ok so now it’s may? htf did *that* happen?!? could it be that the major life change thing that is about to occur has screwed up all my circadian rhythms? possibly. i truly haven’t been able to do much else [even capitalization is too much to bother with, obvs.] but nap, go for walks, and read in anticipation of ‘the big day’. This *big day* allegedly will be either on the 18th or on the 21st, and the 21st also happens to be my own birthday so wouldn’t THAT be nuts? we’ll soon see, won’t we?

It’s February? It’s 2008? The week before last it was February, 1978 again. At least it was in the Castro, where Castro street was transformed to its 1978 glory for the filming of Milk, starring Sean Penn and directed by Gus Van Sant. I was an extra, and it’s not so easy to squeeze into my 70s fashions at 7 months pregnant, no it is not.

Anyhow, Happy valentines day, valentines.

Is just this one tiny thing: a pickle suit. It’s what the season is all about, now really.

Totally reminds me of 5th grade, when I walked around Skaggston Elementary School singing this song with a girl named Jama after seeing it on early early MTV. Who can resist?

The heaviest monkey is king.

Holly Haversham wore her holiday hat long after the holiday seasonal prime.

My friend larissa just hopped on a plane for NYC last Friday, not to visit…but to move there, like permanently. I love New York too, but come *ON*, this is taking it a little too far! She’ll do fabulously there, I have no doubt but still it makes me stamp my feet in mild and dainty rage that NY stole my friend away. Her move got me thinking about NY vs. San Francisco, and when I googled exactly that, I found that the NY vs. SF topic is a common debate that people who like to debate things argue over quite a bit. I guess I love both cities for different reasons, but right now I am angry with NYC for stealing my pal. I’ll get over it by the time I visit that metropolis in January, hopefully.

continuing on with a snake theme, or perhaps signaling the fall equinox this is a post I put up on craigslist last week:

did you lose a snake? (castro / upper market)
We found a lovely snake - about 3.5 feet long and slim, slinking up the stairs where sanchez and liberty streets meet. we didnt want to leave him/her there, so we called animal control and they now have the serpent. If this is your animal please call them to describe and claim your pet.

It was a lovely serpent, and I hope it found it’s original owner or a new home. A friend of mine tells me that seeing a white snake [not the band!] is an exceptionally good omen. I hope she is correct.

we went out and walked and walked over bridges and by the seine and people were out playing guitars and saxophones and rollerskating and eating ice cream cones…ahhhh

I have a moose illustration up on funny or die. Me, I love a moose foot. Monday next, the little mister and myself are off to Leipzig and then Paris. I’m studying up on my German and French now, but the outlook is grim for this unilingual girl. Perhaps I will speak through gesture and interpretive dance?


Oh and also? My review of Black Snake Moan: ” This movie reminds me a lot of my own life growing up and messing it around in tennessee…except if a movie were to be made of my life, it would be called “Freckle Snake Shriek”. hahaha