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7 January 2006 03:45I don't have that much to say but I thought I hadn't said anything for a while other than memes et al. Good things in the past week:
-Phonebanking for Denise Provost for State Rep. She rules, and her call-lists rule. I got to call and leave messages for former housemates, my favorite yoga teacher, and cthulia. Sadly none of them were actually home to talk to. Anyway, if anyone wants to know why I am pro-Denise Provost and anti-Elizabeth Moroney in spite of what NARAL mailings have been telling you, I can explain it in small words by request. I feel lucky to live in a district where the candidate that I am NOT voting for is on the board at Mass NARAL.
-Being back at work, cranking rustily up to speed after the holidays is nice. I feel ready to do lots of work.
-Getting some of my website fixed by the spokesexboyfriend. Go to www.abiharper.com and check out my new intake form! Doesn't it make you want to fill it out and make an appointment to come in for a massage this month? Also look at the happy smiling healing-looking picture of me on the "about Abi" page! Don't you want a massage from that nice looking person?
-Reading The Almond, which is thus-far the best erotica novel I've read, and it's all Islamic and stuff, which is interesting and stuff, but mostly means that reading it is not boring because I don't already know all of the language and metaphor and whatever, which is my usual problem with erotica, that it doesn't tend to provide me with anything new. Also, it is really frank about things in a way that makes me happy. Also, this one has a perspective about daily meticulous hygiene that had never been made to me before in so many words that is more compelling to me than any other that I've heard. So if I've been smelling better the past week, that's why. If you'd never noticed my lack of meticulous hygiene, forget you read anything about it. Anyway, I'm about halfway through, and I find this book to be a must-read. You probably will too. It's pretty hot.
-Getting a band recommendation from aforementioned spokesexboyfriend (god he's useful!) for Ladytron, which I had been reading reviews of in Bitch and Bust forever, but sadly, I need to hear I would like a band from someone I know, because I'm not good at decoding album reviews to figure out if it's something I'd like. I always guess wrong -- it's uncanny. But anyway, Ladytron has been rocking my last 24 hours or so. They just make me happy. I think that now that I know that skaad writes music reviews for Bitch, she should end them with whether I would like them or not. That'll enhance my personal subscription rate anyway. Did I mention that over christmas I discovered I have a highschool friend who writes music reviews for Bitch? How friggin cool am I? (answer: not as cool as her)
-I had a weird dream featuring a hot-dog salesman/performance artist.
-Getting back to Ladytron, I've been inspired to learn to do rock-star/clubbing-type eye makeup. I think it might just make me look sick though.
SOMETHING I NEED REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY:
-someone who is local that I like who is significantly shorter than me (about 5' or so) and a bit portly. My jewish grandmother would be perfect. Basically, I have this brand new pair of non-returnable really nice silk long underwear that is too short and too wide for me and it's just sitting there looking for the perfect home. It is a delightful shade of light blue, from ll bean. I would love it if only it fit, and I have a feeling that somewhere is someone who normally has a hard time finding long underwear that is short enough for them who this was really made for.
-Phonebanking for Denise Provost for State Rep. She rules, and her call-lists rule. I got to call and leave messages for former housemates, my favorite yoga teacher, and cthulia. Sadly none of them were actually home to talk to. Anyway, if anyone wants to know why I am pro-Denise Provost and anti-Elizabeth Moroney in spite of what NARAL mailings have been telling you, I can explain it in small words by request. I feel lucky to live in a district where the candidate that I am NOT voting for is on the board at Mass NARAL.
-Being back at work, cranking rustily up to speed after the holidays is nice. I feel ready to do lots of work.
-Getting some of my website fixed by the spokesexboyfriend. Go to www.abiharper.com and check out my new intake form! Doesn't it make you want to fill it out and make an appointment to come in for a massage this month? Also look at the happy smiling healing-looking picture of me on the "about Abi" page! Don't you want a massage from that nice looking person?
-Reading The Almond, which is thus-far the best erotica novel I've read, and it's all Islamic and stuff, which is interesting and stuff, but mostly means that reading it is not boring because I don't already know all of the language and metaphor and whatever, which is my usual problem with erotica, that it doesn't tend to provide me with anything new. Also, it is really frank about things in a way that makes me happy. Also, this one has a perspective about daily meticulous hygiene that had never been made to me before in so many words that is more compelling to me than any other that I've heard. So if I've been smelling better the past week, that's why. If you'd never noticed my lack of meticulous hygiene, forget you read anything about it. Anyway, I'm about halfway through, and I find this book to be a must-read. You probably will too. It's pretty hot.
-Getting a band recommendation from aforementioned spokesexboyfriend (god he's useful!) for Ladytron, which I had been reading reviews of in Bitch and Bust forever, but sadly, I need to hear I would like a band from someone I know, because I'm not good at decoding album reviews to figure out if it's something I'd like. I always guess wrong -- it's uncanny. But anyway, Ladytron has been rocking my last 24 hours or so. They just make me happy. I think that now that I know that skaad writes music reviews for Bitch, she should end them with whether I would like them or not. That'll enhance my personal subscription rate anyway. Did I mention that over christmas I discovered I have a highschool friend who writes music reviews for Bitch? How friggin cool am I? (answer: not as cool as her)
-I had a weird dream featuring a hot-dog salesman/performance artist.
-Getting back to Ladytron, I've been inspired to learn to do rock-star/clubbing-type eye makeup. I think it might just make me look sick though.
SOMETHING I NEED REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY:
-someone who is local that I like who is significantly shorter than me (about 5' or so) and a bit portly. My jewish grandmother would be perfect. Basically, I have this brand new pair of non-returnable really nice silk long underwear that is too short and too wide for me and it's just sitting there looking for the perfect home. It is a delightful shade of light blue, from ll bean. I would love it if only it fit, and I have a feeling that somewhere is someone who normally has a hard time finding long underwear that is short enough for them who this was really made for.