2008-11-15 
 

necessary post

I can't stop coughing and sneezing and my body has sprung a constant snot leak that finally turned into a minor migraine this morning. I didn't get to go in to Boston myself as I planned, but I have to say my piece to the tens of folks who read this. Not because I feel I need to change your mind, most of you are already on my side, but because it needs to be said in as many places and with as many voices as possible and I will not be a silent Who.

Today there were rallies. in Boston. As you can read in the article, some folks ridicule us for speaking up here in Massachusetts where our right to marry is still valid.

To those folks and also to those who are saying that the voters in California already decided and we should leave the protests to them, I have this to say. The incredibly large sum given to the proponents of prop 8 by the Mormon Church which is located in Utah nullify any of your out-of-state support arguments. As for the vote, it was a rather narrow margin that allowed that bill to pass. If it hadn't been for the hate-filled, negative advertising funded largely by out-of-state agencies that blitzed the airwaves the week before the election, the majority may have cemented the marriages of my friends in California vs. putting them into a state of uncertain limbo.

I am for equality. I'm not looking for the government to force churches to accept gay marriage...just that they be recognized by the government the same way that my brother's recent union to his wonderful wife is recognized. If that means taking away his right to marry and coining a new word for those rights, I'll be happy about it. Marriage, they argue is a religious thing...so coin a new word for it...say PARTNERING or some such, and let that be what we call it from now on...for everyone both gay and straight. I want to be very clear here, recognizing civil unions - while a step in the right direction - is too close to a certain "separate but equal" philosophy that still leaves me as a second class citizen. It's marriage (or partnering if that's what it takes)or nothing. We will keep marching, we will keep standing up for ourselves, and we will eventually win. As I pointed out in an earlier post, this seems to be a generational issue and I have no doubts that it's a matter of years, not decades before this becomes an issue to be studied in history books, not current events.

So to all my brothers, sisters and siblings in-between who went out in support of equality today, I say thank you. I couldn't make it in person, but I was there in spirit. We're here, we're queer and we're going to be equal!

Labels: dose of mikey, linkage, politics, rant, san francisco, the gay

* posted by me at 9:16 PM

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2008-11-05 
 

pondering race

I'm happy that certain people I've known in life will have a harder time hiding. The people who pretend to be color blind for the most part, but think nothing of whispering a racist comment to me because I happen to be a white man.

This sort of person has always bugged me more than the overt racist. The second I point out that their comment isn't fair, they say, "But some of my best friends are black!" This is usually followed by, "Besides I love Oprah!" (or Denzel or Will Smith or whomever else happens to be hip at the moment) I've never met the black friends of these folks, but then I don't usually get to know these folks very well after they start making those comments. Even if these friends of theirs did exist, it doesn't give them license to dismiss the rest of that racial subset. I don't have the right to go around saying that other women are weak and less intelligent than men just because I happen to be friends with one or two of them. Besides, my mother would run over my toes if I ever said anything like that.

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2008-10-04 
 

whine to cbs

Why CBS? Why won't you let me watch full episodes on your website? Note to corporation types. You may think you're saving advertising dollars, but instead you've lost the internet dollars you would've gained from my watching your show online since we can't watch it "live." /rant

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2008-06-24 
 

suddenly antiquated

Two years ago Barack Obama gave a speech in which he questioned the wisdom of using scriptural passages to govern public policy.

Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is okay and that eating shellfish is an abomination. Or we could go with Deuteronomy which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith, or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount?

Now, two years later, the Not-Very-Christian Right decides to respond by accusing Obama of referencing antiquated dietary codes and passages from the Old Testament that are no longer relevant to the teachings of the New Testament.

Ummm...thanks Mr. Dobson? You mean we can ignore you and your supporters when you throw that one passage from Leviticus at us as justification for your hatred of homosexuality? Is this really what you're saying now? My, you changed your tune quite quickly!

A Happy Pride to everybody from Mr. Dobson himself!

via CNN

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2008-02-05 
 

why i'll vote for obama

I used to think I'd be pretty happy with just about anyone who isn't part of this current administration. There's also the fact that no matter who gets it, the problems our country faces right now are so big that pretty much anyone elected will most likely be crucified within a year or two for not being able to fix everything and tie it up in a shiny red, white and blue bow.

