Bistro Bijou

[Sara Crewe]

I only need a few secrets to guess the rest. Well, the rest of the ones I am interested in anyway...

Oh. See. That's not fair.

Now I want to know what secrets you need to know to guess the rest.

 

[Homburg]

Oh. See. That's not fair.

Now I want to know what secrets you need to know to guess the rest.

It doesn't have to be fair, doll. In fact, that is kind of the point.

 

[Sara Crewe]

It doesn't have to be fair, doll. In fact, that is kind of the point.

Yeah. I know. You have hit on a weak spot. I earned the nickname cat far and square for my curiosity among other things.

 

[Homburg]

Yeah. I know. You have hit on a weak spot. I earned the nickname cat far and square for my curiosity among other things.

And probably for how you react to pettings too, eh?

 

[Homburg]

In other news:

From the Huffington Post

In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman's access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception, the birth control 40% of Americans use, as abortion. Doing so protects extremists under the Weldon and Church amendments. Those laws prohibit federal grant recipients from requiring employees to help provide or refer for abortion services. In the "Definitions" section of the HHS proposal it states,

"Abortion: An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. There are two commonly held views on the question of when a pregnancy begins. Some consider a pregnancy to begin at conception (that is, the fertilization of the egg by the sperm), while others consider it to begin with implantation (when the embryo implants in the lining of the uterus). A 2001 Zogby International American Values poll revealed that 49% of Americans believe that human life begins at conception. Presumably many who hold this belief think that any action that destroys human life after conception is the termination of a pregnancy, and so would be included in their definition of the term "abortion." Those who believe pregnancy begins at implantation believe the term "abortion" only includes the destruction of a human being after it has implanted in the lining of the uterus."

The proposal continues,

"Both definitions of pregnancy inform medical practice. Some medical authorities, like the American Medical Association and the British Medical Association, have defined the term "established pregnancy" as occurring after implantation. Other medical authorities present different definitions. Stedman's Medical Dictionary, for example, defines pregnancy as "[t]he state of a female after conception and until the termination of the gestation." Dorland's Medical Dictionary defines pregnancy, in relevant part, as "the condition of having a developing embryo or fetus in the body, after union of an oocyte and spermatozoon."

Up until now, the federal government followed the definition of pregnancy accepted by the American Medical Association and our nation's pregnancy experts, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is: pregnancy begins at implantation. With this proposal, however, HHS is dismissing medical experts and opting instead to accept a definition of pregnancy based on polling data. It now claims that pregnancy begins at some biologically unknowable moment (there's no test to determine if a woman's egg has been fertilized). Under these new standards there would be no way for a woman to prove she's not pregnant. Thus, any woman could be denied contraception under HHS' new science.

This hurts my head. Badly. Call me crazy, but birth control is a priori and abortion is ex post facto. How the fuck could those two be juxtaposed?

Before. After. Fucking muppets on Sesame Street get this idea.

 

[Sara Crewe]

And probably for how you react to pettings too, eh?

Original nickname came from stealing bases. I'm a bit athletic and fast.

But it stuck due to my curiosity, scratching, growling, quietness and yes reaction to petting.

 

[Eluard]

In other news:

From the Huffington Post



This hurts my head. Badly. Call me crazy, but birth control is a priori and abortion is ex post facto. How the fuck could those two be juxtaposed?

Before. After. Fucking muppets on Sesame Street get this idea.

Complete and utter insanity.

 

[sassynyc]

In other news:

From the Huffington Post



This hurts my head. Badly. Call me crazy, but birth control is a priori and abortion is ex post facto. How the fuck could those two be juxtaposed?

Before. After. Fucking muppets on Sesame Street get this idea.

This is horrifying on so many levels. I share that headache.

 

[normal jean]

well, fuck. people came to this country for religious freedom, yet we have it shit in our faces every single day. Whoever is "in charge" takes it upon themselves to take away as much freedom as they can get away with,. ( reatriot Act,etc etc etc)
We have right wing assholes ( Bush, Bush, daddy-Bush and his kind) appointing judges and writing laws that perpetually close the door on any rights non- conservatives may have. I despise organized religion and it looks more and more like, lately, that the line between religion and politics has become so blurry we are all getting fucked and no one can do anything about it. There needs to be selective birth control, retroactive abortion for morons.

