"If you sell your soul, at least you've made a sale"

"It's All About the Green" from The Wedding Singer -- the musical -- is quite possibly the cleverest song about greed I have ever heard. I love it. I love that whole musical, actually. But that really has nothing to do with anything, that's just me being extremely attention deficit.

Last night was insane.
First I went out, in the torrential rain, to Club XL. It was PACKED! There was a Countdown to Pride event that I had forgotten about. I didn't stay long, but I said hi to most of my friends there, including some who weren't there last time I was. Pot Pie said there were seventeen dancers working, and at first I thought "Nobody's gonna make any money!" but considering how many people were there, I can imagine that everyone made out like bandits.

So then I headed to Mirabar to meet up with Grace and another friend of mine from high school, Naseer. Also, Ryan, who I've known for a while but never met in person, came. So we were hanging out having fun and the club started to get pretty crowded too. Apparently I like to dance more than them, so I kind of stayed on the dance floor most of the night and they watched so I didn't end up spending as much time with them as I would have liked to.
The Pennsylvanian I thought I recognized was there again, so this time I grabbed a chance to talk to him. Turned out I hadn't lost my mind -- he really is who I thought he was. I ended up hanging out with him and his friend who, as it turned out I'm friends with on Myspace but hadn't met. They were in RI on a spontaneous little vacation but they left this morning.
I also met a guy named Joey. We may or may not have made out. On the dance floor. Whatever. I gave him my number, I got his. We'll see what happens there, but I'm not convinced. There was drama with his friends, and his text messages are...frequent. And occassionally clingy. I sure know how to pick 'em, don't I?
I also ended up making friends with a bartender named Jim, a guy named Justin who I went to a diner with and who is awesome. I also met some guy named Lenny who works there but I couldn't tell you what his job is.

So, I am still trying to decide where my night job this summer is going to be. I'll have something worked out soon, I'm sure.

Oh, and in other news...I have discovered (through going back to ages-old comments) that Hazzard Ahead is free to be a member of. So now I feel silly, but oh well. :P That's why I threw a Johnny Hazzard picture in here. Also I've had a string of posts with no pictures, and I feel boring and sad.

"When the sun goes down and the moon shines brighter"

It's a Thursday. We all know what that means, it's time for me to go on and on and on about somebody pretty......this Thursday we're going to look at someone who most of you have probably not heard of: Kaden.

Everything I know about Kaden comes from his Myspaces and his ModelMayhem pages, I won't lie.

First on the shallow end of the spectrum....just look at him. He's frikkin' GORGEOUS. Especially those eyes -- yes, even the eyebrows. And I could stare at his beautiful, strong jawline all day! Gorgeous hair, gorgeous skin. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Do you think it would be redundant if I said he was gorgeous once more?

(Can you tell that I enjoy him when he's wet from the first two pictures? I was trying to be subtle but...:-P)

He's also got that amazing talent: he can pull of so many different looks. Preppy, hard-core, wet, dry, business, casual, in-between. He can even do different hair colors!

The most amazing thing about Kaden though is that he's got strength, determination, perseverance, smarts, and the will to follow his dreams. All those things I tell me are gonna help me make it big some day.

The boy left Idaho for California with 44 cents, period. Talk about brave, right? So he starts modeling and obviously, that goes pretty well.

Now, he's a terrific singer too. Like, honestly, I wish I had the songs on his Music Space on CD so I could listen to them in the car too. As it is, I have to visit it at least every Saturday as part of my "getting ready to go out and work it" music selections. Kaden comes in right between "U & UR Hand" by Pink and Willa Ford's "Fuck the Men"...uhhh...anyways........

He's a good guy too. Says he has no ego (but then again, egos tend to give egotists blind spots on the ego, so I'd have to meet him to confirm that for sure, but I believe it), and he's not into drugs -- which, good for him! That stuff is everywhere in most of those "glamorous" industries; clubs, acting, music, modeling...those are full to bursting with them and it takes a lot of strength to resist.

He used modeling to get money in order to start his music career -- strategic thinking! This is a boy who knows how the world works and works it! And, he's put his foot down where nudity is concerned. Yeah, he's doing all of this without losing his morals and values...how great is that?

In short, he's another one of those amazing men out in California who I would love to have in my social circle when I get out there. I dunno if he's into men, but if he's not it doesn't matter. The point is, aside from the eye candy thing, Kaden is the kind of up-and-coming star we should all look up to. He's a role model, you could even say.

Speaking of which, you get a chance to get any of his music? GET IT. If you're a photographer reading this? Get your butt out to CA and get a photoshoot with him. Much like my friend Tony, this is one of those models you absolutely should not pass up the opportunity to work with.