Get in the Van, Chuffies

what do we want?! a mini van! when do we want it?! now!
well, we got a min van, and 8 of us chuffies (well, 6 chuffies, a boy chuff, and 1 chuffie-supporter) went to the capital for a Rally.

here is our story:

Your driver, Commando Chuffie


Handcuff Chuff


Grape Chuffie


Strawberry Chuffle


Butter Chuffie


Chuff Chuffery


Chuf Boy Ardie


K.Chuf Dawg


and here is what we saw:














































































and as we were leaving, the 10 yes on 8 people (men) were across the street. Oh, poor people. They were so unattractive. Chuf Chuffery had the best thing to say to them as we walked by them on the way to our car..."HEY HEY, YOU SUCK ASS."


















and then there were burritos!


THE END.
OR IS IT......?............

today, i'm mad

How can I not be with stories like this, this, and this making their way around.

I've reached the end of my rainbow rope. Leave us alone! Let us live, love, and do crazy gay things like volunteer, travel, and foster and adopt the children that are suffering at the hands of good, christian people.

FOCUS ON THESE FAMILIES, YOU WINGNUTS:

Murdered by her straight stepfather

An 8-year-old killer. With straight parents.

Throw away kids.

People killing each other in Oakland.

No, but instead you spend your money on energy on sucking away people's rights, dignity, and love.

YOU SUCK. You are hateful, sad, evil people. And I wish you no well.


And that is all. for now.

ying & yang

Good and Bad.

Let me start with an amazingly GOOD story.
Saturday, at the San Francisco rally against prop 8, about 2 hours in, we decided to head off to get something to eat. We went over to Hayes Valley, and it seems as though every other gay in the city did the same thing. After a few failed tries to get grub, our group decided to split up, and go to our own hoods for lunch. So, we're walking with our 2 friends to BART to go back to Glen Park, when it happened. We were at Market Street..and looked down (towards the Castro) and what we saw looked like something from a movie. A huge crowd of people were walking up Market Street. "Are those OUR people?" asked Cynthia. Sure enough, they were, and the march was headed right our way.

Have you ever had a huge group of people invite you to join them? Because, as they approached us, it was like a huge wave welcoming us in the pool. It was amazing.
So, starving and cranky, we walked. And walked. And it was good. Up Powell Street, passing wide-eyed tourists. Up through China Town, passing surprised shop owners and shoppers, into North Beach. And that's where we jumped out. Girls gotta eat, and eat we did. The best pizza EVER. then walked back to the BART. Feet = tired. Heart = happy.

In other news:

BAD. Prince? As if. OMG. WTF. And here, we really liked you.

GOOD. Jack from Fort Myers. We salute you.



BAD. Not just bad but Koo Koo Krazy Bad. "God is saying, "California shall be a refuge for America when the catastrophes come. California belongs to Me, not the advocates of sexual anarchy."" (twirling finger about the temple kind of crazy bad.)

GOOD. Shark poo. Probably more intelligent than James Hartline.

BAD. Bible prophesy. Kooky McKookertons.

GOOD. This girl's knocking it out of the park.

REALLY BAD. Poor polar bears. I still blame Palin.

COULD BE BETTER. American cars suck. They suck so bad, we shouldn't save them. But we want to save jobs. So, I have an idea. Why don't we bring in Japanese and German consultants and change them? Seriously. They should hire me to help them.

AND, WHO KNOWS. ???? I'd go with GOOD because she is still alive.

everyone in the world, please watch this.

Keith Olbermann.

no on H8 march last night

How to capture the feeling of walking down Market Street surrounded by thousands and thousands of people of all colors, ages, and flavors..all of us expressing our anger, hurt, dismay, disbelief that our state, and the people in it, would willingly discriminate and TAKE AWAY our rights...well, I can't really capture that in words. But, I can try: inspiring, motivating, nourishing, validating, powerful, emotional, and loving. (oh, and my sign was a hit)



The Mormon Church is scared. They are frightened. They are "disturbed". And I'm glad. (ARE YOU READING THIS MORMON CHURCH?)
What the hell do they expect? They pour in millions of dollars to a POLITICAL issue and they really thought nobody would notice and fight back? We are fighting back....and we are smarter than they are, and our beliefs are actually based in reality, not in magic undies.

