Thank You

I've had that last post about a bigot up for awhile and it's time to drop him to a lower position.
I finally have had some time to scan the blogs and such and it is time to have a more positive post. As I browsed, I noticed that a lot of peeps have commented about their disgust with the anti gay sentiment in the world.
I hope you all know that that's what keeps us (gays) going. It hurts to have a lot of the world against us but what keeps us going is knowing that our loved ones support us and support equality and do not support the way that we are treatd by other people.
Thank you for being supportive. Thank you for speaking out. Thank you for being. It makes a world of difference in our lives. If all I ever heard and read was disdain for my lifestyle I'm not sure that I would be able to find life worth living. It's the support of friends and family that allows me to continue my journey in life. You all inspire me. And I thank you.

p.s. I do understand that it goes far beyond just supporting me and gays. I understand that it is about your hearts finding that discrimination in any form is icky and wrong. But for now it is the "gay lifestyle" that is being attacked and it is the "gay lifestyle" that ya'll are defending. Thank you for being equalitist.<--is that a word? It should be.

I love this blog

If you want to see true and real bigotry, you gotta go here. He even references gay marriage as being the same as marrying children and animals. I love the ignorance. I used to get mad at his blog. Now I go there and read because he really does make me laugh. Gays wanting to marry is no different than marrying your dog. *snort* Classic. LMAO
http://cygsphere.blogspot.com/

Randomness

Edited to ad this awesome picture from the rally/protest that we attended today. I asked this little girl's mother if it was okay for me to take the picture and post it and she said an absolute yes.

I'm lazy. so I won't be sending a copy of my last post anywhere. I felt better getting it out. But as MM showed it to her friend Kelly, feel free to pass it along to anyone if you feel like it. :)

I can't sign on to OT. I can not remember my password and for some reason my auto-fill-in didn't auto-fill-in. So I can't sign in. I sent a request for my password through the sign in page but Webby hasn't gotten back to me, I haven't received my password or password hint or anything. Breezy said that if I don't receive it by the time regular OT is up again she will contact Bebo for me. I don't like not being able to post.

Michelle and I are going to be gay protesters tomorrow. We are going to the "Join the impact, fight the H8" protest tomorrow. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32251834674
It's time to become proactive rather than being passive and just pissing and moaning at home. This is OUR cause. We can't complain about it if we aren't actually going to do anything. This may not be earth shattering but at least we are getting off our asses and going to a gathering for our cause. It's a start.

My job is still awesome. More and more I come out of my shell a little bit more everyday. I'm starting to feel a little comfortable there.

I do miss my computer time though. Everyone said I would get used to it. I haven't. I like having unlimited access to my computer and my phone. Structure is and always has been difficult for me. I probably will never get used to it but I can live with it.

Our goal is to sell the house by the end of 2009. Someone shit on the side of the house again last night. I could get pissed but I'm not going to. It will do no good and will only cause me harm. So instead of getting pissed I am letting it motivate me. Motivate me to get my shit together over the next year so that we can sell the house and move, or (and this is preferable) just rent this place and buy elswhere. I'm tired of living in a place where people shit on private property. I've never liked the actual city where we live and was never thrilled that this is where we would live. But it was all we could afford when we wanted to buy. It has not been a bad starter house but we are both ready to move along. So the next year is about putting copias amounts of money onto my car and credit card so we can afford to move up even without selling this house. We won't move far. Probably just a couple of cities south.

That's all for now, I'm going to watch Oprah which is on the DVR. Today Melissa Etheridge was schedule to be on and talk about Prop 8. Our new cause. :)

A funny thought this morning

I'm sure it has been brought up somewhere and already been discussed but it just popped up in my head this morning and made me giggle.
My guess is that most of the people who voted yes on proposition 8 are presumably conservatives. Aren't conservatives the ones who are sooooo strong in their stance on gun rights? The right to bear arms? Aren't they the ones running out buying up a ton of guns because they fear that Obama is going to take away their rights to have guns. (I know not all guns, that's not my point).
It will be interesting for me (and many people) to watch as these conservatives all have their panties in a wad if they have their right to bear arms stripped from them.
I am in NO way anti gun. I strongly believe that we all have the right to own a gun if we so choose. But I tell you this, since I do not own a gun and never will, it won't affect me. So I would vote for any proposition, and I will back any law that is going to take people's rights to own guns. Purely out of spite.
How sad is that. That the backers of Prop H8 have me in such a state that I want revenge and I want to sink to their level.
Because I am also taking joy in the fact that there is now a fight to strip the Mormon church of their tax free status. Hey!! dumb ass Mormons, guess what? You don't get to dabble in politics and then remain tax exempt. Looks like you possibly could have shot yourself in the foot on this one. I hope so. You deserve it.

