we can't afford to be innocent

thanks to a recent post at 2am Buzz , pat benatar's 'invincible' has been playing in my head for the last 24 hours. which then made me think of this:



which then made me think of my poor mother, charging a dollar-a-dance to the greasy men in their polyester suits. deutschmarks or dollars, american express did nicely, thank you. ah, mi madre, in her worn jordache, with a roach clip dangling from her 'klute'-era jane fonda shag haircut.

oh wait...that's the mother i wished i had. silly me.

in other news, apparently spike lee blows condeleeza rice's 'ferragamogate' wide open in his new documentary on katrina. that particular story really gets my goat (what does that mean, anyway?) because of the obvious similarities to marie antoinette -- and i don't mean kirsten dunst in a powdered wig, ok? in case you missed it, here 'tis:

america's imelda



that pic was taken just minutes after her planned trip to Designer's Shoe Warehouse (DSW) was cancelled so that she could participate in conference calls with the press in which she called lieberman's defeat in connecticuit a clear sign from wacko liberals to 'al qaeda types' that said wacko liberals hate america.

loved the season premiere of 'weeds' last night, especially the teaser from next week's episode and its mary cheney reference. elizabeth perkins was fabulous, and i'm not just saying that because we were at adjoining tables at dinner two weeks ago.