i thank you, sir: that's all. (King Lear IV.vi)

or, how the fool made my year




this is sylvester mccoy. no, not ian mckellen. the guy sitting on his lap. sylvester mccoy, the man responsible for making my dream come true.

burns sent out a group email on april 27, 2007 alerting us to the RSC's upcoming production of king lear, starring ian mckellen. it sold out here in LA immediately. i've been stalking tickets on ebay and craigslist, but they're going for up to $900. my boss worked all her connections and came up short. she'd seen it already and was so impressed by the actor playing the fool that she had me track him down and ask him to come in for a meeting today.

i gave sylvester my cel phone number on the off chance that someone in the cast ended up with an extra. i'd told him that no matter what, i was going to be outside the theater tonight trying to get in, planning to have cash on me in case someone was selling.

by 6:45 pm (showtime's 7:30pm) i knew my chances of sylvester coming through were over, and my chances of getting a seat at all were dwindling. and then...6:58pm. my phone rings.

"kara? sylvester. i hope you're outside the theater because there's a ticket for you at the box office under my name."

i'm not sure if i shreiked or started crying first, or both. but i ran out of the office, all lights on, all doors unlocked, and sped away to the show.

thank you sylvester, you made my year.

(sidenote - cne was not exaggerating when describing what ian mckellen has to offer his gentlemen friends. 'every inch a king'? indeed.

christmas wrapping paper is hard to find in october

this is what i learned today. for ben's and my halloween costume, we need christmas themed wrapping paper. and gold herringbone necklaces. both of these things are muy dificil to find in october. the necklaces are hard to find because it is not 1992.

i visited the following establishments in my search.
1. the 99 cent store - no paper, no chains. they did have a pregnancy test. i have to think if you're buying that you probably bought your condoms there too.

2. target - 2 rolls of sponge bob christmas paper, no chains. passed on the sponge bob paper but did spend $40 on lotion, a new shirt, lint rollers for ben's pigsty (my new name for the couch) and box-o-wine. got the #3 combo at the snack bar of a pretzel and diet coke. target inexplicably makes babies cry the moment they get off the express elevator. which drove me to...

3. bevmo - no paper, no chains. did not expect to find either but did buy 3 bottles of different sauvignon blancs, each with a screw top. thanks to real simple mag for the idea of doing a wine tasting. will do wine tasting on my own shortly. that is what a screw top is for.

4. rite aid - no paper, no chains. had high hopes for this on account of the 'door prize' i won at aaron ehasz party the night ben and i met. it was a jewelry set with a herringbone necklace and bracelet. this was, however, 9 years ago. i suppose i was deluding myself if i thought they'd still have the set in stock. did purchase brown wet-and-wild eyeliner (for beard/goatee application) and single scoop of chocolate malted crunch.

5. longs rexall square. - PAPER! they had it! and several kinds to choose from. i bought 2 different kinds. rexall square is the best drugstore in la. no chains, though.

6. cheesy accesories/teen clothing stores in the beverly center - including but not limited to (no, not Limited, Too - they dont have that store in there) Forever 21, 21 Love, Claire's, the Limited and finally...H & M. where i got CHAINS. the only herrinbone chains in LA. they are too long but i will figure out a way to shorten them.

happy birthday to lubes!

to jessica lubarsky - she whose laugh is contagious AND infectious, whose ass is so fine that men actually chase her down the street yelling "hey you! come back here! i like you!" she who can make a young southwestern girl fall in love with broccoli rabe and at the same time, appreciates the simple laughs of full house. she who has taught so many, so much. from the value of timeblocking to the pleasures of a morning coffee. a teller of dirty stories, a place to come home to after a red-eye flight. a perfect ringlet, a tiny high waist and all the curves above and below. my friend, jessica. lubes. happy birthday to you. with much love.

ina before and after

before


nate park dixon
october 5

why did daz move to nyc?

heh, tista?


to be 1092 miles closer to THE CORN!

cocopah mustangs' changes in the past 6 weeks, part 3

john mccormack


moves his member to michigan
october 16

cocopah mustangs' changes in the last 6 weeks, part 2

jeff cox becomes

mr. liz flahive
september 8

cocopah mustangs' changes in the last 6 weeks, part 1

camille says aloha


to kawai wyatt ede
september 3

this is toe-boating

wedding roundup 2007

who: jeff cox and liz flahive
when: september 8
where: nyc
(i do not have a pic of the bride. so here's a pic of ben and me outside the theater where they got married. it's right next to the colbert report. rad.)
highlights: quiz on the wedding program, dishing with brian golub, ryan bhandari explaining his bionic eye

who: rebecca longworth and justin willow
when: september 29
where: cape cod
highlights: toe-boating with viva - this is when someone (james) pulls one or two people around in the pool by their big toes. someone has a photo of this. lynn in her suit. longworth's dad's beard. and every moment with 12 of my best college friends all in one place for the first time in years. nothing compares to that.

who: alia matthews and eric mcdonald
when: october 6
where: pittsburgh
highlights: alia's shoes at the rehearsal dinner, andy warhol museum, chicken dance, cuban shuffle and polka-ing at the reception, pennsylvania macaroni's homemade mozzarella

next up...eric ziemann and biz lopez
when: october 20
where: los angeles

correction

the top photo is 'magnum'
the bottom photo is 'blue steel'

pittsburgh (blue) steelers

apparently the only thing people do in pittsburgh is watch the steelers play football and drink beer. this accounts for the overall look of most pittsburghers (and NOT the kind of 'burgers' theo and cockroach used to talk about). fat, pasty, and clashing. does yellow and black go with anything?

here are two pics of ben in the burgh. the first is him doing 'blue steel'. the second is 'magnum'.

thank you, andy

this weekend ben and i flew to pittsburgh for alia's wedding. tomorrow i will create a roundup based my 3 east coast wedding trips in the past 5 weeks.

this is the closest i'll ever get to realizing my life-long dream of being part of andy warhol's factory. it's the floating clouds room in the warhol museum in pittsburgh. another highlight of the museum: a bruce nauman neon sculpture that alternates flashing two phrases -- RUN IN FEAR and FUN IN REAR

heh.

Longwillow Wedding Photohunt

can you spot 4 differences between these photos?





answers: rebecca's eyes are closed, viva's hair in hands, kara's head is turned, lubes looking down

How did she know?

arrrghly betty

Four Saucy Wenches and a Jolly Roger

real things in this picture:
the sky and the sea

fake things in this picture:
(from left to right)
olivia's tatoos
my tatoos
my hair
james' gold tooth



as i am typing this someone is smoking pot outside my window. but i'm like marvin berry's band. i don't mess around with no reefer addicts.