I just had the ultimate Buffista evening. There were corsets and bustiers, and vampy singing, and dorks turning into hot jugglers, and splendid frilly drinks, and beautifully dressed people, and trapeze artists and singers and tons of pop-culture references, and lots of different music--

and

and!

a theremin!

(Yes, I went to Teatro Zinzanni. Worth nearly every penny. People coming to SF for the F2F should get tickets and go. Really.)

better her than me, that's for sure.

The "tiny" part makes it fit her better. You're short, but not tiny.

And since y'all are going to ignore the baseball post...

The tree is now down. The small branches are shredded, the big parts are curing for firewood. That plus the excising of the offending rhodedendron in our yard means there's a lot of light in the front yard.

Annabel brushed her teeth for the first time tonight (with Daddy's help). Used the Tom's of Maine kid's toothpaste. Susan provided a helpful demonstration. She seemed to enjoy it.

And since people love toddler pics:
Mom's favorite
Dad's favorite

Yes, I went to Teatro Zinzanni. Worth nearly every penny.

Did you know... part of the profits for the SF Teatro find there way into Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival?

I knew someone who worked for One Reel who told me this. Basically, everything One Reel does subsidizes their loss-leader spectacular, Bumbershoot.

More often I get tiny than short.

Damn it, ita. That almost makes me want to watch Smallville again (well, not the Marsters part). This is the first season where I haven't watched it at all.

Except the writers who are on JJ Abrams shows.

I think DeKnight's on Smallville now.

I am pretty sure that 5 hours of sleep is not enough for me, but I am learning not to go back to sleep once I wake up. That way lies the ugly cousins grogginess and sluggishness.

So, am up and having breakfast. Eating before shower is my new attempt at setting a routine that gets food into my belly faster. Most days I am awake 3-4 hours before I eat, that's not good.

Looks like a sunny day, but crisp - high of only 65.

Argh. My landlord had his gardening service "trim" all the plants in my balcony planters. Apparently he didn't want so much as a leaf to grow beyond the edge of the planter, so all the work I've been doing to get nice, full, boxes with overflowing flowers, to break up the sterile white right angles, has come to naught.

They chopped some of the prickly pear blades right in half, to even them up with the edge.

This after he lectured me for an hour last year about how those planters were my responsibility to keep nice.

There's going to be a World Series in Chicago for the first time since 1959.

t Points at Cubs fans...

Hah, hah... t /Nelson

I hate Ozzie Guillen. I think he's a prick. But I'm rooting for the nasty, brutish, and short Sox anyway.

DW, I hardly know you!! If it does end up being White Sox/Astros, it will be a "Which ex-Red Sox do you dislike less?" marathon in Boston. I think now, in the fulness of time, most in the Hub can forgive Roger Clemens for not taking a crap contract to stay, although they may never forgive him for going to the Yankees later. Carl Everett, OTOH, left behind no fans.

I got no horse in that race, so I can dislike the White Sox on their merits. I do enjoy watching El Duque pitch, though, in part because I am convinced he will someday accidentally kick himself in the face while winding up.