I've been pretty undecided between Obama and Clinton. They both have points in their favor and I've wavered between them over the past few months; sometimes leaning toward the message of change and hope that Obama preaches and sometimes thinking that Hillary is much more aware of the reality of the presidency and might get more done. I do believe that successful politics are usually a matter of ugly compromise, something that Hillary might protest against, but has proven adept at in the past.

It all came down to the telephone.

This morning Jack Nicholson called and urged me to vote for Hillary. Funny that...and rather clever. I detest the automated phone calls that have become so prevalent prior to any election these days, but that one made me smile. Sure, I immediately hung up on Mr. Crankypants, but that was part of the joy of the call. Who wouldn't get a thrill hanging up on Jack?

Then, less than 45 minutes later, Bill called. (as in Mr. Hillary) I once again hung up, though not with the same thrill as hanging up on Jack. After all, Mr. Bill is a successful politician and I've just stated my opinion on that: very happy that someone else is willing to lie down with the snakes, but not necessarily someone I want to listen to over my morning coffee.

The phone rang again and Bill's prerecorded message started up for a second time. Hang up....and then a third. He wouldn't listen to me as I asked him to shut up and it struck me as the main problem with most politicians. They don't actually listen to what the public wants, just spout on about what they think the public should want and try to capture us with the one issue we're supposed to care about.

The one thing that Barack keeps going on about is that we're not a nation of either This or That, to be easily carved up into politically-friendly bite size pieces. Instead we're a nation of people who've forgotten that we need to embrace our differences as well as our similarities in order to succeed. I remember a demographic study I sat through back in my Marketing days, shortly after the last election. It had a map showing the country in varying shades of purple instead of solid red and blue states. We're really not as different as the media tries to make out. Sure, I'm the last person to claim there aren't divisive issues that separate some groups from others, but people voting for a candidate because of a single issue is part of what got our country into the mess it's in today. (that and an archaic electoral system, but that's another rant for another day)

So, annoying phone call or not, Bill and Jack made me think about where I want to be standing when the chips are down. Call me a sucker, an idealist or both, but I'm going out today and voting for Obama. I'm going to believe that someday we all can decide to get along and make this country great again. Not by giving up our differences, but by accepting them and moving forward towards a common goal.

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2007-09-25 
 

snap

Is that the sound I'll make? Do people really emit a loud near popping sound when they go over the edge?

Seriously. I'll be fine tomorrow. Heck, I'll be fine later tonight after a little typing and a large glass of wine have helped me to decompress. Besides, all may yet be very well.

My last day at work may, or may not be on Monday should they decide to keep me on for a bit as a remote worker. I'm honestly able to see the good of both sides, so I'll be fine with whatever the decision is, but this possibility has been out there for weeks now and not a peep from the birds in power. Now, according to the must-be-obeyed HR calendar, tomorrow is the final day to submit my termination paperwork if Monday is actually going to be my last day. I could march on in and point this out to the powers that be. I'd finally know one way or the other.

But maybe that's bad politics. As much as HR wants us all to believe that the calendar is sacrosanct, I remember too well my years as an admin and the truth is that with a company the size of ours there's always loopholes and special measures that can be taken. Sure, some poor admin has to jump through the loopholes, but I know that's not a thought that bothers most people giving the commands. To be honest, I remember even having a bit of pride in myself when I got through several hoops in a day without tripping up. But you're not here for a history lesson.

Ugh. Anyone got the capital to open up a corner bookstore? (And by capital I mean extra money they don't mind throwing away since corner bookstores are fast becoming extinct?) Or better yet, want to be my patron?

Nobody speaks of patron's anymore.

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2007-09-14 
 

100 things

It seems that no blog is complete without one of these lists laying around somewhere. I'm going to be kind and give it a page of it's own so that you can feel free to ignore it if you wish. Also, please note that the page this links to has been available since March. I just now realized that the entry announcing it never got published. That said it, I reread it today and it's still all true.

RANDOM LIST OF 100 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

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2007-07-20 
 

be afraid

Be very afraid.

Cheney to become president.

Even for the brief period noted, this is a frightening prospect.

