Male Celebrity BUTTS

 
First part is all DAVID BECKHAM!

Just because---- DAVID BECKHAM NSFW--nude shots included

OK I am going to admit this upfront, ever since yesterday's Royal Wedding I have not been able to think about anything else but how GORGEOUS David Beckham was.  Before yesterday all I knew was the boy was covered in tattoo's, which is not quite my thing but hey each his own.  Now with that said I have revisted that whole thinking and I am going on record if EVER Victoria goes crazy and leaves him, I want the job as "Mrs. David Beckham" as well as every other breathing woman and and some gay men alive.  With that said here are some eye candy photos of our boy David!!!  Forwarning the last one is VERY naked and NSFW as well as they say in England David is showing a bit of "willy"Not sure if it is faked I tried weeding through the fake ones but am hoping this is the real deal.  Anyway I am sure all of you will enjoy my efforts to pay homage to David.

WARNING------FULL NUDITY AHEAD NSFW

"Aunt Ida Pieces A Quilt" by Melvin DIxon

They brought me someof his clothes. The hospital gown,
those too-tight dungaress, his blue choir robe
withthe gold sash.  How that boy could sing!
His favorite color in a necktie. A Sunday shirt.
What I'm gonna do with al this stuff?
I can remember Junie without this business.
My neice Francine say they quilting all over the country.
So many good boys like her boy, gone.

At my age I ain't studying no needle and thread.
My eyes ain't so good now and my fingers lock in a fist,
they so eaten up with arthritis. This old back
don't take kindly to bending over a frame no more.
Francine say ain't I a mess carrying on like this.
I could make wo quilts the time I spend running my mouth.

Just cut his name out of the cloths, stitch something nice
about him.  Something to bring him back, You can do it,
Francine say.  Best sewing our family ever had.
Quilting ain't that easy, I say.  Never was easy.
Y'all got to help me remember him good.

Most of my quilts was made down South. My mama
and my mama's mama taught me.  Popped me on the tail
if I missed a stitch or threw the patter out of line.
I did "Bright Star"and "Lonesome Square" and Rally Round,"
what many folks don't bother with nowadays. Then Elmo and me
married came North where the cold Connecticut
cuts you like a knife.  We was warm, though.
We had sackcloth and calico and cotton, 100% pure.
What they got now but polyester rayon. Factory made.

Let me tell you something.  In all my quilts there's a secret
nobody knows.  Every last one of them got my name Ida
stitched on the back side in red thread.
Thats where Junie got his flair. Don't let nobody fool  you.
When he got the youth choir standing up and singing
the whole church would rock.  He'd throw up his hands
from them wide blue sleeves and the church would hush
right down to the funeral parlor fans whisking the air.
He'd toss his head back and holler and we'd all cry holy.

And never mind his too-tight dungaress.
I caught him switching down the street one Saturdy night,
and I seen him more than once.  I said, Junie,
you ain't got to let the world know all your business.
Who cared where he went when he wanted to have fun.
He'd be singing his heart out come Sunday morning.

When Francine say she gonna hang this quilt in the church
I like to fall out. A quilt ain't no showpiece,
it's to keep you warm.  Francine say it can do both.
Now I ain't so old fashioned I can't change,
but I made Francine come over and bring her daughter
Belinda.  We cut and tacked his name JUNIE.
Just plain and simple."JUNIE, our boy."
Cut the J in the blue, the U in gold. N in dunagrees
just as tight as you please. The I from the hospital gown
and the white shirt he wore First Sunday.  Belinda
put the necktie E in the cross-stitch I showed her.

Wouldn't you know we got to talking about Junie.
We could smell him in the cloth.
Underarm. Afro Sheen pomade. Gravy stains.
 I forgot all about my arthritis.
When Francine left me to finish up, I swear
I heard Junie giggling right along with me
as I stitched IDA on the back side in red thread.

Francine say she gonna send the quilt to Washington
like folks doing from all 'cross the country,
so many good people gone. Baies, mothers, fathers
and bos like our Junie.  Francine say
they gonna piece this quilt to another one,
another name and another patch
all in a larger quilt getting larger and larger.

Maybe we all like that, waiting to be pieced.
Well, I don;t know about Washington
We need Juie here with us.  And Maxine,
she cousin May's husband's sister's people,
she having a baby and here comes winter already,
The cold cutting like knives.  Now where did I put my needle?


