Fun with Dick & Jane

See Dick. See Jane.

See Travis. See Catherine.

(So as to not completely throw you off, the above photo is neither Dick nor Jane, nor Travis, but then you know what I look like. It's possible that this could have been just another Madonna/Cher-esque reinvention of myself, we three are quite the chameleons after all, but no, it isn't me. That is Catherine on the right though, isn't she a doll?)

And it would help if I could find a reference to actually quote from instead of just trying to make this up as I go along from a vague memory of it from popular culture. Haha.

See Travis and Catherine go out to the club. (Or at least making a valiant attempt.) Don't worry, they get there eventually. Haha.

The club is called Dick & Jane's, hence the somewhat botched attempt to make this post sort of like the old children's books, which is hard not only because I can't find anything to draw the references from, but also even if I could, how easy would it really be anyway, writing a children's book about misadventures and debauchery at a gay nightclub. Haha. Not really debauchery, we were on our best behavior. It was the other people being wild; giving me a random shot of vodka and Catherine the raunchiest lap dance ever ground and gyrated. (Haha. Oh yes... Believe you me.) But we're getting ahead of our story.

Just a little teaser, Dahhhh-links, to whet the appetite.

More to follow: stay tuned, stay classy.

xoxo, Travvy

Banner Retrospective

I thought it would be neat to have a retrospective of the title banners that I designed for this, throughout the life of the blog. I am pretty sure that I have included all the ones that appeared on the blog originally, and I have also added some that I had made but that didn't make the cut. Enjoy!

"The First One"

(Though now that I think about it, this might have been after I took down the Christmas one after the holiday season, because before Christmas it just said "Tranny Manny" all plain in the default Blogger layout. Bore!)

"The Christmas One."

"The SuperBowl One."

"The 'Boots are Made for...' One."

"The Mardi Gras One."

"The St. Patrick's Day One."

"The Halloween One."

(I think this is a first time shown one.)

"The 'God Save the Queen' One."

(I usually hate puns, but I liked the play on the word "queen" haha)

"Another 'God Save the Queen' One."

(That is an actual picture I found in the center of the Union Jack and Gay Pride flags flying next to each other, I didn't put those like that, haha.)

"The 'God Save the Queens' One."

"The Anti-Valentine's Day One"

(My friends and I celebrated "Anti-Valentine's Day" one year in college because we were all jaded and/or single, haha. So I thought it would be funny to attack the couples.)

"The Valentine's Day One"

(A "play-nice" version, that I would have used in the event that I was half of one of the happy couples that I was telling what they could do to themselves with the other banner. Neither Valentine's Day banner was used, Mardi Gras took precedence.)

"The Alexander McQueen In Memoriam One"

"The 'Wizard of Oz' One."

(I think what inspired this one was how at Mardi Gras I was asked if I was a "Friend of Dorothy." I was looking for a Ruby Slipper-esque platform for the background, but I went with the blue tones from the sky and used an Alexander McQueen shoe, to honor his having recently passed at the time. Along with the one above.)

"The Easter One"

(Again with the puns. I had this saved under "Easter Banny" like banner:bunny.

No? Oh well, it amused me at the time. Haha.)

"The Moving to North Carolina One"

(This obviously didn't pan out haha.)

"The Game Over One" or "The 'Lest We Forget' One"

(Danielle isn't a fan, she felt it was depressing. I said "fitting." Haha.)

Not sure if this one made it on there or not...

And remember to look back fondly at the Book Cover and Movie Poster designs, too! They were the original ideas that spawned all of the banners. Good times, good times.

Did anyone like, or even notice, (besides Crystal) how I captioned them like the titles of Friends episodes? Haha. "The One with..." etc. Again, maybe I am alone in finding that amusing. Haha.

xoxo, Travvy

P.S. I don't know if some of the captions somehow mysteriously made themselves links to the pictures? I think the pictures themselves are also links that if you click on them will take you to them actual size. Anyway, I couldn't control the captions becoming links, it did it by itself on like two of them, and I couldn't make it not do that...

xoxo, Travvy

P.P.S. Okay, so apparently the underlined captions aren't links, they are just underlined for no reason. Makes sense...

xoxo, Travvy

P.P.P.S. Last post script, promise haha. Dang it! I just realized that the Friends episodes are "The One with..." like I said at the end, not "The ______ One." And I thought I was being so clever. Ugh.

xoxo, Travvy

Home

I just had this song called "Home" by Erasure come up on my iTunes playlist. I had never heard it before, Darren gave me like every Erasure album ever released, maybe even some unreleased stuff haha, because I was obsessed with this game on Adult Swim dot com (Robot Unicorn Attack) in large part due to the song that plays during it haha. I created a link to the game: Go play it! If you dare... But beware, its very addictive haha. Anyway its also an Erasure song, so that is how it relates. But anyway, back to the main point. This song Home came on, and the first line is "I'm never going home, 'cause I'm having a good time..." and I was like "Awwww." BUT, it's too late. Hahaha.

I know I keep saying this, but I haven't forgotten about you! I will be updating! Keep checking, but don't be disappointed if it isn't updated yet, don't worry, it will be, just be patient! Haha.

xoxo, Travvy

The End (but not really)

I am leaving tomorrow, the manny position had been terminated for a little while now, but I have been still hanging around, being a pest. I know that I was always not the best at updating, but there is still a plethora of stuff to fill you all in on, I will continue the blog "posthumously," haha, or as an epilogue, if you prefer to call it that. I just wanted to thank you, Danielle, (everybody else too, but this is specifically for her) and tell her that I love her.

xoxo, Travvy