The DC dating pool I want to tap immediately: Ace Hardware on Wisconsin Ave ( Read more... )

Um… our government actually passed this resolution yesterday. “H. Res. 847: Recognizing the importance of Christians and the Christian faith.” The text of it basically goes on to stroke poor, deflated Christian egos into believing that yes, you are still important, not that you remind us by enforcing religiously-motivated legislation impinging on ( Read more... )

The first And Baby rehearsal was today. All told, I'm really happy. It's strange and wonderful to work on a show that is all about the things I am personally grappling with right now... on the one hand, I get to sort of play out scenarios with my actors and explore the issues safely, but on the other I can't take a break from it, even when I am ( Read more... )

There's no harm in a little introspection ( Read more... )

Through some combination of the weather snapping to cold, life getting me down a little, and finally pulling out the flannel sheets.... my bed has become impossibly inviting again. Honestly, last winter I skipped so much shit because bed was just too soft and warm and comfortable and I couldn't bare to get out of it. And it's starting again. I ( Read more... )

Homeless wisdom of the day:
Even humpty dumpty had a great fall.

Thank you, drunk homeless friend.

I can't stop listening to "Brandy Alexander" by Feist. She's really good, huh.

Aaaaaaaaaaand I finally had a good date. Third time's a charm. And you can stop panicking, dear readers... it was a chick. So all is normal in the world again.

Actually, I will find some. THIS SHIT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA. Some crazy woman’s 30 year old boyfriend molests her daughter, no doubt causing the kid to act out sexually, and then forcibly mutilates her daughter’s genitals to keep her in line. Because, you know, it’s all her fault, and girls must be kept from expressing their sexuality at any cost. ( Read more... )

Marisol opened. I'm gonna go ahead and call that one a success. I'm not sure it's good, but it's so much better than where we started that it deserves props. And there are moments of brilliant intensity, and desperateness, and maybe even beauty ( Read more... )

Recently I've been so busy. And I know I've been doing it as a way of skimming the surface of things. And I know that it had to be that way, at least for a while. But I'm just finishing the first poem I've been proud of writing in almost a year, and I'm sitting with a little orange cat on my shoulder, and I feel that sweet melancholy washing back ( Read more... )