A Hedwig Valentine

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Celebrated Valentine's Day with Kemi by going to a screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Victoria theater. The show was hosted by John Cameron Mitchell, who wrote the screenplay and starred as Hedwig. He told funny stories and sang a few songs from the show. The audience adored him. (Not surprising--the man is beautiful, and his work is incredibly touching.) I may have been the only straight person in the whole theater. On the bright side, I was pleased to discover that gay men don't pee on toilet seats.


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After some difficulty extracting my car from the parking garage, we visited Mel's Drive-in for a snack on the way home. I love diners and their comfort-food. My current favorites are grilled cheese with tomato and avacado, and eggs benedict for breakfast. Sadly, diners are rare in the bay area.


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Lots of driving. My car is at nearly 9500 miles, four months after buying it. I see my car's mileage as a proxy metric for measuring how much "living" I'm doing. Each mile represents a date, a dinner, a vacation, a walk on the beach, a photo session, a party, or some other activity that gives meaning to my life. From 2003 to 2008, I put 30,000 miles on my Elantra, averaging less than 7000 miles each year (much less than the national average). I was sick, both physically and mentally, and as a result, I didn't "live" much. Last year, my health any my life improved substantially. At the rate I'm going, I'll have nearly 30,000 miles on the new car by the end of the first year of ownership. By this metric, I'm "living" about four times as much / as fast / better than I did between 2003 and 2008. Worth the carbon emissions, I think.