Melvin Dixon died of AIDS October 26, 1992

Harpers Bazzar: Lady Gaga

Just because---- DAVID BECKHAM

Ok 4 AM Ohio time is when all the marriage madness happened and sitting in my jammies I was BOWLED OVER how GORGEOUS David Beckham was today.  I never got past all of his tattoo's in in soccer shorts or near nude shots I have seen but this GUY WAS screaming HOT---just saying---Victoria girl we are jealous

Even more Bapitiste Giabiconi photographed by Matthew Brooks

 

Catherine Middleton: Royal Wedding Dress

The Wedding Dress

Miss Catherine Middleton’s Wedding Dress has been designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen.  When they announced that it was the Alexander Mc Queen label that made Catherine's dress I actually wept.  I was so moved that she chose to honor his label, his memory and his upcoming museum exhibit by wearing his label.  call me sentimental but I was really moved

Miss Middleton chose British brand Alexander McQueen for the beauty of its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing. Miss Middleton wished for her dress to combine tradition and modernity with the artistic vision that characterises Alexander McQueen’s work. Miss Middleton worked closely with Sarah Burton in formulating the design of her dress.

The dress epitomises timeless British craftsmanship by drawing together talented and skilled workmanship from across the United Kingdom. The dress design pays tribute to the Arts and Crafts tradition, which advocated truth to materials and traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often Romantic styles of decoration. Ms Burton’s design draws on this heritage, additionally giving the cut and the intricate embellishment a distinctive, contemporary and feminine character. Which I think suited her beautifully, and was suited for the "smaller venue" that he wedding was supposed to be.

The design The lace applique for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace. The lace design was hand-engineered (appliqued) using the Carrickmacross lace-making technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. Individual flowers have been hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create a unique and organic design, which incorporates the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock. Some of the same elements that were used in the Late Princess Diana wedding dress that I was fortunate enough to see when it was in Cleveland on display last year

Hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace has been used throughout the bodice and skirt, and has been used for the underskirt trim. With laces coming from different sources, much care was taken to ensure that each flower was the same colour. The whole process was overseen and put together by hand by Ms Burton and her team.

The dress is made with ivory and white satin gazar. The skirt echoes an opening flower, with white satin gazar arches and pleats. The train measures two metres 70 centimetres. The ivory satin bodice, which is narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, draws on the Victorian tradition of corsetry and is a hallmark of Alexander McQueen’s designs. The back is finished with 58 gazar and organza covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops. The underskirt is made of silk tulle trimmed with Cluny lace.  Many reported that they were reminded of the Late Princess Grace of Monaco on her wedding day.  For me there was some reminder of that wedding but for me the day that kept replaying over in my head was the marriage of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana thirty years ago.

The Fabrics

French Chantilly lace was combined with English Cluny lace to be hand-worked in the Irish Carrickmacross needlework tradition.  All other fabrics used in the creation of the dress were sourced from and supplied by British companies. The choice of fabrics followed extensive research by Sarah Burton and her team. This I felt was a wonderful element to the dress by creating all for all the opportunities i opened in the creation of that fabric by skilled craftsmen

The Royal School of Needlework

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN), based at Hampton Court Palace, assisted the Alexander McQueen team in accurately cutting out the delicate motifs from the lace fabrics and positioning the lace motifs with precision into the new design. The lace motifs were pinned, ‘framed up’ and applied with stab stitching every two to three millimetres around each lace motif. The workers washed their hands every thirty minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours, to keep them sharp and clean.

The RSN workers included existing staff, former staff, tutors, graduates and students, with the youngest aged 19. The RSN’s work was used primarily for the train and skirt of the Bride’s dress, the bodice and sleeves, the Bride’s shoes and the Bride’s veil.   You imagine being the fortunate graduates and students working on this veil?  Having that achievement on one's resume.  How did they pick the studentsand graduates?  How many were considered?  Imagine someone of Catherine's stature coming to the Kent State School of Fashion for this kind of thing!

Veil and Jewellery

The veil is made of layers of soft, ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers, which was embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework. The veil is held in place by a Cartier ‘halo’ tiara, lent to Miss Middleton by The Queen. The ‘halo’ tiara was made by Cartier in 1936 and was purchased by The Duke of York (later King George VI) for his Duchess (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) three weeks before he succeeded his brother as King.

The tiara was presented to Princess Elizabeth (now The Queen) by her mother on the occasion of her 18th birthday.   You imagine borrowing such a thing?!  I would be worried to death to wear the damn thing!  What if t got bumped, or a stone fell out?  The pressure for me would have been brutal, but I wonder did any of this ever cross Catherine's mine?  When was this actually returned to the Queen?  Can we have the opportunity to see her in it again or not?  Is part of her not appearing in it again because she is just a Duchess and not a Princess?  Will the people still call her Princess Catherine anyway?

The Bride’s earrings, by Robinson Pelham, are diamond-set stylised oak leaves with a pear shaped diamond set drop and a pavé set diamond acorn suspended in the centre. Inspiration for the design comes from the Middleton family's new coat of arms, which includes acorns and oak leaves. The earrings were made to echo the tiara. The earrings were a personal gift to the Bride from her parents for her Wedding Day.

