I have a new poem published! Thank you to Poets Row and
for selecting my work, “My Lips The Sword”.I am also venturing into something new: speechwriting! If you are looking for someone to write your maid of honor speech, Christmas family newsletter, or help you prepare a presentation for work please reply to this very email. My rates are cheap as I am just beginning this service. I can also be another eye on what you’ve written so far and punch it up, or work with you to improve your comfort in public speaking.
With that, onto my bossy little demands:
To read:
and I went to see Gladiator II and this is one of my favorite pieces I have ever done. I fell the fuck out at MY OWN coming up with “K-holed Weasley twins” to describe Emperors Caracalla and Geta.MYYYY GLADIATAH!
I wanted to see Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II to go full Reubens mode over Paul Mescal’s thighs but I decided to keep myself unarrested and planned an outing with my friend internet (and now real-life) buddy Jayson Buford of Jayson Buford's LOTS OF COMMAS
THEE read of the week.
wrote a basically 17-updates-and-counting 20,000+ word piece on JonBenét Ramsey that has taken off so significantly that John Andrew Ramsey is tweeting about her on his burner and this may actually lead to new information emerging as discourse erupts, including from the family. Also, Burke totally did it though I am probably go down as a JDI truther.
Both 19 and 13-year-old me are geeked that one of my tweets made it to a Cracked.com listicle.
This grounded me as a 33-year-old woman who now feels like a spinster, an old maid, and who was asked on a date a few months ago if I can still get pregnant “at your age.” The man was also 33:
My sweet friend Rob Sheffield getting interviewed by PEOPLE MAGAZINE about his new book, Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music.
From pal Michael Hitchcock.
“The Snixxmas Charity Fundraiser in honor of Naya Rivera and benefitting Alexandria House is back for its fifth annual edition, and we're thrilled to have you with us! We kick off today for three weeks of celebration, giving, and making a real impact. Naya Rivera's steadfast support of Alexandria House exemplified her dedication to charitable causes and her commitment to uplifting the lives of those in need, and this fundraiser continues her tradition of kindness and philanthropy in this season of giving. Over the past four years, inspired by Naya, her devoted fans from around the world have rallied together, collectively raising over $270,000 for Alexandria House.” Learn more and donate here.
“The world’s largest internet archive is under siege — and fighting back: Hackers breached the Internet Archive, whose outsize cultural importance belies a small budget and lean infrastructure.” by
for the Washington Post.
To watch:
From my bestie Michael Dale:
Spike.
This is literally just Simone:
This is literally just Lugosi:
Actually my babies:
Various and sundry:
My friend Scott is a wonderful artist. This piece spoke deeply to the sexual trauma I experienced this year.
MEEEEEEEEEEEE:
Love you gay bitches,
TG
Are those Lugosi purrs I hear??? Truly a MÄN. And not to exclude Simone, I also call my elegant girlcat "my girl" while she gets her scritches 😻😻