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2007-05-23 
 

bwooooop! bwoooop!

That's the sound of the fire alarm at my cousin's wedding. Someone in the wedding party was being naughty and smoked out in the non-smoking hallway.

That's also the sound that explains my non posting. I have several on my cell phone that need to be transferred, but I got home to discover that my computer was experiencing technical difficulties. Poor baby has a trojan.

The thing that irritates me most is that the program it disguised itself as purported to be from a security company. Now, if I was of a less suspicious nature, I would've just assumed that my inhouse IT man had installed something new while I was gone. He's often installing nifty upgrades as a little treat for me so clicking on the button that would release little Greek computer code into my personal Troy would've been a rather natural thing to do. Sorry, that analogy sounded much better in my head, but somehow I now have a large question mark in my mind about the naming of a certain prophylactic company.

Anyway. Thankfully, something about the way the dialogue box read struck me as odd so I asked G before clicking. He's working on rolling the horse on out, but it'll take a bit. Until then, this post from his computer will have to keep me in the game.

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2007-04-02 
 

backpeddling for fun and profit

I never lived in MA under the Romney reign, but I paid enough attention to be wanting to do a little rant about the whole thing.

I'm going to save my energy, because this says it all in a much more succint manner.

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2006-06-09 
 

macys sucks

Macys, which recently assimilated my old fave Filenes in a frighteningly borglike move, has given me yet another reason to avoid shopping there. Bowing down to a small group of frightened bigots isn't the way to impress me. (or my friends...this news came to me via TNTP)

What makes it worse is that it happened in Boston. I keep hoping that the city will step up and become the leader that it should be, given the history Massachusetts has of encouraging free thought, but nope.

And I know this is just additional snark, but I do wonder if they'd have been less offended if the manniquin had been wearing a dress...you know, like Jesus and the apostles wore back in the day.

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2006-05-02 
 

missing baltic avenue

Trabby pointed me over to this Monopoly site where you can vote on updated properties. This probably sounds silly, given that it's a game that revels in capitalistic ideals, but I'm sad to see Monopoly revamping itself. I never had a problem with the local editions of the game that would pop up now and again because they seemed like fun additions and the original stayed true. These new landmarks are going to replace the originals. I'm hoping for a New Coke size snafu, but doubt it. Gen Y seems to enjoy buying into the buzz even more than their baby boomer parents did. /disgruntled gen Xer rant

On the bright side, I can drive youngsters crazy in about 15 years by saying things like, "Whither Baltic Avenue?" and "There ain't no place like St. James Place!"

Except they'll probably both be answers in the 3D anniversary version of Trivial Pursuit that'll launch in 2021 and becomes as outrageously popular as the original.

Okay, I do realize that there's more pressing issues facing us today, but I've got board games on the brain this evening. If you're in the mood to truly take action on something, go here and help keep the internet neutral.

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2006-04-01 
 

your attention please

In a surprise announcement today, the Bush administration admitted that the past six years have been all about pushing personal agendas and not at all about the will of the American people. George W. Bush is ceding the remaining years of his presidency to Al Gore who he says, "...really ought to have been in the office in the first place. I was just too caught up in the power of it all...and you know, they made me do it!"

Jeb Bush has promised that he will never seek a higher office, and Dick Cheney is resigning to spend more time with his daughter whom he feels he has sadly neglected for quite some time now. John Kerry will step in to take over the VP role.


Sadly...April Fools.

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2006-03-13 
 

work perversity

Of all the perversities that Corporate America has thrown at me, the following bugs me more than any other:

The more you get paid, the ruder you get to be.

(You also get to rewrite history, forget about any part you may've played in a perceived mistake and later act as if nothing happened at all. All annoying, but the rudeness bugs me most.)

Now, if there were truly a correlation between amount of work done and salary earned, it might make all of this a little easier to take. The sad truth is that the true work is often done in the trenches and usually more than once since TPTB delight in yelling out different directions every day.

The hardest thing about being closer to the top? With every step upward, there's a smaller number of necks to choose from when the guillotine gets hungry.

/rant

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2005-07-09 
 

wrapped up

Finally saw the latest Star Wars. It left me feeling pretty satisfied, but only because the circle was truly complete and I'm a sucker for a tidy red bow. I really feel that they could've told the whole story using just two movies instead of dragging it out to three.

