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    Though I had been feeling like I was dragging rocks inside, I managed to finish the school year at one job with a fun party and other good happenings.  I'm glad about that.  It helps to have cool co-workers.

    Then without auditioning, I was offered a small part in a play by a woman who once was my director in another play.  I agreed since I didn't have anything else going on at the moment acting-wise.  I wasn't jumping up and down over the play, but it was acceptable.  Then the same woman offered me the main role in another play.  In that one, I play a different ethnicity.  A whole new challenge.  Acting definitely keeps life ever-reaching.  Always new ground, new experiences.  I felt good about being thought of even when I hadn't auditioned.  Unfortunately, this is still the unpaid arena.  I sure need that to change.  I welcome change (and by that I mean big bucks).



    For now, I'm in two short plays to be performed the last weekend in July, and two poetry readings in August.  I have to fill in my comedy calendar. 
     
    I was playing a Yahtzee-type dice game on line.  It's a 2-player game with a chat box.  I have many of those games going on.  Out of all of them, two chatted.  One seemed sincere and polite and only spoke for a clear purpose, like to apologize for some game-related thing.  The other, after the hellos, asked if I want to suck him.  I asked if he'd like to be respectful.  No apology from him.  I forfeited the game.  It never occurred to me that playing a dice game could be seen as wanting to suck a stranger.  I was tempted to respond differently.


    Do you want to suck me?

    Ya know, I was sitting here wanting to suck something and just didn't know what.  Maybe that's it.  Maybe sucking you was what I wanted all along.  Silly me for not thinking of that.  Thanks so much for suggesting it and offering yourself so generously.  Look at how well this is turning out.  I could've never predicted.  I thought I was just here to play a dice game.  Who knew?  Next time I start a dice game, I'll think twice.  I'll think maybe I really want to go out and suck some stranger's genitals.

     
    OR

     
    Do you want to suck me?
    Thank you.  That must mean you think I'm pretty.  You're not alone.  There are many men who have a hard time when they see a pretty female.  They have to say something repulsive.  Sort of like an eleven-year-old.  

     
    OR

     
    Do you want to suck me?
    No thanks.  I'm penis-free.








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  2. To the Theatre, Dahling

    Tuesday, June 17, 2014


     
     
     
     
     
     
    This year, because I've won tickets and was gifted with tickets and offered a discount by a friend, I've been to three plays so far.  A friend and I attended each one together.  Each time we did, we planned to go out afterwards to drink, eat, and talk about the play.  The first one was a one-woman show called "My Mother Has Four Noses" and was such a tear-jerker that we cried so much during it and didn't want to talk much about it when we left.  We were emotionally exhausted.  We did eat and drink though.

    The second one was written by someone we know and like.  He offered us the opportunity to see it at student prices.  We like him a lot but had a very hard time liking any character in the play.  Yet it was riveting, never boring, and had us wanting to know what happens next the whole way through.  It felt disturbing though.  Each character felt void of humanity.  In that sense, it was the total opposite of the first play we saw. 

    I've been fortunate to have a continuing relationship with the woman who provided the tickets for the original contest.  From time to time, she offers me the chance for my readers to win a pair of tickets to a play.  I find it so exciting.  It's an experience so many of us cannot otherwise afford.  Sometimes she's able to give me a pair of tickets for myself as well. 


    The last contest was for tickets to see the sci-fi musical called "The Anthem."  I was also given a pair of tickets to see it.  I went with the same friend on a Friday night.  We were tired from the week of work.  So we both had mixed feelings about sitting for a play.  I told her that it was good it was a musical as that would keep me awake.  Well, the set, the costumes, the movement, the singing, and the energy of the cast kept me very awake.  It was more a play done in song rather than a musical.  I guess when I hear 'musical,' I think they'll break into song every ten or fifteen minutes.  This was more like every one or two minutes.  When we left, we compared the story to what is happening on the jobs -- the rules, the uniformity, common core standards, attendance policies designed to throw people out rather than help them stay in, the going backwards before independent thinking was seen as evidence of having a mind and that being a good thing.  In the play, there was a rebellion against that by those who risked independent thought.  Then we discovered that we both have a favorite place to eat and drink -- the Olive Tree by West 3rd Street.  It's right above the Comedy Cellar where Louis C.K. tapes his stand-up for his sitcom.  The tables are blackboards and they serve up chalk.  We had lots to talk about while drawing and playing word games on the table. 

