new baby smell

its true. I never really thought much about it, but there is a new baby smell. Today one of my close friends had a baby. She is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen.

It *almost* makes me want to do it, if I didn't already know the craziness that comes after. Just to see mom with the gorgeous little girl, holding her to her chest... just like I did with Rainer, was so wonderful. I have an amazing little baby poodle, and that's all I need.

Luckily she had no complications, everything went great, I wish I could have been there.
She was only a couple of hours old when i got there. it was great to see her, and i know i'll be spending a LOT more time with her in the coming months and years.

Here's my beautiful fuzzy baby.

For your viewing pleasure

I've rediscovered Sundance Channel. I watched Ha Buah or The Bubble. It was wonderful. The perfect kind of movie to compliment time home alone.
Its about a couple of gay roommates, their lovers and friends, and it all takes place in Tel Aviv. What immediately endeared the movie to me was the music and fashion.... and the surprising amount of sex.
There's lots of Bebel Gilberto in the movie, and one of the characters, Noam, sings a Tim Buckley song to his lover - which was beautiful. And, the Ivri Lider songs are haunting. Its one of those movies that I felt - these people could be my friends, I know someone just like that. Its terribly sad and explores the politics of the region while also being a beautiful love story. Watch it, if only for the gorgeous naked gay boys.

Ivri Lider


And the trailer:

Green hair

Being a stylist, you would think that I would know better than to just jump in the pool.
Nope. I don't know better. Rather... I do, I just choose to be spontaneous and irresponsible.
So, I have green hair.

Detox detox detox.

Still green.

Solution? Red Violet! What's the opposite of yellow green? Red Violet! So, now my hair is purple. Not green, but a gorgeous shade of lavender and brown.

I've seen something wonderful :
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

I've only seen the first episode, but its fabulous. I need to get a handheld camera.

Morning Swim

Its amazing what that can do for you.

Last night, we watched Sicko - Mr. Moore is a favorite of mine. I have been putting off watching it, because I knew how horrible it would be. Watching his movies, I'm always torn between wanting to run as far from the US as possible or staying and making change. Bill thinks that the change is already happening, but I'm not so sure. He has a lot more faith in people than I thought. What really set me off was the realization that most of what I work for, my monthly costs are : Child care, health care, and student loan debt. If I lived almost anywhere else in Europe I wouldn't have any of those concerns. ..... WOW ......
What's really disgusting is what the RReagan and the Bushes have done. The lies they have perpetrated through propaganda and fear. Reagan was the start of so many horrible things, and the fact that we let him do it , is really incredible. I cried and cried, ashamed at what we had become. I used to be proud to be an American, but that was before I realized that we had torn down all the beautiful things about democracy. When that expat in France said " the difference here is the government is afraid of the people, and in America the people are afraid of the government" I literally burst into tears. Its so fucking true! They should be afraid of US, the ones with the POWER to VOTE them out of office - democracy - by the PEOPLE.

*sigh*

So, I went for a dip in my pool this morning to wash the Sicko away .
I'm going to try to not run for the hills, but make a change. We'll see how that works out for me.