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Well I continue to be in a fairly foul mood. Just everything that could irritates me for no particular reason. Perhaps it's post-op depression. Perhaps it's general psychic stress from Katrina. And I am deeply upset by it on some visceral emotional level. I know the rights thing has been bothering me. Governor Terminator's veto of marriage rights in California, our own constitutional convention today--which we wll win but will postpone rather than stop the final electoral showdown, and the Gwen Araujo case, which has particular resonance to me because her murder happened in the few weeks that I was starting to come out as trans. Maybe it's troubles in EQ2 which did a 180 and when we were really on the verge of putting our guild together again, it just exploded. And I feel so strongly about RA, but I don't havea lot of emotional strength for officer stuff right now. But overall, Goddess, I'm one horrid bitch to deal with even though I'm trying not to be.

It's just this general raw feeling and I can't seem to shake it.

Other than that, things are actually not all that horrible. I need to get off my butt and shop for a new stove. But that's more of a pleasure than anything else, though it's change and I'm not in the mood for much change. Work is going ok.

Today I'm trying to figure out if I should talk to Lisa nad see about getting the rest of the day off and running up to the state house for the marriage rights rally. Probably I won't. I'm just too tired. That's my own fault, not the emotional fatigue. I ended up chatting until late. If it was close, I would definitely go. But this one looks like a win thank goodness.

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Well I continue to be in a fairly foul mood. Just everything that could irritates me for no particular reason. Perhaps it's post-op depression. Perhaps it's general psychic stress from Katrina. And I am deeply upset by it on some visceral emotional level. I know the rights thing has been bothering me. Governor Terminator's veto of marriage rights in California, our own constitutional convention today--which we wll win but will postpone rather than stop the final electoral showdown, and the Gwen Araujo case, which has particular resonance to me because her murder happened in the few weeks that I was starting to come out as trans. Maybe it's troubles in EQ2 which did a 180 and when we were really on the verge of putting our guild together again, it just exploded. And I feel so strongly about RA, but I don't havea lot of emotional strength for officer stuff right now. But overall, Goddess, I'm one horrid bitch to deal with even though I'm trying not to be.

It's just this general raw feeling and I can't seem to shake it.

Other than that, things are actually not all that horrible. I need to get off my butt and shop for a new stove. But that's more of a pleasure than anything else, though it's change and I'm not in the mood for much change. Work is going ok.

Today I'm trying to figure out if I should talk to Lisa nad see about getting the rest of the day off and running up to the state house for the marriage rights rally. Probably I won't. I'm just too tired. That's my own fault, not the emotional fatigue. I ended up chatting until late. If it was close, I would definitely go. But this one looks like a win thank goodness.

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There's a really good article in Salon about the Republican War On Science. It's well well worth sitting through the short commercial for a day pass. It summarizes the different ways in which the GOP is fighting against reality in favor of their agenda and it also talks about the tendency of the media to present false information from industry lobbyists and religious nuts and give it equal weight to science, all in the name of "fairness" and "balance." And how industry, starting with the tobacco industry as far back as the 60s, has used this tendecy to intentionally create "controversy" on issues about which there really is no controversy. Examples being evolution, global warming, and obviously that cigarette smoking causes cancer and a variety of other diseases.

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There's a really good article in Salon about the Republican War On Science. It's well well worth sitting through the short commercial for a day pass. It summarizes the different ways in which the GOP is fighting against reality in favor of their agenda and it also talks about the tendency of the media to present false information from industry lobbyists and religious nuts and give it equal weight to science, all in the name of "fairness" and "balance." And how industry, starting with the tobacco industry as far back as the 60s, has used this tendecy to intentionally create "controversy" on issues about which there really is no controversy. Examples being evolution, global warming, and obviously that cigarette smoking causes cancer and a variety of other diseases.

Military Hypocrisy

This is hardly a surprise, but it turns out that there's even documentation confirming that while the military isn't fond of having gay people in its ranks during times of peace, it won't discharge them if they're on active combat duty. This is particularly interesting because the argument has always been that during times of combat, one has to sacrifice rights in favor of combat efficiency. But the actual policy is that times of combat are the one time that gays aren't removed from duty.

Military Hypocrisy

This is hardly a surprise, but it turns out that there's even documentation confirming that while the military isn't fond of having gay people in its ranks during times of peace, it won't discharge them if they're on active combat duty. This is particularly interesting because the argument has always been that during times of combat, one has to sacrifice rights in favor of combat efficiency. But the actual policy is that times of combat are the one time that gays aren't removed from duty.

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I LOVE MASSACHUSETTS

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I LOVE MASSACHUSETTS

Proud to be from Massachusetts

Lawmakers reject amendment banning gay marriage
After less than two hours of debate, a joint session of the House and Senate voted 157-39 against the proposed ballot question

Proud to be from Massachusetts

Lawmakers reject amendment banning gay marriage
After less than two hours of debate, a joint session of the House and Senate voted 157-39 against the proposed ballot question

O M F G ! !

The hate crimes bill passed the House!

Am I really in the US? Two victories in a day?

O M F G ! !

The hate crimes bill passed the House!

Am I really in the US? Two victories in a day?