don't even get me started

just heard that scientists found an enormous underwater plume of oil in the gulf (surely just one of countless others) which measures one mile by 22 miles and is sitting 1/2 a mile below the surface, just waiting for a good time to lube the beach.

i'm deep in to the back swing of school, whatever that jumble of words means. i am instantly overwhelmed but not getting stressed about it. my mind flies to recent summer memories to escape. like the day i was flying back to mpls, got to my seat on the plane to find a fussy baby in exhausted mom's lap in the middle seat and a very crabby old lady on the other side of him. i had the aisle, but after only 3 minutes of the baby kicking my leg, i leapt from my seat and tackled the flight attendant so i could upgrade to first class. holy shit was it worth it. i have only flown first class a couple of other times, magical upgrades, but only on short flights. the nearly 4-hour flight was a dream. i had not even sat in my luxurious seat when i was offered a bailey's to go with my coffee. we got cheese & crackers, a full meal, warm cookies, endless booze, actual leg room, and NO babies.

another notable from the california trip was one night when we went to hillcrest and the hilarious bar, urban mo's. we went seeking a specific purple drink that b had discovered there, but we were foiled, no such purple joy was to be found. we enjoyed our replacement drinks, then wandered inside to watch the dance floor. there was a way too fabulous queen OWNing the dance floor, we would sashay to one side flip and snap and hip bang around then take another corner. he was amazing to watch. then - beyonce's single ladies came on, and i knew he was going to rip it up. holy crap -- he started doing the video dance, the floor cleared and within seconds, he magically had 2 backup dancers. the entire bar watched hypnotized by the camp. i tried to film it, but must have double-tapped because only 2 seconds recorded...

to make it up to you, here is my nephew performing the same song...

while sprawled out in first class, enjoying my complimentary everything, the USA Today taught me that the delightful "dr" laura is an ignorant bigot and that a man in massachusetts got good news when the biopsy from the mass in his lung came back; it turned out it wasn't cancer. he had a pea sprouting in his lung.

learning is delicious