One wonders did Catherine help pick them out or were they a surprise for Catherine?  If they were a surprise when did her parents give them to her?  One also wonders what the parents were thinking on their drive to Westminster Abbey?  Are the parents now expected to take on some form of public life?  What happens to their party supply company? Were their private conversations between the two, right before the big day?  What was said?  Did Catherine's sister feel out of place with all the children in the wedding party or was it the other way around or was this whole thing a non issue?

Robinson Pelham have also designed and made a pair of diamond earrings for Miss Philippa Middleton. These earrings are more floral in nature to compliment the headpiece worn by Miss Philippa Middleton during the Service. Wonder if these were bought the same time as Catherine's earrings or not?  Were they a gift of  from Cathrine to her sister or not?  When did Catherine give them to her?

A tourmaline and diamond pendant and matching earrings have been designed and made for Mrs. Carole Middleton. Two gold stick pins, one with a single gold acorn at the head and the other with an oak leaf, are also worn respectively by the Father of the Bride, Mr. Michael Middleton, and the Bride's brother, Mr. James Middleton. It was refreshing in many ways to see Mrs.Middleton wearing her hair done for this occasion as well as seeing her walk into the Westminster with her very dashing son!

Wedding Shoes

The wedding shoes have made hand-made by the team at Alexander McQueen and are made of ivory duchesse satin with lace hand-embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework. Curious minds, mine being one of them wonders what shoe size she wears.  Then I heard a reporter say I believe sh had three pair of shoes for today, with a pair of flats that she was to wear walking down the aisle.  One also wonders if it was the same motifs embroidered on her shoes that were also in the dress?  Was the same students who worked on the dress who also worked on the shoes?

The Bride’s Bouquet

The bouquet is a shield-shaped wired bouquet of myrtle, lily-of-the-valley, sweet William and hyacinth. The bouquet was designed by Shane Connolly and draws on the traditions of flowers of significance for the Royal Family, the Middleton family and on the

Language of Flowers.
The flowers’ meanings in the bouquet are
Lily-of-the-valley – Return of happiness
Sweet William – Gallantry
Hyacinth – Constancy of love
Ivy: Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection
Myrtle: the emblem of marriage; love.

I have to go on record here and say I slightly disappointed by the size of this bouquet.  I was hoping for something bigger and a tad bit more glamorous than what seemed to be just a simple Chapel Bouquet but I will also have to admit some big obnoxious thing would have NEVER gone with the simplicity of the dress

The bouquet contains stems from a myrtle planted at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, by Queen Victoria in 1845, and a sprig from a plant grown from the myrtle used in The Queen’s wedding bouquet of 1947.  The tradition of carrying myrtle begun after Queen Victoria was given a nosegay containing myrtle by Prince Albert’s grandmother during a visit to Gotha in Germany. In the same year, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House as a family retreat, and a sprig from the posy was planted against the terrace walls, where it continues to thrive today.  The myrtle was first carried by Queen Victoria eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, when she married in 1858, and was used to signify the traditional innocence of a bride.

Lack Of Posts

I want to apologize upfornt for the lack of posts but with finals this week and part of next it has b een crazy and trying to catch up has taken its toll.  I am feeling better, the tests are all back and all normal so basically that means the spots are undiagnosable, which in many ways is a good thing.  Somehow though it has left me HORRIBLY depressed.  Maybe I just need to get away for a few days?  ANy suggestions anybody?

Newest Poetry

Can you hear the falling rain

On the old tin roof overhead

Pitte pat, spitter, spat

Clouds grey and heavy

Off in the distance the roar of thunder

Sun setting in its fullness and glory

Filling up the sky

Duck settling in, mights but a breath away

Tucked in grammy's feather bed

Pitter pat, spitter spat

Drip drop drip, rain drops fall harder

Ligthening stikes once, twice

Roars filling the sky

"Grammy where's Mr. Bear"

Tears of fear flooding my eyes

She hands me a bear

Made of mohair with glass eyes

"This isn't Mr. Bear:, I plead

Tears of misunderstanding flooding my eyes

"OK, Charlie your right

I'll got get him"---I hide in the feather bed covers

Mr. Bear, Mr. Bear there you are

My arms engulfing him in love

Chase my fears and worries away

HIs shoe button eyes see my fear and grief

Understanding my childish heart

Chasing the monster under my bed far away

Knowing this little boy's secrets

Held in my arms every night

My eyes closing to fairyland dreams

"Mr. Bear take my hand, please speak to me"

Childhood has ended my fears and doubts

Intact still in the mind of a man

Arms that hold you still

My secrets stil told

A little boy inside, hoping once more

For the rain to fall once again

No longer the full grown man

But just the boy in grammy's feather bed

Mr. Bear on her pillow still



Larry Kramer on AIDS 2011

"Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Please know that no country in the world, including this one, especially this one, has ever called it a plague, or dealt with it as a plague. Please know that there is no cure. Please know that after all this time the amount of money being spent to find a cure is still miniscule, still almost invisible, still impossible to locate in any national health budget, and still totally uncoordinated.




