Sushipig - Confessions of a Sushi Addict: "Men are like.....Placemats.
They only show up when there's food on the table.
Men are like.....Mascara.
They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
Men are like.....Bike helmets.
Handy in an emergency, but otherwise they just look silly.
Men are like.....Government bonds.
They take so long to mature.
Men are like.....Parking spots.
The good ones are taken.
Men are like.....Copiers.
You need them for reproduction, but that's about it.
Men are like.....Lava lamps.
Fun to look at, but not all that bright.
Men are like.....Bank accounts.
Without a lot of money, they don't generate much interest.
Men are like.....High heels.
They're easy to walk on once you get the hang of it.
Men are like.....Mini skirts.
If you're not careful, they'll creep up your legs. "
But this is the reason i actually WENT to this site:
....During dinner last night, David, who used to be a runway model (& has more clothes than God!!), blew me away--> his ex agent used to be Tim Curry's next door neighbor!!!!!
There I was stuffing my face with Dad's bar-be-que chicken. We were talking about audiobooks and I mentioned how much I liked Tim-Curry-read books...not only because I adore Tim Curry but because he is really versatile and makes each character come to life in an audiobook.
That's when David, ever so nonchalant, mentioned the thing about Tim Curry. "It was years ago when Tim and my agent were first living in L.A." We figured it would have been in the mid-80's.
I had my mouth full and dropped my jaw. "Oh my god. Don't even tell me that."
Dad said, "She is a Tim Curry fanatic, David."
Jim just laughed to himself and I continued with my spastic fit. "aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAh!!!"
David, looking at me with this bizarre expression, said, "You do know that Tim is as gay as the day is long."
I don't care!!
I knew Tim Curry is gay, but to hear someone who knows someone who knew Tim Curry actually SAY...ah pffffffffft....I'm perfectly happy to be in denial about it.".......
*sniffle*
2/17/04
Okay... First things first... I don't' know what the hell the people upstairs are doing ... But these walls are concrete and I can hear them frigging walking around or something upstairs. It sounds like I have frigging elephants living up there. Are they jumping on a trampoline? I have no clue. And I'm stuck in here on my stupid tether so I can't go up there to bang on their door and find out if they are indeed 500lbs each, or just extremely obnoxious circus entertainers.
So anyway... Today is a good day. I went to court this morning. Kevin went with me. It didn't start off so hot... I woke up at 3am after only 3 hours of sleep and couldn't get back to sleep. Talked to dali online and she got another neomail from Will (satch in the guild) saying that I cried to her and I was being immature basically. That's a whole other story. So I was upset about that and stressed about court.
I got to court at 9am and they never called my name... So around 11am I finally just went into the courtroom and talked to the baliff when the judge took a recess. He finally got to my case at around noon ( I was scheduled for my court review at 9am and my probation violation at 11am ) My probation officer told him the details. I did everything I was supposed to do EXCEPT the outpatient alcohol counseling (MADD class ... AA meetings ... Work force ... ) he asked me how I pled and I said guilty (why prolong the inevitable) and he asked if I had anything to add. I told him that I also did 90 days on alcohol tether and I was currently doing alcohol tether again and I tried to set up counseling thru SEMCA like her ordered. At first I couldn't get transportation there and also co-ordinate times out while on my tether. And then once I hit 90 days clean and sober I no longer qualified for any assistance from SEMCA as to the cost of the program. The cost was far too prohibitive for me with all the other fees incurred, so I didn't do it. He looked at everything. And then he said that he was going to close the case with improvement as I did 99% of everything I was supposed to. He asked to see my tether which I showed him ... And he ordered me to continue the remainder of the time on the tether and I'll be done. SO... 33 more days and I can finally be thru with everything! YAY!
So anyway... Today is a good day. I went to court this morning. Kevin went with me. It didn't start off so hot... I woke up at 3am after only 3 hours of sleep and couldn't get back to sleep. Talked to dali online and she got another neomail from Will (satch in the guild) saying that I cried to her and I was being immature basically. That's a whole other story. So I was upset about that and stressed about court.