To all of the straight white men who voted yes on H8: I can't blame you. You have never been oppressed so you don't know what it is like to 1) not have equal rights and 2) have your rights taken away. I forgive you.

To all of the straight white women who voted yes on H8: Have you forgotten that it wasn't until 1920 that YOU were given the right to vote? Have you forgotten about women's suffrage? Here is a link in case you have forgotten that you were oppressed at one time. http://tinyurl.com/yoe5nl
I have a little trouble forgiving you.

To All of the Jewish people who voted yes on H8: Auschwitz. I feel no need to say more. I have a lot of trouble forgiving you.

To all of the Black?African American people who voted yes on H8: How can you look at yourself in the mirror, stare back at your dark skin color and live with yourself. It was only 143 years ago that YOUR ancestors were slaves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States
Have you forgotten about Apartheid? The definition means "separation" or "being apart". HAVE YOU FUCKING FORGOTTEN?
How about the fact that it was just 1954 when you were allowed to marry white people. You notice that I did not say that blacks and whites were allowed to marry each other. That makes it seem as if both blacks and whites were victims. Bullshit. You, the person of color, was the victim. It says that YOU were ALLOWED to marry a white person.
Here is another link for you to see the battles that YOUR people have fought. http://www.duke.edu/~kac18/CritStudies/race.html
I say your people because you always use that argument when you fail. The white man is holding down your people. Take a look at my link to see what YOUR people have had to fight for. And 70% of you voted yes on the proposition. I say shame on you!!! Shame on you!!!

To our government: Where is our separation of church and state? Church wrote this bill, mostly funded this bill and endorsed it in writing to their members, telling them to back this proposition. Are you really going to let them get away with this?

A common complaint used from the anti gay activists is about how horrible gays are. We are sick and perverted. But the one I find most interesting is the argument about how horrible we are because we are so promiscuous. We sleep around with different people, never committing to one person etc. etc. Well, um, have you thought about how YOU are hindering us from that? You complain on one hand that we are promiscuous but on the other hand you are fighting against our right to join in marriage. You want to protect marriage? Write in a proposition that outlaws divorce. Divorce is more damaging to marriage than, well, gay marriage. Do ya get it?

As a gay woman all I ask for is equality. I want nothing special, nothing more than anybody else. Just equal. I don't want to feel divided or separate. I want all of us, black/white/other/gay/straight/other/Catholic/Jewish/other/male/female/other, to come together as a nation of human beings and respect each other.

But do you see all of that written up there? *points up to entire entry*, it's full of anger and hurt and it is YOUR behavior that has made feel separated from all of you. And I now feel that it is us against you. I resent that you have made me feel this way. (even though I take ownership of my feelings). I listed some groups of people, SEPARATELY, because those groups of people want it that way.

Whew!!

Life sure is whizzing by these days. I can't believe I've been at the new job for two weeks. I'm finally starting to settle in. I must be doing okay because (waves to Breezy) they wouldn't have moved my trainer into his new position already if I wasn't. Starting Monday it will just be me (the liberal lesbo) and Fred (The Republican) sharing our department. We are losing Matt (the hip young Bohemian) from our department. Fred told me today that he doesn't really feel the need to check my stuff anymore unless I feel that I need him to because from what he has been checking has all been fine and without mistakes. Yay me!!!
I got my first paycheck. It was only one week's pay because I started in between pay periods. The funny thing? My one week of pay was almost as much as some of my two week checks at the old place. Salary may have it's perks over hourly. When given a choice I always ask for hourly but I may have to rethink my stand on salary. Not that it matters, I'm salary now like it or not.
More people talk to me now and others before who hardly acknowledged me are now even smiling and saying hello. I even had one chick try to set me up with her boyfriend's friend. *snort*
Now I need to get over the newness of my life's routine and start to get a groove. I can't run errands and do chores as easily after work now that I get home 2-3 hours later. That is a pain. We went grocery shopping after work last night and didn't get home until almost 7pm. Pooey.
Anyhow, I try to get around to everybody's blog. I don't always comment because sometimes I just have enough time to get around and read and run but I AM reading.