GLAAD Media Awards

I attended my first award show ever this week! What an interesting way to spend a Monday night...hehe. The 19th GLAAD Media Awards were held at the Marriott Marquis on March 17th 2008.

As MTV Networks being a corporate sponsor, we had some very snazzy seats for the event! I actually got to sit next to Anthony Rapp throughout the dinner and award ceremony. He's such a nice guy and actually seemed somewhat interested in what we did. We were also one table over from Tim Gunn, which is really cool.

Lets see who else was there...Barbara Walters, Caroline Rhea, Alan Cumming, Kevin Bacon, Randy Jackson, Alec Mapa, etc... Now if you know me, I'm not really star studded in anyway, but it was still fun to meet some people and chat with them. Specifically, Alec Mapa and Caroline Rhea were loads of fun to talk to. Alan Cumming on the other hand...was a little out there. Ok, just plain loaded.

I did get some cool goodies though. Here is a picture of some of the things...

There were some other things that were cool too...but just didn't really fit a picture well. Anyways, I thought I would let you know how "the other half lives" for a brief moment. Hope you all have a nice week! :-)

South Bend, IN

Well, there is just too much to talk about. First, you have to realize that I have the strangest job in the world. I go to the most random areas of the country, hang out at gay bars, give out free shit…and get people to sign postcards all night…and I mean all night. I think got to bed around 6am last “night” with the time change and all. Damn daylight savings.

So, this time around I was in South Bend, IN. I didn’t think it was going to be much different than Jackson, MS—oh, but I was wrong. It was much colder and people were just…dumb? I don’t really know how to describe it. There were multiple times that people came up to my table who couldn’t read or write. It was actually kind of sad.  I tried to help them out a little…but sometimes it was just too loud to give them the kind of support they needed. Maybe I had lower expectations for the south (aka. Jackson) and I assumed they would fit into the stereotype, but again…I was wrong.

The people in Jackson were actually extremely nice—not that they weren’t in South Bend, but just “average.” It seemed that everyone in Jackson wanted to be my best friend, which is always uplifting.

The hotel I stayed at in South Bend was significantly nicer than Jackson, but it did lack the full kitchen.