Hiyyyyyyyy! This episode of “Drag Race” is notable for the always entertaining “Snatch Game” competition. Violet surprised me with her dead-on impression of Alyssa Edwards, and even though I disagreed with Kennedy’s controversial choice of Little Richard, she killed it (and made me cackle), and she ended up tying with Ginger Minge as Adele for the win. Katya further infatuated me when she admitted that she had been sober for a year (and I like Miss Fame more now that I learned she’s been sober for 9 years). RuPaul told Katya she’s an “anxiety addict”, and as I gulped down my jumbo cup of coffee, I mused that I probably am too. Heigh ho!

It was Joshy’s idea to go down to Pike Place Market this weekend. He figured he would be able to find the Turkish spices he needs to complete his lentil soup recipe (wrong), and going to Pike Place is always fun!

You can buy the most gorgeous flowers for nothing.

Outside, a bunch of hippies were clustered underneath a tree, having a tea party.

“Did you ever have marijuana tea?” I asked Josh.

“Nope,” he replied (not surprisingly).

I have a vague recollection of running around my dorm my first year of college, high-ish on some pot tea that Lisa and I made. Meaning, we just threw some pot in cups of tea and drank it. I also recall wearing a halter top and being covered in henna tattoos that same evening, probably drenched in “Oceanus”. Ah, youth!

Milagros, one of my favorite stores in Seattle, moved out of Pike Place up the street a bit. The new location seems larger and, according to the salesclerk, receives a lot more business. Good for them! I bought a tiny Mexican cross and some mother-of-pearl crescent moon earrings.

Of course I had already paid for my purchases when I looked up and saw this gorgeous cross. I hope it’s there when I return! Or, you know, Christmas present, blog readers, ahem cough.

Xfinity has all the Kubrick films available, and since I only own “A Clockwork Orange” and “Eyes Wide Shut” it seemed like a great idea to re-watch them all with Joshy. We started with “The Shining”, and then watched “Full Metal Jacket” and got about halfway through “A Clockwork Orange”.

Look at my little shorn Cub! I gave her the very last doggie downer left over from a vet appointment back in 2009 (gulp), and it worked a little tiny bit, enough that she didn’t struggle during her hour and a half long grooming appointment. She looks so tiny now!

Sigh. This is why I can’t lose weight. Yesterday after work I wanted a brownie AND a cookie and what did I discover? Stupid Chips Ahoy makes chocolate chip cookies with brownies INSIDE. Like I could resist that.

My friend Christy and I were texting last night. She’s engaged, and she’s getting married this year and having two ceremonies–one this summer and one this fall. “So I can’t gain any weight!” she added. She informed me that she had gone from 152 to 135 pounds. My eyes glazed over, trying to remember the last time I weighed in the 130s. 2011, I’m guessing. A loooooong tiiiiiiime ago.

“I think Christy telling me she’s down to 135 is just the motivation I finally need to get serious,” I told Josh this morning.

“So you have to use jealousy as your motivation?” he said.

“I’m not jealous,” I sniffed (I totally am), “I’m just…inspired, that’s all.”

So I’m currently drinking a “skinny” vanilla latte. Do I want to know how many calories are in one of these mammer jammers? Um, kind of.*

 

* 120. But not the size I like.