the internets! I have failed you these last few months, and I do apologize for my lack of posts in the time I was nurturing my fledgling relationship with my new boyfriend. I still have him, and I've been trying to make time for work, blogging and a personal (read: hot sex) life.

But now a new wrinkle has formed - I am moving! It's just a few streets away, but the packing and moving is taking more time than I had assumed. It's been a while since I uprooted. Plus, I was dumb and agreed to lead (and create) a Bible study for church.

My personal situation is coming first for a few weeks instead of half-assing it here and in the "real world", but I am hoping no later than October 7th I will be back and ready for action. I'm going to preload some Trashy Thursdays to keep y'all entertained during the move, though. And when I come back I'll be shooting for at least one post each weekday and occasional weekend posts. We'll see! Anyway, stay tuned!

Just for shits & giggles: Boys, Boys, Boys...

Joining The Mass Of Twits

It's seems like everybody and their mother-in-law is on Twitter these days. I didn't pay much attention to the phenomenon, but I recently realized that this could be fun. I don't have access to the Internet at work, and I'm there more waking hours than I am at home. Plus, I can shoot random blurbs that aren't really long enough for real blog posts to my avid reader. (Readers, plural. I might have two.)

Anyway, I may do more in the future with Twitter, like a live blogging type situation during live events. But mostly you should be looking for tweets about the random songs that pop up on the radio at work or the latest celeb gossip I just heard. Or not, it's just on the side bar. You can ignore it, I won't know. If you want to follow or bookmark me, the page is www.twitter.com/paulbos

Oh, and yes. I am following Ryan Seacrest's twitter. Dude is kinda cool.

(Belated) Year End List: The Hot Men Of 2008

I know, 2009 is already a week old. So why am I still posting 2008 year end lists? Maybe because I started it back before Christmas and kinda forgot to finish it. Don't judge, you don't know! Regardless of timing, who doesn't a post full of hot dudes? Lesbians, that's who.

A wise man once said "There is a lot more to life than being really, really good-looking." But it's still a nice feature. For my choices for the Hot Men Of 2008, I needed more than looks. Smarts, great attitudes and wit all make me hornier than just kissable lips and rock hard abs. But when you have both... sigh... Oh, David stop! People are watching... Ahem! I need to stop daydreaming or I will never finish this post.

The Chris Daughtry Award (For Hottest American Idol Rocker): David Cook

It took a couple of weeks of American Idol before I saw the true hotness of the Cookie. But when he rocked out to "Hello" it was on, girls and gays! The beautiful eyes, the sexy gravelly voice and the cute facial hair got me started, the talent got me hooked and the huge heart made me fall madly in love. His relationship with his family, the fact he wore a rubber bracelet all season that was given to him by a reporter as a tribute to the reporters sick daughter and knowing that he is decent human who is down with the gays created a monster of sexy proportions, both inside and out.

The Dave Leiberman "If You Can't Stand The Hotness, Stay Out Of The Kitchen" Award (For Hottest TV Chef): MFB Richard from Top Chef
Yeah, Jeff might've been the conventionally sexy one, and Richard did have a habit of wearing "funny" t-shirts. But his boyish crush on head judge Tom Collichio and his full admission of having an "inner queen" in the first episode alone cemented his place as runner-up to David Cook in the Hottest Reality Bear Cubs Competition in my mind. And once he left the show, not even Martha Stewart could make it worth watching anymore.

The Anti-Perez Hilton Award (For Hottest Blogger): Junior
I know what you're thinking, is there really such a thing as a hot blogger? I know conventional stereotypes suggest days-old facial hair growth and bathrobes covering beer bellies and comic book tees are the costume of choice for blog writers and I would imagine there are still some who hold to that look. But there are some choice blogging hotties out there, from celeb bloggers like Kanye and model Bryan David Thomas (probably NSFW) to funny, witty cuties like D'Luv at Chart Rigger and Andy Towle at Towleroad. But only Juice With Junior's blog god makes great great fashion choices, is ridiculously funny and smart and has a rather sexy smile (see his video ender for the Juice With Junior Awards above.) Oh, and he comments on my blog... not that I was swayed at all by that. (Editor's note: Yes I was.) I dub him Hot Blogger 2008. Video via Juice With Junior.

The "Dear God, Don't Let Him End Up Looking Like Bruce Jenner In A Couple Years" Award (For Hottest Olympic Athlete): Matthew Mitcham
I bet you thought it was gonna be the Phelps. Yeah, he's got a great body but a consistently dumb look on his face. Matthew has a nice body, a brilliant smile and really great hair. It's all about the hair for me, sorry. Plus, as the first openly gay diver to win a gold medal, he's really a role model for young athletes. You don't have to hide any part of who you are to be a sexy, confident and athletically gifted man. Oh, and did I mention he was hot as ballz? Picture via Hunk Du Jour.

The Dreamy Vampire Of 2008 Award (For Hottest Actor In A Vampire Film Or TV Series, duh): Robert Pattison from Twilight
I'm sorry, but he is just fucking hot. The rest of these guys have a lot more going on than their faces, but once and a while you need just pretty. And damn, he is pretty. Picture via Twilight Poison.

Plus, the usual suspects:Justin Timberlake (from the "4 Minutes" video)
David Beckham (from the Armani underwear ads)

Freddie Rodriguez (from Ugly Betty. All the Betty screen caps of Freddie I could find were shite, so I picked this random bit of hotness. Don't know where it comes from, but who cares? A soaked white tee fine with me...)

The Men of Lost Like Lays potato chips, I can't have just one. From Daniel Dae Kim's anxious husband and father to be Jin (sixth from left) to Matthew Fox's daddy issues ridden doctor feel-damn-good (fifth from left) to the always sexually charged (and shirtless) southern boy Sawyer (played by Josh Holloway, third from left) to Naveen Andrews' former Iraqi soldier with the hair I would kill to run my fingers through (third from right) and more recent additions Henry Ian Cusick (far right) and Ken Leung (not pictured) I wouldn't mind being stranded on a haunted island with these boys.

Love in an Elevator?

OK, Popcandy Reader Of The Day Robin M. mentioned this website as one of her favorites, and I've just wasted way too much time on it. It's a blog called Passive Aggressive Notes, and it's full of real notes left by people who are angry, just not angry enough to get into any confrontation. I've left one or two passive/aggressive notes in my day, in my day, but none as funny as this one:

My first post at Blogger!

OK, so I decided it was time to create a real blog, I've been blogging on my MySpace profile for about a year now. If you want to check out those archived blog postings, go here.
I blog about music mostly, I review CDs and singles, rant about songs I don't like, recap American Idol and I just finished a series on my top ten favorite songs of all time. I also have a weekly series called "5 Songs On Shuffle" where I put my iTunes on shuffle, and blog about the first five songs that come up. Some pretty random shit comes up, you'll find I love all kinds of music.
I also discuss movies, TV and books. I sometimes write about work, family, friends and other personal stuff, in fact my last two posts on the MySpace blog have been of a personal nature, but I usually stick to pop culture goodness. I usually post at least a couple times a week, it all depends on my work schedule. And if there is anything good to blog about.
And if you are wondering where the title for my blog came from, it's based on a quote from one of my favorite books of all time, Alice In Wonderland. In the first chapter, Alice peek into her sister's book and see there are no pictures or conversations. "'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'" So here they are, Alice's missing pictures and conversations sprung fresh from the deranged mind of a man who has too much time on his hands.