    A couple of Long Island Ice Teas and I slept the whole way home on the D train.  Once home, I wanted coffee, the dog wanted one more walk, and it continued to be a happening night.
     
     
    Luigi, 14 years of loving so far...

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  3. "Blessed are the weird people..."

    Tuesday, June 10, 2014












    In my last blog, I made a mistake with the location of the August 18th poetry reading.  It's at Shades of Green which is also on East 15 Street near Irving Place.  I hope some of you will be in the mood.  It's a Monday night, very affordable for most, hosted by a very welcoming woman named Su Polo who is also a fine artist.  She's run the Saturn Series Poetry Reading for over 20 years!  Partners changed; locations changed; Su Polo remains.  There's an open mic portion of the evening which is typically beautifully varied.  I will be one of two featured poets.


    Summer is practically here.  I've been trying to tone up.  I really can't wait until varicose veins are in style.  I'll be a big hit on the beach.  I can hear it now.  "Look at the veins on that one.  Woohoo!"


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  4. Update on Stuff

    Tuesday, June 3, 2014


     
    I thought it is time for an update on stuff.
     
    • The guy who had "accidentally" sent me his dick pic on my cell phone was sufficiently discouraged from contacting me further.  Yay.

    • The mansplainer and I have had no further words.  Double Yay.  Mr. Dick Pic may have shown his dick, but mansplainer showed his overinflated balls.

    (Do I know how to get rid of problematic men or what?!  It took years before I figured out how easy it is.  I actually learned it very clearly at a job one day.)
     
    • My poetry submission was not selected for a B.R.I.O. award this year.  Damn.  I really could have used the monetary award that comes with it.  Really.

    • As much as I look forward to summer break, I fear the financial situation again as one of my jobs stops completely for the summer and is a 'no-workee; no money' arrangement.  So as I sometimes do, I posted on Facebook that I am available to pose for artists.  This time a woman responded saying a small drawing group was forming, and they'd be needing models.  We went back and forth with the details -- money, schedule, etc.  All sounded agreeable, but I don't yet have a booking.  I do hope it happens and that it goes so well that they book me repeatedly.  I need more than I earn at my main job to survive.

    • I have not yet been visited by Andy Taylor or Barney Fife regarding my criminal behavior.

    • On Monday, August 18, I will be one of 2 featured poets for the Saturn Series at Revival on E. 15 St. near Irving Place, 7:30pm $3 & a drink.

    • Though it may seem odd (even to myself at times), I remain penis-free.
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    Beneath a wonderful photo of Leighann Lord (comic) and Gloria Steinem (Gloria Steinem!), passionate comments of all sorts appeared. 

    Care Stigs Awesome.
    May 21 at 11:15am · Like · 1

  6. Trish Rodolff I met her, amazing lady! Photo of two amazing ladies!!
    May 21 at 11:48am · Like · 1


  7. Lori Wescott AMAZING!!!!!!!!
    May 21 at 11:53am · Like · 1


  8. Agunda Okeyo It was a great evening! Looking forward to the next one. You were stellar Leighann ! So happy you am were a part of the show.
    May 21 at 12:30pm · Like · 1



  10. Joanna Briley Red she said. Fabulous moment.
    May 21 at 12:44pm · Like · 1


  11. Laurel Russell It was a great show... I really enjoyed working it.
    May 21 at 12:49pm · Like · 1


  12. Shani Lieberman I went to high school w agunda okeyo. I wonder if she remembers me.
    May 21 at 12:58pm · Like · 1


  13. Debe Tashjian Dockins Double you-oh-double you. Fantastic!
    May 21 at 1:11pm · Like · 1


  14. Maria Walsh love you in red!!
    May 21 at 1:54pm · Like · 1


  15. Squishy Man Leighann Lord. Wow, such an honor.
    May 21 at 2:49pm · Like · 1



  17. Charone DeNix You have a such coolness factor.
    May 21 at 5:58pm · Like · 1



  19. Hank West i cant stand gloria steinm but i love you @leighann you look great!
    May 21 at 7:41pm · Like · 2


  20. Mindy Matijasevic I am jealous now. Gloria made a huge difference in my life since I was a teen. She has been soooo significant to me. I remember many years ago, she appeared on the Arsenio Hall show in a miniskirt, and he just didn't know what to do. He couldn't hold a conversation. He told her he was afraid of her. It was real, I'll give him that.
    May 21 at 11:32pm · Like · 1




  23. Hank West fuck gloria. she was a CIA op AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIS-STABILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY. I thought she was dead.
    May 24 at 8:59pm · Like


