Has Anyone Seen This Movie?

No, the movie isn't missing. But like, based on the poster alone, I wanna marry it.



Anyone seen it?

Thanks to this reader for letting me know about it.

And would you look at that. "That 70's Show" JUST appeared on my TV screen. Where's Alanis Morissette when you need her?

Can You Hear Me in the Back, Los Angeles?

I dig this chicks (and her friend's) moxie. Instead of just sending a request for me to get the word out about her show--a request I get probably a dozen times per day--she went the extra step and made a quick video explaining her next 2 gigs. I like that. So if you're in the L.A. area on July 5th and/or 15th, stop by the Mint and Hotel Cafe respectively, and check out Kristi Jo. I'll be at Hotel Cafe on the 15th to see my friend Amy Kuney play at 11pm, so I'm going to make my way there early to catch Kristi Jo's set. Holler!

Online Radio "Appearance" TONIGHT at 8pm Pacific

Can you "appear" on radio? I don't think so. But uh, I'm gonna try. I'm going to be in "the studio" (aka, someone's crib) with my friends Lisa & Johnny (of the band KILLOLA). You might remember Lisa as the star of the lezzy web-series "GIRLTRASH." They have a weekly live show on Dave Navarro's online station "Spread Radio Live" and I'm crashin' it. You can listen in from anywhere in the world as I make my radio debut and try not to bore the hell out of you guys. Plus, they said I can choose a couple of the tracks, and you know how much I love music...so that'll be fricktastic!



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To listen in at 8pm Cali time, go to www. spreadradiolive. com/. I hope you'll tune in!

I'll try to sign onto AIM right before and during the show.

My screenname is ArlanWasHere if you wanna ask me anything or show me boobs or whatever.

L.A. Ladies: Volunteer at Outfest 2008!

My longtime reader and friend Nicole is the volunteer's coordinator for this year's OUTFEST in Los Angeles. She's seeking energetic and talented volunteers to help out and get free shiz. Sounds good! I'll see you there:-)

Here's the volunteer benefits info:

OUTFEST extends special benefits to volunteers as one way to say thank you for your appreciated and valuable contributions. In addition to the ever-fashionable Volunteer T-shirt that all festival Volunteers receive, we offer three different levels of OUTFEST membership awarded based on hours of participation. THESE HOURS WILL GO FOR A MEMBERSHIP TOWARD OUTFEST 2008 (OUR 26th ANNIVERSARY SEASON).

OUTFEST 2008 Crew Membership (24-35 hours)
-Advance Ticket Purchase for Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 9-21
-$3 discount on all Outfest 2008 tickets
-$3 discount on all Outfest Wednesdays Screening Series tickets
-Acknowledgment in the Outfest 2008 catalog


OUTFEST 2008 Best Girl/Boy Membership (36-58 hours)
All Crew Benefits plus:
-Priority ticket purchase for Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 9-21
-Access to the Priority Seating line at Outfest 2008
-2 complimentary general admission tickets to a regular film screening at Outfest 2008
-2008 Screenwriting Lab submission fee waived or film/video submission fee to Outfest 2008
-Outfest 2008 T-shirt


OUTFEST 2008 Assistant Director Membership (59+ hours):
All Best Boy/Girl benefits plus:
-High priority ticket purchase for Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 9-21
-4 additional (6 total) complimentary general admission tickets to a regular film screening at Outfest 2008
-Outfest 2008 T-shirt


ACCESS TO SCREENINGS:
Volunteers may view screenings on their shifts on a space-available basis when their volunteer duties are completed and the Theater Managers have given permission.
Volunteers who have completed at least eight 4-6 hour shifts (or 48 hours) prior to or during the festival will receive access to screenings on a space-available basis at times other than their shifts.

*Opening/Closing Night screenings and the Awards Program are exceptions to the above guidelines.

Nicole Suell
Volunteer Coordinator

If you'd like to volunteer, email Nicole at Volunteer@outfest.org and tell her Arlan sent you!

Pretty Angel Eyes

You guys probably don't know this, but in addition to being a supermodel, world-class chess watcher, and fanclub president of TV's Dudley (yes, THE Dudley from "Diff'rent Strokes"), I am also an accomplished songwriter. I've only written one song. It's called "Angelina, Can You Hear Me?" Here, for your consideration, are the lyrics:

Angelinaaaaa. Can you hear meeeee?

(I'd like to state for the record that I wrote this BEFORE I heard Rosie O'donell's song "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?" thank you very much)

I know. You're welcome. Does anyone need a tissue? If you are sitting next to a friend who is too overcome with emotion, please help yourself first, and then your friend.

