POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

God save me from said politics. For example, Ella Fitzgerald is a militant. A Black Wolf, if you will. She insists on being called a Canine-American. It gets really old when every time I say dog or dogs, she makes a little huffing sound and turns her face away. For God's sake, I don't insist on being called a Russian/Polish/Jewish-American or a Mentally Ill-American or a Recovering Asshole/Ho-American (the focus of my new attempt at standup open mike comedy). But whatever.

Ella's attitude about her identity is actually much less aggravating than Cocoa Chanel's. Cocoa is a Log Cabin Republican. A gay Republican!!!!! Aggghhhhh. I'm a lifelong Democrat and cannot conceive of a lesbian joining the dark side for any reason. She maintains that she is fiscally conservative but socially quite liberal. Again, whatever. It is so frustrating. I can hardly get her to read at all, never mind sign any petitions. So, to me, it's all a big affectation to shock her dykey pals.

More later. EF and CC are ganging up against me.