Check this out. Rachel Maddow talking to Princeton Political Professor Melissa Harris Lacewell and race and prop 8. The professor makes some good points. I'm torn, because I think the no on 8 campaign did a really good job with the resources they had, but I think we all learned that we have tons of work to do in minority communities. We assumed that racial minority groups would understand our cause and our fight, and we were wrong. Religion and fear overrode any sense of compassion and understanding. And that needs to change.

Last night on the local news, they talked to Bill May, from Catholics from the Common Good. Of course, he whined and cried about how the gays were unfairly targeting religious groups (waaaaa!!!) and at the end of his whiny sad little speech, he did something very, very interesting. He basically said, "why aren't they targeting the 7 out of 10 black voters who voted Yes on 8?"

See what he did? He totally pointed the finger. They love this shit, those religious bigots. They love to judge, enforce their judgments on others, encourage other groups to judge, put alot of money into taking away others' rights, and then when they are called on it, they start to panic, cry, call foul, and point fingers. It was so blatant!! He was like the stupid kid in the schoolyard that pushed someone down, and in this case, he is pointing to the black kids saying THEY DID IT. It was sickening. The religious bigots love to see the divide of the minorities, and they are encouraging it every chance they can.

Okay, sorry for the rant...but it's been an emotional few days. Lots of anger. Lots of disappointment.
And tons of thinking.

ps. watch this. it's great:

i will not be saying anything here that you didn't already know

My thoughts today:

1. I could care less if one of my work's clients "lost sleep" last night about copy in an ad. I am insulted that anyone would even say that to me today. Otherwise, my coworkers have been awesome today, and i thank them for being sensitive and supportive.

2. It should be illegal for other states to send money for propositions being voted on in our state.

3. The Mormon Church bought votes plain and simple. The Mormon Church is vile. So is the Catholic Church (sorry mom) and the KKKnights of Columbus. Vile, angry, ugly people. I'm sorry you don't have the guts to live a better life. When you meet your God, he may have some news for you.

4. It all starts with people being in the closet. and then families don't think of it is a personal issue. they have no FACE to put with the word GAY. so, they have frightening thoughts about GAY people because they don't realize that gay people are just like them. so, these people voting yes...they have no idea that there are gay people in their families, or as friends, and can't fathom what it means or doesn't mean. so, it is a foreign concept and they don't equate voting YES with AFFECTING good people like you and me. But of course, people don't come out, because all they hear about is how freaky and wrong it is to be gay. IT'S A SOCIAL ILL and a vicious cycle.

5. We should stop paying taxes. Seems like our money is different and not quite as good as straight people's money, and therefore, we should keep it all to our gay selves. Maybe we could go in together and buy tons of gay things with the money, like rainbow colored cruise ships, herds of unicorns, mountains of butt plugs, or majority stock in G-Star or American Apparel.


This is from my list serv at work, written by Jim Hunger. He has some great points:

***
It seems to me that there are a number of issues that became apparent
during this struggle and ought to be addressed:

---It's way too easy to change the California constitution, and it's
outrageous that civil rights can be dictated by a mere majority. There
should be some effort to change the rules to something like 2/3 or 3/4
majority required for a constitutional amendment (usually the rule in other
states), or a constitutional convention. And would it be possible to frame
a new amendment stating that basic civil rights are not subject to the
whim/prejudices of a mere majority of the voting public.

---We need stronger laws against outright lying and deception for political
gain. Granted, some of these instances can be rationalized in a variety of
ways, but Yes on 8 was guilty of outright lies that they continued to
disseminate even after they were exposed. There should be legal means not
only to stop this kind of behavior immediately, but to harshly penalize the
perpetrators, including fines and jail time.

---During the fiasco of Pepperdine Law schmuck Richard Peterson
broadcasting lies for Yes on 8, I complained to the California Fair
Political Practices Commission, and they responded that they saw no grounds
for proceeding against Peterson. That he could get away with this with
impunity, and that a board that is supposed to be addressing this kind of
egregious behavior either sees nothing wrong with this or has no legal
means to deal with it, is simply unacceptable.

----There should be strict laws against churches, and nonprofit arms of
churches (such as Knight of Columbus) from getting involved in the
political arena. Crossing state lines to do this should be a much more
serious offense. Religious organizations that commit these offenses should
lose their tax exemption, and it should be difficult for them to get it
back. Churches should also only get a tax exemption on the meeting space
where they hold their gatherings. All other holdings should be taxed just
like anyone else would be. We are, after all, supposed to be a secular
society, and that principle has been thoroughly trampled upon in recent
years.

