I don't have any pretty dresses from Perkins, but I do have one she also has, and I don't know if I'm going to wear it anymore because it brought all the boys to the yard, or at least no men seemed to be able to not talk to me anymore.

Well, I guess, at least they weren't telling me to dress differently. But, then again, I'm going to.

FINALLY I have gotten through to the doctor's office on the Ambien topic. I just called the pharmacy, and lo! No refill yet. So I called and emailed the doctor and got an apologetic "I will call the pharmacy" from his assistant. Damned well better work out.

No man has ever spoken to me about shaving. I would...it would not go well. I just don't take well to suggestions of change. I make no apologies.

C'mon, ita! Even with crippling head pain, and low on sleep, you can TOTALLY take a PA.

Even with crippling head pain, and low on sleep, you can TOTALLY take a PA.

That's why they hide them, I'm sure.

I'm staring at what's left of my energy drink. Totally verboten at this juncture, but I'm still half-asleep. I should pour it out before I make a bad mistake.

I shave my pits because I prefer it, not because The Man tells me I have to. My lady parts are kept trimmed to my satisfaction, not his. I have never understood why a man would want my genitalia to look prepubescent.

side note: the makeup department had to create merkins for Spartacus: Blood and Sand. However, they did not create pit wigs. Hmmm.

There is some funny talk on Deadwood commentaries about the actresses stopping shaving and waxing to look authentic in nude scenes and comparing relative hirsuteness.

Timelies all!

I don't think a guy has ever asked me to change the way I dress, or my personal grooming. (The closest was my first boyfriend, who once told me my jean jacket made me look like a feminist. (I don't think that was a compliment) Didn't tell me to stop wearing it, though...)

ita, you have some pretty dresses to try on (from Kat, but currently housed at my house). Very pretty. Esp the blue one that--o woe!--doesn't fit me. (Stupid rassen frassen rib cage!)

Relatedly, I now have a new favorite little black dress. Thank you, Kat!

skipping ahead ...

Pix, could you pull a copy of your lesson plans, etc., from before you started at this school and keep those? maybe in the future recreate some of the work you've done for this school, tailoring it as needed. You'd lose several years' work, but it might be a way around it (since this school seems to want to push the issue).

Oh, Burrell! Do you want to do dinner tomorrow? Maybe sushi on Santa Monica? Not as nice as the last place we went, but not as scandalous or pricey either.

Toddson, it's more the principle of the thing. The truth is that it is utterly unenforcable. I would never give up years of my work; it all builds on the year before. I will keep everything and walk away silently giving the business office the finger behind my back when it's time to go. I never plan to sell my work, so it shouldn't ever be an issue. I think it's just legalese that ultimately is sound and fury ammounting to nothing. Thank you and everyone else for the conversation yesterday's conversation, though. You gave me a lot to think about.