Girl Friday

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Tune into FM 107.1 around 2:15 today (as in Friday) and you'll catch me on the radio with Stephanie Hansen.  We've got some serious matters to discuss, like why the hell some men still think the Shocker is a pleasurable thing for a woman and whether or not I'm freaked out about interviewing Chuck Palahniuk next month.

We may even touch on the subject of my original column getting canned this week and replaced at the last minute due to my apparent over-descriptiveness on how to give proper head to the man in your life.  I'm bitter, very bitter, about it right now, but my editor has my back on this one (as usual) and hopefully the informative column will see the light of day soon.

It's especially puzzling because the piece wasn't any more descriptive than my cunnilingus or anal sex tutorials.  I've actually written about giving girl head more than once, but I guess someone had a problem with penises.  I rather like them myself.

Annoyance of the Week

A friend of mine just bought some kind of phone software that not only allows him to change his voice when he calls--a novelty he's wildly obsessed with and one I suspect will not fade any time soon--but also to make any phone number of his choosing pop up on the caller ID.  In the last 24 hours, I've been duped with my parents' number, my cousin's number and 666-666-0666.

In my defense, I wasn't looking at the phone when I grabbed that last call.

Spanish Scrabble

Waaaaay harder than it looks.

Hasbro forgot the "ch" though, so you have to put the "c" and "h" together on your own.

The Scantily Clad Women of the Warehouse District

Okay, here's the link to last night's Kare 11 Extra story, "Out in the Open, Talking About a Taboo Topic."  The comments in the previous blog entry pretty much sum up all of the feedback I've seen regarding the story, including more than one "huh?"

My interview was cut pretty short, but that's fine; I was worried about getting skewered yet again by another local media outlet, but they didn't take anything out of context at all.  My only regret is probably exactly the clip they used, in which I declare that I'm currently having "great, intense sex."  Something my parents probably didn't need to know.

Did anybody catch me on the radio yesterday with Stephanie Hansen?  I had a lot of fun and thought it went very well.  It was nice not being pressured into answering sex-related questions for an entire hour.  I rather enjoyed gossiping about Jessica Simpson, lamenting the unregulated toxins in everyday beauty products, and talking about other girly stuff in general.

Typhoid Mary

I woke up this morning with sore bones and joints and a headache, which are almost daily symptoms for me once winter starts creeping in.  But it turns out I also have a somewhat alarming body temperature accompanied by the shivers, so apologies in advance for not constructing the post I had originally planned to write today.

Lexi out.

P.S. I got an email from the Kare 11 reporter who interviewed me about my column.  The piece will air on Monday (November 5th) at 10pm, so be sure to watch!

P.P.S. I was driving down Monroe Street last night when I spotted a group of trick-or-treaters, and one of them was smoking.  Only in Northeast.

The Big Three-oh

It's my birthday!  It's my birthday!

- Birthday freebies at national chains

- Birthday freebies at local establishments

Countdown

- My birthday is in exactly one week.  Anyone looking to make Friend of the Year will have to contend with Mark Pritchard, who sent me three things off my Amazon Wishlist.

- If you've got some artistic flair, check out vita.mn's cover design contest for the upcoming 1st Anniversary issue.  400 bucks to the winner!  There are also some pretty fun events going on to celebrate, like a giant scavenger hunt and the most important event of all:

- Alexis on the Sexes and SINGLED OUT at The Saloon on November 14th!  That's right, I'm hosting a gay dating game, Jenny McCarthy-style.  The event is free, so even if you don't want to be a contestant--which you should, because the prizes are sweet--you should definitely come down and watch all the fun.

- The Soap Factory opens up its super scary haunted house this Friday.  From the press release:

Designed by local artists Chris Pennington and Aaron Wojack, the raw confines of The Soap Factory's undeveloped basement will provide a Halloween experience unlike any other. Groups will explore the 120-year-old basement with only the light of their handheld lanterns to guide them. This event is 18+ and a waiver must be signed before entering...that's how scary it is.