***
So, 53% of our state let religion, ignorance, hate, or internalized homophobia get in their way of voting on a LAW that takes away people's right. Okay. But, don't expect the gays to go away. We're pissed, and honey, when you've pissed off the gays, you aren't just going to get a fuck*d up haircut or flowers that are a day old....you're gonna get a lot more. What happens when you kick a puppy one too many times? Try it and see.

i'm not a phone person, but...

Last night I went with my friend Corso to the No on 8 headquarters in the Castro, and volunteered in the phone bank. I was quite nervous, never having done it before, and a little scared that people may say mean things and I wouldn't know how to deal with it.

However, the experience was awesome. Looking around the crowded room and seeing folks of all sexualities, ages, and colors, was totally inspiring. The room was abuzz with positive energy. I really felt like I was part of a historical movement to create change.

Only one person I talked to said that they were voting yes. The other people I contacted were very supportive, and some were downright awesome.

"I can't believe we have to fight for this," said one older man, "it's like we're in the stone ages!"


I concur.

i feel sorry for these people.

angry. bitter. trying to make themselves feel better by trying to withhold rights for others. truly pitiful.





and, uh, Ginger, honey. it's pretty obvious what your inner demon is all about. And, for the woman with the CHANGE shirt...isn't it ironic? don't you think?

trout pout. and more!

I'm feeling random. Here are some things that have caught my attention today:

Pete Burns, the lead singer of Dead or Alive, is going to receive money from the plastic surgeon who apparently turns his lips into a "TROUT POUT." "Since the disastrous treatment by Dr Maurizio Viel, Mr Burns has undergone more than 100 further operations by specialists in Italy in an attempt to correct the damage, but has said he fears he will always be disfigured." I just have to wonder, did Pete come up with the term Trout Pout, or did someone call him that?

Husband kills wife because of Facebook. Damn that Facebook!!! "The couple had separated four days before the murder in February and Forrester later told police he had been provoked by his wife changing her marital status to "single" on her Facebook entry, the court heard."

In lighter news. Check out the Loverslead, the "leash for lovers." Ha, that's kinda funny and kinda dumb. (thanks to The Daily Beast's Buzz Board for this)

This is funny. Thanks to two of my friends who have shared that with me. As you can see by my blog's main picture, I truly appreciate it.

This is a fun game, and hopefully will never be a reality.
North Koreastan...ha ha ha.

HERE, this is for everyone who didn't think Ellen was doing enough for No on 8. Now, go back to fighting the real enemy, gosh darn it.

Posh is sporting my hair------>




and last but not least, check out this awesome No on 8 video:

sneeze. repeat. sneeze. repeat.

What the F*** is in the air today? I actually went home from work around 10:30 this morning because my eyes were faucets, my nose a hose, and my sneezing really, really annoying to my coworkers AND myself. I drove home having to pee, so each sneeze was torture. I sat in my chair all day, feeling like I got the crap beat out of me. And, I looked really, really good...swollen eyes, red nose...like Santa after a whiskey binge.

Anyway, there are some good things to talk about today.

One, is that the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC is on right now, and even though I'm up to here (pointing to head) with politics, I find her show entertaining, and I'm really excited that an out lesbian is on TV. She's so intelligent and delivers her messages in such a calm, educated way, that even the conservatives on her show as guests are like, Oh, okay, smartie, you know your shite. Alex, I can see why you have a crush on her. She's pretty adorable in her nerdy way, EVEN with the overdone eye makeup. She seems a little more at home minus the shine, like here:



Another thing I'm enjoying quite a bit is Tina Brown's new website, The Daily Beast. It really is like a magazine, and I find myself going back to the site several times a day, poking around to see what's all there. And, there is a lot there...I haven't even scratched the surface yet.

Wall Street is bouncing back. Thank God! My portfolio was a mess. My personal worth had dropped like 498 points. I'm just kidding. That's the beauty of being poor...I can read headlines about the stock market turmoil, and it doesn't stress me out.

And finally, there's this great new No on 8 ad:


Apparently Margaret Cho and Molly Ringwald are also going to be featured in No on 8 ads...can't wait to see that! Do you think Molly will do her cute Molly Ringwald dance in her commercial? I can only hope.