last night i had dinner with my parents and the chair of my dad's department at UCLA, and his wife, at a russian restaurant in west hollywood. dill on everything, you know. in the back was a television playing muzTV; i got to see one of my favorite gliukoza videos, among many old faves. the housemade vodka (infused with fruits or peppers, four ( Read more... )

charlie comes home tomorrow. i'm so excited. it's been 8 days since i've seen him--the longest we've been apart since we've been together. it's been nice, actually, in a way that by no means discounts the massive and beautiful feelings i have for him. i've always had a hard time with separation. when i was small, in the grocery store with my ( Read more... )

sorry about the hiatus. things got a bit sticky there for awhile. but i'm back, unscathed as far as i can thus far tell ( Read more... )

i lost it today with charlie. which was totally unfair, because all he did was tell me he was stressed out and needed some space tonight ( Read more... )

that last post was maudlin, wasn't it? everyone has things in their lives that make them sad, and the fact that i let mine cripple me so much of the time is unacceptable. the only way to get out of here is to pull myself out, and i've been doing very little lately to make that happen ( Read more... )

my dad's best friend died this week. this summer i toasted him at his 50th birthday gala as "my russian father ( Read more... )

he's not too tall ( Read more... )

i am lazy ( Read more... )

two celebrity sightings last night. vern troyer at the whiskey (he's the tiniest man i've ever seen--even smaller than on the screen,) and kyle from tenacious d at mel's drive in. pretty good for one night, eh ( Read more... )

my right ear is plugged. like when you come down out of the mountains and your ears won't pop. is that called "plugged"? does this mean i'm getting sick? i've been slightly more phlegmy than usual, and my throat's been scratchy ( Read more... )