My only other comment is directed to the owners of the Century Cinemas down in Daly City. Why invest in the technology to run a movie digitally and then leave up the old screen? There was an obvious hole in the middle that showed up like a pimple every time the scene shifted to lighter hues. It was a bit like listening to a favorite song while the neighbor's television seeps quietly through the walls just on the edge of hearing.

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2005-06-16 
 

just plain wrong

Read this..., and don't anyone ever try to tell me that gays aren't still treated as second class citizens in this country.

I have nothing clever to say. I just ask that you send a prayer up to your own God and ask for protection for all the teens suffering through those camps.

EDIT: The link originally led to a MySpace page for a teenager who was being sent to a disciplinary camp for problem children. His problem was that he was gay. It's a private blog now, and a later article in the Advocate covered his release, but I'm not deleting the entry because the camps still exist and the wrongness of it all still infuriates me. (and note that the poor kid seems to have bought into the mythology that being gay is something he needs to learn to repress)

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2005-02-23 
 

love vs. lies

Yip, it's official. According to the media's portrayal of the Pope's new book, we gays in our quest for marriage equality are responsible for bringing an end to all that is good in the world. Not racism or war or harsh economic rule by the few of the many...it's us gays with our well coordinated clothing and artistic sensibilities that'll doom this planet to eternal hellfire. After all, my desire to love a man instead of a woman is an instrument of Satan with a capital S, right?

Sorry folks, but given a chance to choose between living in love or living a lie, I'm going to go for the love. If I'm truly hurting anyone by doing that, I wish they'd explain how.

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* posted by me at 9:15 PM

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2005-02-06 
 

ernie and bert are at it again

Forget about our dear president and his recent comments about the Defense of Marriage Act. I want to talk about what's really important: Cartoons!

Been a lot of hubub lately about what a pervert Sponge Bob must be for holding the hand of another boy. And that Postcard From Buster show on PBS that just got delayed by my old hometown station due to the utterly shocking content of a family with two mothers. What is the world coming to?

I hearby charge all parents of young children to begin teaching them how to throw stones at anyone different from them. Different is BAD. In fact, maybe they better start by using me for target practice. After all, I'm one of those evil gays out to disturb everyone with my mere existance.

Rocks aren't the worst thing you can do to me though. The worst thing you can do is to shove me back into the closet by not acknowledging my right to live, and that's what seems to be happening lately. I urge parents to see past the social stereotyping and not hide gays and lesbians from their children. We're discriminated against because certain people see only the sexual aspect of our lives, and not the genuine love that exists and is the mainstay of most longterm relationships I've known. That's true for both heteros and homos I've known. In fact, if we turned the same single focus on hetero stories, Romeo and Juliet would be banned as pure perversion and the family friendly sitcom would be seen as anything but. (All those cutesy couples, living together in the open like that...horrifying! I mean Rob comes home and KISSES Laura every night. Children don't need to see that.)

Looking at things in that light makes it almost funny, but I don't feel like laughing anymore.

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* posted by me at 12:41 AM

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2005-01-31 
 

att - cingularly useless

So, tonight I kvetch about the cellphone.

About a month ago, I called Cingular to ask why my phone keeps dropping calls. I'll be in the middle of a conversation and hear a quick BOOP BOOP BOOP. Shortly thereafter, the phone disconnects. It happens both whether I'm walking or sitting still. Worse yet, the phone still shows full bars, yet the call dies anyway. After a rather interesting sparring match with a Pleasant Prerecorded Voice (PPV), I finally reached the proper support person who told me this problem isn't uncommon in areas with large numbers of phones. They let me know that it's a sign that too many people are on the network...so I get bumped off.

Ten little bears laying in the bed and one of them says,
"Roll over, roll over."
So they all roll over and one falls out.
Nine little bears laying in the bed and one of them says,
"Roll over, roll over."

Though they claim it's not personal, my mind takes flights of fancy about the true randomness involved in bumping. Are they picking to drop me on purpose? Are my conversations perhaps just a bit too boring...or dare I dream, too risque for them?

The more rational side of my brain has other thoughts. It's probably my rate plan? I'm sure if I was paying more that I'd be less likely to be bumped.