Ah yes, Angelina and my songwriting skills have no doubt made an indelible mark on the lives of so many of you reading this. And though I kind of wish her breasts would have made an indelible mark on the side of my face by now, I am happy for her and Brad nonetheless. And who else is as excited about her movie "Wanted" as I am??

I love how she gets really giggly every time she's pregnant. Have you noticed that?


No matter how hot she is on any given day, no matter how eccentric, glamorous, talented...this will always be my favorite side of Jolie:

"I Think It's Time the Big, Bad, Scary Lesbians Went Inside and Had SEX!"

Amen to that, Michelle Williams. Amen to that:



Oh if only those walls could talk...

Someone should really make a movie or two with that title. Hmmm...

For Those of You Following "The Mole" on ABC...

**SPOILER ALERT**

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UPDATE: SON of a BITCH. I am so wrong...haha
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I think Victoria is the mole.

You mark my words.

Food For Thought...

Just thought this was appropriate today:

Part 1:


Part 2:

Gimme Some Reciprocity

I just read this message from a reader regarding the new logo show that I've been promoting, "Gimme Sugar." I definitely want to share my thoughts, so take a look at it and meet me on the other side:

Hi Arlan,
I just wanted to write to you today to get some feedback from you, and possibly others, about and issue I have that has to do somewhat with a previous post on the Daily Lesbian Blog.

When I first saw the bulletin from you on my myspace that there would be a new show about lesbians on LOGO (Gimme Sugar), I was thrilled. I feel that there are not enough shows that represent us in a positive manor. But what really made me happy was that you were mostly discussing Alex, and that you started the post by saying that "bisexuals will be positively represented" in the show because of her. Since I saw the show, I whole-heartedly agree with you. I don't think there could be a better example of bisexual women. Alex is definitely a role model. She is smart and driven (not to mention beautiful). So when I finally got to see the show for the first time, I wasn't surprised, however I was disappointed. Not in Alex or your confidence in her to portray bisexual women in a positive light. What I was frustrated with was the fact that the other characters and the show itself were making her out to be this "bad guy" because of her bisexuality. During the episode, Alex goes on a date with a man. Before he arrives she is texting the other ladies, who have less than kind things to say about it. I believe one girl says "tell her I hope she chokes on his balls." That is so biggoted and completely unacceptable. This kind of prejudice continues throughout the rest of the episode and ends with the ladies at a table and everyone is fighting with Alex.

This situation happens all the time. I don't think I can be around lesbians without hearing some form of biphobia. Personally, I don't understand how as a minority group, we can be so hateful. Bisexual women are just like lesbians; we fight for the same cause as you. However, it is difficult to do so when we are discluded for the sole reason that we date men as well. Now Arlan, I feel that you have always been great when it comes to this issue. I've seen biphobic comments posted on your blog many times, and you have always defended bisexuality. I thank you for that. But it would mean a lot to me to hear what you (and maybe others) think about the episode and this issue.

Thank you so much and keep up the wonderful work that you do!

Hi there. Yes, I agree with you. Here's the video intro of Alex that this reader was referring to. This was online before the first episode aired and is what I based my "bisexuals will be well-represented..." statement on:


Alex is a good friend of mine, and I care about her a LOT. I've watched her deal with being openly bisexual in this town (l.a.) and it hasn't always been easy. The only way I can see things happening with the show, is that the girls (who are her friends in real life) said some statements joking around, and then it was later edited to look even worse. Of course they had to have the statements there to edit them to begin with, but they recorded for 2 months, and had to make a few 30 minute episodes out of each. So some things were lost in translation.

I will always stand up for the rights and respectful treatment of bisexual women. Just as I stand up for women who are lesbian, queer, not-so-straight, dont-know-what and STRAIGHT. I don't think it's right to say "ew, that's gross" when your female friend says they're going on a date with a guy. I mean, unless the guy himself is gross. Cause if he sucks or somethin, that's a whole different story. But just based on the fact that he's male? That's ridiculous, hypocritical and offensive.

I'm going to also defend the other girls. As queer women, Charlene, Robin, Davonee and Bathilda have all had to deal with bigotry from other people about their sexuality. I'm sure they've had to deal with bigotry at some point because of their race, or because of their association with a race. Or because of their clothes, their haircut, their jobs, their friends...SOMETHING. So I know they probably would hate to be thought of as prejudiced against someone else, for something that is natural to her (Alex).

