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Sadly, that only describes the night's entertainment and not its activities.

SHORTBUS was every bit as thought-provoking as I expected. I'm still digesting, mulling and processing. There's a lot to sift through. I'm in a process of self-rediscovery right now, and John Cameron Mitchell always seems to have a movie ready for me in those moments. Really, lots of relevance that I have to sort through. If you've ever wondered about love, sex and the meaning of life, go see this movie.

Following the movie, Hillary and I went to the Surley Wench to see the Black Cherry Burlesque show. Hence the title of this post, a phrase Hillary coined and I'm happy to provide her with the credit.

Driving home, I checked in with myself. I'm happier now than I've been in years, maybe ever. Part of it has to do with the meditation, I'm sure. But I'm also experiencing something that hasn't really been familiar to me since college (or so). I have hope. Optimism. I know, it's weird on me. But the grey skies are clearing up and I have on a happy face.

It feels good to feel good.

And no, I didn't have a drop of alcohol.

I'm going to meditate and go to bed. Mom and Dad are taking a day trip down tomorrow and I have to feed Chad's cats in the morning before they get here. The magnificent bastard is on his way to Maui for a weeklong yoga retreat. All my friends seem to have been going to Hawaii lately. I can't really complain, since I've been fortunate enough to have been three times.

Imagine that - me not complaining!

I know there's just a little over a week to the election and I should be focusing all my energy and blog space to helping elect progressives. And I'll talk about the races this week too, I'm sure.

But for now, I'm going to enjoy my joy and meditate on how I can, to borrow from Joseph Campbell, follow my bliss.

Yeah, you know I'm going through massive inner evolution when I start citing Joseph Campbell.

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