It sucks, politicians suck. There is nowhere left to go, is there....

 

[normal jean]

on the bright side

I made a home-made chocolate cake and it is cool enough to frost, but I have no butter to make the icing and if you shop at Wal MArt late at night, they stalk you as if you are stealing. So no icing till the morrow...oh, that reminds me of something that happened when hubby and I were working in Roxboro NC last year, we went to Danville VA to get our draw checks cashed after work, and a littel black lady was attempting to steal a bottle of wine. I only make the distinction of her race because of what happened to her. ( had she been black and her "attackers" been white, she would have had an instant civil rights claim, right? She should have one anyway...because-

Two huge, burly black men, loss prevention specialists, approached her, and grabber her and threw her upon the floor knocking out several of her teeth. There was a pool of blood spilling across the aisle and she was taken away in an ambulance.

Now my point, well, question, is... At what point is shoplifting so criminal that a person is assaulted and maimed in the interest of loss prevention of less than 5 bucks? Regardless of the amount, that was excessive force. Hell, our own highway patrolmen only run you down with their cars, they dont knock your teeth out

I am not condoning theft, but fuck... that was harsh. NO one deserves to be treated like that. If she was that desperate for a drink, she needed help, not to be assaulted.

I hope she sued the dogshit out of them.

 

[Eluard]

on the bright side

I made a home-made chocolate cake and it is cool enough to frost, but I have no butter to make the icing and if you shop at Wal MArt late at night, they stalk you as if you are stealing. So no icing till the morrow...oh, that reminds me of something that happened when hubby and I were working in Roxboro NC last year, we went to Danville VA to get our draw checks cashed after work, and a littel black lady was attempting to steal a bottle of wine. I only make the distinction of her race because of what happened to her. ( had she been black and her "attackers" been white, she would have had an instant civil rights claim, right? She should have one anyway...because-

Two huge, burly black men, loss prevention specialists, approached her, and grabber her and threw her upon the floor knocking out several of her teeth. There was a pool of blood spilling across the aisle and she was taken away in an ambulance.

Now my point, well, question, is... At what point is shoplifting so criminal that a person is assaulted and maimed in the interest of loss prevention of less than 5 bucks? Regardless of the amount, that was excessive force. Hell, our own highway patrolmen only run you down with their cars, they dont knock your teeth out

I am not condoning theft, but fuck... that was harsh. NO one deserves to be treated like that. If she was that desperate for a drink, she needed help, not to be assaulted.

I hope she sued the dogshit out of them.

Agreed — but I can't believe that she doesn't have the right to sue them for a LOT of money.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I'm home cut up chopped up and worse for wear, but home.
Yay!

Lovely to see you back even as a pin cushion I have the same problem my veins are too deep and I had to give up giving blood as they could never get enough out!

on the bright side

I made a home-made chocolate cake and it is cool enough to frost, but I have no butter to make the icing and if you shop at Wal MArt late at night, they stalk you as if you are stealing. So no icing till the morrow...oh, that reminds me of something that happened when hubby and I were working in Roxboro NC last year, we went to Danville VA to get our draw checks cashed after work, and a littel black lady was attempting to steal a bottle of wine. I only make the distinction of her race because of what happened to her. ( had she been black and her "attackers" been white, she would have had an instant civil rights claim, right? She should have one anyway...because-

Two huge, burly black men, loss prevention specialists, approached her, and grabber her and threw her upon the floor knocking out several of her teeth. There was a pool of blood spilling across the aisle and she was taken away in an ambulance.

Now my point, well, question, is... At what point is shoplifting so criminal that a person is assaulted and maimed in the interest of loss prevention of less than 5 bucks? Regardless of the amount, that was excessive force. Hell, our own highway patrolmen only run you down with their cars, they dont knock your teeth out

I am not condoning theft, but fuck... that was harsh. NO one deserves to be treated like that. If she was that desperate for a drink, she needed help, not to be assaulted.

