Ethel Merman and Other Items

1. Did you know that Ethel Merman had a disco album?
2. Scary Winkers is a good name for a band.
3. There is a pack of hot dogs that's been on the side of the road at the Mullholland exit for over a week now. Last night they were in my dreams on my kitchen counter.
4. There's something about Siousxie....
5. Remember The Motels?

The L Word

I have a sensitive issue to discuss today. My gf and I have been watching the 5th season of the L Word. I love watching this show. I really want Bette and Tina to hook it up again but I can't stand Bette's cheating ways. It's a good things she's hot. It's a good thing they're all hot because the show is LLLLLLAME. I know that makes me very unpopular with my lesbo friends but, please. The writing is horrible and do they really need to tackle EVERY social issue? Is Tasha's post traumatic stress disorder going to drive her to drink, abuse Alice and eventually shoot herself?! Like I said before, I'm a fan. Mostly because it's the only show on TV that has lesbians in it. That's another thing--I am in Santa Monica quite a bit--it's all men. West Hollywood--all men. Sometimes the cheesey lines and predictable scenes makes me think this was made for men. It's so porno-esque. I realize we should be thankful that we have anything at all to watch that depicts lesbian life and culture (maybe our fantasy lesbian life) but should we have to settle for low-brow?
In other news...I saw Shane (don't know her name) at a Kristin Hersh show and all I could think was "I saw your boobs." She looked exactly the same. She even does her hair the same way--I wonder if it has the same affect in real life. I think one of my friends peed a little when she saw her so I suppose it does.

I Kissed A Girl

I was walking through the halls of the office today and a girl that I think has found out that I like girls starts to play the "I Kissed A Girl" song. This is the second time now. I think it's a sign of acceptance, maybe camaraderie--who knows? I don't know if I should acknowledge it though. Like do I say "that's a really nice song," or give a wink (who winks these days?), or nod my head or say thanks for supporting the cause? What do I do?
I'm not really into that song. I much prefer the "I Kissed A Girl" by Jill Sobule. It's much sexier in that soft, innocent, pretty straight-girl kind of way.

traffic

I'm tired of sitting in traffic. I used to be ok with it--just listening to music or the soothing drone of NPR. But lately I've become a sort of traffic nazi. I've noticed a lot of people, especially those on the 405, don't follow car pool lane double yellow rules. It's fucking killing me. I'm about ready to contract with the highway patrol to take "Caught ya' red-handed!" pictures of people crossing the double yellows. I use the Dangerous Driving 800# way more than I should (btw it's 877-310-7867 in SoCal). I've grown so weary of the California driver that I don't even flip them off anymore--I just give them the thumbs down and boo at them. I also boo at the men who attach the balls to the back of their trucks. WTF. I mean, really, what the hell are you thinking? If you didn't speak volumes about your lack of manliness with your big ass truck that you never take off-roading you may as well put a bumper sticker on your dumb truck that says "I have no balls and so I had to tie some on to my freaking exhaust system." What is the world coming to? Am I the only one bothered by this? I'm going to start snipping balls off of every truck I see with them then I am going to run and hide and laugh my ass off when the little man comes back to see a pile of sand and rubber where his nuts once hung.