I got to court at 9am and they never called my name... So around 11am I finally just went into the courtroom and talked to the baliff when the judge took a recess. He finally got to my case at around noon ( I was scheduled for my court review at 9am and my probation violation at 11am ) My probation officer told him the details. I did everything I was supposed to do EXCEPT the outpatient alcohol counseling (MADD class ... AA meetings ... Work force ... ) he asked me how I pled and I said guilty (why prolong the inevitable) and he asked if I had anything to add. I told him that I also did 90 days on alcohol tether and I was currently doing alcohol tether again and I tried to set up counseling thru SEMCA like her ordered. At first I couldn't get transportation there and also co-ordinate times out while on my tether. And then once I hit 90 days clean and sober I no longer qualified for any assistance from SEMCA as to the cost of the program. The cost was far too prohibitive for me with all the other fees incurred, so I didn't do it. He looked at everything. And then he said that he was going to close the case with improvement as I did 99% of everything I was supposed to. He asked to see my tether which I showed him ... And he ordered me to continue the remainder of the time on the tether and I'll be done. SO... 33 more days and I can finally be thru with everything! YAY!
2/16/04
Demand for SF's same-sex marriage licenses so great, some couples turned away
Demand for SF's same-sex marriage licenses so great, some couples turned away: "Demand for SF's same-sex marriage licenses so great, some couples turned awayDemand for SF's same-sex marriage licenses so great, some couples turned away
TAMI MIN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, February 15, 2004
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(02-15) 11:52 PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --
Demand for same-sex marriage licenses has been so great that on Sunday officials here turned away hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up outside City Hall, saying they simply didn't have the time or resources to meet all the requests.
San Francisco authorities calculated they could process 400 licenses during special weekend hours -- but had already given numbers to 320 couples which first came Saturday to get married. After quickly distributing another 80 numbers Sunday morning, disappointed couples lined up around the block were asked to return Monday.
"We're at capacity right now," said Mabel Teng, the official who oversees marriage licenses for city government. "We normally do about 20-30 couples a day. We're doing about 50-60 an hour."
Many couples continued to wait in line despite instructions from city officials, hoping to receive numbers for Monday.
"It's a major disappointment," said Jill Kasofsky, 40, who lined up with wife-to-be Cynthia Juno, 45, at 8:15 a.m. after driving up from Los Angeles. "I'm thinking about coming back at midnight to sleep on the sidewalk. I'm sure I won't be alone."
Couples from even farther away said they were ready to stay in town for as long as it took.
"Mentally, we came prepared to camp out if we had to," said Mike Fry, 43, who flew out Saturday from Minneapolis with George Hamm, 44, his partner of 20 years.
In a controversial challenge to both legal and social convention, San Francisco officials began issuing same-sex licenses and officiating at City Hall marriages on Thursday. The city has gone out of its way to provide the services -- City Hall is normally closed on Sundays.
The decision prompted two conservative groups to press for court intervention. But on Friday a judge allowed the weddings to continue through the weekend.
The issue returns to court Tuesday, when judges will hear separate requests from advocates of traditional marriage to void the licenses and order the city to stop giving them out.
The two organizations argue that the licenses violate state law, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. San Francisco officials counter that they are legally binding documents that take a swipe at discrimination against same-sex couples.
By the end of Sunday, San Francisco officials expect to have inked well over 1,000 same-sex marriage licenses in four days.
TAMI MIN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, February 15, 2004
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(02-15) 11:52 PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --
Demand for same-sex marriage licenses has been so great that on Sunday officials here turned away hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up outside City Hall, saying they simply didn't have the time or resources to meet all the requests.
San Francisco authorities calculated they could process 400 licenses during special weekend hours -- but had already given numbers to 320 couples which first came Saturday to get married. After quickly distributing another 80 numbers Sunday morning, disappointed couples lined up around the block were asked to return Monday.
"We're at capacity right now," said Mabel Teng, the official who oversees marriage licenses for city government. "We normally do about 20-30 couples a day. We're doing about 50-60 an hour."
