Below are the most recent 11 friends' journal entries.

Friday, December 25th, 2009
daddyrhon	10:28a	I'm wearing my FUGGLY right now!!! Yeh. My mom got *everyone* in my family a sexayyy Snuggie for Christmas. Basically, it's like a way too long robe with no ass coverage. Definitely an outfit to honor abstinence. I think we should all wear our Snuggies to the movies and just stare blankly at the clueless who obviously don't know whassup with this modern technological miracle. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
daddyrhon	4:22p	Happy holidays! We got a blanket of snow in Dallas! Meesha isn't as amazed as me and beegee. Meesha is making her really good mashed potatoes, and a chocolate peanut butter pie, and her most excellent iced tea. babygirl made green bean casserole and a pecan pie. I am whipping up ambrosia fruit salad with pecans, sweet potatoes with marshmallows and pecans, a cranberry-orange-pecan chutney... lol. Yeah, we have alot of pecans! Defrosting some of mom's dressing from Thanksgiving, and got a lil bit of turkey and ham and giblet gravy. All the presents are wrapped and our tree is so pretty. All clear glass and golds and whites. The girls are doing their nails cuz we are off to midnight mass later. Hope everyone I love is with someone they care about. Miss you all! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
seastormwitch	10:03a	Writer's Block: Like mobile for chocolate ( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 21st, 2009
daddyrhon	10:57a	Meesha tries half-heartedly to entertain herself, but she really doesn't like to spend time alone, despite her lack of companionship. So she'll get into some random mess for about ten minutes or so, and then come to lean on my desk again and sigh yet again and ask what I am doing. As much as I love people, I AM an introvert and need alone time to re-energize. It's why I get up at a ridiculous hour. I know the time will come in a year or so where my kiddo won't want to spend time with me at all. So I am just going to shuck it all these next few weeks and plan some things that include my kid. To hell with it, yanno? I'll play catch up later. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
daddyrhon	9:42a	Living in this wonderful house, sometimes it seems inexplicable money is still tight, you know, but our raggedy lil raft really is rawkin right steady these days. I manage to knock out every bill and still find creative ways to enrich our lives. I didn't sign up for any charity this holiday cuz we ain't "needy". But those dang Christians! Yesterday we were blessed with a decadent amount of food and gifts. It made me feel rich and thankful that people can be so kind this time of year. M and I have helped out with Angel Food Ministries because they helped us out when we really needed it. So they gifted us with an enormous box of produce for Christmas, such a ridiculous abundance of fresh veggies and fruits, the icebox is stuffed as is the counter. And a big box of kiddie kibbles... like ramen, canned fruit, boxes of mac and cheese, cereals. (Excellent, cuz our little M can decimate like a locust while on break.) Big Brothers/Big Sisters went ALL out and got M a huge shopping bag of really cool, thoughtful stuff. When I went to pick up her gifts yesterday, the director also handed me all their leftover gift cards from their shopping spree! $11 here and $7 there, but I had a good time surprise shopping all over town for random stocking stuffers while my girls were home baking cookies. I came in with all my Santa packages yelling "No peeking!" Our tree was all lit up, Christmas music was playing, and my girls had made a gingerbread house together. So grateful not to be grounded over her grades, M had done her chore with no nagging and was feeling the family vibe. I sat at the sticky kitchen table with my artist brushes and made big-breasted floozies out of the gingerbread men. Soaked in the hot tub later with my pretty babygirl, feeling lucky and luxurious, and then held her while we watched a Christmas movie. She told me her heart is healing. Those huge eyes of her's turn everything she says into a solemn swear. I think my heart might be healing, too. Such a gradual thing, although I wanted my survival to be some kind of victorious explosion every motherfucker could hear. baby fell asleep with her warm little behind nuzzled against my belly, furry little dogs sleeping in the crook of her knee. In our house, we got three hurt people bumping elbows and hearts, trying to get the love we missed in ways that sometimes feels as scary as fate. Sometimes feels as right as rain. I do choose both these girls. And every now and then? Utter bliss at my house. :) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
jethead	12:11a	Jibaro Sandwich A local sandwich that is served with plantanos instead of bread. There's a new joint up the street that serves them. They're cheap and good. Warm and almost hearty. Steak, tomato, lettuce and this garlic tangy spread held between a sliced plantain. Served warm. Saw a drug deal on the walk home. Mildly and momentarily amusing. Winter boots are changing my experience with slush and ice. For the better. Somewhere along the way I seeped into a depression. Always fun. Attempting to rejoin the living from time to time without much sustaining success. Kinda thankful it's gonna be cold and dark soon. We've sealed some windows. Still need to switch out my shorts and shirts to chords and sweaters. I do love the beginning of winter. The flesh of Riker's and Molly's paws are cold when they walk on me. I wonder if they might like some slippers. Just finished my sandwich and now time to maybe go for walk in the slush while wearing my new winter boots. Current Mood: drained (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