I hope she sued the dogshit out of them.

Last time I was in Vegas a down and out tried to steal a sandwich when he ran out into the parking lot the assistant pressed the panic button the cops turned up in force and shot him dead!! For a sandwich ???????

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Sassynyc when I went to put a comment on your poem the security code was 36DD .... oh well it amused me

 

[Sara Crewe]

Real world procrastiantion results in poems

If I were to dine with the world
embodied as one
I think we would argue.
I would laugh at words
like nice and remind you
it’s silly to assume
I am
any one thing
or anyone
you could ever know.

I would open my mind
and dip one finger inside
and let you lick the thoughts
of lust from my skin. Taste
the slap of my impatience
and feel the centrifugal force
that comes from the constant churn
of appetites disconnected
from food. Let you watch

while I slip
between the closing rocks
and shed my dying skin.
Give you the choice to stand
still while I consume you
or move with me
through the absence of light.
Step forward without floors
past open cell doors where eyes
never welcome and voices never whisper
hello from the darkness.

Accept the quiet, kiss the screams
and fight your need for a simplicity
that would shuffle us back into one
stacked deck with the smiling
joker on top that you call your queen.
Leave us splayed open and let me
bleed outside the lines. Come inside me

knowing I have swallowed the key
to my internal cages and I am not one
but many creatures.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

If I were to dine with the world
embodied as one
I think we would argue.
I would laugh at words
like nice and remind you
it’s silly to assume
I am
any one thing
or anyone
you could ever know.

I would open my mind
and dip one finger inside
and let you lick the thoughts
of lust from my skin. Taste
the slap of my impatience
and feel the centrifugal force
that comes from the constant churn
of appetites disconnected
from food. Let you watch

while I slip
between the closing rocks
and shed my dying skin.
Give you the choice to stand
still while I consume you
or move with me
through the absence of light.
Step forward without floors
past open cell doors where eyes
never welcome and voices never whisper
hello from the darkness.

Accept the quiet, kiss the screams
and fight your need for a simplicity
that would shuffle us back into one
stacked deck with the smiling
joker on top that you call your queen.
Leave us splayed open and let me
bleed outside the lines. Come inside me

knowing I have swallowed the key
to my internal cages and I am not one
but many creatures.

Sara, DAAAAAAAmn.

*packing bags full of silk ties, checking flights to Canada*

What a way to start my day.

Well well well. Distracted and fidgety already and it's not even lunchtime.

bj

 

[loststar]

morning, yawn,
Homburg, I sympathize with your headache as we all share in the insanity of bureaucracy, and more people who think it is their business to stick their noses in everyone else's life. As to the point of definition of pregnancy, it can be used to deny a woman birth control, because you cant ethically prescribe birth control to a woman that is pregnant. Thus with the medical definition in place, a woman can get a pregnancy test and prove that she is not pregnant, these are generally valid for about 7 days. They can not test for the time period before implantation, because they are testing for the hormone that is given off after implantation. Thus under the new definition, any asshole could deny certain types of medication based on the possibility of conception, that a woman cant disprove until 7 days later.

Fuck, some days I hate humanity

well heres to hoping that smart people rise up

 

[Sara Crewe]

Sara, DAAAAAAAmn.

*packing bags full of silk ties, checking flights to Canada*

What a way to start my day.

Well well well. Distracted and fidgety already and it's not even lunchtime.

bj

*heads for nearest airport*


Oh yeah. It might be better if I did that in a car.


*heads back for car*


Btw: I love bats too. Sometimes we scare me. I mean, I don't know anyone else who loves bats.

We have a bat family who live behind our house. I watch them fly every night. Same pattern. I worry when I don't see them. I had a baby come visit inside the house this spring. Just so you know, easiest way to catch a baby bat without hurting it is to hold up a screen. She will land on it and then you can let her free outside. Unfortunately it took a dizzy-ing hour to figure that out as I watched her fly in circles afraid to lose her, knowing she might get trapped or die without food if she ended up stuck some where.

 

[sassynyc]

Sassynyc when I went to put a comment on your poem the security code was 36DD .... oh well it amused me

LOL! Have you been rifling through my undies drawer again? I thought we discussed this. I'll have to have a talk with Ron.