Many couples continued to wait in line despite instructions from city officials, hoping to receive numbers for Monday.
"It's a major disappointment," said Jill Kasofsky, 40, who lined up with wife-to-be Cynthia Juno, 45, at 8:15 a.m. after driving up from Los Angeles. "I'm thinking about coming back at midnight to sleep on the sidewalk. I'm sure I won't be alone."
Couples from even farther away said they were ready to stay in town for as long as it took.
"Mentally, we came prepared to camp out if we had to," said Mike Fry, 43, who flew out Saturday from Minneapolis with George Hamm, 44, his partner of 20 years.
In a controversial challenge to both legal and social convention, San Francisco officials began issuing same-sex licenses and officiating at City Hall marriages on Thursday. The city has gone out of its way to provide the services -- City Hall is normally closed on Sundays.
The decision prompted two conservative groups to press for court intervention. But on Friday a judge allowed the weddings to continue through the weekend.
The issue returns to court Tuesday, when judges will hear separate requests from advocates of traditional marriage to void the licenses and order the city to stop giving them out.
The two organizations argue that the licenses violate state law, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. San Francisco officials counter that they are legally binding documents that take a swipe at discrimination against same-sex couples.
By the end of Sunday, San Francisco officials expect to have inked well over 1,000 same-sex marriage licenses in four days.
S.F. defies law, marries gays / LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS: City Hall ceremonies spur constitutional showdown, injunction threat
All i have to say is WOW!!!! And thanks to Doreen for pointing this out to me! *hugs*
S.F. defies law, marries gays / LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS: City Hall ceremonies spur constitutional showdown, injunction threat
In a historic act of civil disobedience, San Francisco defied state law and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday, a move expected to ignite a constitutional showdown as early as today.
A lesbian couple who have been together five decades were the first to marry, followed by 89 other couples who said their vows in City Hall ceremonies. The cheers and yelps echoed throughout the building all day, as gays and lesbians who had expected to be refused wedding licenses during a planned National Freedom to Marry protest were instead married under the ornate City Hall rotunda. Several couples rushed to get married during their lunch hours after word spread that they could.
"A barrier to true justice has been removed,'' said Mayor Gavin Newsom, who argues that state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman amounts to unconstitutional discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Newsom had announced just three days ago that he wanted the city to explore ways to let same-sex couples marry. City officials rushed the policy into place when they got wind that groups opposed to gays and lesbians marrying were about to file suit to block Newsom's plan.
The Liberty Counsel, a legal-aid group acting on behalf of Campaign for California Families, plans to file suit today in state Superior Court in San Francisco to force the city to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to void those already granted. On Thursday, the city issued a total of 118 marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Newsom "is essentially setting himself up as king," said Mat Staver, president and legal counsel of the Liberty Counsel. "He can't do it. It's like saying he wants San Francisco to secede from California or the United States. What the mayor is doing is only symbolic; the marriages licenses that were issued aren't worth the paper they're written on.''
It appears that the earliest a court could order an injunction to halt the marriages would be Tuesday. As of Thursday night, the city had not received the required 24-hour notice from Liberty Counsel that it would seek an injunction, said Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for the city attorney. State courts will be closed Monday for Presidents Day.
City officials plan to issue more marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples today.
The litigation will hinge on whether California marriage law illegally discriminates against same-sex couples under the state constitution.
Constitutional law experts said the marriage licenses issued Thursday may not stand up in court because marriages are governed by the state, not local, governments.
"In the end, it's much more likely to be symbolic,'' said Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law professor at the University of Southern California. "If the state decides it's not going to recognize these marriage licenses, there's nothing the city can do.''
Joel Paul, a constitutional law expert at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, said the city's actions conflict with Proposition 22, the 2000 voter-approved initiative that bans the recognition of same-sex marriages in California.
For the moment, he said, the marriage licenses have no legal significance unless the newlyweds try to assert their rights as married people by applying for Social Security benefits or seeking custody of property or children.
State Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office had already started to study the issue of same-sex marriages because of the debate over gay and lesbian unions taking place in Massachusetts, a spokeswoman said. The high court in that state ruled that barring same-sex couples from marrying was unconstitutional.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he would defend San Francisco in court with pro bono legal assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and other civil rights groups.
The Liberty Counsel had planned to file for an injunction Thursday, but the state courts were closed in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. That wasn't lost on city officials, who fast-tracked plans to put the same-sex marriage procedures in place before a judge had time to stop the weddings.
Officials alerted only a handful of people that they were ready to act. By early Thursday, employees in the county clerk's office, in consultation with city and civil rights lawyers, had changed marriage license documents to make them gender-neutral, replacing the words "bride'' and "groom'' with "first applicant'' and "second applicant.''
At 11:06 a.m., two icons of the lesbian movement, Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, exchanged wedding vows, kissed and embraced. Mabel Teng, the city's assessor-recorder, officiated over the ceremony, inserting the phrase "spouse for life'' in place of "husband'' and "wife.''
Lyon, who will celebrate her 51st anniversary with Martin on Saturday, Valentine's Day, got a call Wednesday from Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, asking her if she'd be willing to take the plunge.
"I asked Del, and she said OK," Lyon said. "We didn't really think about this before, because we didn't think it was possible. Now, so much has changed ... and everyone's working so hard to get gay marriage. It didn't seem right to say 'no.' "
About 20 people witnessed the ceremony. Many of them were moved to tears as the couple were wed, using borrowed rings.
Reaction to the day's events came quickly.
"The state of California must rebuff the efforts of this rogue mayor," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a conservative group in Washington, D.C. "His actions, and the actions of those who are attempting to redefine marriage in Massachusetts, show that homosexual activists are ready and willing to ignore the people and to ignore the law to further their agenda of normalizing homosexuality.''
Dorothy Erlich, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, countered: "Just as we told the state in 1974 when they passed a statute limiting marriage to a man and a woman, that kind of discrimination against same-sex couples violates the California Constitution's promise of equality. Discrimination in marriage was wrong then and it's wrong now.''
On the same day that San Francisco entered uncharted territory, Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introduced the California Marriage License Nondiscrimination Act, which would amend the state Family Code to define a marriage as between "two persons" instead of between a man and a woman.
"Simple enough, but really changes the world for so many millions and millions of people here in California,'' said Leno, who stuck around City Hall for the day to marry couples.
Newsom said the fight was no different from the battles to eradicate laws banning marriage between people of different races and different religions.
"America has struggled since its inception to eradicate discrimination in all forms," said Newsom, who did not officiate over ceremonies Thursday. "California's Constitution leaves no doubts. It leaves no room for any form of discrimination.''
Chronicle staff writer
S.F. defies law, marries gays / LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS: City Hall ceremonies spur constitutional showdown, injunction threat
In a historic act of civil disobedience, San Francisco defied state law and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday, a move expected to ignite a constitutional showdown as early as today.
A lesbian couple who have been together five decades were the first to marry, followed by 89 other couples who said their vows in City Hall ceremonies. The cheers and yelps echoed throughout the building all day, as gays and lesbians who had expected to be refused wedding licenses during a planned National Freedom to Marry protest were instead married under the ornate City Hall rotunda. Several couples rushed to get married during their lunch hours after word spread that they could.
"A barrier to true justice has been removed,'' said Mayor Gavin Newsom, who argues that state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman amounts to unconstitutional discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Newsom had announced just three days ago that he wanted the city to explore ways to let same-sex couples marry. City officials rushed the policy into place when they got wind that groups opposed to gays and lesbians marrying were about to file suit to block Newsom's plan.
The Liberty Counsel, a legal-aid group acting on behalf of Campaign for California Families, plans to file suit today in state Superior Court in San Francisco to force the city to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to void those already granted. On Thursday, the city issued a total of 118 marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Newsom "is essentially setting himself up as king," said Mat Staver, president and legal counsel of the Liberty Counsel. "He can't do it. It's like saying he wants San Francisco to secede from California or the United States. What the mayor is doing is only symbolic; the marriages licenses that were issued aren't worth the paper they're written on.''
