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Shane and Jenny show up. Jenny's looking rather cute in her cap and suspenders. Damn, I've really lost it, haven't I?

Shane: "Al, come with me."
Alice: "What?"
Shane: "Well, she won't come with me, so you have to do it."
Alice: "What?"
Jenny: "She wants me to ride with her with the motorcycle lesbians."
Alice: "The Dykes on Bikes? And you're not going?"
Jenny: "No, I wanna be an observer."
Alice: "Oh, I so want to go."

Alice momentarily wonders what to do with Howie, but Jenny says she'll look after him. Jenny's both nice and cute. What's happened to me?

Alice takes the opportunity to give the LAGLC chick (and Dana) an update:

Alice: "I'm gonna go with the Dykes on Bikes, so, uh, you can write that on your clipboard."

And she thwaps the clipboard into the woman's face as she scampers off. Alice, you really do make me proud.

Then Alice gives Shane an update:

Alice: "Umm, Shane, um, I told Dana I loved her. Twice."
Shane: "That's good."
Alice: "Yeah, but she didn't say anything back, and, um, that's bad, right?"
[Shane pauses, having spotted Carmen]
Alice: "Okay, why am I even talking to you about love? Serious."
Shane: "Look, at least I can see she loves you."
Alice: "You can?"
Shane: "Yeah, you can't? Come on."

So they hop on the bikes. Yeah, look at those fine machines — both the women and the motorcycles. Alice is all grinny and cute despite the terrycloth. They both wave at Jenny as I try to ignore the dance/pride/drag version of the theme song in the background.

I gotta say, that scene kinda made me look forward to seeing QAF again. Remember when Melanie rode her bike in the parade? The funny part was that she wore a helmet.

Come to think of it, Shane should have had her own bike, don'tcha think? Hmm.

For those of you who find these scenes boring or whatever, try to think back to your first Pride parade: it was fun, right? Yeah. It's good stuff.

Speaking of your first Pride parade — Helena is telling Tina that she's never actually been to one before. She's done the parties around it and all, but has never been quite this close to the action.

Helena: "And how about you?"
Tina: "Oh, this is my seventh."
Helena: "Such a political being you are, fighting for gay rights."
Tina: "Not really. Bette and I used to come every year. It was just an excuse to have a margarita before 3:00."

Haha! Okay, that's kind of how I feel about this show, without the "before 3:00" part.

Helena asks Tina whether she misses those times with Bette, but Tina insists that she likes seeing it through Helena's eyes. Yeah, but Helena's eyes are still kinda hurting.

Later, Alice and Dana find Jenny at the HRC booth. They ask her where Howie is. Jenny's not sure, but she's not worried about him. I think some lines were cut in this part, because it seems a bit hiccuppy, but perhaps I'm just mesmerized by the glamour and dazzle of Pride. Yeah, uh-huh.

Dominique (from the dungeon stuff at the opening) shows up with flyers for "The Seven Stations of the Cross." Dominique likes Jenny's cap and suspenders almost as much as I do.

Dominique: "Will I see you there?"
Jenny: "Maybe."
Dominique: "Well, I love to punish a tease."

During this little exchange, Dana has this "oh, hi, how are ya" look on her face that's cracking me up.

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