wear me like a locket around your throat

if i've ever amused you, or maybe said something nice to you one time that made your day better, or posted a picture of that guy/girl you think is hot, or uploaded something for you or complimented you in some way or...idk, did anything at all that was decent and you feel like doing something for me?

please make a donation to race for hope

if you can even spare a few dollars, it would mean the world to me. i'm signed up as a virtual runner, because the event is taking place in D.C. and i live in new york and i'll actually be in south florida that day. i realize that's kind of lame. i realize that i'm asking for something for nothing. i realize i'm asking you to send in your hard-earned money when the economy is an absolute mess and nobody has anything to spare. and maybe that's stupid of me to ask.

or maybe it's not. i've seen my friends rise to the occasion in a million different ways, for a million different reasons.

i have faith.



♥

i want to write an entry about prop 8. and about amendment 2. and about the other bullshit anti-equality bans that were passed in arizona and arkansas.

but i can't do it. i'm too sad about it. all it would amount to is a bunch of me being naive, i guess, and just not understanding it.

prop 8 hurts the worst, i think, because it's not just refusing to grant a right (which frankly, shouldn't even be up for discussion, as far as i'm concerned, and why the public at large gets a say in this is fucking beyond me), but it's taking away a right that was given. a right to love, and family, and equality. a right that was celebrated, and cherished, and exercised. and that people stood there and said no, let's take it away? just. i honestly have no words. i told you i can't write an entry about it.

i've been in a heterosexual relationship for five years. we've never even talked about getting married, much to my mother's dismay. i'm not saying that we never will. if he asked, i'd say yes, i think. but the fact that he and i could easily go "eh, fuck it, let's get married" while other couples across the country want so desperately to make that commitment, to stand up together and say "yes, you and i, forever," are forbidden to do so? it blows my mind. and it breaks my heart.

i'm so happy that we elected barack obama as president. honestly, i don't care that he's black one way or the other, and the reasons i wanted him to be elected had everything to do with the man himself and nothing at all to do with the color of his skin. however, i absolutely, fully appreciate that this is a watershed moment for our country, and i'm thrilled, make no mistake. progress is a beautiful thing; we had friends over last night who got married in september, and after the election was called, she said "our kids will grow up with a black president." and we all beamed because it means something so much bigger than that about the america, and about the world, in which their children will grow up.

and it's amazing, and it's progress, and it's a wonderful beginning.

but i want their kids to grow up with equality for all, black, white, asian, hispanic, blue state, red state, christian, muslim, jew, gay, straight...all americans. all of them. anything less is unacceptable. and i know we'll get there; while i hope it's sooner than later, i truly believe it'll happen eventually. to quote our next president, "yes, we can." and we will.

to all of my friends who are hurting today, gay, straight, or otherwise: i love you. ♥

absolutely lovely. ♥

i know i'm basically preaching to the choir here, but for the love of christ, californians, vote NO on proposition 8.

spotted this in letloverule42's journal, who got it from, idk, somewhere else, and i thought it was just excellent.

Instead of us all sending around more emails about how horrible Governor Palin is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood.

In Sarah Palin's name.

And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor.

Here's the link to the Planned Parenthood website.

You'll need to fill in the address to let PP know where to send the "in Sarah Palin's honor" card. I suggest you use the address for the McCain campaign headquarters, which is:

McCain for President
1235 S. Clark St., 1st fl.
Arlington, VA 22202

P.S.: Make sure you use that link above or choose the pulldown of Donate--Honorary or Memorial Donations, not the regular "Donate Online."

it's for a good cause AND it's hilarious! \o/

or you can just DONATE TO OBAMA which is always awesome.

♥ xo

sorry, no cut! it'd be cool if people would spread this around.

i'm super video-spammy all of a sudden, no idea why. but this really hit close to home for me - it's an issue i feel really strongly about, even if i don't talk about it much, so i wanted to share because i think it's so important.