"Please know that here in America case numbers continue to rise in every category. In much of the rest of the world — Russia, India, Southeast Asia, Africa — the numbers of the infected and the dying are so grotesquely high they are rarely acknowledged. Please know that all efforts at prevention and educations continue their unending record of abject failure. Please know that there is no one in charge of this plague. This is a war for which there is no general and for which there has never been a general. How can you win a war with no one in charge?" - Larry Kramer, from a letter handed to patrons attending the revival of his landmark play, The Normal Heart.

Teens in Suicide Pact Kill themselves

A pair of Minnesota teens who felt bullied and ostracized by fellow middle school students killed themselves this weekend during what appeared to be an innocent sleepover.
Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz were found Saturday in the small town of Lynd. The two 14-year-olds hanged themselves and left notes in an apparent suicide pact.
"I think they've had this for some time," Robin Settle, Fentress' aunt, told ABC News. The two were found by Fentress' mother. Moravetz was sleeping over at her best-friend's home because her parents were on vacation in Hawaii. "She attempted to resuscitate them," Settle said, but it was too late.

Moravetz moved to the small Minnesota town a year ago and had a hard time making friends, her aunt said. She and Fentress' friendship appeared to grow out of the pair's shared feeling of being excluded. Settle said her niece told her she was "made fun of for being overweight ... and she didn't fit in."

Fentress didn't want "anybody to be sad for her," according to Settle, and dictated in her suicide note that her funeral have lots of pink, princesses and butterflies.  Marshall Middle School, where the two girls attended, held a gathering Tuesday to reach out to parents and provide information on how to discuss the incident with their children.

"You don't get over it," Marshall Superintendent Klint Willert said, according to the Marshall Independent newspaper. "But by working together, we can get through it."

Him Alone

Donna Summer-Last Dance (Rockamerica RMX)

Another song I listen too when I am really feeling down

Donna Summer - Last Dance (Studio 54 Last Days of Disco Remix)

Crank dis up and rock it out--its funny because the original I listen too when I am depressed!!

Colton Ford - The way you love me - club.mp4

London, this ones for you!

Secretly

New Jersey: Roommate Charged with Hate Crime In Suicide of Rutgers Student

The roommate of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi (left) was today indicted on hate crime charges stemming from the secret webcasting of Clementi having sex with another man. Clementi leaped from the George Washington Bridge last year after learning about the broadcast.


Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, was indicted on 15 counts including charges of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and tampering with evidence by a grand jury in Middlesex County, N.J. Prosecutors allege that not only did Ravi invade Clementi's privacy, but he tried to cover it up. Both Ravi and his alleged accomplice, former Rutgers student Molly Wei, are accused of filming Clementi during a "sexual encounter" in his dorm room with a man and then streaming it live on the Internet. Evidence against Wei has not yet been presented to a grand jury. Prosecutors allege that on Sept. 19 of last year, Ravi filmed Clementi with the purpose of intimidating him because of his sexual orientation. Ravi "disclosed a photograph, film, videotape, recording or other reproduction of the image of [Clementi]...whose intimate parts were exposed," the indictment reads. When Ravi became worried about being charged with a crime, he sent false tweets in an attempt "to mislead a public servant who was engaged in such proceeding or investigation," the indictment reads.



Clementi's parents have released a statement applauding today's charges.

Bunnies I would love in my Passover basket

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail hoping down the bunny trail....... lol

Happy Passover

This is supposedly is a film but I felt it showcased my feelings exactly for this scared time of the year as Passover.  So for all of my Jewish readers, I hope this Passover is filled with love, hope, peace and happiness---Next year in Jerusalem.

New Ad GNC

There is something very raw about this ad, now I know I playing on their words but the ad is so sensual, so naked if you will, like the man in the ad is inviting us into his private world of thoughts, feelings and emotions.  For me it is very moving.  Of course it doesn't hurt that this guy is very handsome to boot, but I would have loved to have seen just a "tiny" bit more of him.  The ad is provocative with out being obscene, but it is nice seeing a man as a sex symbol, something that I think at times is used and at others is not--it is not the same "atmosphere" that woman can catapult into super stardom as the sex goddess, maybe though in some more time that may change.  What are our thoughts>