Trolling around Seattle...

to.much.social.networking

twitter, facebook, google reader, freindfeed, livejournal, tribe, email, mailing lists, blogs, GAH!

Reminds me of a song...

All grown up and no place to go
Psych 1, Psych 2, what do you know?
All your life, social networks
twitter me now, what does that mean?

I'll tell you what it means
PRESSURE
PRESSURE

(I butchered Billy Joel - Pressure for this one.)

Equality -- Vote NO on Proposition 8

Vote No On 8, Don't Eliminate Marriage for Anyone

I feel like I need to do more for marriage equality, because it's about everyone being equal. So here's an event:

Equality ~ A Fundraiser for No on Prop 8
www.eccentric.org
Please join us for a very special evening of music, dance, and performance dedicated to raising awareness and funds to defend marriage equality and defeat Prop 8!

And here's something to think about:

In less than three weeks, Californians will vote on Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment which eliminates the rights of same-sex couples to marry. If Prop. 8 passes, our constitution would, for the first time, be used to impose discrimination. Two loving adults who want to live in the dignity of marriage, will be precluded from doing so. This discrimination is unfair, unnecessary, and wrong and harkens back to a time when many people thought interracial marriage would cause the end of the world as well. Clearly that has survived the test of time. Clearly we have, once again, NOT learned from history. Clearly it's time to make a statement about that!

This is about so much more than just California. The whole country is watching this election. Will the right-wing be able to continue using this as an issue to divide Americans in future elections? Can wealthy bigots undermine the courts and state legislatures?

Legislators in Vermont and New Jersey are already set to take their cue from California. 40 states have laws or amendments in their state constitutions prohibiting gay people from getting married.

You can change all that.

For all of us who would be impacted by this constitutional amendment -- and that is ALL of us -- I am personally asking you not only to Vote NO on Prop 8, but also to ask your friends and family to Vote NO on Prop 8.

Spread the word. Share the love. Be the change.

Vote NO on Proposition 8.

housewarming, re-conceived

I had thought about doing our housewarming party as a "zombie cocktail party" for Halloween. But as the weeks have gone by, I realized my heart just wasn't in it, I just don't feel like doing it.

Maybe it's because the house isn't "done." But we own the house (or the bank does, in our name) and we get to do whatever we want to it, so it may never be "done." We haven't finished the window coverings, because I need to make an appointment. We haven't hung the art, or filled the photo frames we got for our wedding. The stairs still are carpeted (we want them re-done in wood, like the rest of the floors). I have hardly touched the yard. Rob wants a new TV, which calls for some new living room furniture...

But really, a housewarming is to "warm" the house, fill it with life. So a housewarming should and will happen, but on our terms. I've come up with the Happy House Birthday Party. Is it a Happy-House Birthday, or a Happy House-Birthday? I haven't decided, but it won't be until next July.

Whew, off the hook for eight more months!

what he said...

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gives an eloquent and thoughtful endorsement of Barack Obama that addresses many of the thoughts and fears I have about McCain and Palin. Only Mr. Powell actually knows what he's talking about.

Chris Wallace of Fox News just reported that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Not a very comfortable moment for John McCain, his guest this morning.

peacock blue

peacock blue
Originally uploaded by levanah

Trying that whole "fashion" thing, again.

Outfit for a Friday night dinner out in San Francisco. Trying out "bright tights." Not sure I succeeded, but it doesn't look too horrible. A blue tank top or tee would have pulled it together better, I think. Much better picture this time, thanks Rob!

Tights: Hue (Macys)
Skirt: Old Navy
Tank: Target
Sweater: Banana Republic from about 10 years ago. Silk.
Shoes: Steve Madden