Sounds spooky!  Click here for the full scoop.

Vanessa Ferlito Hair?

Someone posted  the below video clip of Vanessa Ferlito in the comments on Diablo Cody's "Cinema Masturbatio" blog entry yesterday.  The theme was, of course, what steamy film scenes (non-porno) get you going.

Some people might watch the clip and simply say, "hey I saw that movie."  Others might say, "why is that hot young chick doing a lap dance for older-than-God Kurt Russel?"  And most would probably say, "GOD-DAMN!  I want me some of that!"

But I said, "wow, her hair is awesome.  I wonder if Sarah can do that with mine."

So I forwarded the clip to Hair Wizard and Genius Sarah Buckley, Proprietor of Sassy Lu Salon.  She said yes, my hair would easily do that.  (The little minx also asked for a lap dance, and I'm thinking about it.) 

But now I'm wondering if I want to do that.  My hair is long, thick, and black, with scant bangs and minimal layering for textural purposes.  The Vanessa Ferlito hairstyle would retain the length, but at the same time create assloads of layers and my hair wouldn't be as thick.  Also, how does this hairstyle work when employing ponytails?  Or updos, for that matter?  I have a very intentional low-maintenance cut right now.  Will Vanessa Ferlito hair be more work?  Can I get some opinions up in here?

Yo Quiero Immersion Blender

The more time I spend at home--which, I'm not gonna lie to you, is a whole lot lately--the more I realize something I'd completely forgotten about: I really love to cook, and I'm actually pretty good at it.

So I've been doing an awful lot of it lately.  My crowning achievement of the month has to be the green enchilada sauce from last week, inspired by the 12 tomatillos someone left at my house after a recent BBQ.  Veggie stock, three fresh jalapenos, a palmful of cilantro (yes, I'm training my palate to tolerate cilantro), some garlic, cumin, chili powder, and salt and pepper simmered over low heat then tossed in the blender creates a most amazing sauce.  I screwed it up the next day, though, when I actually assembled the enchiladas.  Thinking I could lower the fat content by skipping the step where you dip the fresh corn tortillas in warm corn oil before you fill them, I neglected to realize that this step is included for a very important reason: it keeps the damn tortillas from disintegrating.  I further exacerbated the problem by dredging the tortillas in warm enchilada sauce to soften them prior to filling.  Oops.  What resulted was something best described as one giant tamale; though, as my very kind volunteer food tester assured me, all the right flavors were still there and it was delicious nonetheless.

Lesson learned for next time.

The other lesson learned is about the preparation of Mexican cuisine in general: it's really very messy.  A few weeks ago I made a vegetarian menudo soup (somewhere just now, Andrew Zimmern felt a mysterious pain in his heart) with tlacoyos, and my kitchen was an ancho-chilied, grease-spattered disaster by the time I was done.  I've yet to figure out a way around this.

However, my other big problem in the kitchen can be easily remedied with a good immersion blender, which I currently do not have.  See, there's a considerable amount of effort involved (not to mention dishes dirtied) in transferring batches of liquids in and out of my blender.  Most recently with the aforementioned enchilada sauce, as well as the cheddar tortilla soup earlier this month, and then last night's roasted butternut squash bisque with sage-walnut pesto.

Anyway, I found this immersion blender on Amazon today and added it to my Wish List.  I was also looking for a lid for my Oster blender, since the old one was killed, I believe, in a dishwasher accident.  Curiously, for my blender, you can only buy the lid without the center cap.  Even on the replacement parts website, they just have the one piece without the other.  How weird is that?  So I just added the jar/lid/cap combo to my Wish List because I know it will come in handy to have an extra blender jar anyway.  Daiquiris, margaritas, et cetera.

Incidentally, my birthday is in less than a month.

Broken Voicemail

My voicemail has been broken for an undetermined amount of time.  I had no idea, of course, because I never call myself.

If anyone has tried to leave me a message recently -- how recently? I don't know, and neither does my provider -- sorry, I probably didn't get it and you should email me instead.