Morning folks!

I am... dog-sitting this weekend. That's about it, and the Diva is in heat, so I am getting little spots of blood all over the house. Whee.

Today I shall not run (I ran the last 2 days), but shall take the dogs for a long walk, and then later I'm going to try to patch some crumbling concrete in my garage. Fear a woman armed with a trowel!

If I can convince a friend to go, I shall go see The Heat. If she's not available, probably Pacific Rim.

I should probably go see Fruitvale Station but I fear it shall be depressing. Still, it's filmed in my neighborhood, and everyone says it's excellent.

Consuela, FWIW, they do sell doggy (bitchy?) diapers just for that problem.

We have an ARP picnic. CJ's team is bringing desserts so I made a double batch of ginger cookies.

Tomorrow is his 17th birthday (!!!!). CJ, KCD, B, K-Bug, the bf, and I are going out to a fancy brunch and the to an indoor go-cart place. Then, on Wed, CJ takes his driver's test. I am feeling old.

I've got to sing this Sunday too and it feels pretty slapdash. The lead guy has a great bluesy voice, but it means doing his bgvs is something of a crapshoot because you never know exactly where he's headed.

Ooh, that's tricky. Good luck!

Our rehearsal went fine - it's a straightforward little tune ( How Could Anyone) that we're singing for our Pride service.

(Pride Week is in July in Halifax because the organizers want to go to Toronto for actual Pride Week.)

I just finished Downton Abbey. Is Julian Fellowes related to G.R.R. Martin? I think I hate him.

Tomorrow is his 17th birthday

Wow! Unpossible.

My grandparents each had a cousin who had married the other's (so they were the second generation with a Ransohoff/Westheimer marriage in it), and so a bunch of my cousins on that side of the family are both third and fourth cousins, or fourth and fifth, or fourth and fourth once removed, and so on It gets complicated.

ION, both kids are punchy as fuck because of the heat, and in a Daddy-only mood on top of it. Every time I get near one of them I hear "NO I WANT DADDY TO DO IT!" So I'm hiding out in the bedroom being unwanted.

My grandparents each had a cousin who had married the other's

Mine too. My grandmother's first cousin was married to my grandfather's aunt.

So I'm hiding out in the bedroom being unwanted.

But that's where the A/C is, yes?

Aw yay for a pride service. And I'd want to go to Toronto too, their pride is awesome.

I don't wanna get up and face the day.

If you missed it yesterday like I did, President Obama's remarks on Trayvon Martin are really something special. [link]

I've already unfriended one twit on facebook over his "See, Obama is a racist and wants to oppress us poor, put-upon gunowning white men!" comments.