2004-11-10 
 

king of nothing

Saw a 20something alterna-boy wearing a brown t-shirt last night. Unadorned except for a smallish circle on the front with faded blue text on the interior. It said 'king of nothing'.

It spoke to me loudly because sometimes i feel like that.

Today G and I again experienced the fact that we are, thanks to our non marital status, not quite as equal as a heterosexual couple.

About a month ago, a very nice man hit our car. Very nice because the car was parked at the time and the damage was minor, yet he still left a note with all the appropriate insurance information. The car is being repaired this week and needed to be in the shop for several days. I'm rather busy at work, so G took it in. Our marital status, or lack thereof, forced me to make a series of phone calls later in the afternoon that would've been unnecessary if we were married. I also wonder how far those same calls would've gotten me if I'd been calling someplace outside of California. (or San Francisco for that matter)

That's all, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but further proof that this society has a long way to go before all people are truly treated equally.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, linkage, rant, seen and heard

* posted by me at 10:21 PM

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