Nude.

(May 1999). The top strip: This one is out of order; Zen has his old gross hair. I was going through a bowling shirt stage at the time, so I was scouring the used clothing stores on Tucson's fourth avenue. This comment comes verbatim from my friend Ben.

The bottom strip: Another true story. This one is actually June 1999, and appeared in a few gay papers but not the University paper, which was on summer hiatus and would never have let me do this joke anyway. My then- boyfriend/now-husband Frank took me to Black's Beach in San Diego, and tempted me into walking around naked - it was liberating, but then we ran into his ex-boyfriend and I got to enjoy the surreal moment of the three of us standing around nude talking about how they used to date.

And the ocean is VERY cold. :)