This week in awesome
* I did not get caught up on much of anything last night, as I instead went to my local city council meeting where they were voting on whether or not to support Referendum 74. I probably wouldn't have gone--thought about it, but let inertia keep me home, if B, 
sherrold's partner, hadn't come up and organized a few of us to go.
First, I have to admit, I've never actually been to a city council meeting, anywhere. Even in my brief period of activism when I was younger, I just had never gone. Part of it's the fact that I spent most of my life not actually IN any city's limits, but also I just never got to go to one. It's about as exciting as I'd imagined, though, as they had a couple of little filmstrips/presentations about the previous meeting's minutes and exciting reminders. ("School's about to start!" "Don't forget the salmon are spawning soon!") It actually was interesting and oddly charming, though I'm pretty sure the shine would wear off if I had to go every week for it.
The mayor and head of the council (6 members, though only 5 were there last night) seemed a little--not nervous, exactly, more like giddy? Slightly flustered at least. I didn't realize why until later, but he did try to work out in the beginning with their clerk whether they could go through the agenda items so that when a question came up, the public got to speak, and then the council would immediately vote on it, rather than doing the normal thing of everyone getting to speak on all the agenda items and then the council voting on the end. There was a nice group of us there to support R74, and five people--including N, my housemate--got up to speak.
What surprised me most was that there was no one there to speak against it. We're essentially a suburb of Seattle, which is a very gay city, but I was expecting at least one person to get up and be against it, but nope. The people who did speak were an interesting mix of gay and straight people, which included a guy who made a passing comment at the beginning of his address about how his life was interesting having gone from a career in musical theater to his current job of being a merchant marine; his speech wasn't about that, but I kind of wanted to stop him and ask about THAT story.
Then the council all got a chance to speak, and all were unanimously for support of the referendum. They each spoke about their reasons for their support, most of which boiled down to, in the words of one of them, "I don't see how you can rationally be against marriage equality." The deputy mayor, who was the oldest member of the council, got particularly choked up talking about a man he knew when he was stationed in Alaska during the Vietnam era who was "ostracized" after being outted.
Then the mayor spoke. I didn't realize this, but he's openly gay (the only member of the council who is), and he talked about how proud he was, that he never expected to see this in his lifetime. They then all voted unanimously to support, and we cheered--including several people in the room obviously NOT there for that particular part of the meeting.
I admit it, I was tearing up throughout, which is part of why I didn't speak: I get emotional about things I care about, then I blubber, then I can't freaking speak and be understood. I especially get that way when people "do the right thing," as it were.
I have been in a particularly good mood all morning. I know it's a "resolution," and ultimately doesn't mean much. Everything could go down in flames come November. I don't think it will, but it could. But with my recent urges to punch people in the face recently whenever politics come up, it was such a nice evening of seeing people--and not just people I hang out with and KNOW I agree with--doing, well, the right thing.
* I watched Grimm this morning. Most important reaction: THEY KILLED THAT GODAWFUL VOICEOVER INTRO! At least it wasn't on the version I watched. Having just the extended title sequence is much better, though I'm on the fence if I like it or not.
+ Poor Juliette. I like that she's going to the people she does remember to try and get information on Nick. That would make me insane, having all this evidence of not just knowing someone, but loving someone, and having zero memory of them. Nice revenge there, witch.
+ Bud! Always glad to see Bud.
+ Monroe and Rosalee! Okay, not the best first date ever, but they all survived, so that's got to count for something.
+ Wu! Poor Wu! Nice police procedure, though: I'm honestly always glad to see when TV gets things right.
+ I'm interested in seeing how the dynamics shake out now that Hank knows. Monroe seemed a little jealous when Nick called Rosalee last season instead of him, so as much as Monroe used to gripe about Nick calling him for all things related to the Grimm business--even stuff non-specific to getting actual information, I have a feeling he's going to be a little hurt if he starts talking to Monroe less.
So, the show is off now until September 28, when it goes back to its normal Friday slot. I shall miss it over the next few weeks, but it means I get to catch up/start other things.
* First trailer for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Honestly, it looks like it could be pretty awful, and I DO NOT CARE! You want to give me a couple of hours of Jeremy Renner running around in leather and shooting bit...things, I'm all for it. Looks like we might even get at least a little nekkid!Renner, as well!
