The First Annual PHE Christmas Party: One Tawdry Christmas

• Tawdry (yet very cute) Christmas cards created by Dominique Doyle and Michelle Putnam.
• Hideous Christmas decorations: purple tree, sporadic blinking lights, Christmas flag with the lobster on it (“Heaux Heaux Heaux!”), Black Santa, Broken Rudolph, Mistle-tree.
• Farish, Cassidy, ( Read more... )

This morning my father decorated our yard for Christmas.  He put up a huge inflatable snowman in front of our hedges.  In what could only foreshadow his mental decline, he wrapped the snowman’s scarf not around its neck, but around the top of its head, like a bandana.  Apparently it’s still like this, signifying ( Read more... )

Have you ever thought about your sexuality?

I’m very comfortable with my own sexuality.  My bisexuality is clearly working for me, although I’m not exactly sure if that word describes me anymore - I may need something more encompassing.

I attended a free screening of RENT last night.  LOVED IT.  But I will draft a full review later, after I ( Read more... )

This week has been some of that other.  Quick rundown:

Publix sandwiches are yummy.  I can eat them both Sunday and Monday.

Fasting is hard, especially when you don’t get to eat once you break your fast.

Scrounging for free food can be tough.

The Waffle House solves problems.

Nip/Tuck may be jumping the shark.

My futon sleeps well.

I like scarves ( Read more... )

I’m reading a book entitled Eyewitness to a Genocide, in which the author makes the argument that the bureaucratic culture at the UN contributed to the lack of commitment to the conflict in Rwanda.  (Whether or not I agree with this argument will be addressed in a later entry.)

I was reminded of this argument as I read an article in the New York ( Read more... )

Two seconds ago I felt like writing a journal entry, but now I don’t.

My sister’s birthday is Monday, so I’ll be celebrating with her this weekend.  I’ve also decided that I’m taking home some penis models and giving her an all-out spill on safer sex, good sex, bad sex, communication, and relationships.  I’m not holding anything back.  ( Read more... )

Bruce: Those born-again virgins get on my nerves.

Michelle: I know right. Just accept it: you’re a broken whore.

Bruce: You can't have your cake and eat it too. Accept the fact that you’re going to hell for your premarital sex.

Michelle: Exactly. Own your downward spiral.

*this conversation brought to you by a bored Bruce and Michelle

Scratch that last entry.  It was selfish of me to expect anything other than what I usually seek, which is trivial interaction.  It’s better not to share feelings, especially those that do not lead to smiles and laughter.  No one likes to share sadness.  I don’t expect anything from anyone except inherently meaningless conversation and thin ( Read more... )

It amazes me how people are so self-involved.  There comes a time when it’s more important to listen rather than to ramble on and on about your own superficial exploits. 

Hurricane Halliburton
    By John Nichols
    The Nation
    Sunday 11 September 2005
    Having finished the search for a luxury vacation home on the eastern shore of Maryland - which preoccupied him during the critical initial days of what is being called the worst natural disaster in American history - Vice President Dick Cheney jetted south ( Read more... )