-=Gay Marriage=-

-=Gay Marriage=-
So I've been doing a little research on the whole gay marriage issue. On one side we have those who define marriage as a union between a man and a woman-- and something about procreation (and it gets a little fuzzy around the married but infertile/without children). Then on the other side we have those who define marriage as a union between two people who love each other (romantic &/or sexual love).

In terms of a civil union/marriage, I'm all for gay marriages. If we define marriage as the union of two people who love and care for each other, in all meaning of the word love (emotionally/intellectually/sexually/whateverly), then what should prevent two people (let's say 'of age individuals' instead), from becoming married. As I understand, there are many "gay marriages", not the legal ones, just the ceremonies. So, these two people consider themselves married and life-long partners. One begs to ask the question then, what does it matter whether the law says you are married or not? Well, first as I'm learning, there are numerous economic gains (I guess easier on taxes?), and many other material gains. Also, back in the days of slavery, most slave "families" were never considered "families" since neither the church nor the law viewed these slave marriages as legal marriages. But, once slaves were free, many became married under the law. Aside from political/economic gains, it doesn't seem like much has changed. However, as humans we feel this need for approval, and this need to have those most intangible (love), we stamped and sealed as truth (marriage license).

-=paint fumes=-

-=paint fumes=-
so we're painting at my mom's and at my dad's...i can't escape those freaking paint fumes, o well. I'd rather live with a few paint fumes than boring white walls. I don't think ya realize just how much color can make a difference (even in grayscale). A colored wall can make a room lively, give it character, and if nothing else, give you something interesting to stare at.

-=new quarter=-

-=new quarter=-
well the first quarter finished, my grades turned out pretty well, but I'm totally messing up the beginning of this quarter. ahh o well, this is only the first week. *ew I don't want to see Elf*

-=Grades=-

-=ahh... grades=-
I hate the end of the quarters! We always have so many freaking tests. ugh, but I guess that's just the way it goes. At least I'm remembering to study, unlike Monday when I totally forgot about that math test (but I still got a 92, wahoo). Its just so annoying how grades are so important, yet it's really more important that you know the information and are able to manipulate it, not get A's on scan trons. But here's the great thing about once we graduate from high school, college, law school, med school, etc, we can just pay people to do things for us. If we need our taxes done (math), we can call an accountant. If we need a physical (science.. sorta), we can call a doctor. If we need a speech (english) we can call a speech writer. If for some odd reason we need to know what happened in the War of 1812 (history), we can call a historian. If we need something translated (foreign languages), we can call a linguist. Now I guess we just gotta pick something to do. wahoo.

Oldies

-=Oldies
You can't be the oldies, no not stuff our parents listen to (although that is good stuff too), I'm talking about the Ella Fitzgeralds, the Louis Armstrongs, the James Deans... Dean had the looks to melt any girl, Louis' voice could stop Times Square, and Ella, well, no one can match Ella's talent. Sure, we have some awesome bands, artists, actors, and the like, but half of the crap they make is close to the art of yesteryear. The other half is garbage they unfortunately need to make in order to keep up with the competition. Movies back then, though lacking in special effects and provocative sex scenes, were pretty awesome. Everyone now and then I prefer watching a pretty much wholesome movie, as opposed to watching a blow out their guts action movie. But then again, that's just me.