I am replacing the word "awesome" with the word "brilliant" in my vocabulary.

This is one of my favorites as well. I use "brill" for short.

I am bad. When I moved I think I sent them to Mom's. I am going to try to locate them on Wednesday and send them out.

Not bad! Crazy-busy, yes. Not bad. Please do not knock yourself out on my behalf! Whenever you get around to it, it will be a nice surprise. No stress! I insist!

Had a great time with Hec and JZ at brunch. JZ has reached the stage of pregnancy where she looks AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL, what with the glowing and curves added to her normal gorgeous eyes and lovely smile. And Hec's long hair was totally styling. The BF really enjoyed talking music in depth with Hec. A good time was had by all!

The Chief Medical Officer just said he'd been hearing great things about me.

I told him that was very strange but thanked him.

It was a good counterpoint to hearing me described as "running behind" on something, which I know was not meant to be critical but just sounds so bad, especially when I got props for getting another report out early.

so we can watch Izzard from the sound booth after the play ends...and maybe meet him!

So. jealous.

explored the Los Angeles Central Library (directly behind our hotel)

Hey! I've stayed in that hotel! And the library is in fact, made of awesome.

Yeah, Fay, I am not sure about Thailand, but overweight friends of mine have had pretty awful experiences in SE Asia. The tourist areas of Thailand, getting a lot of extremely large, extremely sunburnt Germans as they do, seemed very calm about things, but I couldn't say about living there.

I do know that my best friend, half-Thai, got a fair number of negative comments directed at her for having big boobs/looking too Western/etc. Some in English, even.

He was not in drag.

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Well, but he wouldn't have been 'in drag', as such, because he's not a drag act. He's a transvestite - it's just that when he's on stage he's usually shinier/dressier than usual. t /pedantry But that doesn't always mean skirts - in fact most of the time it doesn't mean skirts. But it's usually women's clothes, whether we're talking leather pants or more conservative gear. afaik.

I guess you'd have noticed heels, so presumably he didn't have heels on - but I'd be surprised if he wasn't wearing women's clothes. It's kind of his thing.

::wonders whether Izzard has had some kind of freaky Road To Damascus thing about wearing boys' clothes...::

Oh, also? So very, very jealous.

Someone help me follow this logic leap...

All the hype around Brokeback Mountain makes kids question their friendships with same sex friends.

WTF? I had a parent from K-Bug's team say this to me.

I guess you'd have noticed heels, so presumably he didn't have heels on

He was wearing black boots, jeans, a black belt, a lavender button-up dress shirt, and a black sportcoat. There was nothing girly at all about his look. He was All Man, baby!

All the hype around Brokeback Mountain makes kids question their friendships with same sex friends.

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Seriously.

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Yeah, that Brokeback thing is so ridiculous, I don't even know what to say. I'd imagine this is coming from right-leaning parents, not from any kids.

::wonders whether Izzard has had some kind of freaky Road To Damascus thing about wearing boys' clothes...::

??? Please to explain, as my brain isn't functioning at all and all I can think of is St. Paul (nee Saul of Tarsus), and I'm pretty sure that's not what you mean.