Well, OK, Plei. And I guess I am the person who went out the other night to buy chips because I ran out of carrots before I ran out of dip...

Why are so many LA apartments carpeted? I always though of carpeting as a cold-weather thing.

I think of carpeting as a new-building, more suburban thing.

I think of carpeting as a new-building, more suburban thing.

Well, it's evil, and must be stopped.

So I've got a question. Do other people find Tilda Swinton androgynous? Cause I sure don't.

Not sure why the suburban part is in there, because I had wall-to-wall in DC.

Do other people find Tilda Swinton androgynous? Cause I sure don't.

I think she is. I mean, she looks more feminine than masculine, but there's some androgyneity there....

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Morning all.

So I've got a question. Do other people find Tilda Swinton androgynous? Cause I sure don't.

No, I don't. And that's even after having seen Orlando.

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Speaking of androgyny, I watched the season finale of Young Americans last night. Boone from LOST! Logan from Gilmore Girls! Orlando Bloom's ex! And, where the androgyny came in, the chick from The L Word was a cool guy.

There are two ways to consider androgyny, I guess -- possessing no distinguishing sexual characteristics, or possessing the characteristics of both genders. Tilda's kind of on the "none" side, I think -- she's not mannish, but she's missing feminine softness in her face. While I'd never mistake her for a man, I think she could pass as a boy, when young enough.

Mostly I think she's just funny looking.

I think she can definitely pull off androgyny, but I don't know that I'd ever mistake her for a man (as apparently happens to her with some regularity).

I'm sure the mistaken-for-a-man thing has as much to do with height as anything else. I've been called "sir" by people in stores who just glanced at my jeans and docs, and had an impression of my size.