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Reverend
Michael Robert XXXXXXXX
Friday the 31st of October 2008Yep, I filled out a form online, and POOF, I am now a Reverend. Though I'm gonna have to figure out how real this is or is not. I'd like to be able to perform a wedding if need be, but only if its available for all couples, gay and straight.
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I dont see how people have the right to vote to deny me rights!?
But even in my own pool of friends, neighbors, and family, gay marriage is a debatable issue? Guess they don't want me to get a wedding some day? Why? I'm not sure. If you are not gay, I don't see that you'd want a gay wedding, and hence what threat is there to you?
This, to me, is really a vote about homophobia, and I fear I'm finding the liberal blue state of California still may have a ways to go with dealing with homophobia. Well, on November 5, we will know, how far we have come, and how far will have yet to go.
I urge Californians to VOTE NO on PROP 8!
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I'm desperate for a vacation, fortunately my shift ends in 3.5 hours, and then I will be on vacation. Two weeks away from work.
Its not that work has even been bad of late, I'm just really feeling the need for rest and relaxation, and lots of me time. I've got some mental house keeping to get done.
I've been feeling increased anxiety this week, coming from numbers of places.
But the big thing is tomorrow night, I'm chaperoning the youth from my church at an overnighter with another church. I wont be the only adult, but I'll basically be with lots of people I don't know, and most of them teens. I'm not really sure what they will be like, I'm fairly confident it will all go off without a hitch. Just I can get increased anxiety in random social situations, and I think my mind is prepping for exactly that. And I don't want that.
Dizzy, sweaty, flushed with the feeling of stares all upon me, I sometimes just have to get up a walk away. I know its weird, but happens. At the same time, I think nothing of getting up in front of the crowded bar and singing karaoke, course there its dark, and the drinks are flowing, and I have my friends.
I've used my cell phone as a crutch on numbers of occasions, pretending to have to take a call, and walk out of a crowded room, to find a place by myself, where I can pace and calm down, and ponder how to go back to the situation.
I think on some ways its hard to even think about stress, it stresses me out, its illogical, and I know it, but somehow sometimes, cannot just fully reach RELAXED, and I try all the time. Right now, I'm a ball of nerves. I at least know that in one week, I'll be chilling next to the beach at my brothers house in Hawaii. Ahh, let me find peace out there!
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A dear friend of mine shared that she is dealing with breast cancer now, and will be starting treatments on monday.
She also sent me this email, I dont usually forward these out, but wanted to at least reply back to her, but then, why not share it on my page, for the 5 people that probably read it!
So, this post is dedicated to Ann!
and, if you like, for a comment, why not fill this out and post with your answers?
PLEASE!
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1. What time did you get up ?? 2pm
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Dark Knight4. What is your favorite TV show? House Hunters International
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal
6. What is your middle name? Robert
7. What food do you dislike? Peas8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? My iPOD
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2003 VW GOLF
10. Favorite sandwich? PBJ, crunchy PB with Apricot jam
11. What characteristic do you despise? flakes.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Sweatshirt I wear all the time
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Florence, Italy
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Levis
15. Where would you retire to? Sonoma County, redwoods and coast!16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I was in Hawaii this year on my B-day,
17. Favorite sport to watch? Olympic diving and swim events
18. Farthermost place you are sending this? WWW.
19. Person you expect to send it back first? who ever has nothing else to do LOL20. When is your birthday? June 1 J
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night Owl.
22. What is your shoe size? 10.5 w
23. Pets? Parrot named Paco24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Going to Hawaii next week, and I have lost 25pounds since last spring!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? rich
26. How are you today? A little stressed.
27. What is your favorite candy? snickers
28. What is your favorite flower? Gerberas
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Thanksgiving30. What is your full name? (maybe will not post this online)
31. What are you listening to right now? My coworkers
32. What was the last thing you ate? Spaghetti and a salad .
33. Do you wish on stars? No, but I look at them
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? blue
35. How is the weather right now? Nice cool night
36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? Have not been on phone today38. Favorite restaurant? Effies, well if you look at my credit card statement, it must be
39. Real hair color hair? brown
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? Nintendo41. Summer or winter? Summer
42. Hugs or kisses? hugs
43. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate
44. Coffee or tea? coffee
45. Do you want your friends to email you back? of course
46. When was the last time you cried? Random moment, while watching a movie, “The Queen” I don't cry often, but I did, dare I admit. Really I about never cry, and I could not believe I was, and to a movie, and that movie, oh well.47. What is under your bed? Clean carpet
48. What did you do last night? worked
49. What are you afraid of? Water leaks at my house, oh the horror if it ever happens, knock on wood. (I'm scared of things breaking at my house, even thinking of it, like it would invoke it!) (I'm crazy)
50. Salty or sweet? sweets
51. How many keys on your key ring? 9
52. How many years at your current job? 1053. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
54. How many towns have you lived in? Campbell all the way55. Do you make friends easily? Yes and no, I’m shy but friendly
56 How many people will you send this too? Infinite, cause I’ll put in online on my blog.
57. How many will respond? 2 -
You know those times when you really want to blog, but nothing terribly important is burning on your mind? I'm in that zone.
I know with the stock market melting down, or hurricanes running over cities, the election impeding, I should have something, but I don't. I just don't.
I feel the economy is out of my hands, I am frugal with what money I have, I could not do more that that.
Cant control the weather, much as I might forecast it.
I'm voting for Obama, and if Palin wins, well I voted with my one vote as best I could.
I guess I just don't feel in control of these kinds of events, so cease to worry to much about them. I will do what little parts I can, but beyond that, hands of fate, hand of God, whatever.
Today I went to Trader Joes to pick up a few things, I even opted to walk there, its not far at all. Upon exiting, I was approached by a Greenpeace person, sharing with me the horrors the Kleenex industry is doing to the forests of Canada, and what Greenpeace is doing to stop it.
OK, mind you I'm totally down with stopping the man from tearing down the forest senselessly, but it came down to, they want money, I don't feel I have more to give, my charity list is full. I said I walked to the store and brought my own bags, thats what I have in my to save the world today, my free little part.
Its not that I mind a hippie and their cause, I'm just reaching compassion fatigue. I liked the concept of the people living in the trees in Berkley for 2 years, trying in vain to save them. Mind you I'll never do that, but props to them. My city is cutting a big tree down around the corner from me, and I got a letter informing me of my opportunity to speak at the council meeting if I have objections. Its a pretty tree, and will be missed, but its probably becoming a hazard or something, no matter what, I'm not climbing it and living in it for even one day.
So I call myself liberal, but clearly these folks are even a set apart from me. We cant all run off to save the world, someone has to go to work. Guess I'm one of those poor working fools.
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So random information, I was reading through CNN.com, and there was article link about men's health, which took me to Oprah.com. Well if it from Oprah, its worth sharing.
"If you lose 35 pounds, if you're a male, you are gaining one inch of penis length"
Click Oprah for the link!
So I've lost 23 pounds so far, wow, I had no idea! New motivation for dieting, from who else, but Oprah!
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So the last set of pics from San Francisco. Mainly the Chihuly Gallery, surreal blown glass pieces, larger than life. I liken it to being Alice in Wonderland, walking amongst the various psychedelic forests and gardens on the other side of the looking glass.
Then of course a few more pics in the museum, in a more normal gallery setting.
And last, a few from my hotel room, The Galleria Park Hotel, not bad, got it Priceline, Capt Kirk was right, GO LOWER!
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