ourchart.com

Attention lesbians! The Chart is finally here... well, almost. Let me back up... If you've been following The L Word (and I know you have), then you already know all about The Chart, Alice Pieszecki's hand-drawn web of women who have banged each other silly. It's sort of like Six Degrees of Sapphic Separation mapped out on a dry-erase board.

Anyhoo, some of the producers and stars of The L Word got together and launched an online equivalent called OurChart.com. It's one of them there social networking sites for the lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. Think MySpace or Facebook, but with less pedophiles and unknown, crappy bands trying to befriend you.

The actual chart is not yet live but the rest of the site has officially launched, complete with articles, blog posts and lots of other good stuff. I'm particularly thrilled with the inclusion of behind-the-scenes photos taken by Jennifer Beals.

I adore Jennifer Beals. She can break my heart into a million pieces with just one facial expression: The wounded look. I believe she holds the patent on it. No one can portray hurt quite like Jennifer Beals. She furrows her brow and opens her mouth ever so slightly and God, it just levels me. I am beyond smitten with her.

But I digress... Beals is actually an accomplished photographer. Have you seen The Anniversary Party? Jennifer's photos appear in that film, as a matter of fact. She's got an amazing eye.

Okay, enough mooning over Jennifer... Once The Chart launches, I'll let you know so you can join my network. I'm pretty sure the rules are somewhat different than the show in that we don't actually need to know each other in the Biblical sense in order to be connected. However, if you're a real stickler for details, we could work something out....

Photo: TV Guide