I have a unique situation where I know everyone in the show, but I am able to look at it and be unbiased. I'll only give my true opinions here, and I'm going to invite all 5 of the girls to come to this post and read your comments and maybe post their own. So please be respectful, but have your say! :-)

I would love to get into a discussion with the girls of the show and everyone reading this to also delve deeper into why you think there is that bisexual hating going around. I have a few ideas...

Hot Pockets!

I'm not really feeling the use of advertising in front of this vid, but this week's episode of "Cherry Bomb" is SO good, I just had to post it. Oh and I agree, I agree, and I agree...I'll let you guys figure out which points I'm referring to:

Lesbian video from AfterEllen.com

Amen! Damn...anyone else feeling a bit...warm?

...and I Think It's Gonna Rain...

"Loving Annabelle" writer/director Katherine Brooks just posted this video about New Orleans on her myspace blog, and I thought you guys would be interested. It is really touching...



I think the part about the rich man is true, but honestly it isn't JUST his responsibility. It's all of our responsibility. How many of us have given 5% of our worth to the cause?

Just something to think about from both sides of the coin.

Lesbian Spank Inferno

I mean really, do I need to say anything else?



My good friend of more than 10 years--one of our resident straight girls who I'm trying to convert--Aimee is celebrating a birthday today, and it reminded me of how instrumental she's been in insuring that we get to see some awesome lezzy-friendly vids (like the one above!) on this site. Let's all give a round of applause, a nipple tweak and a how's-ya-father to Ms. Aimee.


(This is one of Aimee's animations...she's a Jill of all trades, you see)

Come on ladies, blow out her candles. *ahem*

You Won't Believe This...

Regrettably, the cinematic masterpiece that is "Love is All there Is" could not be included in today's prize. The Academy sends its regards:


Odds of winning are 1 in 50.
To subscribe (and enter), go to the first blog entry on my myspace profile (www.myspace.com/IdGoGayForAngelina).
Because of it's contents, you must be 17+ to be eligible to win today's prize.

I'm so excited about all of the interviews/features I'm securing for the first issue of INTERLUDE magazine. August 8th is going to be a really sweet day. And I'll be able to reveal some of the top secret content in the next few days/weeks...so stay tuned!

Sixteen hour work days, hundreds of emails, dozens of phone calls and a little somethin I like to call sex-deprivation have all lead me to the craziest subscriber contest yet!

By midnight tonight, one of you reading this would have won...wait for it..... wait for it....

16 Angelina Jolie DVDS!!!!

No, I'm not kidding. It's very important that INTERLUDE has a strong list of subscribers right out of the gate, and in the interest of reaching my goal of 1,000 subscribers by August 1st, I'm holding a few contests.
I came up with this particular prize idea about an hour ago when I was trying to figure out what I'd want to win if I were signing up for a contest.
I still envy the two people who've won the Ipod Shuffles the past couple of days (congrats!) and I'm going to be SOOO envious of the person who wins all of this today:





Gia (Unrated edition)
Mr. & Mrs.
Smith (Unrated, 2 Disc edition)
Girl, Interrupted
Life or Something Like It
Beyond Borders (Widescreen Edition)
Pushing Tin
Hackers
Gone In 60 Seconds
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life (Collector's edition)
True Women
The Bone Collector
Taking Lives (Unrated, Director's Cut)
Original Sin (Unrated)
Foxfire
A Mighty Heart

In addition to getting 50% off of the cover price for 6 issues of your new favorite lezzy-friendly mag + a free 18x24inch poster replica of the relaunch issue's cover, anyone who subscribes today between now and MIDNIGHT California time will be entered into a drawing to win the ultimate Angelina Jolie 16-pack DVD collection! The best part is, I'm going to make it so the odds are 1:50. For every 50 subscriptions, I will give out a dvd collection.

So your chances of winning are amazingly high!

I will randomly choose the winners at 12:30am tonight and will make the announcement in a bulletin.

If you've already subscribed before today, don't worry. You're not left out:-) I will hold a special second chance contest for you very soon...

To subscribe, go to the first blog entry on my myspace profile...

(Here are pics of my old covers from 2005)....

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Reader Question...

Let's help our friend out with some advice. She'll be reading your comments...

I am a 18 year old who lives in X who goes to college in X, and I love you. I read your blog religiously. I have this problem in my life and was wondering if you, your friends, or maybe your readers have any advice. My girlfriend is currently a senior at the high school I went to before heading off for college. She doesn't turn 18 for another several months. In February she came out to her mom and told her about our relationship. Her mothers reaction was throwing up and saying how disgusting we are. Took her phone, computer, car, the works in hopes to keep us from still being together. Of course this is the 21st century and we still had ways of communicating, about a month ago she got her phone and computer back, and things have been going nicely for us in out little secret relationship again.

