CRUSH OF THE MONTH: January

This month - the first month of the year - is usually when people make promises to get in shape. And Lifetime Television (television for women... and their gay male friends) launched a new weight-loss show, DietTribe.

First-off, kudos for the clever name.

Secondly, thanks for all the footage of yummy "fitness sensation" (their words, not mine) of Jessie Pavelka. He's their trainer and fitness guru, and he's yummy. I'm not usually into the super-white, blond Ken-doll types, but Jessie is too yummy for words. That's why he's the crush of the month.

You can visit his site here. Or just watch this video:



For more (semi-safe for work) photos, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: December

Every year, the Beverly Center in Los Angeles selects a greased-up beau hunk to serve as the mall's Santa, known as Hunky Santa. He tells people to exercise, and lay off the cookies.

Hunky Santa is this month's Crush of The Month.

For the more (safe for work) photos of previous Hunky Santas, click here.
For Hunky Santa's official web site, click here.
To read the LA Times article about Hunky Santa, click here.

THE SPIRIT

I saw W this weekend (actually, a decent movie, check it out), and we were bombarded with previews that didn't really fit the type of movie we were watching.

One such preview was for the new graphic-novel turned movie, The Spirit. Its from the director of 300 and Sin City, and has the same, great dark comic look to it. You can find plenty of versions of the trailer in a simple Google video search... which I highly recommend, 'cause it has some great man candy in its main star.

Gabriel Macht, the star of the film is shirtless for much of the preview. Oh, and there are some kick-@ss action sequences you get to see. But the tasty abs and pecs make it worth sitting through the whole preview. You can check out Gabriel's IMDB page here.

Here are a couple of extra pictures of Gabriel, just for fun:

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: October

My crush of the month is on Bravo Top Design hunk Preston. I love watching him on the show (with and without the sound on). He's hunky, dreamy and pretty talented, too.



For an older post about him, click here. For more pictures (safe for work) click here. You can read his official Bravo profile here.

IF ONLY...

One of my secret, guilty pleasures is watching infomercials... the cheesier the product, the better. I love those stupid grillers, Aqua Globes and just about anything else presented in long-commercial format.

But recently, I've noticed a new product haunting the late-night infomercial circuit: The Perfect Push-Up. Now, I'm all for watching greased-up beau-hunks writhe around in the name of fitness, but c'mon! Does this product really do anything? Even if I had tons of disposable income, I wouldn't waste it on junk like this.

It's a lot like the pictures on mens' underwear boxes: guys see them an think, "Hey, if I buy this product, then I'll look like that!" I'm guessing the Perfect Push-Up operates on the same principle: nice to look at, but not much bang for your buck.

TOP THIS

How yummy is Preston from Bravo's Top Design? (You can read his Bravo Bio here.) There's only been three episodes (and he was in the bottom two for the first two - insert immature bottom joke here), but I've already got a serious crush. I almost don't notice what's going on in the show when he's on screen... although that may be because new host India Hicks is such a snore.

But back to Preston... that face, that smile... that body, and the clothes he puts on it. Every little thing about him screams delicious. Please to enjoy these other pictures:

SEPARATED AT BIRTH: Service Men Edition

This one is a bit of a stretch if you haven't seen WWE or Hot House Video's Private Parts, but I couldn't help but notice more than a couple of similarities between injured, former WWE Champ, John Cena and porn performer Ken Browning. And to take it a step further, Cena played a guy in the armed forces in The Marine, and Browning plays a guy in the armed forces in Private Parts.

WELL SOMEBODY'S MEAT IS MOVING

On the freeway home from school today, I saw a truck labeled Meatheads Moving Co.... Professionally Trained Student Athlete Movers. OK, I'm going to ignore the ambiguous subtitle (are the professionally trained athletes or professionally trained athletes?), and focus on the concept itself. The yummy, tasty idea of big, athletic lunkheads coming into your home and moving you out/in. The driver of the truck wasn't all that attractive, but a quick trip to their web site found, well, uh... this:

If I have to explain why this is a great photo, well, you're either a) not very bright, or b) new to my blog.

GOING FOR GOLD

During one of my rants about how ugly I think Michael Phelch is, someone asked me who I thought was a good looking Olympian. And I found one (pity, I had to look so hard).

Alex Despatie, from Canda, was one of the only non-Chinese person to medal in diving. So there. Here are some pictures of Alex:



And although I couldn't get any names (or images), the Field Hockey Team from the Netherlands had some hotties on it.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: Ian Roberts

As the Olympics are almost on us, I was hoping to find a crush for July/August from the parade of international athletes, but alas... it turns out the bodies are better than than faces (or personalities). So, I've decided to post rugby god Ian Roberts.

