When I walked into S's I told her I had just started the cramps. She sat me down, poured me a large glass of wine and started unpacking the goodies I brought.

When K arrived, after a day of hell that involved a firing, S did the same for her. I love these people. Gonna miss S, she's gone for the summer doing professional musician summer program things. We're to wrap her tenants into our fold.

that twisted logic way that drives the won't-go-down-on-women culture

She says this language is loud and proud, but pussy gets eaten. So what gonna do? You have to assume the anti-gay language is similarly shielding precisely nothing. People trying to throw up shade where there ain't no onthing.

Now I just have to convince my sister she knows women who watch porn. I'm not sure why this is a hard transition for her.

Your sister has met me. I have watched porn. (Though admittedly, mostly I *read* porn--trashy romances and erotica and fanfic).

I am also a little drunk right now. Three glasses of wine, woot! Also, damn addictive dal mix is empty. BOOO.

Wow, that reminds me of fourth grade, where any statement involving the word "play" was assumed or interpreted to be a dirty euphemism, not that we knew a lot about sex. Well, I didn't, anyway.

Thanks, guys. I probably could have pushed myself harder if I hadn't been tired from working out too much yesterday. And I walked/ran 10 miles today, so I guess that's pretty okay.

I'm still waiting for my moment to ask someone on an anti-porn rant if gay, man-on-man porn is demeaning to women.

Shrift, you're only last because those others didn't show up at all. You should get a trophy for being there and doing it. Good on you!

This demands to be repeated. 40 degrees in Chicago? IMO comfortable running temperatures are 20 degrees lower than normal comfortable temps. Those runners are penises for being chicagoans who can't deal with 60 degree ambient temps.

And there's also a cultural, apparently, aversion to oral sex. So you can't say anything that alludes to that...like, say, "eat."

First thing that comes to mind is "masticate", and I bet they aren't saying that either...

And must say: yes, shrift, you won by just showing up, much less completing the thing. Kudos!

Pucci - what could I do?

True. It was beyond your powers.

The severe homophobia is weird.

yes, shrift, you won by just showing up, much less completing the thing. Kudos!

Totally this. Go, shrift!

Was it this thread where I posted my good intentions? Because I totally bailed on them. But to honor promises to my students, which is infinitely more important than an organized closet, so yay.

I got to return his guitar to a student whose brother just died, and even in the midst of his grief see his brilliant smile. I would work for years just to see that smile.