Judging by many of my friends' Facebook statuses, I’m not the only one suffering through the holiday flu.

For me, it began on Dec 27 and just now appears to be petering out. Being camped out on the couch and consuming nothing but orange juice and bananas is not how I pictured spending my holidays. The realization that I wouldn’t be going out on New Year’s Eve was a crushing blow, until I remembered that two of my favourite people in the world would be broadcasting live from Times Square.

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin’s annual New Year’s Eve show is something I would usually watch weeks later on YouTube. But this year I caught it live and was not disappointed. From Griffin attempting to simulate oral on Cooper to drag queen Sushi telling Cooper how proud she is of him for coming out, the show definitely made my year. Watch a clip below -- and happy new year.

The Grammy nominations were announced last week. There were some highlights (queer hip-hop artist Frank Ocean’s plethora of nominations) and some lowlights ("Call Me Maybe" as song of the year!?).

Additionally, I'm very happy Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel is nominated, although I wouldn't call it an alternative album.  

The golden gramophone for best comedy album may go to one of two favourite fag hags: Margaret Cho or Kathy Griffin.

Only two women, Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg, have won in the history of this category. This is Griffin’s fifth nomination and Cho’s second, but these two funny females face some stiff competition, form of Jimmy Fallon, Tenacious D, Jim Gaffigan and Lewis Black.

I’ll be rooting for either Cho or Griffin on awards night. Check out videos of their nominated works below. 

Margaret Cho, "Hey Big Dog," featuring Fiona Apple

Kathy Griffin, Seaman 1st Class