The "Barbeque at Twelve Oaks" Hat

"Isn't this better than sitting at a table? A girl hasn't got but two sides to her at a table..."

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To My Canadian DustBunnies

Blatantly stolen from A Queens Queen

A great fat man once said:

"All Americans love Canadians. What's not to love?? Canada is like that polite, successful, smart relative that - try as you might - you just can't hate because she's so damn nice and cute and treats you so well.  AND she's got your back if shizz gets serious and you gotta fight. Canada is Melanie Hamilton to America's Scarlett O'Hara - and always will be."

Happy Canada Day, dear Mrs. Wilkes.

UPDATE: I just realized that today is Olivia de Havilland 95th birthday!!! Happy birfday, Miss Mellie.

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"Roughing It" On 9th Avenue

As I get closer to my actual moving day, the living conditions at my old apartment are becoming more and more challenging.  Most of my kitchen stuff is packed, so it’s difficult to cook.  The cable and internet has been switched off so entertainment options are limited.  And I’ve been using the same damn bath towel since I washed and packed all my other ones.

These challenges, for the most part, have been manageable.  However, last night I had a MAN DOWN CODE BLUE RED ALERT REPORT TO YOUR BATTLESTATIONS situation – my air conditioner died.

People who know me realize how traumatic the lack of air conditioning is for me.  Air conditioning is my life.  After a Pennsylvania childhood filled with sweaty summer nights and noisy fans, I long ago channeled my inner Scarlett O’Hara and made the following vow:

“As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be sweaty again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I’LL NEVER BE SWEATY AGAIN!” 

So, tonight after work, I will put on my finest hat and my stiffest petticoat and sashay into the hardware store to purchase an air conditioner.  Even if I have to marry Frank Hamilton, pick cotton, shoot a Yankee soldier and make a dress out of my mother’s curtains in order to get the money.

Fiddle dee dee, Biatches...

Gone With The Wind With Vampires

I LOVE Aunt Pittypat with fangs!

Stay tuned for my RuPaul's Drag Race recap ... "Gone With The Wind With Drag Queens"... Coming this afternoon!

Gone With The Wind

One of my favorite movies - Gone With the Wind - is on Turner Classic Movies right now. Scarlett just told that wussy Ashley Wilkes that she loved him at Twelve Oaks plantation. Of course Ashley whined about loving Melanie and then scurried off to fight the war.

When I was a young gayling, The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie. I couldn't wait until it's annual showing on CBS - and I would literally count down the days. I SWEAR, it was in my gay little DNA to be obsessed with a movie starring Judy Garland.

But as I got older, I began looking forward to the annual two-night showing of Gone with the Wind. Remember, all you young little beeyotches, this was before HBO and TCM - we had to wait a whole year to watch our favorite movies. And we walked uphill to school ... BOTH WAYS!

What movies did you like growing up?...