More importantly, what happens when I immediately redial the party with whom I'd been speaking? Does some other random schmoe get bumped?

Roll over, roll over.

Only in this case the bear knocked off the end simply rolls under the bed and pops on top of the other side. Between the bumping and the round robin game they make us play with the PPV before talking to a live person, I'm left with one conclusion. ATT/Cingular's rather fond of viscous circles.

PS Today's entry was supposed to be about my current problem with ATT/Cingular. Not that the bumping isn't still in full swing on nights and weekends, but that's really old news. Today I had a rather annoying encounter with live customer service folks. I'm too tired of typing to go into it at any depth, but I will say this: The whole experience leads me to believe that the PPV is the brain of the company.

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2004-12-18 
 

sometimes

The big bad world presses down around me. Too much to think about, too much to do.

Too much.

An early gift, a happy husband and a Christmas tree suddenly make it all better.

Is that wrong?

I don't think so, but sometimes the shouts of society against us are just loud enough to make me sigh in frustration.

Happy Christmas anyways...and may the spirit of the season buy the closeminded among us a clue.

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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.

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2004-08-12 
 

slapped

Those blondes, they have too much fun...and the rest of us are tired of it. What is it with them? Then again, get two of those brunettes together and things are just WAY too serious. That's why it only makes sense that marriage has always been between a blonde and a brunette. Sure, there's plenty of examples of couples throughout history who were both blonde or both brunette, but that proves nothing. We'll just sweep that under the rug and say, " But this is the way it's always been."

In fact, we're feeling too threatened. Let's enact a law declaring that marriage is defined only as a partnership between a blonde and a brunette. Yes, that ought to do it.

But what's this? Someone thwarting our law because it goes against ideas they say are laid forth in the Constitution? Blondes and brunettes MARRIED? Who gave them the right? (um…the constitution did, but never mind about that) Time for us to panic and fret until the state Courts rule that any marriages performed between folks with the same color hair are invalid. The joy of those couples, the years together, the song in their hearts at finally achieving recognition under our supposed secular government…invalidated. Let's sing in the streets because once again we've proven that WE are more equal than them.

Today many of my friends were slapped in the face because of a law that doesn't make sense. Today people who've been together as a couple for more years than most were told that they aren't quite as equal as everyone else.

I've gone from being sad to getting angry. Forget about ousting Bush in November. I want him impeached now. For crimes against the American people. For leading this country into an era of such insulatedness that we have become divorced not only from the reality of the rest of the world around us, but also from the reality of life within our own borders.

George W. Bush is an old man, with ideas even older than his father's. It's time for him to go sit on the porch rocker where he can quietly reminisce about the glorious reign his family once had over the world without causing the rest of us further harm.

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* posted by me at 6:20 PM

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2003-09-10 
 

hurting the ones you love

Got to sleep in a bit for the second day in a row...had originally planned to be up in Harbin Hot Springs for a mini break, but G's hole in his leg would've made that more agony then restful so we cancelled and spent the time here letting him recoop and doing this and that around home and very locally. (It's good to get him walking around a bit, but we don't want to push it until hearing more from the doctor on Thursday.) Want to say a hearty thanks to Nurse C since he not only gave us wound care tips, but assisted and talked me through it yesterday when I had to change the dressing and clean out the hole. It's on the back of G's leg, so he can't really get a good look at it to do anything himself. This leaves me to take care of it...not a happy task, but I'd rather do it and have him get better than any other option.

For those of you wondering why it's up to me to clean out the wound with some monster cotton swab, swish in some sterile water and then poke it full of seaweed, let me remind you that our healthcare system sucks. I pray you never have to depend upon the system, because, unless you have bundles of cash, the system depends on you to get it done yourself and honestly would probably be glad to have one less person around to bother it if you screw up. Thanks again to Nurse C, and prayers out to those in need that they too have a good friend around to help out.

Today I flew solo on the cleaning/dressing of the much healthier looking hole in G's leg. Other than the pain I was obviously causing him, it went ok. We headed over to Chow for some food to celebrate it being over for today and then to Crossroads for some retail therapy. We ended up trading in some jeans and tops that we never wear for for two cool sweaters and a funky hat. It's the little things in life.

