Happy birthday, Jon!

Um, it's February Jesse. It is winter.

Yes! That's what I meant -- I would be happy right now if half of my bedroom were a sauna. I love a sauna.

Glad to hear Sue made it home!

OMG, I feel like shit. Still, it was nice to sleep in my own bed.

I didn't really eat most of yesterday because the ick made me lose my appetite and my throat hurts so much when I swallow. Now I am starving and there's hardly anything to eat in the house. Thank god for yogurt.

Glad you made it home, Sue. Today might be a good time to try a grocery delivery service!

The big boss has been out sick for over a week, so I have been buried under administrative stuff, and I am behind on editing stuff and email stuff. On Sunday we leave for The Hague, so I am using that as the proverbial carrot to convince myself to get the work done.

DVT is a complete package. She looks AWESOME every fucking time she leaves the house. That's what you are spending the $$ for. Consistency and awesomeness.

I totally agree with this! I mean, her closet is bigger than my house and when I've seen pictures of her place, she works at the whole package. But she is beautiful and I adore the fact that she won't be caught in yoga pants and a naked face on a run to the 7-11.

Just because I like zeros. Our house is completely dark and Katie just started talking.

and starting me on Flonase, since it's a steroid and should get the inflammation to un-inflame

Nasonex is not scented like flowers. I think they are very similar medications. I ditched Flonase because it smelled like roses.

Yeah, my insurance is ridiculous and won't cover Nasonex unless I try generic Flonase first and "fail" it. The flower scent doesn't bug me yet, possibly because my sinuses aren't working well enough to smell stuff.

DVT is a complete package. She looks AWESOME every fucking time she leaves the house. That's what you are spending the $$ for. Consistency and awesomeness.

So she set herself apart from the pack, elevated herself to the point of probably the only burlesque artist many people can name, based on consistency of her (great) presentation?

Part of the reason I am asking the question is also why I can't frame it right--I don't know any other burlesque artists. Are they not as consistent as her? They show other sides to their look? I mean, I know she has an amazing brand, and her casual is not my casual, but she does go out looking relatively mundane at times.

I think Dita is the only burlesque star who's come close to making herself a household name, which is part of it. She's a brand now, and once that happens it doesn't always matter how you got there. I mean, look at the Kardashians. They've done nothing really notable or worthwhile.

Not that I think DVT isn't talented, because she is. But she's also just really smart.

Possibly she's worked harder to promote herself? (I genuinely don't know, but that's one thing that occurs to me.)

t edit Or what Amy said.