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[rm]

Thank you for all your condolences and such about Little. If I look at them, I cry (and thanks for that Ianto-icon double whammy, you lot! Oi! I sorta dug it though). My ability to function comes and goes, this post is an attempt to talk about something else, BUT you really have to skim through the comments as a few HILARIOUS stories from people who knew her have appeared. Please keep kitty condolences in that post, as I'd like to keep all that together for later both because I can't cope well now and because it's a nice record. People LOVED Little Kitty, and it's awesome to see it.

Coming Out in Ireland: "... such tales may be old hat for audiences in New York, but they are still new in Ireland. These scenes, based on the true stories of older Irish men willing to flout tradition by frankly discussing their homosexuality, form the spine of “Silver Stars,” produced by Dublin company Brokentalkers."

NYC'ers try to figure out why they can't get iPhones.

In part because of a discussion going on in another post of mine that I don't (understandably, I think) have the bandwidth for right now, I want to state the following: What turns you on is what turns you on. I'm not interested in vetting what gets people wet/hard/hot on a political (or maybe even any other) basis. How people enact those desires, that can be a very reasonable subject of scrutiny, but here's the thing, lots of what turns my crank is at least potentially politically problematic by the measure of more than a few people (BDSM, my uniformed fetish, my gender identity stuff which can be assumed to be about trying to obtain male privilege (it isn't, although I'm interested in the ramificiations of that) etc). I'm not interested in justifying what gets me hot. I'm also not particularly interested in justifying how I interact with and express what gets me hot, but I will agree that is a reasonable topic of discussion and on days with more bandwidth will probably engage you on it. But what fascinates us sexually is so complicated and mysterious and strange and many-sourced that I'm off-put by the vetting of desire. Examining how we interact with each other, obviously, always relevant. That might me less clear than I mean it to be, considering.

More from the department of non-squicky RPF: [Date redacted], from the Secret Diary of Tim Gunn. Patty found this. It is hilarious and pretty solidly in the commentary/criticism department. I will be saying "Los Angeles continues to not be New York" for a long time.

New hair. New glasses. Patty's clothes:

It's the dinolove graphic I stole from About.com. It makes me smile. So there you go.

Also, old icon that happens to be accidentally relevant since we are ALL the Master right now. (Doctor Who reference for those who don't know).

Where have the sea lions gone? Did anyone ask the bees?

Comments

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

Not sure quite which discussion you're referring to, but what you said does make sense.

I like your hair cut and glasses! Spiffy.

[rm.livejournal.com]

thread is here: http://rm.livejournal.com/1776726.html?thread=17516630#t17516630

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see Silver Stars. $15 isn't too bad--I could probably swing it. I've never seen a song cycle, so that would be something interesting to see.

[lolliejean.livejournal.com]

Ooooo the new glasses are fabulous on you and your hair looks great too!

[aynatonal.livejournal.com]

New glasses+new haircut=total hotness.

[miep.livejournal.com]

dude, I would not mind looking like Simm for a day...

[nonlinearmusing.livejournal.com]

I don't comment much on your entries because the masses pretty much have said anything I would contribute and then some. :) But I do read and enjoy your take on life, love and everything in between. That said...

I am very sorry to hear about your kitty. :( You and Patty have my deepest condolences.

[phaetonschariot.livejournal.com]

I feel sad that I got a new baby and your kitty died on the same day. :(

[rm.livejournal.com]

While sad for me, this is good. It is the Chain of Kittyness

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

Icon = BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA in context.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Isn't that amazing. Someone was like "you have to change your icon to John Simm" and I was all "Actually....."

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I like what you have to say about sex, desire and interaction. Something I relate too.

You look amazing! I love the cow-lick in the middle of your forehead :) Lovely elegant glasses.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

What scares me is that nothing does it for me. Nothing makes me interested in sex, and more often than not the idea of it induces fear.

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

Love the hair & glasses. They really work well. :c)

[abnormal-apathy.livejournal.com]

That Tim Gunn piece just made my week. :)

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

I love how you look in the new glasses

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Masterkovich, Masterkovich, Masterkovich!

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I was just about to say something about the icon...

And, er, yeah. My sad icon is my Ianto icon, and the other options were equally awkward (dead people, things which are lolarious, random religious crap).

Also, I'm assuming you've seen this, but if not, it may be of interest: http://www.straight.com/article-277482/vancouver/out-hollywood-be-or-not-be

[rm.livejournal.com]

There was this moment yesterday, where I'd felt like I'd been crying for hours and I had my new glasses and my new haircut and you all were on with the Ianto icons and I caught my reflection in a glass at work and I was like "dude? seriously?" and just had to laugh.

[shield-toad111.livejournal.com]

This just in - the sea lions have been found. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8438215.stm

Also, this appeared on my RSS feed at the same as the sea lion article and made me think of you as well - http://www.marriedtothesea.com/010310/romantic-cruise.gif

Enjoy your cruise!