It all started on Sunday November 2, 2003 with a blurb about how old he feels for watching the elder movie “Ghostbusters”. Cosmoblog has been a work of love by “Groove” ever since. He has tackled many topics including a recent entry about his audience and an insightful analysis of how bloggers use other bloggers as their muse. Groove is an excellent communicator, funny, and insightful. Groove also has some wonderful original essays that are creative, thought provoking, and emotional. We especially enjoyed “The Attic”. As such I have given the following evaluation: Best Gay Blogs Ratings** out of 10 possible points in each category:
Smart 8 Updated 9 Hotties 1 Funny 7 Design 7 Advertising v Content 9 Bitchy and Honest 7 Unique 7 *Proactively loves Best Gay Blogs 2
Overall Score out of 10 (not counting the new category as it didn't seem fair): 6.11 (NOTE: Best gay blog score to date)
*New category to stress how helpful it is to my ego to promote www.bestgayblogs.com :) ** Feel free to bitch back with your comments on the reviews. Also - if you have a blog that you would like Best Gay Blogs to review, feel free to add that suggestion as a comment as well (but understand the high risk you take in not getting the same scores as Groove has received as he has set the bar very high).
I'm like the Top 40 - I've got a little bit of everything, and always evolving. Oh, and I can read at a 5th grade level. Life.By.Jase brings us into the world of a 25 year old Internet consultant in New York City who refers to himself as a “potato queen” (you do the research, but here’s a hint – he is not a “rice queen”). Jase has celebrated his blog’s one year anniversary this week (congrats!). His first post was a simple 2 liner about Gemini’s,
“Some say they're two faced. - I say they're twice as fun.”
He gets more creative over the year with his geeky behaviors documented such as those exhibited with Augusten Burrough readings at a book store. Jase’s writing is quite smart and amusing – with the exception of his regular entries about food he has cooked and tried. Jase also has a sister blog with about 15 photos to enjoy of himself, sex objects and his sister’s tattoo.
It has not been very easy moving around the blog based on topic or date and the design is very basic – like a drizzle of chocolate in a snow pile. Overall, Jase has some great content (like his coming out story) that just needs a bit more excitement around the edges – perhaps a potato dressed like the Queen Mother?
Best Gay Blogs Ratings** out of 10 possible points in each category: Smart 6 Updated 7 Hotties 3 Funny 5 Design 4 Advertising v Content 8 Bitchy and Honest 5 Unique 6
** Feel free to bitch back with your comments on the reviews. Also - if you have a blog that you would like Best Gay Bogs to review, feel free to add that suggestion as a comment as well.
I would like to continue the review of the best gay blogs (note the new “returning” logo with Best Gay Blogs) with “A Spider’s Web in Thornton Park”. This gay blog whose author is located in Orlando has a good eye for the backend of operations. He utilizes the asses of some hot guys (and several other PG-13 body parts) to bring inspiration and hope to its readership. For instance in recent days he used a cute butt to give some consoling to Yankee fans out there having a bad week. He also shares a fair bit of personal escapades, such as his recent attendance at gay pride in Orlando.
Overall, “Spider” has created a nice web of material to get stuck in for a while – at least until he eats you. :) Best Gay Blogs Ratings out of 10 possible points in each category: Smart 5 Updated 8 Hotties 5 Funny 4 Design 4 Advertising v Content* 8 Bitchy and Honest 5 Unique 5
* Because of recent confusion I thought I would define this category this week. This indicates the balance between good content and amount of advertising. For instance we wouldn’t stand for 27 minutes of advertising to watch 3 minutes of Will and Grace.
World: A moment of silence for Pakistan. Americas: If Michael Leavitt is going on that tour, should he be allowed to return? Entertainment: U2, you were great in concert last night – BUT why Rick? Business: You go Google – maybe you can just buy Indonesia then? Technology: Firefox, just build a door! Science: Keep your kids inside and away from the Hamburglar! Health: Tell me about your mother…it’s always her fault. Sports: Not a good baseball playoff season for the East coast. Gay: Some good news from Spain (and bad news for the Catholic Church).
Happy Birthday to my sweetie! My partner Michael turns the big…oops - maybe I’m not supposed to share age here…but let’s just say he is celebrating his birthday today. For his birthday we are going to see U2 at Madison Square Garden tonight.
Michael and I met on PlanetOut in May of 2000. We chatted online for a week or so then met for our first date on Monday, June 5, 2000. We decided to meet across the street from where he worked, the Bryant Park Grill. It was love at first sight - honestly. I was mesmerized by his cute face and red hair. We had a wonderful dinner, both of us struggling to keep up the conversation as we were both so nervous. After dinner, Michael had to go back to his office to get his backpack and so we walked up. When he got his stuff together, he turned around in the office and looked at me and said “Would you mind if I kissed you right now?” My heart was racing and I blurted an emphatic “Not at all”. It was a smooth, soft, and delicious kiss. From that point forward I was addicted to Michael’s taste and touch. The date ended with us in Central Park sitting on a bench at the south end of the Great Lawn and passionately making out for hours. We created such a stir that two police officers on bikes kept circling around us, clearly wondering what we were up to (or maybe afraid of what else we were looking to be up to). The date ended with us both going to our respective apartments and looking forward to our next date. I slept very little that night and feel luckier each day for having had the opportunity.
This morning I went to the grocery store and stopped off to put some high cost engine fuel (ok – just f_cking overly expensive gas) in my car. While pumping (the gas that is) a woman approached me from a car on the other side of the island. The car was very small and filled to the edges with what appeared to be her “Do you have a dollar for some gas?” I won’t say what my response was so not to sway your opinion (yet), but I wonder how many of you out there would have told her “no” or “here’s 100 pennies I was saving” or would have handed her a $20 bill. Of course my first thought was how much gas is a dollar going to get her – enough to fill the fuel injector perhaps?
