Friends and Movies

Going out of town for grandpa's funeral was not an easy task.

With four local shows and a web TV show that had just launched the week before, there was a lot of rescheduling, pre-taping and cancelling I had to figure out and get done before heading out of town -- and then a bunch of "catch up" work that had to be done as soon as I returned. I've got to say though, I'm so glad I went. Every single cousin from that side of my family was there and at 28 years old, I am the oldest with the next oldest being 21 and the youngest being 13. We're all growing up so fast and I hope that our time together there can inspire us to keep in better touch with each other. It's so strange how we can barely know each other but speak the same language. We were all raised around that witty banter with a need to make other people laugh so having us all sit at a table together was just one non-stop laugh riot. After the parents went to bed, I talked them all into going to see The Dark Knight with me since it had just opened that night. We went to a midnight show and we were all so glad we did. It's the biggest movie of the year and we'll never forget how we all saw it together.

When I got back to L.A., I caught up on office work for a couple of days and then went to see The Dark Knight again, this time with Brandon Baker in IMAX. (The movie was in IMAX. Not Brandon. Although at times... !) Brandon and I both have an affinity for Batman and I knew I loved the movie so much I would want to see it again with him. It was quite an experience seeing it in IMAX with Brandon! But I don't know if it was more of an experience seeing it IMAX or seeing it with Brandon. ;-) ...Instead of The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience, let's just call it The Dark Knight: The Brandon Baker Experience. I want to go see Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D with The Brandon Baker Experience too!

Brandon was kind of my own dark knight in shining Abercrombie for the week actually. We ended up hanging out at Here Lounge the following night for my Porn Star of the Week show (every Wednesday from 10 pm - 1 am, people!) and then he pulled out all stops and brought his posse to my Porn Star Alley happy hour show at MJ's on Thursday from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. A week or so ago he'd finally gotten around to seeing the video I'd posted on my JasonCurious YouTube vlog asking him to come out and rack up a big bar tab to save my Thursday night show. Well, Brandon did just that. It also happened to be one of our busiest nights ever. And if I can match the numbers we did that evening one more time, that show is as good as gold.

As if that wasn't enough, I also stopped by his RentBoy.com night at Hamburger Mary's on Friday, albiet briefly. Everyone was surprisingly tired (exhausted, even!) and called it an evening much earlier than usual.

So four days in a row with Brandon. ...And we didn't even try to kill each other! I seriously adore him and am fascinated by him at times. He lives a very wild life, but is also extremely responsible, has incredible work ethic and can be one of the most selfless people I know. I have put him through some shit too and he is still always there for me. He has over time gotten close to a side of me that few people get to see, making him one of my best friends. I feel incredibly comfortable being my full uninhibited self around him and we can only say that for a few people in our lives.

Speaking of those few best friends I can only count on one hand, I hung out with Chi Chi LaRue this week and it is so nice having her back in town. We had dinner with Howard Marr from FabScout at that new place Felix in West Hollywood on Wednesday night and the food there is freaking amazing! I'm not usually a fan of "dim sum" at all -- but all of those apps are freaking to die for. Mouth watering! I can't wait to go back!

Then saw Momma Mia: The Chi Chi LaRue Experience on Saturday at ArcLight. (Did you know the space between the very front row and the screen there is so wide that it's perfect? You don't have to strain your neck or anything to look up and it's like you're in Michael Jackson's living room or something! I always thought the front row there would be way too close, but not so much!) Had no interest in seeing it really because, to me, the beauty of ABBA's music is the amazing harmony of their voices. So I never saw Momma Mia on stage as I was never so keen on hearing other people sing their songs. But I figure, Meryl Streep is seriously the best actress who has ever walked the face of the earth (I am convinced she could play a five year old black boy) and I could be entertained watching her read the phone book. Sure enough, she is amazing in it, but the movie itself really surpassed my expecations. And though it's just a cute, cheesy movie, Meryl's performance of "The Winner Takes It All" will go down as one of the Top 25 moments in movie musical history.

I'm excited to work with Chi Chi again this week at Here Lounge. I'll be hosting Porn Star of the Week there from 10:00 pm - 1:00 am featuring the brand new Rascal Exclusive, Vance Winter in his first L.A. appearance with Chi Chi spinning the tunes! I hear there's a booth reserved for the cast of Big Brother, current season and past seasons too so Big Brother fans should be sure to be there. But shh! Don't tell anyone I'm helping you stalk them!



So as you can see, I'm just gearing up for another big week here and it all starts tonight. I'm a Special Guest Judge at Here Lounge's fun drag show Where's Jackie? tonight so if you're out and about, stop by and say hi. The show starts at 10:00 pm.