ROTATING THE CROPS
Usually, if I'm not posting here, something else is going on, and this last week away from here has been spent accommodating my return to working on the book. The obstacles I've been facing on trying to get the record done, while they will not stop me from keeping on with it, are telling me that maybe I might do well to rotate the crops now. And so, with some prodding from some friends and a professional or two, I'm back working on "Luminous Pink" again. And if it's possible, I'm less in touch with the rest of the world than before, even.

That's not true, actually. In order to keep my streak of seeing every movie with Britney Spears in it, I saw Goldmember on the weekend, along with every other person in the world. I liked her better in this one than in Crossroads, although both movies were gutbustingly funny. Way funnier than, say, Glitter, anyway.

Anyway, I'm just making excuses for myself. I'm not on hiatus, I'm just preoccupied with what I consider to be weightier issues. I'll be back. I always come back. I am the gift that keeps on giving. I am a megamillions lottery jackpot, I am a venereal disease, I am the memory of your first kiss.

If you don't see me, that doesn't mean I'm not there.