The 700th Post Club Roundtable

Yes, this part of the internet has reached 700 posts and I'm celebrating it by having a roundtable of sorts. Joining me is slut--I mean--21st century courtesan Aron Slade, and our two "sou desu ne boys," who are biding their time between tanning sessions and bar opening hours.

Hikaru: First off, something light. Today's Out Hot Guy of the Day.
Aron: Eh. He could lose the spiky hair. I'd do him.
SDNB #1: Short.
Hikaru: I thought the 90s were over.
SDNB #2: Indeed.

HF: Next, the presidental field for 2008.
AS: Richardson. Obama has charisma but no ideas.
SDNB #1: Indeed.
HF: Clark? Gore?
AS: Gore isn't going to run. Not in a million years. No way will Clark run with Clinton in the mix.
SDNB #2: Indeed.
AS: You really aren't that informed are you?
HF: Richardson or Edwards. Clinton with a strong chance. I don't think we're ready for another pretty boy president. Republicans?
AS: Like anyone cares. McCain. The GOP gets their asses handed to them in '08 no matter who they run.
SDNB#1: Indeed.

HF: Oscar nominations?
AS: Crap, crap, crap, and crap.
SDNB #1: Indeed.
SDNB #2: Dreamgirls was fierce.
AS: Define "fierce."
SDNB #2: Fierce is...it's just "fierce."
AS: Retire that word.
HF: Eddie Murphy deserves a win.
AS: And he's following it up with Norbit. I'm just saying.
SDNB #2: Indeed.
HF: It's called taking the money and running with it.
AS: Whole bunch of people must be doing that. Look at that cast list! Thandie Newton?
SDNB #1: Oh no.
AS: Oh yes. Crash didn't pay enough bills.
HF: He did write it himself along with his brother.
SDNB #2: I'm just going to drool now.
HF: You either get looks or skills in life.
SDNB #1: I beg to differ.
SDNB #2: Me too.
AS: I'm just saying keeping both Johnny Gill & Mel B isn't cheap.

HF: Noah's Arc getting the boot and a movie finale? Kinda cold, I think.
AS: I think it lost its way.
SDNB #2: Indeed.
HF: It never promised to be more than what it is, a comic soap that dealt with GBM lives. Have we ever seen that before?
SDNB #1: Indeed.
AS: Stop filing your nails! Anyway, should we really celebrate blandness?
HF: Blandness is the equaliser in today's America.
AS: I think that's tragic.
HF: But true. Nobody takes you seriously until you show that you're 99.9% like them.
AS: I don't think we are.
HF: Nobody really is. We're just supposed to appear that way. Anyway, I think it's sad.
SDNB #1: Indeed.
AS: I look at it this way: Yeah, it was the first mainstream show about GBM, but it's not the first good mainstream show. Hell, the first good mainstream show about gays period has yet to air.
HF: Well, at least they didn't air The Closet.
SDNB #1/SDNB #2/AS: Indeed.

HF: Onto Eurovision.
SDNB #1: Hurray.
HF: Dmitry Koldun?
AS: Dima Bilan mk II. Just like Constantinos was Sakis Rouvas mk II in Kyiv.
SDNB #2: Indeed.
HF: The song is not bad. It starts out with this whole James Bond style.
AS: But it doesn't really build upon it.
SDNB #1: I want to see him go crazy onstage, don't you? That's what really made "Never Let You Go" work.
AS: Did it though? I thought it was just because everyone wanted to fuck him. I did.
HF: Not me.
SDNB #2: He had on a mullet. A mullet.
HF: He's not a hockey player. He ought to have just shaved it off. You can't take anyone with a mullet seriously unless they're planning on killing you.
SDNB #2: Indeed.
AS: No matter what anyone else sends out, the Swedes will place 3rd or 5th.
SDNB #1: Indeed.
HF: We haven't heard the winner yet. I say the UK places really high this year, and Portugal makes it to the final this year. Germany falls on their face if they don't send Roger Cicero.
AS: Portugal?
HF: Yes, Portugal. Think about it? Did you expect Finland to win last year? The stakes are raised big time across the board. This is no time for copycats.
SDNB #2: Indeed.

Well, that wraps up the 700th Post Club.