My ears hurt.

No, seriously. My ears hurt! You see it’s like this. Even though I didn’t notice Richard had gotten him self new bling bling rocks for his ears I knew it was coming. Because he had the rockin’ hoops I wanted to take over when he swapped. Years ago when I had originally had my ears pierced (at The Gauntlet in San Francisco’s Castro District) I was in this retro stage and for some reason chose gold hoops. I hate gold. Plus they are as small as a standard earring back. So virtually invisible in my ear. Not to mention I think my lobes are fat. The metal like touches the base of my ear. Not sexy. Clearly I have gained a few in the ear lobe area.

You know I used to change them. Back in my club days I’d swap them out for some large ‘fashion jewelry’ gold hoops to wear out with my thrift store polyester shirts and faded jeans (with wing-tips? and 90210 hair?). Clearly I was on my way into a seedy druggie period, dressing like a gigolo yet as gay as paint in France. Anyhoo, that was years ago. I have not taken this jewelry out for at least ten years. So when I did it made my stomach turn as I immediately remembered that feeling of ‘turning your jewelry’ in freshly pierced ears. That bothered me way more than the hollow needle and cork routine. *shiver* Then I struggled with the previously coveted silver hoops. Erm. Scary. They are easily more than twice as wide as my other earrings. Gauge? That’s gauge, right? Yeah. But I poked, prodded, and poked some more trying to get them in my ears. I knew my holes were curved, due to how they were pierced for the jewelry I originally chose. I figured I wasn’t finding the way through the hole. I moistened, dried, moistened, and even lubed. They weren’t going in. I had Richard try. He couldn’t do it either. By this time my already fat lobes were as swollen and red as a hothouse tomato. I could barely squeeze my baby earrings back in! Let alone close them around my ginormous earlobes!

I gave up. Clearly I need a professional. One of my Canadian boys suggested ‘spacers’. WTF? I Googled and verified their existence, but found no purchasing resource. I did however find a fascinating site belonging to a transgendered FTM man who apparently was much into piercing as a young gal. That whole thing distracted me from my throbbing ears and my quest for spacers. He had had a hysterectomy before the age of 25! And breast removal! His nipples were hairy.. I think he looked cuter as a guy too, but I am gay so what do I know?

Bleh. I should be off to bed.

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Okay, that title is totally recycled from the ones that appear as I type. It holds true here. I have had a whirlwind of days off! It all started yesterday…

*cue 90210 soundtrack*

I was up late , as I had just worked four closing shifts in a row followed by an open. Those who have worked retail totally feel me on this one! Anyway, so I was up at 11ish and was going to get together with the Betty for an hour or two as I needed to go to Fry's’s. Have you been there? OMG. It could be it’s own post, and for a wannabe geek like me, sigh. I was in heaven. But we were going there with a purpose. I needed a headset for the Skypes. Yes, Skypes. I am going to need to use the Skypes for my up and coming podcast with Shel. But that again, could be it’s own post filled with technological issues.

Anyhoo, where was I? Oh, so I picked up Betty in the convertible and her new hairdo was getting a bit mussed by the wind. She clearly needed a scarf. We immediately thought of Target, but they had no scarves. I think we just wanted to stop at the Target. We were going to give up but then Betty thought of Ross. Ross Dress For Less. After some illegal and somewhat dangerous driving we arrived at the Ross. I should have waited in the car. The place smelled like ass! However there were so many scarves, and we were quite happy to get in line with a hot little Jones Wear number. We waited in that line for 15 minutes and saw more stupidity than we thought possible in such a short time span. Then we were back on track with the original mission. Fry's’s. Looking much more stylish we hit the road again. I think there was a Starbucks stop in there too. There usually is.

I think I already gave my impression of the Fry's’s so we’ll skip to dinner. Which we only got to have because her husband had to work late…

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP)—Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage “Charlie’s Angels” and “Dynasty” to “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Melrose Place,” died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.

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Wow. Charlie said it well.

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