As of August, I'll have been in this apartment for 20 years. Rent control, ahhhh, sweet rent control.

Heh. If I had a rent-controlled apartment where you have yours, I'd be hard-pressed to move, too!

when I say the word "Home" (and in Hebrew, it's the same word for "house", so I like the English distinction between the two better

So the song "A House is Not A Home" wouldn't really translate, would it?

Because we only pay $895/mo for a 2BR, 1BA duplex house with fenced back yard and half a two-car garage. Can't ever move.

Please tell me you live in, like, the worst neighborhood in LA. Or 50 miles from anything neat. Or something. Damn!

Wi fi cups of lurve.

I can't decide if those are creepy, or just lame.

But a habanero chocolate followed by a fig chocolate could be used as foreplay credit.

Ooh. t makes note

There is no witty dialogue. I think this is the part where I get out the implements of pain

I gotta say, I like ita when she's scary. As long as she's not talking to *me*.

I am pro-pockets, even in ballgowns. NSM in something that is slinky and satin and bias-cut, or anything, but in the gowns Sandra Bullock and Amy Adams were wearing, they were great, and if they didn't have their hands in the pockets, you wouldn't have known they were there. I'm all for that. I mean, lines are all well and good, but let's hear it for having a place to put at least some cash and a credit card or ID!

I'm kinda pro a monkey/cat conspiracy. It would be SO CUTE!

lori, I have to admit something horrible.

Ever since I heard that "I am an engineer/Respect mah mind" rap, I keep envisioning you doing a version of it. And giggling madly. I am so sorry. You can crash a satellite into me, promise. As long as you take care of my cats.

hrmph. I'm making a list.

I am so so sorry. If it is any consolation, I pictured my very very proper friend I. doing the same thing.

I loved the pockets in those dresses. In case anyone was still wondering.

Oh yeah, and Rachel McAdams? The darker the better.

pro pockets here. But honestly, if I am at the Oscars - I am assumeing I won't have to carry anything.

oranatang and kitty - best picture ever!

ETA: go Spidra go!

Heehee--a mom tries to convince her three boys to transcend gender indoctrination and play with California Barbie and her tiki bar. Reminds me of what my brother and our cousins would do to our Barbie van back in the early '70s.

Is that a monkey in your pocket? Or a kitty?

I am not for having mammals in your pockets at formal events. FYI.

Also, because she was so appealling in Hustle and Flow, I'm all excited to see Taraji Henson on CSI. Also, the youngest wife on that polygamy show on HBO was Johnny Cash's first wife in Walk the Line, if anyone else is still wondering why she looks so familiar.

Style question:

What style of leather jacket would you wear with a delicate, pretty blouse? I mean, what other than this is femme in black leather?

This is like the delicate shoe thing all over again. I'm all blind.