I read a great essay years back pointing out that the Charles/Camilla story is actually much more romantic than the fabled Charles/Diana story.

Guy meets woman, likes her, dithers for too long and she marries somebody else. They remain close friends. Guy finally marries young, beautiful woman; his closest friend remains a middle-aged, frankly homely woman. When the first marriage ends, he and his longtime companion are reunited.

If you made Charles into an executive and Diana into a trophy wife, it'd be a paperback novel.

It's from last week's O.C., Lee. Seth says it in the teaser.

Speaking of humping fish muffins, a little bird sent me Advanced Sushi.

I wonder if this Charles/Camilla wedding is because of inquiries into who is paying for Camilla's care since she is his live-in. [link]

The report on Charles and Camilla this morning on the CBC had one royal watcher saying that in order for Camilla to be the Duchess of Cornwall, there would have to be legislation allowing it, not only in Britain, but all the commonwealth territories, and in Canada, in all provinicial legislatures. I don't know if they will be held to that, however.

It's from last week's O.C., Lee. Seth says it in the teaser.

Ah. I haven't seen that yet, since Tivo didn't catch it. Debetesse sent me a tape, but I haven't been able to watch it yet.

Speaking of humping fish muffins, a little bird sent me Advanced Sushi.

Did you see the list of where to get the special stuff? I think we need to do some exploring. Maybe Kiriko next?

What I want to know is, isn't the audience of The O.C. predominantly female?

I know a lot of men who watch it, but I strongly suspect most of them are the sort who jumped at the chance to purchase the Chris Carmack cover issue of Out this month...

Lee, did you see the LATimes sushi story? They mention The Hump.

t eta nebbermind. x-post.

Maybe Kiriko next?

And it's right near krav! Not that it's relevant. It's just a thing.

Didn't we have the baby yellowtail the first time we Humped?

the Chris Carmack cover issue of Out this month...

Ooh.

Can I just say I'm such a loser because I saw ita's tag, Lee's question and I said, "Seth".

Sigh.

My tag is surprisingly Seth free, but it got a gasp out loud so it's a good one.

Charles/Camilla wedding

What's funny is that NPR reported on the story this morning, and described them as "Prince Charles and his partner Camilla Parker-Bowles." I realized as I heard it how rarely I hear that these days, "partner" used in the romantic sense.

The whole debate over marriage has thrust that word aside, hasn't it? (My company's health plan stopped covering the partners in unmarried couples a few months after marriage became legal for all.) Although I sometimes see short pieces in the paper about people (gay or straight) with no intention of marrying, I can't recall that they're called partners any more. (As a data point, my mother used to use "partner", but finally married my stepdad, basically, to cement a few financial details in the event of his death.)

Woof, suddenly I am remembering "longtime companion," which I heard actually used in conversation only years after the movie of the same name.

I realized as I heard it how rarely I hear that these days, "partner" used in the romantic sense.

Huh. I have the hardest time hearing it in non romantic senses. But I guess that's another difference between a gay girl and a straight one.