Sorry you have so much to deal with, that sounds really rough.

I need to learn to just not share about this stuff with meatspace

That's a tough necessity. I wish you had more material support right around you.

oh msbelle! Many hugs to you and mac. I'm sorry it's been so hard lately.

msbelle, I don't remember -- do you belong to a parents-of-internationally-adopted-kids support group? (I know, like you have the free time!)

My boss adopted her 2 daughters from Guatemala, and she belonged to a group like that and found it HUGELY helpful with issues like this, especially because she's a single mom.

Like I said, I know your free time is limited, but maybe something like that would help -- and surely if Cincinnati has a group like that, NYC must have one (or more).

Unrelatedly, who the hell sings that awful poker face song? It was on the radio on my way in to work, and I can't get it out of my head, despite its massive horribleness.

Lady Gaga.

Who I thought was a really bad drag queen for the longest time.

Lady Gaga.

That's...an interesting name.

Who I thought was a really bad drag queen for the longest time.

Actually, the first time I heard it was at a drag show, with a big ol' queen performing to it. But apparently I managed to forget it until this morning, and now it won't get out of my head.

((msbelle)) That sounds so hard-- please know you can continue to share here.

no-cancer-ma to Burrell.

I also thought Lady Gaga was a drag queen for quite awhile.

That's...an interesting name.

We discussed that point a few days ago. "Hi, I'm nuts! Or I'm SO.SO.FAB! that you'll go GaGa over me!"

Or, like me, you see it in print and go "Gag? She named herself Gag?"

I'm pretty sure I read she describes herself as a performance artist, so there's that -- I imagine she wouldn't mind people thinking she's a drag queen, since that's basically what she's "doing." She seemed like a nice girl on Ellen the other day.