In other news. Back to work tomorrow. Yuck.

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2003-06-02 
 

speak up

I know I've written about this before, but it bears repeating. Gay couplehood is just as legit as hetero couplehood and there should be no legal distintions between the two. If marriage is in need of defense, as some right wing folk would claim, it is because it is one area where church and state are still quite tied together. Seperate them already! The California legislature will soon be voting on AB 205 which would grant many (though not all) of the rights given to straight married folks to registered domestic partners. Read more about this and other important issues at the Equality California website. In related news, I've read that Massachusetts may be the site of a decision that will turn the tide for the rest of the country. Gathering more info. Will report back soon.

In other gay news: Richard Chamberlain is officially out of the closet. It's a small step. He's not an A List movie star, but thanks to Shogun, The Thornbirds and other parts he played, he is relatively well known to millions of people. This is one of the first times I remember a romantic leading man of his fame coming out while still alive. (and happily living with his partner of 26 years in Hawaii.) Cheers!

There it is again. The island I've been dreaming of. G and I will either be back in Massachusetts in the end of June or visiting the Big Island.

Have I mentioned that I'm blogging from my own computer again? Kudos to G who figured out a way to fool the software into thinking my machine had the "new and improved" performance capabilities that the provider now requires.

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2003-05-30 
 

racing for equality

Sitting at my desk and I can barely keep my eyes open, extra large coffee did nothing for me this morning.

Amazing Race was on last night. Go Reichen and Chip! (Gotta root for the gay married couple of course.) Marriage may be an old hetero tradition that gay folks should be above and beyond, but until they take the legal rights away from the straights and develop a truly equitable, non-religious based system of couple recognition, I'm standing up for gay marriage. G and I are more committed to each other than some of the hetero married couples we know, yet should one of us get sick (or worse) we have no rights that allow us to make decisions for each other without going through complicated legalwork. (And that's just one of the most obvious discrepencies.) I'm not saying I want to stand up in anyone's church and thumb my nose at their personal beliefs as I declare my love for him. We don't need a fancy building and an elebortate ceremony to know we've decided to be together. I just want the government - which has supposedly seperated church and state - to recognize our couplehood as deserving of the same respect and legal recognition as a union between our straight counterparts.

Wow, that got me all riled up and now I'm AWAKE!

Edited: The fact that Chip and Reichen are no more doesn't stand in the way of the fact that G and I still are and still are lacking the rights to the same simple privledges hets enjoy in 49 states.

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2003-03-18 
 

soapbox

I haven't spouted off much about the current state of affairs and just want it to be known that I believe the following to be true. You can disagree. As an American it's your perogitive.

George Bush Sr. should NEVER NEVER NEVER have allowed us to pull out without finishing the job last time. If we'd just taken care of things back during the Gulf War, we wouldn't be in this mess today. (I'm not saying that I thought the Gulf War was about anything more than oil either, just that they shouldn't have done such a half assed job.)

We no longer have (if we ever truly did) the right to decide which way to turn without getting input from the rest of the world (and actually listening to it).

Our current government doesn't care because we no longer live in a Republic; we are living in an Empire. (I'd love to pretend this was purely my idea, but I saw it first in Paper about a month ago.) Mr. Bush Jr. wasn't elected, he was appointed by a tribunal which is itself not elected. The emperor has no clothes and nobody really cares anymore because they keep the populace happy with bread and circuses. Think about it. What is Reality TV other than bread and circuses for the 21st century?

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* posted by me at 6:16 PM

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2002-05-20 
 

just ducky

Just got back from a show where I got to see a good friend act for the first time in ages. The material wasn't the best, but it didn't pretend to be a Tony award winner. More importantly, the company before and after the show were great and reminded me of how much I enjoyed hanging out with them back in SF. So I was in a pretty good mood, and excited to get online again to see if I could finally get logged in for an update on my trip.

