I love these people. Washington (state) court ruled that the state had a legitimate interest in protecting marriage from the gays. The Washington Defense of Marriage Act points out the hypocrisy of the ruling by proposing a series of laws that will enforce the idiocy.
1) All married people have to have kids within three years of getting married.
2) All unmarried people with kids will have to get married.
3) All people who want to get married but can't have kids can't get married.
4) Strip all marriage benefits (and make it a criminal offense to offer the benefits) to unrecognized married people.
5) Find a way to bureaucratize proving married people are married according to 1), 2) and 3)
If the right-wing really wants to put their money where their mouths are, let them. (Although, this is kind of scary if it passes, and is subsequently enforced.)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Memer, Neener
RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.
1. I'm an obsessive finger biter. I'm considering medication.
2. I *hate* stepping in puddles of water in the bathroom. If my day starts like this, it is most likely ruined. I should probably meditate or something.
3. Hellogoodbye may be old to you, but it is extremely new to me, and I am currently obsessed with their song Oh It Is Love.
4. Speaking of songs (and this is probably not a weird and little known fact, but an extremely well-known one) - I am the kind of person that will giggle ALL day about a song. In fact, I love to giggle. Especially when I construct elaborate scenes in the movie in my brain that stars (of course) me, and my latest crush, with some kind of song like Oh It Is Love playing in the background. Sometimes, the co-star is the S.O., but usually only when we're old and is usually set on a lanai in Nu'uanu Valley, surrounded by lush, green grass, and the scent of petrichor (this is my word for the week) in the air, holding hands in our rocking chairs.
5. I sometimes feel intense pressure to like a band that I *know* I should like, given the genre of music that I like to listen to, but just can't get into. Most recent bands of this type are Arcade Fire. Among other, older bands, Guided by Voices. Don't get me wrong, I think GBV is a great band, and I'm glad that I got to see them live, but their catalog is just so great, that I'd have to be obsessed and give up all other bands for a good year or two to catch up with all the rest of the GBV fans out there.
6. I love 80's glam-rock. I loved Mr. Big's To Be With You in high school. I loved Bon Jovi in middle school. And c'mon, I know you loved Firehouse and Whitesnake. Admit it. Okay, never mind.
7. I love creme brulee.
8. I have a love of crushes. I love the act of falling in love, with anything. With a new soda, restaurant, TV shows, imaginary people.
9. When I die, the person who goes through my things will find a lot of teeny scraps of paper with starts of cute pop songs that never got finished. Maybe when I die, someone will write a song with all these little scraps of paper.
10. I am a huge fan of bands with a boy and a girl singing. As much as I hate to say it, I can't stand indie bands with *only* girl singers. The sound of their voices grates on my nerves. I need the tenor/bass of a boy voice in the mix to even it out, but when it does, it's so great!
(Bonus - 11. I love the smell of pakalana, pikake and maile - and I hope to have all three on my at my wedding.)
1. I'm an obsessive finger biter. I'm considering medication.
2. I *hate* stepping in puddles of water in the bathroom. If my day starts like this, it is most likely ruined. I should probably meditate or something.
3. Hellogoodbye may be old to you, but it is extremely new to me, and I am currently obsessed with their song Oh It Is Love.
4. Speaking of songs (and this is probably not a weird and little known fact, but an extremely well-known one) - I am the kind of person that will giggle ALL day about a song. In fact, I love to giggle. Especially when I construct elaborate scenes in the movie in my brain that stars (of course) me, and my latest crush, with some kind of song like Oh It Is Love playing in the background. Sometimes, the co-star is the S.O., but usually only when we're old and is usually set on a lanai in Nu'uanu Valley, surrounded by lush, green grass, and the scent of petrichor (this is my word for the week) in the air, holding hands in our rocking chairs.
5. I sometimes feel intense pressure to like a band that I *know* I should like, given the genre of music that I like to listen to, but just can't get into. Most recent bands of this type are Arcade Fire. Among other, older bands, Guided by Voices. Don't get me wrong, I think GBV is a great band, and I'm glad that I got to see them live, but their catalog is just so great, that I'd have to be obsessed and give up all other bands for a good year or two to catch up with all the rest of the GBV fans out there.
6. I love 80's glam-rock. I loved Mr. Big's To Be With You in high school. I loved Bon Jovi in middle school. And c'mon, I know you loved Firehouse and Whitesnake. Admit it. Okay, never mind.
7. I love creme brulee.
8. I have a love of crushes. I love the act of falling in love, with anything. With a new soda, restaurant, TV shows, imaginary people.
9. When I die, the person who goes through my things will find a lot of teeny scraps of paper with starts of cute pop songs that never got finished. Maybe when I die, someone will write a song with all these little scraps of paper.
10. I am a huge fan of bands with a boy and a girl singing. As much as I hate to say it, I can't stand indie bands with *only* girl singers. The sound of their voices grates on my nerves. I need the tenor/bass of a boy voice in the mix to even it out, but when it does, it's so great!
(Bonus - 11. I love the smell of pakalana, pikake and maile - and I hope to have all three on my at my wedding.)
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Good Luck, Ehren Watada
Ehren Watada's court-martial started today. He is the first (and only) commissioned officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq because he says that the war in Iraq is illegal. He requested a transfer to Afghanistan, but was denied, and he subsequently requested resignation, which was also denied, and he was charged with failure to deploy, and conduct unbecoming an officer (for going public).
Plus, he's from Hawaii.
Plus, he's from Hawaii.
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