Her mom finally agreed that she could come to the same college I am at, believing we don't talk anymore and that my gf had no interest in talking to me again. It is the only way we knew how to get what we wanted. Anyways, her mom's fiance was snooping on her computer the other day and got onto her email and found a message from me. It was actually only a corrected paper I had edited for her, but my name showed up so suddenly all hell was set loose again. So of course the phone is gone again, as is the computer. I get home from college soon and have very little clue as to how to deal with all this. My gf is completely lost right now, not sure if she should be looking for loans for next year, or how she could get one at all for school, how to try and make peace with her mom without having to break up, it is a mess.

Has anyone ever been through something like is?
How do people do it?!

I know it is a large story, with no real way to be solved or fixed I just don't have any gay mentor to look to and ask advice from.

Thank you for all you do, you're wonderful

Tel(Avi)vision...

YDLM's good friend Ruth Selwyn (creator of Lizzy the Lezzy) was recently on TV in Israel where she lives! It's a really cool piece which is super interesting on its own, but Ruth has gone a step further to make you laugh out loud by adding her own thought bubbles to the original video. Find out what she was really thinking. Haha:



You can ask her more about what was going through her head--and just how HOT that co-anchor chick was--by visiting Ruth and Lizzy at www.myspace.com/RuthSelwyn!

Yes. We. Can.

I'm excited about this Martin Luther King, Jr-esque excitement that we're getting to experience. As long as Barack keeps it real and doesn't let it all go to his head, we'll be ok. I'm not trying to be political or anything...but uh, this sh*t's exciting!


Special thanks to reader Ginnai for bringing these videos to my attention.




Hmmm...and let us now compare that to...our other choice:


Right.

P.S. Zoe Kravitz is the daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz. She's the one at the beginning of the second vid up there and singing the song throughout. I couldn't help but be reminded of this song/video that her daddy released just months after she was born (damn, and I'm old.
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"Can You Pass the Peas? I'm a Dyke."

If you're like me, you've waited all week to see what the girls of CHERRY BOMB are up to. Here's 18 minutes of succulence.
Eat up!

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Send the girls a comment or message on their myspace @ myspace. com/cherrybombtv and tell em arlan sent ya!

French Kiss

It has been brought to my attention that I have not had enough chicks making out with other chicks on my blog for a few days. This simply can not go on.



(From the French movie, "Alice")

Whew ok. I feel better.
You guys good?

It's Been a While Since We've Seen Them in Bed Together

Comedian Bridget McManus got to live a lot of your dreams recently by sharing a BED with Gabrielle Christian and Mandy Musgrave of South of Nowhere fame. In true Bridget form, the day ended with a fantasy pillow fight. Gotta love it...

Check out this hilarious video from AfterEllen:
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You can add Bridget on myspace at myspace. com/BridgetMcManus.

She's Got Me Love STONEd...

I wanna thank my great friend "Ashley" for letting me borrow her air mattress for th e past 6 weeks or so. It was a great run. The highs were extreme. The lows were...extreme. I laughed. I cried. I slept. I woke up and refilled the air with that loud ass refiller thingy. It was good times. But today my friends, I am a woman. For I have a queen sized bed, with plenty of room for another one or two of you who'd like to join me. And I'm giving away free hugs and free....well...*ahem* I'll tell you all about the other free thing once you've signed the insurance waiver and the motion sickness release forms.

Anyhoo...this weekend, I had so much fun at PRIDE in L.A.! We were filming a Kentucky Lightning short film, and having her run loose at PRIDE and Dykes on Bikes was insane and awesome. You can imagine the reaction she got from people who didn't know her...especially after she started dry humping them by their merch tent;-) Stay tuned for more info on that...

Also, speaking of having plenty of room in my bed, Joss Stone performed as the headliner Saturday night, and I could seriously write an entire blog about her legs alone. Hey-suus, she's gorgeous and talented! And um...British. I've been a fan of her music for years of course, cause that's my jam, but I was not aware of the leg situation until Saturday. Seriously, she wasn't wearing high heels...or any shoes for that matter (hot) and her legs were like Tina Turner's circa 1975. In-SANE.

I want to also mention that whoever that local dude was who was doing the sign language translation during Joss' set should be given an award for most awesome...person...like ever. Cause not only did he sign his ass off, he grooved like a motherfucker. It was bad ASS. And as if I didn't already want to tongue wrastle Ms. Stone and make sweet soulful love to her calf muscles, she completely won me over at the very end when she gave him a rose to show her appreciation.