daddyrhon	1:18p	What Christmas/Hanukkah traditions does everyone have? What is everyone doing to celebrate the holidays? This will be our first Christmas with babygirl. Since we have 900 pounds of pecans and all sorts of pantry stuff my mom gave us, babygirl and The Meesh are gonna do a mess of baking this weekend . To get in the spirit, we like to visit all the neighborhoods famous for going all out with lights and decorating, while listening to cheesy Christmas music and sipping Starbucks. :) Christmas eve, we plan to have a big traditional feast at home and then all pile in my bed to watch a holiday movie together before heading out to midnight mass at the queer church. Ours is the largest gay church in the world, and it's almost ridiculous. They have an amazing choir and a full orchestra. On Christmas morning, you gotta eat tamales for brunch if you live in Texas! I am also going to make soy chorizo and potato empanadas with a poblano cream sauce, guacamole tostadas, and sopapillas with fried apples and caramel sauce. Then we are going to see a huge ice sculpture exhibit at noon. New Years Eve? I kinda like to stay in, actually... do rituals of intent for the coming year. Checking my naughty and nice list today and gettin' in the Santa spirit. :) (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
daddyrhon	10:06a	I was just reading a breaking story in our local queer rag about 19 year old queer kid who was beat half to death and raped with a tire iron here in Texas. And wondering again why I live in the South. And then read about a little boy in Arkansas who refuses to say the pledge until queers gain equality... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
daddyrhon	7:56a	The movie Precious I saw the movie Precious yesterday. It was shot in a straight-forward documentary style that makes you flinch, interspersed with fantasy scenes of the beat-down lead being sassy and as fabulous as so many fat Femmes I have known. Only then do you see the light of life in her eyes. The hideous character Mo’Nique became was just AMAZING. In one of the final scenes where a caseworker (played by Mariah Carey) confronts her about abuse.. just WOW. I hope Mo’Nique gets more dramatic roles and doesn't have to always play the caretaker or the silly ass like Whoopi after The Color Purple. And if Mo’Nique doesn't get best supporting, the Academy is truly fukken bullshit. Oprah helped make the film happen. I'd read she was heartbroken after Beloved flopped. It was an amazing book by Toni Morrison, but more imaginative than any film could ever translate. Gah, the Cult of Oprah, but I do read whatever Oprah tells me because she is usually spot on heart-wise (and I totally forgive her for Dr. Phil.) Oprah's getting slammed for the stereotypes in the film. This reviewer called it a "klansman's fantasy". http://www.nypress.com/article-20554-pride-precious.html You can't take color out of it to simply say poor people's stories need to be told too, and sexual abuse needs to be exposed, and the film has feminist leanings, and and and blah blah. This is a film is about victimization and exploitation. It isn't pretty. I am still affected. Anyone else? (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
daddyrhon	7:11p	I feel good today. :) I been stomping 'round in my furry slippers, singing silly ditties to little dogs and air boxing and swatting my girl on the fanny. I thought maybe I was driving down the wrong street ealier cuz the hood is lookin' so cheery with all the little houses lit up for Christmas. I'm so glad I had the forethought to collect gifts early for the kiddo cuz we are still broke as fuck from moving. Me and babygirl sequestered for a wrapfest, and the site of all those pretty boxes put the lil' emo in angel mode. How many dang leaves can one huge pecan tree shed? Prolly enough for a kid to bag and save a snake, I imagine. 'Bout to take my girls out for a burger. Love ya'll. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
ursy_ten	9:17p	Season's greetings :) Wow, it's been awhile. Okies, first up - the new house is wonderful - Rhon, I promise I will post photos soon! We're pretty broke - for some reason all the big bills have come in the last month or so and it's a really suckful time of year for that to happen, not to mention trying to set up the new house and all. Who'da thunk that grass could be so damn expensive?! Grass?! I ask you! (That's the turf kind, not the other kind). Just gotta hang in there until tax time, and then I can breathe a bit easier. It is so so so hot here, and they've been promising rain but it hasn't been forthcoming. I am so envious of all you guys in the Northern Hemisphere right now, let me tell you (Cath knows what I'm talking about). Hate the heat, hate Summer. Can you imagine what it's like for all the poor old men dressed in Santa suits here in Australia, sweltering away? Ridiculousness! I wonder how many Santas we lose to heat stroke and the like every year? ~ Anyways... ~ I hope that whatever you're doing for the festive season, it brings you much peace, joy, love, laughter, and all that good stuff of life. (Please accept this in place of the Christmas card I never got around to sending you this year! Lol...) (5 Comments |Comment on this)