He's Back!!!

Not telling you who, though ;P.

I mean and selfish like that. I wanna keep it all to myself.

I have told one person, but I tell him pretty much everything.

As overjoyed as I am he's back too, I'm not talking about Mboy ;P. Welcome back sweetie, and welcome to the bf you brought with you. Not that he'll read this lol. But whatevs.

Oh yeah, and welcome to Spencer Street, Mboy's friend too. Not that you'll read this either lol.

Um, I would've commented on your guys blogs, but stuff happened. Gonna try to in future.

Eh, technically I'm still on hiatus, so I don't have to write much of anything, so yeah.

Laters,
Joshua.

Who's Gonna Run This Town Tonight?

Just a quick little thing.

Firstly, President Obama signed the Defense Reauthorization bill, with the Matthew Shepard Act as an amendment.

Also, the "Church" of Scientology was convicted of organized fraud in France.

Laters,
Joshua.

(Title is a quote from a song rather than it's title, just for a change and I felt it fit somehow)

October the 12th

It's October the 12th.
Eleven years ago, a young man called Matthew Shepard died at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado, from severe head injuries.
Five days earlier, shortly after midnight on October 7th, he had been offered a ride in a car from two guys he met in a bar. They then robbed him, pistol whipped him, tortured him, tied him to a fence in a remote, rural area and left him to die.
He was found eighteen hours later. He was in a coma, and the person who found him mistook him for a scarecrow at first.
Matthew Shepard suffered fractures to the back of his head, and in front of his right ear. Severe brain stem damage, affecting his body's ability to regulate his heart rate, body temperature and other vital functions. There were also about a dozen small lacerations around his head and neck. The doctors found his injuries too severe to operate on.
He never regained consciousness.

The two men who did this to him were not charged with a hate crime, because at the time Wyoming had no provision for such a charge in it's criminal statute.

The Matthew Shepard act was adopted as an amendment to S.1390 by a vote of 63-28 on July 15, 2009. This Act has passed the House of Representatives, and now must pass the Senate to become law. It has failed in previous introductions, and President Bush had commented that if it had reached him, he would veto it.

Matthew Shepard's beating and death drew attention to hate crimes against the GLBT community, or whatever you want to call it. Now, eleven years later, his death would still not be a hate crime by federal legislature. Hopefully, this is the last anniversary of his death this will be the case.

Laters,
Joshua.

Paparazzi

Last video was all serious and stuff, and we can't have that. So, instead, we have the ever fabulous Lady Gaga.

petit garçon adorable

So Milkboys recently had a couple of posts (My new dress and Trans Kids in UK Schools), to do with transgendered people, and more specifically young boys (genetically) that are girls (gender identically).

So the comments there have been interesting, but, I haven't seen people that usually comment here comment on them, so I'm wondering. What do you guys think?

Let me know here, or over at Milkboys. I look forward to hearing your views.

Laters,
Joshua.

PS: isn't the little boy Mario from the video absolutely adorable?

Aha! convertissez, ou Yellow

Why put up with it all?

Why put up with you?

Because, well, you see...

I'm absolutely head over heels in love with you.

And every time I think I possibly couldn't love you any more than I already do, you prove me wrong.

Because you love me.


This is the post I should have used Aha! for, but I didn't, so it's Aha! convertissez, Aha! transmuted. Aha! changed (and at the same time, it's Yellow). The translation isn't exact, but it so very rarely is. It's something short, and in the style of Reilly De Wilde, except not. It's for you, the love of my life. The guy who can make my heart flutter with one single simple word.

"Hey"

The guy who I want to grow old with, and have children with, and eventually, find out what the other side of life looks like with.

The guy who finds the beauty in some of the most unusual things. Me, for one ;P.

My boyfriend. The man I intend to marry, when we are ready.

I + R + G, and now, also, + C

Aha!

This isn't the end of my break. But I saw something that I feel I need to write about. I know this probably won't appeal to a lot of people out there, but it's something I feel strongly about. So here it is.

The Savile Row bespoke suit is an institute in tailoring. Forget designer labels, the Savile Row bespoke suit is the absolute height of mens clothing. A suit from here will go for £3000 and up. It takes 50 man-hours of skilled craftwork to create one of these suits. As well as being the best possible looking suit available, it is also the best quality suit available. It is a case where you most definitely get what you pay for.

Savile Row is a shopping street in Central London's Mayfair. A Savile Row bespoke suit is traditionally made entirely in Savile Row and a some of the surrounding streets. But there are now firms entering Savile Row, and not only illegitimately calling their suits Savile Row bespoke suits, but also selling them for a great deal cheaper.

Now, you may be asking how they can illegitimately call their suit Savile Row bespoke, when they are located in Savile Row? (I would like to point out here I'm using the usage of illegitimate as 'not in accordance with accepted standards', rather than it being illegal.) The suits these firms are selling are being made mostly outside of Savile Row. They are not truly bespoke, but are rather made-to-measure.

Made-to-measure is where a store will take a customer's measurements. A base pattern which is closest to the customers measurements will be chosen, then altered to match them. A made-to-measure garment will be partially machine and partially hand sewn.

A true bespoke garment, however, will be sewn entirely by hand, and will be made from a pattern created from scratch based on a customers measurements. A bespoke garment will be entirely unique, and entirely customised to the customer. It also involves fittings during the construction of the garment, to ensure a correct fit.

The problem with these new firms calling their suits 'Savile Row bespoke', is that they draw upon the esteem of a true Savile Row bespoke suit, without being one. It is comparable to a white sparkling wine being called champagne when it does not come from the Champagne region of France. They also cause potential customers to question why they should buy the £3000 suit when they can get an also bespoke suit for a fraction of that price.

To me, this is unfair business practice and unfair competition by means of misrepresentation.

Okay, thanks for putting up with my little rant. Oh, and the song title is my favourite from Imogen Heap's latest album Ellipse.

Laters,
Joshua.