Just in case you forgot, my birthday is coming up. Buy me stuff! Or not.

When I got home from work last night, my roommate's girlfriend was watching Annie Hall on TV. At first I thought it was my DVD, but it was on cable. I thought I'd become a bad influence for a second. Boys Don't Cry came on after. I'm surprised I haven't seen it before. There were some really painful moments, but the love story is tender.

Went to see the Passion last night. I know, it's a Mel Gibson ego trip and christian to boot, but it's still kinda cool to watch some hippy get nailed to a piece of wood.

I have a cut on my wrist that I don't remember getting. Don't worry, it's very small, prolly from a bottle cap or something.

Why aren't you here right now?

"Nothing seems right"

I just finished watching an episode of the first Star Trek series, "Miri". It's about a planet of children, with no adults around. I think it plays on the Boomers' fascination with the wild child myth. Of course it winds up being a thinly veiled Dragnet theme, but oh well. The girl Miri interests me, I think it could make a much larger production. I wrote on my whiteboard "and she was" [quoting the Cars] as the episode ended.

Ralph Nader may only be running for ego reasons, but still I salute him for his interview with Meet the Press tonight. Let me quote:

from "NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS."

"MR. RUSSERT: Civil rights: Many gay couples believe that they should be allowed to be married. You heard Governor Schwarzenegger say he disagrees with that. Democrat candidates will say they're for civil unions but not gay marriage. Would Ralph Nader support gay marriage?

MR. NADER: I support equal rights for same-sex couples. I think there's an interesting quote by a lesbian leader in The New York Times a few days ago when she said, "It's not a matter of labels, it's a matter of equal rights." However, that can occur by adjusting state laws or having a federal law. That is certainly something that the gay-lesbian community is going to have to work out.

MR. RUSSERT: But gays should be allowed to be married if they so choose, according to you.

MR. NADER: Of course. Love and commitment is not exactly in surplus in this country. The main tragedy, what undermines marriage, is divorce, as Mayor Daley of Chicago just said."

[bold is mine]

"Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep."
-Camus

I forgot to mention something funny that happened at Sanctuary on Wednesday. The owner is this old queen in cowboy drag. He was wandering around the place with a tray full of meatballs, offering them to people. Of course he picked the wrong crowd, I think like two people there eat meat. He came up to the table I was sitting at and held this tray right under my nose! I put my hand over my face and said "no thanks" and then told him that we were all vegetarians. So he said he'd make something non-meat next week for us! Weird old man.

You're Lolita!

by Vladimir Nabokov

Considered by most to be depraved and immoral, you are obsessed with
sex. What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in every
way, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes
this desire. Nonetheless, you've done some pretty nefarious things in your life, and
probably gotten caught for them. The names have been changed, but the problems are real.
Please stay away from children.


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