We've had a lot of practice. The first domestic partnership ceremony in Ann Arbor Michigan was the biggest deal. We still consider that our wedding, although there is no real same-sex marriage in Michigan. It rained on our wedding day, and Daniel said that according to Chinese superstition, a rainy wedding means a marriage that will last forever.
But now I guess it really is marriage... at least... until November. We may get divorced then, if the voters feel that would be best for us. Alex Liu doesn't want us to get divorced in November though. He's recruiting volunteers for Marriage Equality USA, which will be putting on events at Sacramento Pride this weekend, SF Pride next weekend, and the Frameline film festival continuing through the end of the month.
Sign up to receive notices and/or volunteer for Marriage Equality USA !!
The Barry Hermanson pie chart.
We have a new electronic voting machine. I wish I'd taken a picture. Instead I just have this pie chart I came across while researching ballot choices, from Green congressional candidate Barry Hermanson, who narrowly lost to a Republican last April, after beginning his campaign at Burning Man 2007.
Anyways the new voting machines produce a paper trail, which you can watch scrolling by inside a tamper-proof plexiglass box, secured by a cable-tie. Its ease of use is intermediate between an ATM and an airport check-in screen.
I'm so happy being in the Green Party. I did a spot check today: I actually looked over the ballot measures and made decisions, some firm, some wishy-washy. Then when I went to the Green website, they agreed with all my firm decisions, and for the ones I was wavering on, the Green logic convinced me. When a platform just makes that much sense, I cannot vote against it, even if it may be practically irresponsible.
Heh heh.
You can tell by the 2007 watermark and the Chevy billboard (it's blank now) that this was taken when the I-80 Bay Bridge Approach temporary structure was up. The new permanent structure is about twice as close, so the next round of Google street views will show our windows and their contents at double the resolution. I should get a giardia logo banner.
Tickets for the SF show in September go on sale Sunday morning. Peter said this is presale, but I don't know what that means. On sale is on sale, and sold out is sold out. I'm supposed to be remote observing at Berkeley until 8am, so I guess I'll have to stay up til 10. And then it's Mother's Day. Well who needs sleep anyways.
People keep calling this "once in a lifetime." I want to say "Whatever, it's just a show." But we're listening to the 4th track of Tremolo EP now--because Daniel doesn't know who My Bloody Valentine is--and it's already bringing tears to my eyes. I guarantee I will be bawling like Margaret if I make it to the show in September. List of shows that were so good I cried:
It's not a long list. Plus just think about it: If a general band from the early 1990s were playing a show in September, you would have to sit through all their new stuff--probably crap--just to hear the old stuff you love. But MBV doesn't have any new stuff !! Perfect !!
Did I mention I wrote a page about shoegazer music? If you have anything to say about it, I can add it to the responses, or you can just post to my guestbook. My Bloody Valentine are #1 on my top 10 shoegazer list, just like they are on everyone else's top 10 shoegazer list. But anyways, I deserve to be at this show dammit !! If ticketmaster screws with me I'll die.
I just want to clarify that the bad-guy bisexual character in this short is not based on me. It's based on this other guy who was an English major. I wuddnt no English major. Also, there are adult situations and possibly some language. Franck just gave the first 40 seconds this review: "OMG .. it is very depressing."
I haven't watched it in years, but I just saw some other footage from around that same time, and it made me think about how old I am now, and how young I was then. Daniel said I'm hotter now.
I think I like being old.
PS. *SORRY* if you see a bunch of multiple posts from here. Technical problems. I figured out that it was caused by a failed variable reload in my blog-update page in my browser, but it was very difficult to debug because @#)($*@#)$* Dreamhost stopped supporting X11 so I couldn't just open up the site directly in emacs. =(
Go Blue !!
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00 PDT
Ann Arbor has got some exciting things going on this weekend. Bobby McFerrin !??!
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