I honestly don't know if people did as I asked, and bought my crap after reading my last post, or if people just found them on eBay all on their own, but our video game crap all sold!! I even got rid of a few of my extra books when I forced them on unsuspecting guests. And we filled an entire trash bag of video games that we either can't play on our new computers (yes in fact they were that old), or hadn't even been installed on the computer since its last reformat. And I finally hooked up the new-to-us behemoth of a computer and Hubby finally got it all fixed up yesterday. We are FINALLY getting organized.
I mentioned long ago that Hubby and I had filed for a marriage license at the DC Courthouse. And I said I would be quick about giving everyone the date. Well that's fixed. It's going to be on MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010 AT 1:00 PM. You are invited. Of course there is a limit of 15 people in the courtroom. Parents and siblings (assuming they come) leave only 8 slots. I created an event on Facebook for it, and if you didn't get an invite through that, email me or message me. Not my friend on Facebook? Get on that. Oh, but I'm unsearchable unless you are already my friend. Good luck. By the way, I can honestly say that I hate Facebook. And I've plugged them too many times. Myspace. There. My karma feels balanced. Speaking of things I hate, I originally wrote the "by the way" as 'btw'. Thanks for nothing text messaging, IM, and Twitter. If only I was getting paid to plug these pieces of junk. Of course, by calling them that, I'm assured that no one will ever want me to plug there stuff on here. Which is just as well.
Our wedding is getting more politically apropos. Earlier this year, the US District Court for Northern California heard arguments that Proposition 8 and other bans on same sex marriage are unconstitutional because they violate the 14th amendment to the constitution. Closing arguments for Perry v. Schwarzenegger were heard mid-June and a verdict will be issued in the next few months. The lawyers for the plaintiff used similar arguments that were used in court challenges in Massachusetts and Iowa. This past week, The US District Court in Massachusetts ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. Not too fear conservatives, this only applies to Massachusetts. Which already allows gay marriage. It would have to be appealed to the appellate court, and then appealed to the US Supreme Court. Of course our wonderful and very progressive president is the one who sent his lawyers to Massachusetts to defend DOMA. I guess he left the 'not' out on his campaign promise to overturn DOMA. In reality, though, Both Perry v. Schwarzenegger and Gill v. OPM are the best chance for the status quo to be overturned. Sorry. I didn't mean to channel my inner politico. Don't judge me.
For those who oppose my views on same-sex marriage, I have an alternative. Apparently, about a year ago, NOMLM issued the following public service announcement:
For more information, and to learn how to contribute to this organization (if that is your sort of thing) you can go to http://www.giantgayrepellentumbrella.com.
Oh, and my personal reaction to people who feel that I should be on the first-name basis with a probate lawyer (which I am) to continually ensure that hubby and I have as many of the legal rights as our married friends as possible, instead of just being able to say "I do" and get them whether we want them or not?
For the record, I am tired enough to have considered making my own version and post that instead. However, I don't know the song, nor know enough about my webcam to know how to do that. Yes I could figure it out. But its 2:15 AM. And I'm tired. However, if you make your own version and send it to me, I'll reciprocate!
EDIT: fixed a few glaring errors. Probably missed more than I fixed, but whatever. Also, I promised to link to Hubby's blog whenever he posted his post regarding our trek to DC. Well he took his sweet time in writing it, so I had made a post since that. I didn't want to mess up the order of my posts by editing old ones, so I just never linked. Now I will though. Because I like to follow through on my promise. Key word: 'like'. Because it does not say that I always follow through. That would just be setting everyone up for disappointment. Why am I more rambly and less sensical that I was when writing last night? Anyways, his post is located here.
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