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Sheena asks:

Out of curiosity, are there romantic films that you would unhesitatingly recommend, besides Sense and Sensibility? Is that a post for another day? Two of my favourite films are The Scarlet Pimpernel (the Jane Seymour, Anthony Andrews version) and Moulin Rouge.

We discussed this back in 2005 when I revealed in a multitude of ways how uncool I am in my love of movies and television shows. But I will say that for Hanukkah this past year, Hubby got me a set of the entire season of Cupid PLUS unaired episodes from some bootleg DVD vendor overseas. *le sigh* Jeremy Piven. What a lovely Hanukkah gift.

But it’s never a problem to come back to a topic - particularly almost two years later, when we have more readers with certainly more opinions - many many more opinions! 

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(Apologies to Lilith for ripping off the subject line.)

Hey, speaking of inappropriately close relationships between readers and authors: I had dinner with Lilith Saintcrow and Nina Merill last night. Wow.

Picture three 12-year-old nerd boys hopped up on sugar, South Park episodes and Lord of the Rings fanfic. Now picture them trapped in the bodies of hyperarticulate adult women.

No, hey, come back! It was awesome! Really! Nothing got broken, even, though I might’ve ruptured a couple of eardrums from my non-stop cackling.

I had a tremendously fun time. I’d even say it was the most fun I’d had in a while, if it hadn’t been for the barbecue on Saturday where I saw a friend drink from a four-liter bottle of Carlo Rossi blush wine. With his pinky up. Through a bendy straw. That had a pink flamingo wrapped around it.

Man, my weekend really rocked.

Anyway, you can read more details on Lilith’s blog. In addition to her account, here are some sentences that were said at some point during the night, stripped from context for maximum what-the-fuckage:

“Do you want to disgorge, Herbert? Oh yes, you know you’re ready to disgorge!”

“You don’t normally get blisters from not wearing panties. *pause* That is, unless you’re doing something you really shouldn’t.”

“See, if somebody punched me in the nose, I’d be REALLY PISSED OFF because they’d ruin my nose piercing, and goddammit, I paid good money for that piercing.”

“He told me that doing Gollum impressions in bed is instant bonerdeath.”

“Is this another cow anus moment?”

“Hey, if you want to pop your cherry, I’d be so happy to pop it with you!”

Man, I’m so glad Sarah and I decided to start up Smart Bitches--we’ve met some cool-ass people through this website. GROUP HUG!

OK, that’s enough. Now go bitch smartly in one of our many contentious threads.

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