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wahoo
feeling better, at least cheerier if not 100% healthy. and now to work like a monkey.
listened to zorn interpreting weill on the way into work. now THAT is the way to enjoy muni.

Tattoo Artist SOS

This was emailed to me, if you can help post your email in the comments. all comments screened.

I am in contact with the shop owner of Electric Ladyland Tattoo
(2 shops--one in the French quarter, the other downtown N.O.).
Her name is Annette LaRue.
Her website is
http://www.electricladyland.net
You can read her bio at
http://www.electricladyland.net/annette.html

She and some of her artists came to S.F. for the Expo .
So now they are stranded here with only what they brought,
which was a 4-day supply of provisons.

They've been posting on craigslist for a sublet for the group.
So far they aren't getting any response. Maybe because of the size of
her group and how, understandably, they want to stay together--

I think she said there are 6 in her group, plus some of the
guys had girlfriends coming. They have money and can spend
max 2 grand a month. Looking for a furnished sublet, if possible.
They will need it for 3 to 6 months. Do you know of anything?
Are there resources in the local tattoo community to help them
get temporarily settled in here? Or, like, do you know anybody
with a big sublet like that?

I stopped by their booth because it was one of the
most colorful and fascinating booths at the convention.
Their banners were really incredible and they were super nice
and seemed to really have their shit together.
In her e-mails, Annette is real stoic but all the same, I can see
that she's gotta be extremely traumatized, even
though she has not complained at all.
She's apparently a real trooper.
Leslie, do you have any ideas?
Any suggestions for her in her search for the group sublet? Insider's
tips
for snagging a good sublet quick?

useful link

if you have LGBT friendly housing / news / resources for Katrina survivors, go here:

http://www.nola.com/forums/gandl/

to post it

for the kids

does anyone know...
it seems like a donation of gameboys and batteries would be good to help keep folks at the various shelters occupied. i am hearing reports that one of the biggest troubles now is to keep people occupied and not going out of their minds with worry about questions that are not yet answerable...

books of course would be good too.

also, anyone know if the caravan of burning man players to go down and offer up supplies and entertainment has been successful? most folks i know of who went seem to be back. did it work? did the folks who could go down to help? any updates welcome. thanks.

QOM this Friday!!!

Hey Cats and Kittens
Come one come all, this Friday Sept 9th is the one, the only, Queer Open Mic One Year Anniversary, Hurrican Fundraiser, and Virgo Spectacular!

Hosted by Cindy Emch and Sherilyn Connelly
Featuring: Daphne Gottlieb, Lauren Wheeler, Meliza Banales, Michelle Tea, horehound stillpoint, Thea Hillman, solidad decosta and Tara Jepsen (just added). Can we fit this much talent in one room? Hell, wait until you see the audience!!!

The most famous and infamous writers in San Francisco are serving up some extra fierce fabulousness for you and yours! Please note, there will no be no open mic reading on Friday as this is an extra special FEATURES ONLY night. Since it is a fundraiser, the cover is $1 - 10+ with no one turned away for lack of funds. Special bday gifts to everyone who makes a donation.* Dressing up and wearing glitter is strongly encouraged.

The fun starts at 8pm
It all happens at the Three Dollar Bill Cafe
1800 Market St @ Octavia.


The QOM will resume to the usual fabulousness with many open mic-ers on 9/23 when we welcome K. Anne Rickertson and give a rousing homecoming to Cooper Lee as our features.

*dependent on the reliability of the US Postal Service. As of today, the presents are still in transit. YIPES!

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substantiate?
i have been on the posting boards of the times-picayune today. or rather www.nola.com
there i read a report, totally not substantiated that

1. a six year old girl was raped at the superdome (i have heard this before, but do not know if it is rumor or fact)
2. that people who were nearby, when they realized what was happening, killed the rapist

this could all be totally true and impossible to prove. but, that said, has anyone seen anything that would either validate or invalidate these stories?

i'm so excited

yay
the QOM bday surprises arrived

AND

QOM is listed in SF Weekly - WAHOOO

http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2005-09-07/calendar/urban.html

i'm back

music has me turned around tonight
kurt weill brought me a poem this morning, and tom waits is reading me poetry tonight and last night john coltrane made me a cup of tera nad gave me a massage that has lasted all day. something happened last night, somehow, illness, stress, all of it, i hit the pause button. i put the lady to bed for a nap in her illness. i switched the light to mellow in the kitchen, hit the coltrane, put on the tea and started washing dishes. somehow, in that i found myself. i found the mellow, the rhythm and just let myself...be

i feel like i am walking in words and cannot wait, cannot wait, to spend some time on poetry later tonight, to spend some time letting vowels sink into me like ink, like love, like sex

the times are changing back and forward all at once. and it feels...good. damn good.