GUEST POST: Coty Chanley – The 5 Hottest Beefcakes in Star Trek

I am supposed to be starting a new series today, but thanks to a lovely weekend of being bedridden with strep throat I haven’t even figured out what my next series is going to be about. Thankfully, I have a wonderful friend who volunteered to write something up for me when he heard that I did not have anything prepared. I must admit, I was a little nervous about turning my blog over to the very colorful Coty, but he managed to keep things at a PG-13 level for me, which if you have ever listened to Glee Chat or Smash Chat, you know is quite the feat of self-control for him. I hope you enjoy his post, it certainly had me laughing!

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I feel like I need to justify this post by informing everyone that there are two things I have weird tastes in: dessert, and men. Jessica can attest to both. [Jess here: It's true. We rarely ever agree on these two things, especially dessert.]

Now, I am not your typical Trekkie. That said, I love Star Trek. My favorite series is Voyager (I know, I know, I just love a strong woman), but I fell in love with The Next Generation. As much as I love Trek though, I also love men.

You see, my love of Trek and my love of men has often collided. Star Trek series have wonderful actors, but sometimes they don’t hire the hottest of hotties to play the male roles. You know why? Because Star Trek’s main demographic is straight men who have never seen a woman naked and still dream of owning their own Orion Slave Girl. Instead, Star Trek goes for hot ladies.

That being said, there are some attractive men on Star Trek, at least, I think they are. Now, we all know Kirk and Picard are hotties, but I think the real beefcakes are hidden in the secondary characters. The glistening abs of Kirk can only get you so far, my friends. So, in times of boredom (or, when the internet is out if you know what I mean), I get out my collection of Star Trek DVDs and go for the hotties.

In no particular order, I present to you:

The 5 Beefcakes of Star Trek

#5 – Sulu (played by George Takei

While George Takei is almost as well-known as William Shatner, let us assume for a moment that George Takei had his moment of fame and drifted into the background. This glistening man stunned us all with his fencing skills in TOS (for you non-trekkies that means The Original Series). Now, not only was Mr. Takei good looking then, he’s aged very well. And he’s hilarious. If you aren’t a fan of him on Facebook, well, oh my.

#4 – Trip (as played by Connor Trineer)

Look, I’ve never really watched Enterprise (because it sucks), but I think we can agree that Connor Trineer is a babe. Like, look at that hair. And those eyes. And mmmmmmmhhhhmmmmmm. You know what I’m talkin’ ‘bout, right ladies? He gets my britches all WARP SPEED. I don’t really know a lot about his accomplishments other than the fact he got me to watch that stupid show for 5 minutes, which is a miracle in and of itself.

#3 – Data (as played by Brent Spiner)

So, I know we’re not quite ready for Man/Robot relationships yet, but Commander Data was fully functional. And I know he was all into Tasha Yarr and stuff, but I’m not afraid to put on a wig and parade around like a lady if it gets me a night with Data. He has all the qualities I like in a man: tall, pasty, strong, unaware of social norms, and selfless. I mean…that scene…in Nemesis…I cried. I cried a lot.

#2 – Dr. Bashir (as played by Alexander Siddig)

I watched a lot of DS9 (Deep Space 9) one summer when I didn’t do anything. I never got the arcs, but since I have Netflix, I plan to watch all of DS9 during the summer. One of my favorite things about Dr. Bashir was that he wasn’t afraid to use the holodeck for what normal people would use it for: hot sex with celebrities who are way out of your league. (I’M LOOKIN’ AT YOU, BRAD PITT)

–Actually, side note, I’m way out of Brad Pitt’s league. Have you seen that man recently? What happened to Fight Club Brad Pitt? Oh yeah, HE GOT MARRIED. Just one more reason I don’t believe in women.—

#1 The Doctor (as played by Robert Picardo)

I am a little biased on this one. Let me first tell you why I think The Doctor is cool. First, he doesn’t even need a name. Second, he has the biting sarcasm I love in a man. Third, he’s a hologram. You know what I’d do if I were a hologram? Make myself invisible and spy on all the hot Ensigns. You know what he did? HE SAVED LIVES. Now, for my bias, I actually got to meet Robert Picardo at a signing in St. Louis a few months ago. I got his autograph and he said “Have a nice day,” and I said “Mtmrmemamathanksyou” because I’m socially awkward AND HE WAS ON STAR TREK.

So there you have it, the beefcakes of Star Trek. Do you have any Star Trek hotties you fancy?

GUEST POST: Coty Chanley – lolcats 101: A Lesson in Funny

You know, today has just been one of those days. The original person I had lined up to do a guest post for today fell through, so yesterday I asked my really good friend and Glee Chat co-host, Coty, if he would write one up for me. He very graciously agreed and then, lo and behold, his computer stopped working. Thankfully, he loves me, so he gave me permission to steal a post of my choosing from his blog. Thanks, Coty!

The post that I am going to share for you is one that he actually wrote for me specifically and requires a brief set up. One day he and I were talking and he started going off about something called “lolcats”. I had no idea what he was talking about, but he seemed to think they were hilarious. Coty and I pretty much have the same sense of humor – very rarely does one of us not laugh at something the other thinks is funny – so I was excited to be let in on the joke. I eagerly waited for him to send me a link to a blog post he did using these lolcats. I rushed to click it when it finally arrived and raced to read through the post.

Um…wait. That’s it? Lolcats are just crazy pictures of cats with captions using poor grammar and spelling? How is that funny? I didn’t get it at all.

Coty was absolutely incredulous at what he considered my lack of humor, so he decided to “give me a lesson in funny”. The only other thing you may not know is that John Thrasher is the host of Glee Chat, the one who brought us all together. You will understand why that’s important in a second.

lolcats 101: A Lesson in Funny

My dearest friend Jessica doesn’t think lolcats are funny. I think it’s because she’s old. So I’m going to school her on the fine art of lolcats and show her how funny they really are.

Now, let’s do a little comparison between cats with great spelling, and cats with bad spelling.

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Now honestly Jessica, which one is more humorous? Hint: It’s the poor cat that has gots all imtangeld up. Here’s another comparison.

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A quick thank you to John for allowing me to make fun of him.

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I have to admit, this makes me crack up every time. I still don’t really think lolcats in general are funny, but for whatever reason this really and truly did make me laugh out loud. I shouldn’t be that surprised, though. I laugh out loud at nearly everything Coty does and if you have ever listened to Glee Chat you probably know exactly what I mean. Be sure to check out the rest of Coty’s blog and follow him on Twitter.

Had you ever heard of lolcats before this? Do you think they are funny or dumb? Let me know in the comments.