Involves extreme cuteness! And herding cats (which is probably the most difficult part of the routine)!
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In honor of tomorrow's inauguration, I present "Paint the White House Black" by George Clinton and friends. Sadly, I don't think Obama's presidency is likely to be as awesomely funkadelic as Clinton's would be.

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so i just bought my first pair of fluevogs. this pair is the illeanas from the Operetta family, which is also kind of weirdly relevant to me b/c I'm writing my first dissertation chapter on an operetta. maybe i should call them my dissertation shoes, and see if i can channel extra-sexy thoughts about Reynaldo Hahn whilst wearing them? :-)


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I present to you Calpernia Adams, one fierce tranny mess.

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In lieu of an actual update, I give you one of the greatest moments on TV ever: Grace Jones' guest appearance on the 1988 Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.

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love, zarah

my sister shares an amazing 3-bedroom in the East Village with her bf Gaines. omg. i want to move there now and pay $500/month to live in one of the extra bedrooms in her apartment. (It's been rent-controlled since the late 80s ( Read more... )

it's been a ridiculously long time since i last updated (like 3 months!) but i guess never late than never.

here's a quick update in list form.

1- hardrockgrrl and i moved in together in Feb into a swank WeHo apartment. the location is my favorite thing - it's a 30-min bus ride to campus, 2 blocks away from 3 different grocery stores, and less than a mile ( Read more... )

i like the beard, but i've never heard of this guy. anyone know anything about him?


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perhaps to make up for the EMP rejection, the email gods sent me a nice piece of news two days ago: I'll be teaching my first class this summer: GLBT Perspectives on Popular Music. I'm TAing for that very class right now, and it's definitely a course I was meant to teach. (I'm a queer musicologist, for god's sake ( Read more... )

i am delirious. and writing a paper at 2:45 am.

added bonus: i am not a night person.

p.s. if you have any questions about car songs and sadomasochism, i'm your girl.