I decided Julian and I needed to go on vacation before the end of the year, partly bc he gets holiday blues, partly bc he'd failed at going on vacation twice in 2 weeks, and possibly bc I'd been looking through pictures of our last (amazing) vaca for a week straight. I originally suggested we hop a same-day flight to New Orleans, but he argued ( Read more... )

• Airplay, or whatever magic makes the stereo play my iPod
  
• my handsome, witty husband-to-be who fixes everything from empty stomachs to computers
  
• frozen vegetables
  
• The Who
  
• feeling empowered about my appearance

There are 2 problems with Venetian art. At Galleria Dell'Academia, you see it's that their heyday was before the art world had figured out how to portray the human form. I don't remember why I decided some years ago that I wanted to see all the Titians: it's part of why I went to Madrid, to go to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, and it was a factor ( Read more... )

I was cranky Thurs night, so I went to bed hoping to feel better in the morning. Not so much. But at least it was only 20mins after my tearful phone call with my mum that I remember what the day of the month it was and realized it was all in my head. Then I ran for 3hrs and while the last 2 miles were teeth gritting torture, I felt chipper and ( Read more... )

I went to the gyno on Thurs for my post- procedure follow-up. Good: She said she's pretty sure she got all the rebellious cells; I don't have to see her again until December; and she LOL'd when I said my boyfriend is very interested in the timelne. Bad: It's going to be a full 3 weeks before I can resume *ahem* as I am not actually Wolverine. Ah ( Read more... )

Fri was one of the best nights yet, musically, at Marie's Crisis: lots of "new" Broadway (past two decades). Kenney was playing Ragtime when I came in and then there was Chess and Les Miz. The song from Addams Family was so good, I'm tempted to go see the show, and I loved when roadnotes sang "We Just Had Sex" from Passing Strange. And I made an almost ( Read more... )

American Express is doing a promotion that ends tmw where if you use it on iTunes, you get 5 free iTunes songs, and by you I mean me. What should I buy? I figure if they're free, I might as well use them to expand my musical horizons beyond the dance remixes of Top 40 and showtunes that constitute my usual iTunes purchase. I like house, alternative ( Read more... )

Poll The "other" option is implicit - I'm sure you'll let me know in comments where I left out your faves

I would like to agree with theferrett's commenter and note that I would buy a just-released console if it meant I could play Broadway Hero. I observe that Broadway Dance is getting ported to the PS3 in March, so maybe I should skip the Roku and go straight to PS3. *sighs* Or I could take 4 months of in-person classes.

Fri night's karaoke was as much of a boondoggle as you'd expect from the phrase 2-for-1 drinks in Times Sq. The place was loud and filled with uncouth men. ugh. We repaired to our prior karaoke joint, which squeezed us in. There wasn't enough making out, but I got to sing "The Internet is for Porn" and the ever-fabulous janicestine found a cache of tv show ( Read more... )

Thursday night's karaoke was amazing. I *heart* showtunes - although I'd note that while it helps to have the lyrics, I didn't realize how many songs I don't actually know the melody to and it's kinda nice having lots of nice gay men to drown out my dubious pitch and cracked notes sing along with - and every night I spend with my DOWF roomies is ( Read more... )