annnnd he can represent me!

Guess who is gracing the cover of Men's Health mag this month? Congressman Aaron Schock that is, from Lincoln's great state of Illinois. If all the women in that district aren't already on board with this eye candy, they will be after this cover! Of course this guy is from the midwest, this is how we breed them up there. Wowsa. Smokin hot. Is it inappropriate for me to keep making comments about his abs, about how he can draft all kind of policies on me, about dirty ways of filibustering?? OK, not even good puns but you get my sexy point.

Also, is Men's Health mag sort of like a women's Playboy? Should I read it for the articles but really just look at the pictures? Because I may just have to pick myself up a copy, or two, or three, if this is the type of art I can expect:



You got my vote. Now let's figure out where Tommy P is and team you two up!

PS, is anyone else recalling that classic SITC scene about voting only for sexy politicos? "No one would screw Nixon, so he screwed everybody!"

telling you your lupie business

Well this was my 4th year to suit up and attend the Lupus Foundation of America's Advocacy Days on the hill in DC. Last week we had meetings with all my representatives from the big commonwealth of VA. I didn't get to meet another Senator and I severely missed little Tommy P, but I found my voice....

As many of you know, I have a big damn mouth but when at LFA events I tend to be the tall quiet one in the back. My story is not nearly as traumatic or sad or meaningful as all my friends. I was diagnosed early, I can work a 40 hour job, I have health care, and therefore I keep my mouth shut. I don't know if I can accurately articulate this to those who don't experience it daily--the degree of disaster that this disease takes on the lives of the people affected, and how much I am abnormal. I was just emailing with one of my more sane support group friends who was THRILLED to get her drug list down to 8 prescription a day, and seriously she is what I would call high-functioning.

This year on the hill (for the first time ever) I felt strong enough to talk more, to share, and to give a 20-minute "tell-you-your-business" speech. And luckily, it went well. I'll be the first to admit that it might just be that my expectations have changed, in that it didn't bother me when those crazy women go off on their stories or when the foundation can't get their business together. I articulated our purpose and I didn't get as upset when the staffers replied "we are in a budget short fall" or "we don't support that."

Last week, I got a little crazy tweeting up a storm with the LFA stuff. Also, if you want to write any of your representatives, using an LFA form letter, you can do so here. Tell them someone special to you was on the hill (for big block of cheese day) last week, and you too support the cause even though you couldn't be there.

xoxoxox

tommy p was on colbert

Way to represent central VA you sexy bitch!!!

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BO's invading my life

Well the big BO has been and will be invading my life all this week. Apparently he is flying down to the big Cville to make an appearance for that sexy Tommy P on Friday night. That means that Cville will be even more of a shitshow than normal with a football weekend. There will be liberals running around in Birkenstocks and then a bunch of other people with good teabags attached to their signs. Staying away from that business, and will try to use some strategry to get myself out of Cville and successfully into the district.

I also just caught up with his appearance on JonStew, in preparation for the big Rallies up in DC this weekend. The BO is one of the calmest people I've even seen. Ven-like, seriously. Here is the 60 second run down of that interview:

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a tom p sighting

Sooo here was, sitting at my desk this afternoon, and there was some strange noise happening in the office. It kept going "bleep" short and high. I was looking around and finally I looked out the window to see a state trooper sitting in the empty work parking lot. I immediately thought, yesssss, I'm around to see some drama go down, good thing I'm looking good in my yoga pants and "Irish Drinking Team" t-shirt.

But after closer inspection, I realized that there was a camera crew out there and lots of reflective filming things. Turns out that sexy congressman of mine, Tommy P, was filming a commerical, or a political ad, or something. I tried to take some pictures with my camera phone but the quality was poop. But I watched as he drove forward then backward really quick in the state trooper car, then he would get out take off his shirt (swoon), wipe shit all over him, and then do it again. I don't have a clue what the ad was for, but now I'm going to have to actually watch some TV to find out! But seriously, he was like dirty, like putting dirt on himself. I didn't get it but sure as shit enjoyed watching it for awhile.

I even did an impromptu run to my car to see if I could make an appearance, but I was thoroughly ignored and I wasn't about to approach him. Probably not a good idea if I started humping him with the state trooper present who probably had a gun and riot stick readily available for all of Tommy's many 5th district fans.....you know who you are!

As T said on the phone, "you have some ability to run into famous people around town." I still gotta find me some John Grisham....but probably need to figure out what he looks like first!