This week needs to RuPaulogize

Fuck this week. Fuck this week right in the soul.

Jesus lap-dancing Christ, did this week ever suck. The Boston Marathon bombing, the ensuing manhunt, the fucked-up weather . . . Nope. No more of this. The weekend’s here, so let’s go back to our respective corners, fix ourselves up and come back next week when everything is slightly less shitty.

But for the time being, here’s some much needed levity in the form of the latest video from Willam (of RuPaul’s Drag Race) for her song “RuPaulogize.” It has drag queens, guys in short-shorts getting to third base on a pinball machine, and Sharon Needles doing her best RuPaul impression. It’s fun, it’s weird, and after this shithole of a week, it’s kinda necessary.

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