The QC Weekender: The Future of EVERYTHING!
Happy 2009, boys! We hope you had a fantastic New Years this week. Whether you ended up balls deep into another man or just at home playing Boom Blox on the Wii with your folks, we have something to make your New Years even sweeter—a Weekender with everything you’ll need to see your way through the New Year! Whether it’s finding love and success in the stars, intelligently applying web technology to your work, or just relaxing and enjoying some beauty, this Weekender’s got you sorted.
RESOLUTIONS: Fuck resolutions. Go eat some chocolate cake instead. Moving on…
YOUR GAY HOROSCOPE: Don’t stumble around this year not knowing a thing about what to expect. Let the stars be your guide. This handy website not only covers work, health, and sex life (for tops and bottoms), but also how to go about falling in love, if you’re into that sorta thing. Yes, yes… we know that the horoscope is based on star charts outdated by thousands of years, but even when they’re dead wrong, they at least give you something to think about. What do you say? Was your horoscope correct? Also, if the Western horoscope doesn’t do it for you, try the Chinese Zodiac! Or, alternately, you can enter you and your special man’s zodiac sign here and see your compatibility.
LEARN THE FUTURE OF THE WEB – if you’re reading this, that means you have a computer with a relatively fast connection speed and web browser. You might even use your computer more than you use your TV or as a primary way to stay connected with people, news, business, and entertainment. Kevin Kelly, ex-executive editor of Wired Magazine, provides an interesting talk about what the web will look like 30 years from now… and it’s much better than “smart TV.” Free-floating clouds of lifelong personal information easily accessible from anywhere in the world, wireless control over your household appliances and international finances, a proliferation of virtual online communities whose consequences effect the so-called “real world.” Whether you find all that amazing or scary, it’s definitely intriguing. Be warned: the video itself isn’t all that amazing to watch, but makes a good listen.
START A BLOG: Blogging can help you reach several New Year’s resolutions simultaneously: working on your art, keeping better in touch with loved ones, or career networking. Though blogging probably won’t bring you crazy fame or success (who knows? It did for Perez Hilton) it’s a great way to showcase your unique talents (re: ass pics) and also works as an easily accessible portfolio or repository for weird bits you find online. If you’re just getting started, Blogger, WordPress, and Tumblr are just a few of many easy-to-use, free-blogging programs that can get you started. Also, here’s a guide on how to get started. For those already into blogging, here’s a more advanced article about what blogging has done to writing.
GET 2009 OVER WITH, ALREADY!!!: Wow… there are just some folks who can’t wait for 2009 to end… and it’s barely been a week. Photographer Eirik Solheim put together the video using a bunch of picture he took year round from his home. You can check out his site if you wanna know how he did it. And if the video above was too fast or not detailed enough for you, try a year in two minutes.
RELAX: Above are two videos that are as beautiful to watch as they are relaxing. The first is a public water display at the Japanese mall and a time lapse video of Robert Burden painting Voltron. If you haven’t seen them yet, be the first to start a viral video craze by sending them to all your friends—won’t that make you popular? Also, the videos are a small reminder to stop and appreciate beauty from time to time. Life’s not all rimjobs and fistfucks. Don’t drive yourself crazy over small-time dramatic crap that doesn’t matter. If you have friends and health, that’s a pretty good start. A job and love are nice too, but with some luck and effort, you’ll get there too. That’s cheesy, yes, but so is our smegma.
