I got a tattoo from Tim Kern, the superelite superrenowned supertalented artist (and, incidentally, ymonster) He offered, because he apparently listens to my music.

I got this:



It says HAB GEDULD, which is German for "have patience."

(If you are, as they say, in-the-rooms, it's their equivalent to EASY DOES IT)

Here's the thing: Tim is the king of amazing photorealistic tattoos. He's a jedi. So, doing this was kind of the equivalent of a coloring book. I told him it was like Stravinsky doing Ramones covers.

"I like the Ramones," he said.

Aah, they changed it back.

Happy.

Faves can again be Nala, Claudia, London, Stormy.

And Benni. Missing her.

Alas, they've made it so one's fave SGs can only be present-day SGs.

Sad that my fave column can no longer be Claudia, London, Nala, Stormy, Benni.

I enjoyed your shoulder tremendously.

Ohhhhh, you don't really care--now do you?

Starting my own site, Sui-Generis-icide Girls. Not all naked, but none of them have read the same books.

In Praise of Yellow Fever: http://mikedoughty.com/blog

Wrote a play for a benefit last night. I was one of two playwrights, out of six, that had never won, or been a finalist for a Pulitzer. FUCK YEAH.

Also in the fuck yeah column, my cast: Rachel Dratch, Julia Stiles, Anthony Mackie, and Michael Kenneth Williams (aka Omar from The Wire)

The exciting tale at mikedoughty.com/blog.

Hey yo yo.

Doing the 24 Hour Plays as a playwright this year. It's a big movie star hang: my faves Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Chris Rock, Fisher Stevens, Sam Rockwell have done it as actors in the past.

As well as some ho-hum also-rans like Scarlett Johansen, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore.

SO EXCITED.

http://www.urbanarts.org/events

Am I embarking on a long-distance relationship?

Oh, LDRs are frustrating.

Really dig this woman, though.