I officially have a new candidate for a lover for me and my wife Katharine Mcphee:


...um, and also, she talks like this:



*drool*

I'd also like to add a special message to Joss.

Joss honey, if you're reading this, and I bet you are cause I bet you're just web savvy like that...baby, I know you came over last night and you wanted to get into air mattress with me and when you pulled back the sheets you saw Mcphee's long, luscious legs and you got all jealous and cute and stuff...and you slept on the couch. Let me tell you something, baby. Jossie (cause she lets me call her "Jossie," see) tonight, I'll tell Mcphee to roll over. And we'll make an Arlan sandwich. And the 3 of us will live happily ever after while we watch that scene from Season 3 of L Word when Helena does Dyland at the beach house, and I'll have the two of you reenact it, as I warm up the caramel and find my Brian Mcnight cds in the closet.

...oh, and you're welcome.

I've Got a Sweet Tooth...

Don't forget to check out the debut episode of "Gimme Sugar" on LOGO tonight! It airs at 7pm Pacific, 8pm Central, 10pm Eastern. And if you don't have LOGO and/or are outside of the U.S., you can view the episode on AfterEllen.com.

Leave a comment after you've watched the show and let me know what you think of it so far...

Oh and I've got just one word for you: ".....balls." :-)

Casting Call at L.A. PRIDE!

If you're going to be at L.A. Pride this weekend and you'd like to be in the new Kentucky Lightning short film, read further!



As you know, Kentucky's coming to L.A. PRIDE to find her some puss (haha) and she's bringing a film crew with her to document her experience. That's just how KL rolls.

I've been asked to cast a group of girls for a really funny "scene" involving a tent, Kentucky, and a lot of satisfied ladies!

It is super important to note that there will be NO nudity or sexual freakydeaky going on in this scene. You're just going to be walking out of KL's pitched tent (ha) several times as if you've spent the night.

You must be 18 or over and sign a consent form ..to be on camera. We're not sure exactly what time this part is being filmed, but it will be on Saturday and it will take about 2 hours of your time.

There's limited space, so if you'd like to be considered, email INTERLUDEMAGAZINE@yahoo.com with the subject "Kentucky" and provide the following:

Your name, your age, your myspace url, your email address, and your CELL phone number (so we can text you updates on the day of filming). We will get back to you via email to let you know if you made it in time...and then on the day of shooting we'll email you once we know what time and the exact location at PRIDE.

Hmmm....I Thought I Ran Out Of Those Cards Months Ago.

Haha...yeah I just remembered, it wasn't an Itty Bitty Titty Committee card I was giving out. It was a "2 minutes of motorboatin' for free--and without asking" card.

I like these new promos for "Itty Bitty Titty Committee":





To pre-order the DVD and get a free shirt, click on the pic below:

Can I Be the Lesbian UPS Driver Next Season?

If you're a fan of "The Office," you probably have a huge crush on Jenna Fischer, the chick who plays Pam, the receptionist. I know I do. And while she doesn't play for our team, she just proved on her myspace blog that she's totally open to the possibilities. Haha...about a week and a half ago, she put out this blog about wanting to take questions from her fans. Since I subscribe to her blog (cause it's GREAT), I took the liberty of asking her a question. Today she answered it publicly...

Who would you go gay for? :-) To help you, Janet Jackson recently gave Alicia Keys as her answer and Haden Panettiere recently said Angelina Jolie.
– Daily Lesbian Moment
"I would go gay for Kate Winselt. I saw her across the room at a party once. She is the sexiest woman on the planet. She holds herself with confidence, she's smart and she's incredibly talented. She's also a Mom. I like her style."

Haha! To read the rest of her answers and to get hooked on her blog, click here!

Uh Huh, You!

(pic from l-word.com)

I'd like to say a BIG hi and thank you to all of the readers I met Saturday night in L.A. at the UH HUH HER show at the Roxy. What a wonderful surprise to be recognized by so many of you guys! And even cooler, what a wonderful surprise to know that there are so many of you who read my site in the great land of LaLa. It's always a pleasure to meet you, and I hope you'll always feel comfortable introducing yourself to me. I like to meet new people...and even more, I like to meet new hot chicks who read my site;-) And yes, you're all some hot bitches!

If you ever go to the Roxy, tell these two dudes Lee and Rudy that work there that Arlan says they're some cool ass dudes. Oh and only in L.A. can you end up in a room with Leisha Hailey, Camila Grey, Clea Duvall, Missy Higgins, and Kate Moennig. That's for damn sure.

If you were at the show, leave your reviews for everyone else to read!