The day after

Show me your dirty fingers!

Thankfully, I didn't have a hard time voting yesterday. Me and my family arrived really early, so the lines were still orderly and the heat was not as suffocating. It took me about 10 minutes in line and less than five minutes actually shading the circles. When the PCOS machine successfully read my ballot I actually said "YAY!"

All in all, I think the automated elections went pretty well. Hearing the results a day after the elections* are held is going to take some getting used to, but it's an adjustment that I'm willing to work on.

* To non-Filipino readers: It used to take a WEEK (or more) before a winner could be declared.

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The Rentboy

The other news story that I really, really love is the tale of "The Right Wing Christian and his Rentboy", which is getting even more coverage as "Lucien" has come out and shared his story with media outlets.

Here he is on Anderson Cooper 360, talking about how he was paid $75 an hour (Really? That low?) to "spend eight hours a day and eat two meals with Rekers a day".

Interesting sidenote that Gawker points out:

"Lucien" told blogger Joe My God that "Well, I do have to get up early for an interview. You know that guy, the gay reporter on TV?" Yesterday Lucien was on Anderson "That gay reporter" Cooper's show.

"Lucien" also says that Rekers told him that he has already hired rentboys before.

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I wanna have me some Swiss...cheese. Ehem.

Switzerland just held its annual Mr. Switzerland competition. I will now look forward to this every year as if it were Christmas.

This heat is getting to me

As most of my f-list is in the same boat as I am, I am pretty sure that I don't need to expound on how utterly uncomfortable the temperature is right now. I feel like every inch of my body is sweating, which really isn't all that unlikely.

At least I can be thankful that the campaign period has already stopped -- there are no more roving vehicles blaring stupid campaign jungles making an already bad day even worse. It feels like my neighborhood has not been this quiet for a very long time.

I only have two candidates left on my shortlist for President, but up until now I am still completely undecided. Here's to hoping that I will get an epiphany at the voting precinct tomorrow and hopefully cast a vote for the best leader our country can have under these circumstances.

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Here's a few more updates on George Rekers, the Christian right leader who was caught with a rent boy while returning home from vacation.

THe rentboy, whose real name is apparently Jo Vanni Roman (Did he come from a different solar system?), says that Rekers favored the "long stroke". What is the "long stroke", you ask? Let me quote Mr. Roman.

"...a complicated caress "across his penis, thigh... and his anus over the butt cheeks," as the escort puts it. "Rekers liked to be rubbed down there," he says."

This would be mildly arousing if Rekers didn't look like this. And wasn't a hypocritical homophobe.

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Finally, for those interested, here's Gawker's how-to guide to hiring a rent boy.