I dressed up as a boy tonight. I ended up going with a Kurt Cobain look - it totally worked and I was the most believable guy there. I even did a cork five-o'clock-shadow. Peter Paradise took some pics - I'll post when I have. Also an adorable one of me & Pie - him IN A DRESS!!!

My hair has so much product from a short-term mohawk and the crazy-style piece... my head feels HEAVY. Whoa.

My friend Ashley had an amazing 28th birthday. And Drag was an excellent theme.

My friend Richard makes an incredible Queen.

Batman wore a Kimono. It was odd, but cool.

I seriously was the hottest "guy" there.

Yup.

I'm cold.

And slightly drunk.

And had a wonderful time.

Tuesday I'm seeing the Celtics play (Boston Basketball team). Yay! Thanks Sami!

It's snowing - it first snowed October 18th this year, but it didn't really build up much... tonight it definitely hindered driving and required plowing.

My birds are fucking adorable.

I can't think of anything else. Sleepytime.

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I was reading up on dressing like a boy for the party, and another thing that came to mind was the factor of my breasts vs. waist to hip ratio.

I looked up a waist-to-ratio calculator, and the good news is, it thinks I'm at low risk for whatever it is that specifies.

But there was this whole section afterwards on reading whether you're an apple or a pear shape.

According to my waist-to-hip ration I'm a pear.

But do breasts factor into the equation? I thought there was a word for heavily-breasted women with small waists and hips, etc. Not that I'm that either - my hips and breasts are just about the same width, my waist is tiny. (Don't be hating, I eat healthy and I exercise and I don't know how I got so lucky - my mother certainly didn't have this shape at my age - she had the tiny waist but small breasts).

Because my shape's always been referred to as "hourglass".

A customer literally YELLED at me and refused to leave the store over an issue that was not my fault (not really the company's either - it was service specific, something that was done could not be undone, and was the customer's own fault that it happened).

He stayed for like 30 minutes, yelling at me, then yelling for my manager, then yelling AT my manager, all the while my manager was attempting to talk rationally to him (as was I). He spoke in broken English, which made the communication harder anyway.

Eric almost called the cops. We both kept our cool the entire time, and ended up giving him a temporary solution to his issue which would carry him until the system restarted - but he was such a freakin' asshat, and he was so loud, yelling and being obnoxious and refusing to leave that I almost wish Eric had called the cops so the man would realize you can't behave like that in public if you want anything productive accomplished.

Anyway, HE ended up apologizing to US.

And T-Mobile wins Best Customer Service by JD Powers.

Yup.

Somehow I still love my job, because for every one of those guys, there's 100 really nice people who just want to be connected.

Granted, my hair will be all styled and stuff. But for Ashley's drag party, should I go...

( glasses or no glasses? )

x-posted from the Ask Me Anything Community...

Saturday night my friend is celebrating her 28th birthday with a drag party! Guys have to come dressed as women, women as guys, obviously. Best costume may win a prize.

Now, I already have Pie's wardrobe at my disposal (and yes, we're actually about the same size, so they'll even LOOK like my clothes). I'm figuring a pair of baggy jeans and a t-shirt with a hoodie. And I have some other ideas...

I have short red hair... I'm thinking I'll faux-hawk it, which looks as far from my current hairstyle as possible within the limits of its shortness.

I'm sure with all of this I'm going to look more butch-lesbian than boy, but I'm pushing androgyny as best as I can...

What are some other key points to drag-as-a-boy?

I'm usually a heavy jewelry wearer, so I'll leave all that at home.
I'm even cutting my nails a bit shorter and removing all nail polish.
Obviously ditching makeup.
I was thinking of sticking a sock inside the crotch of the pants.
I'll be wearing Converse sneakers instead of heels.
I'm considering going all out and ace-bandaging my breasts down (they're a 32C).

Should I try to pull off a mascara mustache?
Any recommendations for fake facial hair?
What other key "guy" things? I'm thinking a Red Sox hat if the hair doesn't work out so well...
Any subtleties I shouldn't forget?

Follow up question in second post... Glasses or no glasses?

I need to go grocery shopping.

So, I'm out of vegetables (besides carrots)... and I'm trying to find something marginally healthy in my house to eat for dinner, because I'm too lazy to go grocery shopping.

I have spaghetti in bulk. I have organic minced garlic in a giant jar in my fridge. I have extra virgin olive oil in bulk. I have a giant container of parsley on the spice rack.

So, boil up some water, make some pasta, then add a little bit of olive oil (probably two tablespoons but I do it by eye), a tablespoon of minced garlic, liberal amounts of salt and pepper, and then TONS of parsley.

It takes 10 minutes to make. And it's DAMN TASTY.



I probably eat this for dinner twice a week. I know - I need some veggies. I eat veggies during the day, I promise. ;)

I also need to go shopping to find a nice warm pair of boots that are water-proof. So badly. We haven't had much snow, and some rain, and it's been unseasonably warm. But it's only December - January and February are the worst.

Ceremony tonight.

There was roast beef, turkey, roast pork, smoked salmon, salad, two kinds of rolls, chickpee curry, nine vegetable curry, dal, basmasti rice, home made cranberry sauce, corn, three types of potatoes (there were au gratins!!! yay!!!), guacamole... and then pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin custard, blueberry pie, apple pie, chocolate cake...

Here are some pictures. If you have domiobrien friended you are probably seeing both of these posts, sorry. She asked me to post them on hers too because I'm an HTML freak.

( dinner! )

From Mum & Me.



( more pics under cut )

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Way more soon. But for now -

Me and this awesome tree!!! San Francisco.


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These are hosted by Facebook. I think you should be able to see them.

I told you I fell in love with Vardo's in Venice, right?

Here's a little introduction.



Ava was my server the second day I went. She was so sweet, and radiated beautiful energy, inside & out.

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Okay, so Yule is coming up, but this is for anytime -

Behold, my favorite candy ever:




Walkers Nonsuch Liquorice Toffee.

If you ever want to get me a gift. Yule, Birthday, New Years, Glad-You're-Okay, ANYTHING gift, I will never ever be disappointed with Walkers Licorice Toffees.

Second to that are Oatfield's Creamy Licorice Toffee. But I like Walker's slightly better.

Lastly, The Goldenrod's Licorice Salt Water Taffy, which is only available June-September is incredible.

Just FYI.

Susan Boyle has a beautiful voice. We knew this when that damn viral video of her on Britain's Got Talent popped up. But this is spectacular. Go Susan.

I was posting on Facebook about how much Petrie loves almonds. Someone asked for a video of him eating one.

Annual Yule card list!

I need your address! If I've sent you a card before, just remind me - I think I lost my list of addresses. I especially like sending cards to people I haven't seen in a while/ever met or who live across the country, so don't be shy! I love sending cards!

Comments are screened, or you can direct email to aonarach@gmail.com.

Mine's

Avens O'Brien
PO Box 230002
Boston, MA 02123

Thanks.

Pie: Tea?
Me: Yeah, English Breakfast. Milk & Sugar.
Pie: Soymilk okay?
Me: Yeah.
Pie: You sure you don't want this amazing Yogi tea with Eastern herbs and citrus? So much more interesting than English Breakfast.
Me: English Breakfast is a classic. What's wrong with that?
Pie: It's boring.
Me: It's classic.
Pie: Avens, they DISCOVERED ANOTHER CONTINENT looking for better tea.