It appears that the earliest a court could order an injunction to halt the marriages would be Tuesday. As of Thursday night, the city had not received the required 24-hour notice from Liberty Counsel that it would seek an injunction, said Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for the city attorney. State courts will be closed Monday for Presidents Day.
City officials plan to issue more marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples today.
The litigation will hinge on whether California marriage law illegally discriminates against same-sex couples under the state constitution.
Constitutional law experts said the marriage licenses issued Thursday may not stand up in court because marriages are governed by the state, not local, governments.
"In the end, it's much more likely to be symbolic,'' said Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law professor at the University of Southern California. "If the state decides it's not going to recognize these marriage licenses, there's nothing the city can do.''
Joel Paul, a constitutional law expert at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, said the city's actions conflict with Proposition 22, the 2000 voter-approved initiative that bans the recognition of same-sex marriages in California.
For the moment, he said, the marriage licenses have no legal significance unless the newlyweds try to assert their rights as married people by applying for Social Security benefits or seeking custody of property or children.
State Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office had already started to study the issue of same-sex marriages because of the debate over gay and lesbian unions taking place in Massachusetts, a spokeswoman said. The high court in that state ruled that barring same-sex couples from marrying was unconstitutional.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he would defend San Francisco in court with pro bono legal assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and other civil rights groups.
The Liberty Counsel had planned to file for an injunction Thursday, but the state courts were closed in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. That wasn't lost on city officials, who fast-tracked plans to put the same-sex marriage procedures in place before a judge had time to stop the weddings.
Officials alerted only a handful of people that they were ready to act. By early Thursday, employees in the county clerk's office, in consultation with city and civil rights lawyers, had changed marriage license documents to make them gender-neutral, replacing the words "bride'' and "groom'' with "first applicant'' and "second applicant.''
At 11:06 a.m., two icons of the lesbian movement, Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, exchanged wedding vows, kissed and embraced. Mabel Teng, the city's assessor-recorder, officiated over the ceremony, inserting the phrase "spouse for life'' in place of "husband'' and "wife.''
Lyon, who will celebrate her 51st anniversary with Martin on Saturday, Valentine's Day, got a call Wednesday from Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, asking her if she'd be willing to take the plunge.
"I asked Del, and she said OK," Lyon said. "We didn't really think about this before, because we didn't think it was possible. Now, so much has changed ... and everyone's working so hard to get gay marriage. It didn't seem right to say 'no.' "
About 20 people witnessed the ceremony. Many of them were moved to tears as the couple were wed, using borrowed rings.
Reaction to the day's events came quickly.
"The state of California must rebuff the efforts of this rogue mayor," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a conservative group in Washington, D.C. "His actions, and the actions of those who are attempting to redefine marriage in Massachusetts, show that homosexual activists are ready and willing to ignore the people and to ignore the law to further their agenda of normalizing homosexuality.''
Dorothy Erlich, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, countered: "Just as we told the state in 1974 when they passed a statute limiting marriage to a man and a woman, that kind of discrimination against same-sex couples violates the California Constitution's promise of equality. Discrimination in marriage was wrong then and it's wrong now.''
On the same day that San Francisco entered uncharted territory, Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introduced the California Marriage License Nondiscrimination Act, which would amend the state Family Code to define a marriage as between "two persons" instead of between a man and a woman.
"Simple enough, but really changes the world for so many millions and millions of people here in California,'' said Leno, who stuck around City Hall for the day to marry couples.
Newsom said the fight was no different from the battles to eradicate laws banning marriage between people of different races and different religions.
"America has struggled since its inception to eradicate discrimination in all forms," said Newsom, who did not officiate over ceremonies Thursday. "California's Constitution leaves no doubts. It leaves no room for any form of discrimination.''
Chronicle staff writer
2/15/04
Hi-tech toys: it's going to be child's play once again - The Times of India
Hi-tech toys: it's going to be child's play once again - The Times of India: "Thinkway is expanding the wildly popular cyberworld of Neopets with a line of interactive Neopet toys that are not only voice-activated but engineered to detect a player's mood and respond like a real pet"
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