Having attempted to post 3 times & having the apparatus turn off on me each time I suppose I shouldnt post. But let me say quickly GRRRRR! F%*K!!! GRRRRRR!!!!!!

Obama comes out... shamelessly stolen from themasterandhisslave.com

This week made history and for once in a good way! The President of the United States said he supports gay marriage. Not pussyfooting around it. Flat out support! It makes you wonder if there isn't some hope left. I've been trying to figure out how to respond as right out of the gates I was overrun by all sorts of vileness. "Obama is just pandering to court the gay vote!" "Obama doesn't give a shit about gays and if you believe him you are a fucking idiot!" and "Obama is just doing this for politics!". Actual quotes from people I thought to be open minded, rather liberal, and as far as I knew pro-gay marriage. Somehow for the first time The President of the United States flat out said that he is pro-equality (because lets not fuck around here. Anto-gay marriage means anti-equality) is bad because they believe it is politically motivated. I couldn't disagree more. I don't give a shit the reason, I am just thrilled. It makes me think that there might still be some hope out there. When I heard my president, and I am proud to call him my president, say he supported gay marriage I swear I heard a distant crack. Like the precursor to an avalanche! My best friend pupslave keith put it better than I possibly could. So here are his thoughts on the matter. I couldn't agree more!

"i don’t know how orchestrated or planned the moment was. i don’t know if it was a wise political move or one that may have just cost him the next election. i don’t know why the moment to do it was now, as opposed to months ago or months ahead. what i do know is that i was uncharacteristically at a loss for words. i did not see this coming. the president has publicly announced that he’s on O/our side. as i sat back and pondered the moment, i felt a swell of emotion flow through my body. i thought of all the bullied gay kids out there, contemplating suicide as a formidable escape suddenly knowing that the president of the united states is on their side. i think of the thousands and thousands of gay brothers and sisters who died from aids because president reagan couldn’t even mention them in a sentence. i think of the centuries and decades in which gay people found it not only impossible to dream of gay marriage, but the idea of even being accepted into a family of their own. i think of all those in the past who had been shut out of hospital rooms, thrown out of their apartments, written out of wills, treated like human garbage because they dared to be themselves and openly love another human being. i think of the same-sex parents who now have a president publicly supporting the sacrifices and the love they have for their children. now, i know that president obama’s statement doesn’t really change anything in the eyes of the law. but it says something about how he has decided to face this re-election bid – on his own terms, being free from the fears that so often kept him from being the truly great president he should be. he is prepared to let the chips all where they may. he has drawn a line in the sand clearly contrasting his moral beliefs with those his opponent, a man who wants to abolish all rights for gay americans and writes checks for institutes administering “gay cures.” i don’t know what will happen from here, but for the rest of history, there is now a sitting president of the united states who publicly stated his support for my – and thousands of my gay brothers and sisters – right to love. and despite the politics involved, that is a truly beautiful and remarkable thing."

Damnit! I had a pretty blog post that was supposed to have hit yesterday but the site seems to have eaten it. :( HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BESTEST FRIENDS, KEITH! XO

I'm rather amused that when I typed "ebay" into my computer it asked me if I meant "extreme restraints".

Just got a new sheet of Pixar stamps! Ratitouie, Toy Story, Up, (Cars blah) & Wall-E! Lucky folks will get them in the mail. In any case they make me smile!

Sooo hot in Cleveland!

Hola mi amigos y amigas y otros! 2 years of High School Spanish for you ladies and gentlemen! Being an exceedingly polite person I will ask how your weekend was before we get to mine. Do you do anything fun? Really? Oh no! Uh-huh. Ok. Enough about you. Let’s focus on me! Because I had a very full weekend indeed! It all started when I took my husband to the local Family Video to rent all the movies for the Avengers Movie Marathon he and my daughter were planning. Iron Man 1 and 2, Thor, Captain America, and The Hulk. However he asked me to help him look around the “back room”. Sure, why not? And what to my wondering eye should appear but a parody porn of Batman.

YES, PLEASE! So I grabbed that up and ran home to pop it in. So….freaking…..good!!! I mean creepy as all get out at times but totally worth every penny. I may have to buy it even.

So having obtained my husbands virtual babysitters I jumped in the car and peeled out of there. As all fans of margaritas know this weekend was Cinco de Mayo and how better to celebrate that to head up to S.M.A.R.T.’s Kinko de Mayo! I have never had the pleasure of attending Kinko before so I was eagerly anticipating exploring what Cleveland has to offer. And it has quite a bit. As if you didn’t know already! The S.M.A.R.T. staff and volunteers created a very welcoming environment which quickly puts you at ease. Which is saying something concidering I missed the turnoff by a good 100 streets. Talk about frazzled! However once in the energy I had a good time. Got to do some fire topping for THE Coral Mallow (heehee) which was hot in so many ways. And afterwards I had not one person ask to give it a try. I felt a little bad about that until my ever-so-smart husband pointed out that I had to leave almost immediately afterward. Family emergency So back in the car. 2 hours back home. A restless night. However the next day all was revealed to be alright and the world spun on. I ended up getting to coach my kid’s soccer game which was fortunate as Jason went into hyper aggressive coach mode. I had to pull him and make him take a lap. But my kids won! After that and lunch with the fam I left Jason with several hundred dollars to buy a new PS3 and off I headed back north. (What? Didn’t I tell you ours died? Oh yeah. Went toe up right in the middle of my husband and daughter’s Avengers movie marathon. Yeah, we geek out like that.) 2 more hours and a frightening moment on a bridge when a cop pulled sideways cutting off traffic from entering the southbound lane of the bridge and I was baaacccckk! Missed a couple of classes but was able to spend some truly glorious time by the river in a marvelous little patch of sunlight with Coral. Yay! Then in for a very interesting class on primal play and elemental play. After that I went out and had some amazing dinner with some terrible folks…wait…strike that…reverse it…thank you… I had some terrible dinner with some amazing folks but it was fodder for much laughter and in the end Coral had Godiva chocolate so no one got hurt.  I did make some new friends whom I hope I have the opportunity to hang out with oddles more. I even got to play for a minute before I had to head back home.

Sunday I could have happily stayed in bed and slept all the doo dah day however there were other responsibilities which called to me. A quick sermon and then the remaining Avengers movies left: Thor and The Hulk. Then at 1:30 we piled in the car, ponied up the cash and went to see The Avengers. I have never been so happy to give someone my money. I really and truly wish there was a tip jar for the director because I would have dropped some in. Joss Whedon, I just love you. I want to say more, but I daren’t ruin a single moment of the film for anyone else. If you have seen it, you understand. If you haven’t, what the hell are you doing reading this. GO! Watch! I will wait………. …..la…laa….la…laaaa…… …..Ok, you’re back? RIGHT?!?! Comic book come to life? SOOOO good! I hit the sheets Sunday night like a ton of bricks.