Unfortunately, I was just sideswiped by an unforeseen email that pissed me off. So I'm going to give this up for today and just get drunk instead. Not a very mature attitude I suppose, but I get so tired of being the good boy sometimes. Organized Mikey. Good Mikey. He'll do it. He's good at that sort of thing. Oh, no, he can't have meant what he said at least three times this past month. No, not at all. We probably weren't listening to him. After all, he does babble on and on sometimes. So very boring, who'd want to listen to him. And now we're upset, so let's piss him off too. Let's make him feel like shit today out there in his fancy hotel room. I mean, he's probably been enjoying himself too much. The bastard deserves to be taken down a peg or to. And email's great for that. No chance for him to respond back without looking like even a bigger jerk. And he is a big jerk. Did we mention that he's dumb too? Oh, yes. He doesn't ever do anything right. He stays in a job that's slowly driving him crazy and just wasted a whole paycheck thanks to not being able to add up his taxes correctly two years ago. Should have just slit his wrists back in the 80's when he had the chance, but he couldn't even do that right. What an ass. But don't worry. He doesn't have any feelings anyway. None of this would ever affect him, not that it should. Only a stupid person would take it so personally. Whoops. He is stupid isn't he? Oh well.

I know, I know, "Self Pity, party of one - Your table's ready." I'll go sit down now and have that drink...though I feel oddly better having typed that all out. Ahh writerapy!

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* posted by me at 11:20 PM

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2002-02-27 
 

a visit from an old friend

I used to work with this woman we called Candy. She was a bit of a flake but very loveable. After she left the company, we'd make plans to get together, but I soon found that she was always late and sometimes wouldn't show up at all. Worse yet, there were a few times she wouldn't even call to let me know that she couldn't make it. Drove me crazy, and after putting my life on hold for one too many lunchbreaks, I gave up.

Why this little drive down memory lane? I had a rough day at work today catching up with all the work that piled up during my little camping adventure and for some reason this evening I was thinking of her. It was the same sort of day I used to have when I'd scramble to fit everything in order to meet her for lunch or a drink after work, only to have her not show up. I mean, how hard is it to give a quick call and say,"Sorry, can't make it." Much easier than coming up with an excuse after the fact. (She did once call to say that she would be there in just a little bit and then never showed up. She later claimed that she didn't have my cell phone number or she would've called and let me know about the last minute change...problem being that she had actually called my cell phone in order to give me the latest excuse. I let her fade out of my life pretty quickly after that.) Maybe someday - if we meet again and she's willing to respect my time - I'll think of getting together with her again - she was a blast after all - but it'd take me a long time to trust her again.

Hmmm. Residual pissyness exploding to the surface. Watch out, you might get burned.

In other news: I get to spend next week down in LA. Again. (G and I actually drove through this past weekend, so this'll make four weekends in a row.) I don't mind La La Land in small doses, but this is getting to be a bit much don't you think? On the bright side, I might manage to squeeze in an evening visit to my southern cousin and the babe. That would be cool.

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* posted by me at 2:09 AM

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2002-02-16 
 

feeling numb


I'm feeling a bit numb tonight. Not sure what that's all about. I had a nice mellow evening with C watching Rush Hour 2 and Rock Star. RH2 was pleasantly insipid. Not as good as the first one, but what did we expect? Also had the tired stereotyped queen character who was serving as a Vegas fashion consultant. Puh-lease. Next time I see a movie, I want the gay hairdresser/fashion consultant/interior decorator/best friend of female in peril to KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS! Enough already of cutting people to the quick with our wit. There's no reason we can't be witty AND still get the bad guys.

Rock Star...well, I'm going to reserve judgement on that one and think about it for a while. It wasn't as predictable as I thought it was going to be. The ending was still a bit formulaic, but not in an expected way. Does that make any sense?

Anyway, back to numb. I think it's a combination of two things...firstly, I've been on the road a week and miss my own space. Secondly, I miss G. Well, maybe that firstly and secondly ought to swap places. I'd be much happier to be away from home if he were here with me....I keep thinking about us going camping together. Generally, G and I like to have rooms to wander around in otherwise we both feel constricted. None-the-less, I think a tent will be a small space that we'll actually be very happy to be together in. We do well in small enclosed spaces that are cozy...ok, starting to babble.

One last point...was just informed by C that this house has a resident spirit that may reside in this room. Putting out feelers but don't sense anything. If I'm back typing at 3:30 in the morning, you'll know why.

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* posted by me at 4:05 AM

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