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Volume 35 Issue 09 |
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Lipstick and Lust |
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| My 'achy, breaky heart' over 'army sweetie' going to Iraq, fun in Tacoma and other stuff in this Lipstick and Lust | ||
| My 'achy, breaky heart' over 'army sweetie' going to Iraq, fun in Tacoma and other stuff in this Lipstick and Lust
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer I had planned on starting this column by telling you all about the joys of being (as my friend, Brei, who was there, put it) a 'total slut' in Tacoma last weekend, with this very hot Army Ranger I met when we were dancing at the Loft. It was our way of celebrating my other friend's acting debut in The Laramie Project (which is at Pierce College, in Tacoma this weekend, then it's gone, so go see it!) by all going out and partying hearty. Ah, yes, the best laid plans of women and cats do often go awry. So, then I finally got to talk to 'army sweetie' yesterday (by phone, unfortunately, not in person), and found out that my darling, my soul mate is being shipped to Iraq in two weeks. Two flipping weeks! So of course I've been crying my little eyes out and smoking (something I don't do dahlings) too many cigarettes to just be able to cope with the sometimes less than friendly atmosphere of Seattle. George Bush and company, you suck! And that's a freaking understatement. But, the good news (if there could be after news like this), is that this whole experience is becoming fuel for me to launch a mega-funny sex/advice/auto-biographical book (which I hope I can do soon), and become a super activist. Look for me at every peace rally coming up, and not just in the crowd, but on the podium, speaking out about this insane war that's taking my love and has taken too many others too. Now that that's off my sizeable chest (hey, big boobs are a good thing, honey, as some of you can attest to!), I can weigh in on thoughts about last week's Oscars. First of all, didn't you just love Ellen's quirky sense of humor and the fact that Melissa Etheridge (another famous dyke), thanked her wife on national TV as someone who influenced her? And the fact that curvy, gorgeous Jennifer Hudson, (looking very sexy in that red dress, not like a 'giant V-8', as I read somewhere else) as well as Forest Whittaker (two, count them two, Black folks) won Oscars. Can life be any better when Black folks and dykes get their 'props' at the Oscars? No, honey, it cannot. And yes, there were a few 'lows' too, like whoever 'ghetto child' that was yelling in the back of the room, during one of the speeches, and the fashion 'mistakes' by Celine Dion (what the hell was that she was wearing?), and Meryl Streep (who looked like she'd visited a Valu-Village and just grabbed every necklace and strung it on herself like a Christmas tree). Then, there was Phillip Seymor Hoffman's hair. Dude, are you trying to go 'dread', or priming for a part in a 'native' film, or were you just having a bad hair moment? To the hairdresser for you to a better dresser for Quincy Jones (seen sitting beside Ennio Morricone and I guess that was his wife in that horrible outfit, sitting next to Mr. Morricone), who wore an old, kimono jacket that made him look like a mix between an old pimp and someone's granpa. Oh, the agony for the eyes! People, people, it was The Oscars, not your living room on a low day! Anyway, time to tell you about the delicious time I had in Tacoma at The Loft, and hip you to some new cosmetics to try. About Tacoma: Honey what was not to love at a club where the women are curvy, the staff is friendly and down to earth and where there are lots of hot bodies to look at, who looked back at yours truly (something that moi doesn't often experience in the 'land of folks who don't seem to like enjoying real food'). And the kisses I got from a certain Army Ranger, well, that was just icing on the cake. My lips are still happy from that moment dearies! So, I tried GloPressed Base in 'Golden Medium' that I picked up from Swoon, that new salon/spa near 15th, on Pine, and love, love, loved it. Makes my skin look flawless, and isn't that a good thing? Oh yes, it is. Also tried more of the Laverra 'Faces' line of moisturizers (that you can pick up at Madison Market, DHC's 'Facial Scrub' which gets your face shiny clean, believe me. Also you must try Ojan's 'Detox Recovery Shampoo', which made my locks sqeak they where so clean. I'm not using anything else from now on, and you can get this at Sephora, as well as 'Pink Sugar' (one of the Jessica Simpson scent products that I just love) eau de toilette that makes you smell biteable. Maybe that's what I was wearing when the aforementioned Army Ranger was locking lips and tongue swordfighting with yours truly. It'll get you noticed, of that I'm sure. So, that's it for now my lovelies, and please feel free to send well wishes around the fact that my loved one is going into harm's way in a couple of weeks and let me know what you think about the column. Also, do check out the blog of L and L and e-mail me at ijanaral@yahoo.com. For now, spread peace, love and happiness wherever you go and do, do, do write those letters and e-mails urging your Senators and Congresspeople to vote against anything old Bushie wants that'll keep this hellish war going and keep him from starting any others in Iran. Buh bye! |
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