He's big, beefy and yummy from head to toe.

For more pictures of Ian Roberts, click here.

QUIEN ES MAS MACHO?

My younger sister and I have a bit of a debate going... I say Luke Ford (seen here, in The Mummy: Tomb of Dragon Emperor) is kinda-sorta cute (not usually into twinkish kinda boys, I prefer men, but the only other mancandy in this movie is Brendan Frasier). My younger sister says Ford isn't cute.

Any other thoughts?

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: June

As the first half of June marks the end of the Gemini part of the astrological chart, and Gemini's sign is the twins, I've picked A&F cover models Lane & Kyle Carlson (a.k.a. The Carlson Twins), as this month's crush.

For more pictures of these two hotties, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: April

My crush of the month for April are the men of Battlestar Galactica. No matter what kind of guy you're in to, BSG has some sort of tasty man candy for you to enjoy... and most of them can act, too. (Actually, they all can. It is a shame many of these actors haven't seen much work outside this show, as they are so talented.) I've singled three men out for extra attention: the actors portraying Lee "Apollo" Adama, Karl "Heilo" Agathon and Sam Anders (shown in order, below).

For additional pictures of the cast of BSG, including an extra yummy one of Anders, click here.

I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE

OK, so I yanked this off another (great) website, PostSecret, but I've been in this mindset before, and wasn't too surprised when I saw this postcard on the site. If you've never seen the site, it is an amazing premise, and remains great, after thousands of posts and two books based on the site. Click here to see more.

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN HOTTIE

I was surfing the boob tube the other day, and came across HGTV's Deserving Design, with Vern Yip. Yes, the former Trading Spaces minimalist designer has his own design show. I'm not really sure about the premise of the show (I stumbled in half way through), but something caught my eye: his super-hot handyman, Kyle.

Something about Lane looked vaguely familiar, in that way that makes me feel both forgetful and useless all at once. Then, later, it hit me: Kyle... Carlson? The former A&F model, and one half of the hottest twin model team, ever? A quick trip to to IMDB proved me correct. What a treat, getting to see this hottie, on his own, working as a handyman. (Insert random, gay and/or village people joke here.)

I don't have a solo pics of Kyle - but it isn't like they're easy to tell apart, anyway (although Kyle does have a tattoo on his arm), so I've posted a yummy photo of both of them.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: February

Since this month is the Superbowl, I though I'd choose a football player... and no, not Tom Brady (he's not that cute.) Brady Quinn is pretty cute. He seems like a bit of a goof - a quick Google search turns out that the number two hit for his name includes the search term, "drunk," never a good sign. But that's OK, because he's adorable in those Subway and EAS commercials, no? He seems like an decent player (not like current superstar Tom Brady), and he's not dating anyone retarded like Jessica Simpson, so he'll be this month's crush.

For more pics of Brady, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: January

It seems like every month or so, there's some guy who catches my eye, and makes my heart flutter... so I'm going to present him here, each month.

This month's crush isn't so much a new crush, as an old one intensified. I've been a fan of James Marsden for a number of years, but his recent success has caused my crush to go into overdrive. If you want to see a recent photo shoot he did, click here.

THAT'S SAYING A MOUTHFULL

Here's to the occasional bout of truth in advertising.

PROJECT JACK

If you missed this week's premiere of Project Runway, Season Four... first of all, what's wrong with you? Secondly, you missed out on TV's newest, hottest hunk, Jack Mackenroth. This 38 year old New Yorker has the looks, the bod (did you see him in his undies? those abs?), the smile and most of all, the talent. You can watch his first Bravo interview video here. But a simple scan of the net turned up some pretty interesting factoids about this hot hunk...

*he's a competitive swimmer (in the gay games - he was reported to be a late bloomer, and late to athleticism)

*he's allergic to bananas, avocado and latex (although I've heard a number of gay men claim to be allergic to laytex)

*his sister say Jack used to steal her Barbie dolls when they were younger (no shocker in that confession)

*his MySpace profile lists supermodel Janice Dickinson as one of his role models... but he later claims he was only joking when he said that (the rest of the season will determine just how much of a joke that was)

*he loves 80s music and style (no big surprise here, considering his age)


I'm looking forward to the rest of the season... and not just on the off chance they'll show Jack in his chonnies again. I never thought there would be any part of Project Runway I like more than Tim Gunn, but then along cam Jack.

WELL, WHY NOT?

I'm not sure which is funnier: the fact that this ad says, "protects your manhole," or the part about, "unwanted access."