The Shane Factor…. Realized

Blog #4

“The Boys Wanna be her, the Girls Wanna be her”, famous last words sung by Peaches during, what in my opinion, was the best moment in television history and quite possibly, my entire life. I am talking, of course, about the infamous L Word scene in which Shane, played by the electric Kate Moennig, shoots an add for Hugo Boss in nothing but a pair of boy's tighty whiteys and a smirk.

Now during the 6 seasons that show was on the air, The Falcon, a Hollywood night Club on Sunset Blvd., had a viewing party every Sunday in which they played the newest episode of the show. That was where I saw this magical scene and gift to the world for the very first time.

We all sat watching one of the 3 screens that aired the show with our jaws dropped open and our hearts pounding. We were hypnotized, mesmerized as she moved and posed for the camera in her underwear. Her body was perfection. She was sexy as all fucking hell and if she wasn’t already the reason why no girl would ever be good enough for you , she was about to be.

This is a little something I call “The Shane Factor” and she, along with the rest of the cast, were to be the awakening I had been waiting for.

It all started of innocently enough, I had spent the last 2 days moving into my new apartment across from The Roosevelt Hotel and was too exhausted to do anything other than veg out. I lied on my bed and decided to take advantage of every indulgence provided by cable TV. I casually browsed through the On Demand menu until, at last, I struck gold. The L Word huh? Hmmmm….I had seen billboards around town….that’s the show about lesbians. INTERESTING. Would it be totally creepy and weird of me to watch it alone in my room? I mean, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Was there going to be outright girl on girl action? I was kind of embarrassed considering my conquest with Daisy which had happened about 6 months before but then I thought to myself, “what the hell“. It’s not like I had just popped in a porno, this was Showtime for god’s sake!! This was a reputable, award winning network and, therefore, completely socially acceptable. And so, in the privacy of my own room, behind a securely locked door (I know because I checked about 50 times) …… I pushed play……

What happened next literally changed my life forever. If I had ever had any doubts, if I were ever to play off Daisy as a mere sexual experimentation, I was about to know 100 percent for sure that I was totally and completely gay.

-Lesbian X