  24. Leighann Lord How do you really feel?
    May 24 at 9:01pm · Like · 1


  25. Hank West ahahhahah i don't mean to put a negative vibe on your page leighann..... i just don't like what she has done to the american family.
    May 24 at 9:02pm · Like


  26. Mindy Matijasevic the family where the one on duty 24 hours is not paid? thank you Gloria if you did all that.
    May 24 at 9:02pm · Like · 3


  27. Hank West mindy let me educated you ok hun. the only reason she did this was because the government want women work so the could tax them. this was the entire agenda. so now we have a dysfunction in our society that I thought would never exist. so how have we really benefited? we haven't.
    May 24 at 9:04pm · Like


  28. Hank West with women not in the home are children are fucked up and the family is dysfunctional. they gay agenda as also made the notion of family unstable. this is the reason for the the destruction of our once great nation
    May 24 at 9:06pm · Like


  29. Hank West i wont want to get too deep as this is NOT my page and I respect leighann lord so much. but you started it lol
    May 24 at 9:06pm · Like


  30. Mindy Matijasevic okay cutie, but I don't feel more educated, hun. Learned more from observing the lives of poor women.
    May 24 at 9:09pm · Like · 2


  31. Hank West observe the dysfunctional famiy HONEY GAL
    May 24 at 9:10pm · Like


  32. Hank West THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT HAS KILLED AMERICA. WOMEN WANT TO BE MEN AND MEN ARE FEMINIZED. JUST WHAT THE NEW WORLD ORDER WANTED.
    May 24 at 9:11pm · Like


  33. Hank West OBSERVE THAT SWEETY PIE@MINDY
    May 24 at 9:12pm · Like


  34. Jeffrey Fortson That is pretty cool stuff!! Very impressive!
    May 24 at 9:14pm · Like


  35. Karl Eburne Families are messed up because women want to work, and they were destabilized because of the "gay agenda"? That may be the single most insane thing I've heard today, and I watched Fox News for two minutes. You wanna blame women for anything else? The wreck of the Hesperus? The Hindenburg Disaster, maybe? Why stop at just blaming them for the fall of Western Civilization?
    May 24 at 9:15pm · Unlike · 5


  36. Hank West karl since women are not in the home they can raise their kids. do you know who raises kids? THE NEW WORLD ORDER AKA TV PROGRAMMING. im not blaming women I am blaming the powers that be that put women in a no win position. its interesting how feminized men like yourself@karl get soo soo emotional when talking about women s rights. think about it karl the more gay people we have the less population and the more instability of the family. if they can dis-stabilize the family with weak father figures its easier to enslave a people. Karl you seem to be a drama queen so please don't get your manties in a twist ok?
    May 24 at 9:20pm · Like


  37. Hank West the worst thing we ever did was invent birth control. before this invention women needed men to have a stable home. now with the abomination of introvert fertilization woman can now go against the wishes of god an get pregnant. its like DR. Frankstein gone wrong. and we are now paying the price for this. it was better when women stayed home and took care of the kids and men provided. what we have now is a disaster.
    May 24 at 9:23pm · Like


  38. Karl Eburne Wow, your tinfoil hat is on tight, chief. Thanks for showing why women like Gloria Steinem are still so very necessary.
    May 24 at 9:29pm · Unlike · 4


  39. Hank West feminzied men like you are so quick to defend feminist. its because you dont know what it means to be a man Karl. men provide for the family and women take care of the family. whats happening now its unnatural and women dont even want it. look how man women would rather have a man take care of them. they don't want the burden! but karl since you have never been a real man I understand.
    May 24 at 9:32pm · Like


  40. Hank West by the way its not that women want to work its because of gloria steinm the HAVE TO WORK. big difference
    May 24 at 9:35pm · Like


  41. Mindy Matijasevic Some heterosexual men get women because the women need them for survival. Some heterosexual men get women because they are desirable men to be with.
    May 25 at 12:36am · Like · 2


  42. MaryLu Pester Listermann Strange I'm not getting into this fray. I'm just excited for you !
    May 25 at 12:42am · Like


  43. Leighann Lord This was a lovely turn of thread to wake up to. If someone can't make a point without ad hominem attacks then they have no point at all. Hank West I'ma need you to please stop now.
    May 25 at 7:16am · Like


  44. Hank West you are right leighann. sorry
    May 25 at 8:46am · Like

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    I chose not to rile things up again, but I was so very tempted to post this:
     
    heyyy...



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