Ack, I am mailing/faxing/emailing our letters and resumes tomorrow. And I'm not done! Oh well, I'll do it in the morning. I swear, I really think I have adult ADD. It explains so much.

They are showing Ghostbusters in Central Park next weekend! I want to go, and I want to round up a gang to go see it. Wanna come? Annie Hall is playing on the 3rd, but I think there may be a million other things that night.

I have been rereading Platforms and Retro Hell. SOOOO much better than I Love the 70s.

My Law and Order epic is going nowhere.

Sunday was my cheap and free day. I got a sewing machine, five pairs of shoes, a dress and 12 records for $17. The shoes are either retro or candy raver (well that's a bit retro, too, no?) And the cute dress is a SKORT dress. The short part zips up and then the front of the dress buttons down. I guess it's just going to be an around the house outfit. God, think of the complications when trying to pee.

The free stuff was ok, the best is a donut and a Homer Simpson bendy doll, and a CD with Ladytron, Miss Kitten and Le Tigre among others. I got a fuckload of samplers, so I think anyone getting a mix cd from me might be getting an added treat. I signed up for various give aways and a free hair cut in Spetember. Actually I am a bit scared as it is a razor bob, and the only thing I can find is a horrible hairdo, it's just, yuck, short in a style that I so don't want. Shorter layers on top, longer on bottom = vomit vomit vomit. It just looks so suburban and young matronly. I want a 30s bob!!!

And I saw Q. So funny. How can I watch old Law and Order reruns now? It was nice to have an appreciative audience, I hate being the only person laughing at a film. Alos one of the laughers had one of those obnoxious honking laughs, oof, bad.

I have also been collecting info for my mental dossiers this week, it's been good for that. Too bad I can't do anything with it.

I was rereading back issues of Lynn Peril's Mystery Date. There's lots of Jayne Mansfield info including this little tidbit on the back cover:

Mariska aka Maria is Jayne Mansfield's youngest daughter from her marriage to Mickey Hargitay (or more likely is the child of Jayne's affair with Nelson Sardelli).

Whooooooaaa!!! So I tell Brian, and we do a little research and, um, it's not a far fetched claim, now is it?

(Oh, and neither of us have any idea who Nelson Sardelli is)

I cleaned yesterday. I don't live in a Queer Eye for the Straight Guy "before" anymore. Nor do I live in an "after" mind you, but I don't think I want to. People on house makeover shows and magazines never seem to own a) music or b) books. I have hundreds and hundreds of books and have borekn the thousand mark on records and CDs, and I don't appreciate the underrepresentation of the collector type. How do these people entertain themselves?

Was it New York magazine that the had the article where there was some major dissing of the ugly guy on QEftSG? Face it, the blond is UGLY. He is so unattractive that I find it offensive. He's got that bird face which makes me queasy (See Kate Hudson and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy). I really hope he was kidding about that photographing all your outfits thing, because that's mentalism of the highest order, surely. The more I watch this show, the more I like straight guys.

Special for sally: It's Kashmir time!

But here's a twist. Everyone know the story of the 'ladies living together get in sync.'. Do ladies who share internet space undergo the same? maura and I were curious, because, um, we have!

They featured the menarche classic Are You There God, It's Me Margaret on I Love the 70s It got mocked, sigh. And Fiddler was on it! Mmmm, does know one share the Fiddler love? Or Topol love? It was exciting, I found the play at the church book sale. And I found another edition WITH PICTURES this weekend, aww.

Eurgh, my belches taste like Chinese food... and I haven't had any in weeks! What gives? I did get my fried dough. Oof, maybe not the hottest of ideas.

Plus! Late night "yard" sale (yeah yeah it's a stoop, pedants) find = skeins of wool yarn for a dollar each!!! Why didn't I get MORE!!! I also got some size 7 needles. The woman selling only had one size 15, boo. Oh well. Now I don't need to go spend too much money on yarn, yay!!!! Wait until I get to show my score at Knit Club!

Also: if you find yourself writing on teenage girls and pop music fandom, for the love of Baby Jesus, please, please, please do not use the words "unthreatening" or "safe". The original Bitch magazine rightly called writers on this shit 20 years ago. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now (And now it's being applied to, among other things, teen girls who like gay manga. Becuase the only reason a young girl would be interesed in gay themes is because gay boys are "safe" and not because two boys doin' it are totally hot, oh no.) I watched two documentaries tonight that both fell back on this trope and I am just disappointed and disgusted. (And thoroughly unsurprised) I want to say "you know better, so quit it" but frankly, I don't people do know. It's just so nice to project onto teenage girls, isn't it. (Hello subcultural studies. Hello Brit sociologists.)

I have the least exciting blackout story ever, but that's nice. My house didn't even lose power for very long. Not that I have any A/C to run on. Yay sleeping in an 88 degree bedroom! I really want some fried dough, I think I will get some tonight. I have eaten gyros, riceballs and panini. I really need to cook up these eggs, I think next week shall be egg salad week!

rrrrr, sinus medication makes me feel so WEIRD. So my ear has been starnge for a week. And I have post nasal drip, so the other ear aches. And I sneeze a lot.

I have been reading some arty suff online, and I really need to get back to the theoretical. I read genre ficiton and cookbooks, I need to read some of my recent feminist classics or finally crack open Empire or something. My goals have changed from "research the music consumption of women" to "sleep with person xxx". I need to think about my Barbra's hair essay idea.

No, Hatikvah sounds like a combination of I'm a Little Teapot and Brother, Can You Spare a Dime.

I bought Exodus at the book sale today. Bluhhhh 600 page novels!!! My Time Out movie guide calls the movie Zionist propaganda, and I'm half supsicious that they wrote that cause they're British. I mean, it very well could be, but.

Oh and is the P. Boone who wrote the lyrics tot he Exodus theme PAT BOONE? Pat Boone + "Great Jewish favorites" = "ow! my brain!" dissonance.

survey sez: Brits are crap in bed?

I ain't sayin' a goddamned thing.

Is it me, or does "Hatikvah" sound a little like "I'm a Liittle Teapot"?

look it's my favorite reading topics!The Jewish community and the "metrosexual" community: They're related!

But, like, didn't Susan Sontag raise similar issues in "On Camp"? It's been so long since I've read it.

Worst dream ever: making out with a crush AND HE'S AWFUL!!!!

I am going to tape I, Claudius off of Trio, so I will always be able to play the drinking game at short notice! Har har