Speak I'm Listening

This is the song guiding the scene I'm writing right now. Puppies and sunshine all the way.

 My book is like whoa

taste it
taste it...

Flower (explicit lyrics in case ya didn't know)



Canary



Stratford On Guy (my favorite Liz Phair song ever)

This is what I'm listening to while I do copy edits. I blame scott church for mentioning Zep IV yesterday. But it's a good blame.

 The foodie in me has to answer this one!

Kung Pao Chicken
Tofu yellow curry
cupcakes - specifically lemon with buttercream frosting

Gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California, the state Supreme Court said today in a historic ruling that could be repudiated by the voters in November.

In a 4-3 decision, the justices said the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the "fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship." The ruling is likely to flood county courthouses with applications from couples newly eligible to marry when the decision takes effect in 30 days.

"The California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples," Chief Justice Ronald George wrote in the majority opinion.

Allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry "will not deprive opposite-sex couples of any rights and will not alter the legal framework of the institution of marriage," George said.

In addition, he said, the current state law, enacted in 1977 and reaffirmed by the voters in 2000, discriminates against same-sex couples on the basis of their sexual orientation - discrimination that the court, for the first time, put in the same legal category as racial or gender bias.

Massachusetts is the only other state whose high court has ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. Federal law denies federal benefits, such as joint income tax filing and Social Security survivors' rights, to same-sex couples who can legally marry in their states, and allows other states to deny recognition to those marriages.

Today's ruling set off a celebration at San Francisco City Hall, where nearly 4,000 same-sex weddings were performed in 2004 before the state high court put a halt to the marriages while challenges to the California law worked their way through the courts. The decision today has no effect on those annulments.

Read the whole story here 

I've done a bit of a friendslist cull - not because I hate anyone but mainly if you don't update, if you've never actually responded to any of my posts, etc.   

 Seriously, people is it so hard to figure out a 4 way stop?

Stolen fromcookie_chef



I'm totally amused. I'm so ridiculously uncoordinated I'm actually impressed with all that arm and leg work and okay, I like thighs, what can I say?

Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him


La la la la la...


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


La la la la la...


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


La la la la la...

 

um, it's snowing at my house now

There are songs that I just flat out love. Yes, they can be totally cheezy but I still love them. This one always makes me happy.

*Loves this song*

 My middle kiddo has his first loose tooth. I find that so totally sweet it chokes me up a little.

 Oh and also? The legislator who recently gave a speech and said this of gays and lesbians:

"I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam."

I find myself at a loss when I hear stuff like this. Firstly because it's so ignorant and ridiculous I'm horrified someone elected to public office would believe such a thing, much less say it out loud.

Secondly because in a time where gays and lesbians face so much hatred for simply being gay, this sort of statement by a public official is terribly irresponsible.

Lastly because - this is what they talk about at public prayer breakfasts now?

A few more gems from this speech:

"The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation."

"No society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted for more than, you know, a few decades."

"What's happening now is they're going after, in schools, two-year-olds." 

I truly believe that any old dumbass american has the right not only to believe this stupid shit but to say so out loud. I do also believe that public officials have a responsibility to guard public safety and to fill their office with a measure of decency and professionalism. Repeating absolutely baseless claims that gays are somehow out to "get" two year olds and turn them gay or make them into gayburgers or god knows what but I'm sure it's really bad.

I had no idea that placing one's penis in another man's anus blew buildings up and started car bombs! So that's what's going on in Basra! Gosh, I never knew.

 He should not be hid
He's just too big
In a cloud please come down
I'd put stars at your feet
Put Mars in your head

Show yourself to me
And I'd believe
I'd moan and I'd weep
Fall silent at your speak
I'd burst in
Full to the brim
~Missed~

I was blind
I was lame
I was nothing
'Till you came
You said "Babe,
Make you sing
Make you feel
Like some queen"
~Hook~


And listen to the wind blow
And listen to the wind
And listen to the wind blow

She dreamt of children's voices
And torture on the wheel
Patron Saint of nothing
A woman of the hills
She once was a lady
Of pleasure and high born
A lady of the city
But now she sits and moans
~The Wind~

Do you remember the first kiss?
Stars shooting across the sky
To come to such a place as this
You never left my mind

I'm watching from the wall
As in the streets we fight
This world all gone to war
All I need is you tonight
~One Line~

I can't express how offensive it is to me to spend 42 Million dollars to send out a letter to people telling them they'll be expecting a "rebate" from the US government - actually apparently it says the "rebate" is from George Bush, which is also offensive as well as stupid.  It's bad enough this is the kind of thing substituting for real economic development from our government but to waste time and money to send a note about it too? That's beyond offensive and wasteful.

I started to write a post about how all the whining and excuse making by people who keep complaining about John Scalzi's money and writing post at his Whatever blog drives me nuts. I've started to a few times actually. And then I realized, I just didn't care enough about people who always make excuses for themselves to write about them. Hm.

I heard from her, they're all okay but their house and property took some major damage - she said they lost trees and need a new roof, etc. It doesn't sound fun. But they're all all right so I wanted to pass that on. 

 Anyone heard from Anya? I've tried her cell and her home number but I"m not getting an answer or voice mail. I'm concerned with the tornados that moved through KY yesterday.