Date: 2009-11-05 12:58 Subject: domestic partnership benefits for ALL Security: Public

with all this gay marriage debate ponder this: Why should the government give extra benefits to only romantic partnerships? Why shouldn't I be able to enter to a partnership with a close friend/sibling/parent that gives me benefits like on taxes/social security survivorship/citizenship--all the benefits that marriage currently can give?

Date: 2009-11-04 13:33 Subject: Question 1 and a rant Security: Public Mood: annoyed

Question 1 and a rant

So by now everyone has probably heard the initiative to repeal gay marriage, a.k.a. "Question 1" has passed, albeit narrowly, in Maine. Now before you boycott your next (probably first) trip to Maine and board that plane to (Sweden/Norway/Denmark) just be aware that:

*Between 3 and 5 million gays and lesbians will go without health insurance this year--and next year--and the year after that. Congressional members who oppose health insurance including the public option will go unchallenged or face a poorly funded challenger next year.

*Approximately 2000 - 4000 gays and lesbians will die this year due to lack of health insurance (extrapolated numbers from a recent Harvard study).

*Based on estimates, thousands of gays and lesbians have been murdered in Iraq as a result of the destabilization of the country by the U.S. and allied forces in the past few years. Some of these murders have been horrific despite the attempts of some LGBT groups to establish safe houses in these country (sort of a gay underground railroad so to speak). Some of these houses have closed due to lack of funds despite the presence of affluent LGBT communities in Western Europe and the U.S.

But all we seem to hear about is gay marriage. Is it just a result of the media's obsession with gay marriage to the detriment of these other causes? Could it be that the power structure of the LGBT movement is decidedly more affluent and less concerned about issues that don't concern their demographic? I don't know. All I know is that to get empathy you sort of have to be able to give it. And I don't really see that right now from our community.

What do we want? GAY MARRIAGE! And when do we want it? BEFORE I FILE MY TAXES!

Date: 2009-08-04 22:08 Subject: is he being sarcastic? Security: Public

in response to the the 'Swine Flu Free. UB2' bit on my bear411 profile.

Date: 2009-04-16 11:51 Subject: in honor of the teabagging protests Security: Public

From John Waters' movie 'Pecker'



'but trade is my life!'

Date: 2009-03-31 21:54 Subject: Nails Security: Public Location: US, California, Alameda, Castro Valley, I- 580 Tags: via ljapp

My 3-year old nephew walks into my bedroom with his mommy's nail kit basket and proclaimed 'I want to paint my nails.'. Now how can anyone say no to that?

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

Date: 2009-03-02 21:41 Subject: Straight hotness Security: Public

Hot straight dude raising $$$ for his friend's son's cancer treatment....totally jackable....more details (and pictures) here

Date: 2009-02-20 16:18 Subject: Armistead Maupin philosophy Security: Public

One of the characters in Tales Of The City once remarked that one can never have simultaneously a good apartment, a good job and a good boyfriend. The events of the past week for me confirm this to be true.

Date: 2008-12-21 20:56 Subject: movie meme Security: Public

01. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times:
Wizard of Oz

02. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre:
Babe (3x), Muriel's Wedding (3x) and Rocky Horror Picture Show(multiple times)

03. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie:
Philip Seymour Hoffman

04. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie:
Keanu Reeves

5. Name a movie that you can quote from:
Mommie Dearest

06. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs:
probably Wizard of Oz if any

07. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with:
Rocky Horror Picture Show

08. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see:
Blue, White and Red trilogy (actually 3 movies)

09. Name an unusual movie that you own:
Blue

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops:
Courtney Love

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?:
yep

12. Ever made out in a movie?
not in a movie theater

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it:
M.A.S.H.

