My weekend

This so far has been a good weekend. Friday I had my show, with Brian's parents coming down to see me. I think they enjoyed themselves, and despite my cold I sang pretty well. I keep speeding through "Close Every Door" but now that I know the orchestra is cuing off of me I will try to slow it down a bit. Went to the cast party afterward, and I realize I really do like these people. Sometimes I may want to beat them senseless, but I do enjoy their company. I have decided I'm going to plan a BSG viewing party at Ted's house, because the best way to make better friends is to impose on them.

Despite my best intentions, I never made it to the protest yesterday. I had to stick around and watch my mom while my dad went out and did shit. I probably shouldn't have gone anyway, as I had a cold and it was all rainy and blustery. I'm really kind of amazed at the nationwide reaction to the event. I think a lot of people were sure that Prop 8 wouldn't pass that they didn't feel the need to speak out, and now that it has passed people are shocked and outraged. I watched Dan Savage's section from Anderson Cooper the other day and he just did a very good job. In some respects I almost think it's good that Prop 8 passed, because it put a lot more focus on the issue. It's speeding everything up, which I think needs to happen.

Last night I went to Justin's for sushi and asian/horror movies. First one we saw was 2LDK, a Japanese film about these two actress that live together, and basically go crazy and try to kill each other. It was GREAT in how ridiculous it was. My favorite parts were A) when the bitch got thrown into the fountain, mainly because they even HAD a fountain inside their apartment, and B) when the other bitch got Kabi-Killer in the eyes. I can just imagine how much that burned. Fantastic stuff. Then we saw Arang (or something of a similar spelling), a Korean mystery/thriller. It wasn't bad, although a little predictable by the end, and I think if I had been trying to I could have seen everything coming. Finally, we saw Return to Sleepaway Camp. Words cannot describe the campiness of that film. I recommend it to everyone not because of it's merits, but rather because it has no merits whatsoever. They didn't even put any exposition into the story, it literally just STARTS. It reminds me of the movie nights we used to have at Chris' house, which I miss.

Today I have to rake some leaves, and I really, really should exericse. My Wii Fit is going to pissed off at me something fierce for not checking in more often.

Why doesn't everyone see it this way?

Word.

I agree with everything he said, and it is why I can no longer have conversations with my mother (who is opposed to gay marriage. "Why does it need to be called marriage? I don't care if you have rights, but call it something different"). It's just so...hateful. I cannot fathom it. You don't care for men marrying men? Don't come to my wedding. Don't even be my friend. I've got enough shit being closeted at work on top of the hardships everyone else faces in the world. But how can you possibly tell me I am not entitled to the same things as you because I was born different? I always wind up at this point throwing my hands up in the air. I have no other argument than the Golden Rule, which these people claim to be the basis for their lives. I am a very logical person, and I pride myself on being able to see both sides of an argument, but these people defy any logic I could possibly see. It makes me sad. And I wish I could sit here and celebrate Obama and be happy for the direction the country is taking, but apparently in order for Obama to be elected I have to "take one for the team" as it were. Very sad.

Election 2008

Exit Poll results for Proposition 8

So as I write this at 11:17, the decision on Proposition 8 is still technically undecided. Granted it's 52-48 Yes with 95% reporting, so I doubt much will happen, but maybe if we're lucky we'll get a recount. Either way, I found those exit poll results on CNN to be very interesting. It seems like young, educated people mostly voted No. I recognize that exit polls are not the best gauge of anything, but I think it is very interesting the trend that shows. And while I'm kind of crushed that gay marriage has been banned after it was passed, it gives me hope that as my generation gets older, people will realize that equality is important and hopefully in a few years no one will care who you marry, as long as you're happy.

I'm all political these days, and I'm not sure I like it. I wish I could go back to being apathetic about the world.

And before I forget, YAY OBAMA!!! It's a strange day to be in America, but I think a good one. Both speeches last night were very good, and the sense of hope that pervaded Obama's speech is exactly what this country needs. So hopefully we can all work together and fix things.

Politics

I'm really not overly political. I tend to think all politicians are full of crap and everything is being controlled by a bunch of scary old white men in a dark room with strange spotlights. If you've seen Evangelion, kind of like those folks. But this election cycle I watch the news and I listen to the people around me and it baffles me how people are not getting political. The country is frigging falling apart around us. The world thinks we're all idiots (and while by and large I can't disagree with the world, I would like as a whole for America to become less stupid). And don't even get me started on the sad state of gay rights. How can Californians even consider Proposition 8? It's such a hateful piece of legislation. And yet these fucking Mormons and other Christian groups are spending hundreds of millions to fight it. But I do not need to start ripping apart the illogical arguments of religious groups, because I can never win.

Anyway, the whole reason I'm writing is because of this article by David Sedaris, which more or less summed up my views on the situation. If I dwell on the topic for too long I'll just get very angry and ruin my day.

For those of you playing the drinking game...

MAVERICK!

This post really has nothing to do with politics, I just watched the SNL VP debate sketch this morning, and that one line cracked me up hard-core. I determined this morning I have a really hard time telling Palin and Tina Fey apart. But this election just seems to be ridiculous now. Not that it wasn't before now, but I'm just sort of done caring. I know who I'm voting for, and short of a kiddie porn scandal in the next two weeks I'm not going to change my mind. I just wish my bigoted mother would stop trying to convince me that McCain-Palin is the way to go. Maybe if she had ever done something with her life she would realize how ridiculous it is.

Meanwhile the economy is falling apart around us. And we're bringing the rest of the world with us! Ha! Take that, suckers! Don't support us in our unwarranted invasion of another country, we'll suicide bomb your economy. Seriously though, I hope everyone is studying their Chinese, Russian, and Arabic, because with increasing frequency I think that they're going to take over the world. I hope our historic tendencies continue and we elect the right person at the right time to get us out of this disaster. I haven't given up all hope yet, but I am beginning to seriously consider moving back to Japan to avoid America imploding. Or England, but shit isn't much cheaper there.

I have actually been wanting to move to England lately. Brian seems to be having so many new experiences there with so many interesting people, and I'm just not. I'm sure it's a 'grass-is-always-greener' situation, but nevertheless, I wish I could travel a bit more. I need to make a decision about where my life is headed. I've decided I want to focus more on international business than engineering, i think. Fucking Bruce Long ruined engineering for me. I remember when I used to look forward to Micro-controllers. Now I just think "oh god, i'll be stuck in a lab all day". But I want a PhD so i can go back to teaching. Who knows what I'll actually wind up doing. Maybe someone will discover my amazing acting abilities and pay me money to do that. That would be sweet.

This weekend I didn't do a damned thing, and it makes me so happy. I just sat and played Final Fantasy XI and caught up on TV. Well, sort of caught up, but I'm now up-to-date on Terminator! And House, and Grey's, and other stuff. Not Gossip Girl or Mad Men though. Saturday I got a haircut, manicure, and pedicure. It was one of the gayest things I've done in a long time. But it was a men's salon! With beer and action movies. So it kind of balances out. Except I don't think I like manicures because my hands are now kind of sensitive. I also worked out, and my abs are still sore, but it's a good kind of sore. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of working out regularly and lose some of the weight I feel like I've been gaining.

Tonight is Heroes and Chuck and How I Met your Mother and Big Bang Theory and Gossip Girl and Sarah Connor Chronicles. Fucking Mondays. It's only a matter of time until the ratings for one of those shows really dies (I know it's already Terminator, but still), and then I will be sad. I'm off to fake-work for a bit longer.

This weekend I did not do a damned thing