Sunday, January 28, 2007

A few things I did this weekend

1) I put my "I Escaped" Google-poem to music. I had to change the words a bit to make it work. And, I worked with someone who knows more about music than I do. I told him what to do. I said, "I want a punk sound." I may record it and post it at some point.
2) I gutted and cooked about 50 smelts. Delicious.
3) I ate a bison rib today. Also delicious.
4) I read the Business Section of the Globe for the first time in a long long time. I read about why the Gap is tanking. I don't really give a shit about the Gap. But it is a little bit interesting to learn about why they are in decline.
5) I watched the film, Transamerica. It's interesting. The actress is quite amazing: a woman who plays a man who wants to be a woman. That's a challenging role. After watching the movie, I was grateful that I don't want a sex change. I'm happy not to have a dick. And glad that I don't have to go through the business of explaining the whole sex-change things to others. It seems like that was painful business. My four-year old niece did ask me once "Are you a girl or a boy?" and that was kinda fun.

3 comments:

4th Dwarf said...

Did you tell your niece she was making the implicit assumption that there are only two genders?

or did you say "I think we're all on a continuum"?

bob said...

I'm very encouraged by these adventurous culinary experiences!!! I've never really had either of those things!!!

As for your niece's question, perhaps this is a sign that you should remove your bandages...

coyote said...

A carnivore after my own heart. And speakin' from experience, I can say bison on a BBQ is tons friendlier than on the hoof.

But y'know, Ags, reading this, I'm thinking that maybe working on your intimacy issues could be as simple as re-applying your existing emotional resources. I mean, if ya can gut 50 smelts without blinking, you'd think somehow you could retask that same sang froid to discussing piercings gone ickily wrong, and Dwarfish toejam...