Wrong number, but that is my cup size.
Thanks for commenting on my poem.

If I were to dine with the world
embodied as one
I think we would argue.
I would laugh at words
like nice and remind you
it’s silly to assume
I am
any one thing
or anyone
you could ever know.

I would open my mind
and dip one finger inside
and let you lick the thoughts
of lust from my skin. Taste
the slap of my impatience
and feel the centrifugal force
that comes from the constant churn
of appetites disconnected
from food. Let you watch

while I slip
between the closing rocks
and shed my dying skin.
Give you the choice to stand
still while I consume you
or move with me
through the absence of light.
Step forward without floors
past open cell doors where eyes
never welcome and voices never whisper
hello from the darkness.

Accept the quiet, kiss the screams
and fight your need for a simplicity
that would shuffle us back into one
stacked deck with the smiling
joker on top that you call your queen.
Leave us splayed open and let me
bleed outside the lines. Come inside me

knowing I have swallowed the key
to my internal cages and I am not one
but many creatures.

Again with the speechlessness. I'm gonna request that they add a new panel of smileys, specifically made to correspond with my reactions to your poems. Then I can stop fumbling for adequate words.

For now, I'll just say, THAT ROCKS!

 

[unpredictablebijou]

*heads for nearest airport*


Oh yeah. It might be better if I did that in a car.


*heads back for car*


Btw: I love bats too. Sometimes we scare me. I mean, I don't know anyone else who loves bats.

We have a bat family who live behind our house. I watch them fly every night. Same pattern. I worry when I don't see them. I had a baby come visit inside the house this spring. Just so you know, easiest way to catch a baby bat without hurting it is to hold up a screen. She will land on it and then you can let her free outside. Unfortunately it took a dizzy-ing hour to figure that out as I watched her fly in circles afraid to lose her, knowing she might get trapped or die without food if she ended up stuck some where.

*laughing*

Y'know, if I weren't me I'd be downright frightened by the idea that there are two of us, y'know, those particular creatures, around. So which one of us is the evil twin?

My bat story is sorta odd so I'll save it for an odder time. Suffice it to say that nearly every day, you can see a little silver chain around my neck with three bat pendants on it, all different. Loststar can attest to this. It's a very rare day that I'm without that necklace.

bj

 

[loststar]

here to attest

I have never seen bijou without her bats, and I further attest that she is in fact bat shit crazy, one of the many reasons I love her

 

[Sara Crewe]

LOL! Have you been rifling through my undies drawer again? I thought we discussed this. I'll have to have a talk with Ron.

Wrong number, but that is my cup size.
Thanks for commenting on my poem.


Again with the speechlessness. I'm gonna request that they add a new panel of smileys, specifically made to correspond to with my reactions to your poems. Then I can stop fumbling for adequate words.

For now, I'll just say, THAT ROCKS!

lol a Sara wrote a poem smiley?

Thank you. I just had a chance to read some of your work last night on the 5/5--you're good--which makes the speechless-ness that much more appreciated.

 

[Sara Crewe]

I have never seen bijou without her bats, and I further attest that she is in fact bat shit crazy, one of the many reasons I love her

I definitely want to hear the bat story

and bat shit crazy might be the best way to be.

 

[Homburg]

knowing I have swallowed the key
to my internal cages and I am not one
but many creatures.

I snipped the rest of this one, as, while it was exceedingly good, this last bit just slapped me in the face.

Do not think that I am in any way denigrating the rest. It was well and truly a beautiful piece. I'm just left agog at these lines.

Agog. Seriously.

 

[Sara Crewe]

I snipped the rest of this one, as, while it was exceedingly good, this last bit just slapped me in the face.

Do not think that I am in any way denigrating the rest. It was well and truly a beautiful piece. I'm just left agog at these lines.

Agog. Seriously.

*laughing*

Agog is a great word.

Thank you. I am happy to have my words induce agog-ness. That's quite the compliment.

Seriously.

 

[sethp]

Agog...that's my vocabulary word of the week! thanks!

Obtuse is running a close second.