I have no voluptua. Pulchritude, all the way.

smonster's voluptua is like the textbook definition of sexy.

I'm pretty zen about my voluptua, thanks to rugby and bellydance. But thanks for the compliments.

I remember exactly what he said - the entire memory just came back. He said "I'm admiring your pulchritude."

That is made of awesome.

But....belly dance *requires* a belly!

Well... I prefer to think that bellydance (like rugby, coincidentally) welcomes a greater variety of body types and heights than many other forms of dance (or sport, as the case may be).

See, for example, Rachel Brice.

I do really love Fat Chance Bellydance, as they have a lot more size and ethnic diversity in their troupe than, say, the Bellydance Superstars. (I respect and like a lot of those dancers. I'm not going to get into my feelings about Miles Copeland. Oh, yes, folks, there is wank in bellydance, too.)

Smonster has lovely voluptua. Me, not so much.

While not wishing to denigrate smonster's lovely voluptua in any way (loved the dancing, so pretty), I have to take issue with this statement. I came up to you on the terrace and put my arms around you for entirely selfish reasons, Brenda; you looked like you would feel fabulous to hold. And I was not wrong.

DH just ran over to the liquer store to get some soda and asked what I wanted. I jokingly said Fernet.

Ummm, I now have a small bottle of Fernet.

he hasn't seen what happens when you drink Fernet.

No, he hasn't. And he won't. I think I shall save it - maybe bring it to Colorado (buried deep in my luggage).

I still can't taste very well yet -

but so far - bitter/'medicinal green tea that was brewed too long.pepper - black , smoked, not quite burnt

biiter orange

mint toothpaste

and a sublte sweet mint/anise finish taste is really hard to taste the first sip

there are a lot of earth and wood flavors that I can't id with a cold.

and I am very happy I have fernet today, because it is something I can taste.

uh, wtf? Suddenly my Buffista photos have disappeared from Flickr! I uploaded a bunch of older pictures tonight, and then I noticed that the set labeled "SF2F 2006" wasn't there anymore, nor does the word "buffistas" appear in the list of my tags, and the pictures no longer exist in my photostream either. Has this ever happened to anyone else? How do I get my pictures back??

edit: I tried to get to the SF2F photo set by finding the link I had posted here last week, but now Flickr is telling me the link goes to a private page that I don't have access to (even though I'm signed into Flickr with the same account that I used to upload the photos). Help!

Yeah, I'm in way fewer photos than deb also. Which is as it should be. Although the one Tom took of me sitting on the dance floor may be one of my favorite photos of myself ever.