This comic is girly, so let’s keep talking about girly things!

You may remember that when I first came to Berlin, I was bemoaning my lack of love letter correspondents.  Well, it turns out I had some!  They just happened to be a platonic female friend and a sister.  That is, my friend Kate and my sister Phoebe have written me long, beautiful letters, and received enthusiastic replies.  I don’t know if any of the men I know would like to write love letters.  They might grumble and poop one out if I whined about it, but what a sad love letter that would be, written out of obligation.  No, a love letter has to be fervent—it has to be something you’re desperate to write, because there are words begging to be shared.  You need to write your words, and you need just as much to read theirs.  I think girls are just better at this sort of thing.

The other girly thing I have to share today has to do with something I’ve mentioned before: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Maria.”  This, you may remember, was a British reality show seeking the star for a new Broadway production of “The Sound of Music.”  They had Andrew fucking Lloyd fucking Webber on the judging panel: Simon Cowell can go suck a dick.

Anyway, it turns out Belgium developed its own version of the show, and to advertise for it, they put together this absolutely incredible stunt.  Maybe you’ve all already seen it, but I hadn’t.  I was pretty fucking excited when my mom sent me the link.

PS “Beano” is one of my sister’s many terms of endearments for me.  It comes from “Beana,” as in “Athena Beana.”  But also, she loves fart jokes almost as much as she loves our filthy dog.