My scrap of dirt

Totally different topic, so totally different post.

It makes me super happy to watch that Power Animal music video (scroll down a bit and you should be able to see it). Because it makes super, super happy to see Charlie and Kevin and Aaron. And mostly Charlie because, well, Charlie. I wish he and my brother could hang out. They're both insane and the best guys ever. Anyway! Kills me that I don't live in the Bay Area. *will not even think of trying to make it to Berkeley*

Also, if you can spot me and Fan' in that video, you're teh rock!

Good times. Very good times.


How come I didn't have a Charlie icon before?

God it feels good to be free for a little while. Started "Equal Rites" by Terry Pratchett, and of course it's a riot. Hehe. I hope it won't take me weeks to finish it.

( About the exam today )

I can't wait to start working on Martin's article!! And Christ, I just want those Host problems to be over, it's seriously annoying me by now. But I'm happy that the Power Animal forums seem to be a happy place again.

Also, YAYYYYY!! Yod's present has FINALLY arrived. And also my paper telling me I was on the honor roll this spring at Phillips. Gods I can't wait to see how Elsa likes it over there.

I think that's about it, leaving for Paris tomorrow so I won't update till this weekend I suppose.

All right, so it's probably not going to be very interesting for most people, but oh well.

Just a bit about my life :
- Ken Loach's "Ae Fond Kiss" is a very good movie. The arguments surrounding problems of inter-religious relationships are well presented and scaringly resembles ones you could hear in a closeted gay relationship. Plus, the two actors (Eva Birthistle & Atta Yaqub) are both very pretty (I don't know which is prettier than the other ;) and work really well together.
- CDM.net is up and running!! It's even compatible with IE, Firefox and Safari!!!! It took me forever to figure everything out and I'd be really grateful if people find pages that don't look good and let me know so I can correct that. Also, you can now hear Power Animal's song "Hear We Bleed" on the Music page!!!
- Worms World Party is THE BEST GAME EVER!! Mwah-ah-ah. I'm having so much fun with those worms. And *not* just because I get to kick Bush and Chirac's ass *at the same time*.
- French-speaking friends, even if you're not into RPGs, do yourselves a favor and go download "Le donjon de Naheulbeuk" HERE and NOW. It's an absolutely HILARIOUS audio saga of a group that's RPGing in a donjon (at first anyway). Some quotes are just precious, and the elf is soooo funny. Plus, you need to listen to it to understand what we're talking about when we say "elvish underwear". Seriously, if you're feeling down one night this is the best remedy ever. Yes, I'm addicted now. "Va me chercher la cruche."


On to serious business. As you might know, the Federal Ban on Same-sex Marriage in the US has been defeated in the US Senate 48-50 (it's good, considering they would have needed 60 people to vote in favor of it for it to pass). Now we have to wait and see how it does in the House of Representatives, but let's face it, the fight is far from over. So some stuff about that :
- first of all, for future reference, here is how every single Senator voted.
- because it's always good to know the arguments you're fighting against, here is a post by lj user laura42h2g2 that sums up what Senators against gay marriage had to say about it
- read about how legalized same-sex marriages have modified the institution in Nothern Europe here
- the America Anthropological Association thinks stable same-sex unions contribute to the welfare of society. Not that they're the ultimate source of knowledge, but it's a start.
- This article notes that the American Medical Association supported legislation to allow gay couples to adopt because gay parents is not detrimental to raising children.
- On that point, never forget that the American Psychological Assocation concludes that no studies whatsoever has found gay parenting to be detrimental to children, either : read the summary of studies.