I haven't exactly worked out how I can do so, however, without it constituting as "cheating on my boyfriend," so don't hold your breath.  I mean, I know Jake Shears is famous and all but I think E would probably get mad, even if it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  He didn't take it very well when I slept with Madeline Khan, for example- and she wasn't too thrilled either, to be perfectly honest - but come on, she had cancer, so it didn't seem like the opportunity was going to come around again, and as it turned out, I was right: she died shortly thereafter. But I did get her to autograph my Playbill for The Sisters Rosensweig, so it all worked out well in the end. 

For me, at least.

The reason this is coming up is because there's an auction on E-bay for "Cocktails With Jake Shears", and those of you who live in Seattle will also note the same seller is also auctioning off a number of other intriguing items, such as going to a few musicals with Dan Savage, advice columnist and wordsmith (he coined santorum), or having dinner with Mayor Greg Nickels. 

Currently Jake is ahead of the mayor at $153.01 but behind  having your own theme song written (currently $445) or the mysteriously obtuse Safe Experimentation package.  I'm not sure what that means, exactly, but I'm guessing that it might include some santorum.  Blecch!