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Apr 18, 2013 16:17

NEW ZEALAND HAS LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE!! Go, New Zealand! You’ll always be my favorite. They now join the ranks of the Netherlands (all the way back in 2001), Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden.

Here is an article from The Guardian that features an uplifting video of the ( Read more... )

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vikingprincess April 19 2013, 00:12:14 UTC
I'm angry that our country is lagging behind the land that lived under APARTHEID when it comes to legalizing gay marriage.

I love your Rob Lowe story! (I bet it was him.)

You better be here at age 54! I will be 68 about to turn 69 and I bet I will still be writing and needing wacky ideas!

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dodger_sister April 20 2013, 19:27:52 UTC
I'm angry that our country is lagging behind the land that lived under APARTHEID when it comes to legalizing gay marriage.

My thoughts exactly! South Africa is the big one that threw me for a loop on that list. I mean, to be honest, when I heard that New Zealand had legalized same-sex marriage, my reaction was, "Huh. They didn't have that already?" because they seem like a pretty progressive country and I could have sworn they already had it over there. I'm really thrilled that we have added another country to the list but it does make me go 'ugh' because here we are with all our power and influence and modern way of life, and our politicians keep wasting a lot of money trying to stop people who love each other from getting married.

I love your Rob Lowe story! (I bet it was him.)

Rob is not someone that I normally am like, "Omg!!!" over, but he was so fucking cute on Craig the other night and their talk was very interesting. (I bet it was him too! If not Rob, then one of those other Brat Pack kids, probably Charlie Sheen!)

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vikingprincess April 20 2013, 19:59:11 UTC
I think our elected officials only care (or pretend to care) what people think until they are elected. And then they're incumbents and it takes a freakin' miracle or some astonishingly dirty laundry to get rid of them, so they can do whatever stupid shit they want.

Ooh, yeah. Charlie Sheen IS a good bet for that kind of thing. You know, when I catch Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I'm AMAZED at how pretty Sheen used to be. Prettier by far than either his dad or brother!

I didn't think I'd make it past 35 either, but not because I had people telling me so or because of health issues. It was because I grew up having nuclear bomb drills in elementary school, and seeing Cold War tensions every day until the Wall came down. (At least, that was how it felt.)

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dodger_sister April 20 2013, 20:42:51 UTC
Charlie Sheen was very pretty, wasn't he? That man could wear eyeliner like nobody's business. The only option for 'worst patron at the club' that I could come up with that might beat out Rob or Charlie, was Dennis Leary. His 80s escapades put even Craig to shame.

It was because I grew up having nuclear bomb drills in elementary school, and seeing Cold War tensions every day until the Wall came down.

That's insane. I can't imagine being a kid and living with that kind of terror.

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vikingprincess April 20 2013, 20:50:51 UTC
It got to the point where it wasn't even terror - just a fact of life/death. You just go on about your business.

Which is a sad statement about the adaptability of the human mind, I guess?

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dodger_sister April 20 2013, 21:20:06 UTC
It got to the point where it wasn't even terror - just a fact of life/death. You just go on about your business.

I get that, yeah. My sister was telling me about this guy she knew once, whose wife was from Afghanistan and they went to visit some family there. At some café or something, she takes his arm and pulls him behind some column and he asks her why she did that and she says, "There is an unattended baby buggy over there," and he goes, "So?" and she went, "Oh, it probably has a bomb in it." Completely casual like, no big deal, because she grew up where that was the norm. It does boggle your mind what people find themselves adapting too, indeed.

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vikingprincess April 20 2013, 22:09:32 UTC
Wow. Yes, it does. I always try to be aware of my surroundings, and a bag unattended at an airport would get that response from me; not a baby buggy, though.

Until now....

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