14. Ever walked out of a movie?:
Breaking The Waves (the camera shots were making me dizzy)

15. Name a movie that made you cry:
Joy Luck Club...I had a hangover which makes me unusually susceptible to weepiness

16. Popcorn?:
prefer milk duds

17. How often do you go to the movies?:
once a month on average but used to go more often when I lived in L.A.

18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?:
Milk

19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie?:
Foreign

20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
Rocky 2

Date: 2008-12-10 16:36 Subject: Ticket on Southwest for possible barter Security: Public

So I'm looking at my Southwest Airlines account and I have a free one-way ticket (NOT a roundtrip ticket) on Southwest that I need to use before February 8th. I'd definitely be interesting in bartering it (even selling it) for concert tickets, an old (but usable) computer for my parents, apartment in the city for the weekend or other. Obviously it's only a one-way so you'd have to buy a o/w back...but o/w tickets can be cheap these days if you look around

Date: 2008-11-26 07:15 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: via ljapp

I think I saw Richard Simmons as the interviewee on a 'story' about the health lifestyle of the President-elect's family on MSNBC--oh the horror of trying to create content for the 24/7 news networks!

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

Date: 2008-11-12 16:18 Subject: My one and only post about Prop 8 Security: Public

I'm bummed about Prop 8. And I was completely fine that Massachusettes had beat us to legalizing gay marriage in the first place....home state of the venerable Ted Kennedy.....but now I have to deal with CONNECTICUT being ahead of us now.

I don't think I'll recover.

Date: 2008-11-10 12:51 Subject: Want to go to the Inauguration? Security: Public

Tickets to the Inauguration are available but only by way of your congresspersons.  You don't need a ticket to go but it will get closer to the podium where Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in President Barack Obama.

For California residents send an e-mail to tickets@feinstein.senate.gov and include the following information:

1. Full name
2. Home Address
3. Contact phone number
4. e-mail address
5. # of tickets requested (website says the maximum requested is 5).

Physical tickets aren't given out.  You will have to present a photo ID on Inauguration Day to get in to the 'ticketed' section.

Date: 2008-11-04 14:14 Subject: Post a happy pic meme Security: Public

Bowling with my nephew, niece, and boyfriend

Date: 2008-11-04 12:17 Subject: Election Predictions Security: Public

Presidential

-375 electoral votes for Obama
-163 for McCain

-54.1% popular vote for Obama
-44.4% for McCain

Senate outcome
-57 DEMs, 2 Indepedents, 40 REPs, 1 Runoff (Georgia)

House outcome
-268 DEMs
-167 REPs

Date: 2008-11-04 11:58 Subject: How I voted Security: Public

Prop 1A - High Speed Rail -- YES, YES, YES!
Prop 2 - Free the Chickens! -- NO
Prop 3 - Children's Hospital-- NO
Prop 4 - Abortion Waiting Period/Parental Notification -- NO, NO, NO!
Prop 5 - Drug Treatment over Prison Time -- YES
Prop 6 - NO
Prop 7 - NO
Prop 8 - NO, NO, NO!
Prop 9 - NO
Prop 10 - NO
Prop 11 - NO
Prop 12 - Veterans Bond -- YES

Feel free to post if you want a more detailed explanation of why I voted the way I did for any of them....except for Prop 8

Date: 2008-10-31 22:39 Subject: Halloween Security: Public Tags: via ljapp

Gorilla suits are hot as fuck....I think I lost 10 lbs wearing it

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

Date: 2008-10-29 23:39 Subject: OMG! Too funny Security: Public Location: home Music: the Call

so it's seems all innocuous until about 30 seconds in....then hilarity

......from a writer from the Daily Show and one from ATHF (aqua teen hunger force--icon used not due to anger but an homage to the Mooninites!) 



embedding's not working......

http://www.youtube.com/v/UQvw8rvcQxg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1

Date: 2008-10-26 11:51 Subject: bear411 Security: Public Music: Pod by the Breeders

ok...so I changed the main pic of my bear411 profile thanks to the photographic talents of urso and I logged on this morning--and as soon as I logged on I start getting messages from about a half dozen people who I've seen on-line but never messaged me before--I guess they didn't like my last pic....