Last week there was lots of discussion, particularly in cesperanza's LJ, about Brokeback Mountain (which I haven't seen, though I have seen that Logo special on the making of the movie, and I know the story). That was on my mind, and on Friday night I was talking about it at dinner with scottiew, who lives down the street. He's the partner of one of Mr. JaC's law ( Read more... )

My parents live in Houston ... south Houston, only 40 or so miles from the coast. It's a mandatory evacuation area, and they and the cats and all the really important papers and things have evacuated - left for Austin early this morning, where they have a hotel reservation and where my sister lives. They expect their house, and its contents, most ( Read more... )

Just a quick update, since not much has been happening recently ...

I'm reccing crack_van on Pros again this month. I really love doing it, though I always underestimate how much time it takes.

Actually, I really love doing anything Pros-related. It's an obsession, really. paris7am expressed it perfectly in a recent post, so I'm just going to quote her:
Here ( Read more... )

This is the first time I've flown since I got my iPod (what is the deal with not being able to listen to your iPod during takeoff and landing?  If that's enough to bring a plane down, we're all in deep trouble).  I actually got it for Chanukah, over a month ago, but it took me a while to start figuring out when to use it.  It sat on my desk, all ( Read more... )