* Shazam!: The Complete Series coming to DVD. I don't think I want to see this, as much as I watched it when I was a kid. I was almost surprised they didn't release The Secrets of Isis with it, since in my head they were always together (which they kind of were with the Shazam/Isis Hour).
My childhood, let me show you it.
* Michael Fassbender to do a comedy. He can do it!
* Rec of the Day:
The Eagle: Surrender on Both Sides--"Before Marcus, Latin has only ever meant hatred and ugliness for Esca."
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. There are currently
DW comments. Please comment at Dreamwidth if possible.
sherrold's partner, hadn't come up and organized a few of us to go.
First, I have to admit, I've never actually been to a city council meeting, anywhere. Even in my brief period of activism when I was younger, I just had never gone. Part of it's the fact that I spent most of my life not actually IN any city's limits, but also I just never got to go to one. It's about as exciting as I'd imagined, though, as they had a couple of little filmstrips/presentations about the previous meeting's minutes and exciting reminders. ("School's about to start!" "Don't forget the salmon are spawning soon!") It actually was interesting and oddly charming, though I'm pretty sure the shine would wear off if I had to go every week for it.
The mayor and head of the council (6 members, though only 5 were there last night) seemed a little--not nervous, exactly, more like giddy? Slightly flustered at least. I didn't realize why until later, but he did try to work out in the beginning with their clerk whether they could go through the agenda items so that when a question came up, the public got to speak, and then the council would immediately vote on it, rather than doing the normal thing of everyone getting to speak on all the agenda items and then the council voting on the end. There was a nice group of us there to support R74, and five people--including N, my housemate--got up to speak.
What surprised me most was that there was no one there to speak against it. We're essentially a suburb of Seattle, which is a very gay city, but I was expecting at least one person to get up and be against it, but nope. The people who did speak were an interesting mix of gay and straight people, which included a guy who made a passing comment at the beginning of his address about how his life was interesting having gone from a career in musical theater to his current job of being a merchant marine; his speech wasn't about that, but I kind of wanted to stop him and ask about THAT story.
Then the council all got a chance to speak, and all were unanimously for support of the referendum. They each spoke about their reasons for their support, most of which boiled down to, in the words of one of them, "I don't see how you can rationally be against marriage equality." The deputy mayor, who was the oldest member of the council, got particularly choked up talking about a man he knew when he was stationed in Alaska during the Vietnam era who was "ostracized" after being outted.
Then the mayor spoke. I didn't realize this, but he's openly gay (the only member of the council who is), and he talked about how proud he was, that he never expected to see this in his lifetime. They then all voted unanimously to support, and we cheered--including several people in the room obviously NOT there for that particular part of the meeting.
I admit it, I was tearing up throughout, which is part of why I didn't speak: I get emotional about things I care about, then I blubber, then I can't freaking speak and be understood. I especially get that way when people "do the right thing," as it were.
I have been in a particularly good mood all morning. I know it's a "resolution," and ultimately doesn't mean much. Everything could go down in flames come November. I don't think it will, but it could. But with my recent urges to punch people in the face recently whenever politics come up, it was such a nice evening of seeing people--and not just people I hang out with and KNOW I agree with--doing, well, the right thing.
* I watched Grimm this morning. Most important reaction: THEY KILLED THAT GODAWFUL VOICEOVER INTRO! At least it wasn't on the version I watched. Having just the extended title sequence is much better, though I'm on the fence if I like it or not.
+ Poor Juliette. I like that she's going to the people she does remember to try and get information on Nick. That would make me insane, having all this evidence of not just knowing someone, but loving someone, and having zero memory of them. Nice revenge there, witch.
+ Bud! Always glad to see Bud.
+ Monroe and Rosalee! Okay, not the best first date ever, but they all survived, so that's got to count for something.
+ Wu! Poor Wu! Nice police procedure, though: I'm honestly always glad to see when TV gets things right.
+ I'm interested in seeing how the dynamics shake out now that Hank knows. Monroe seemed a little jealous when Nick called Rosalee last season instead of him, so as much as Monroe used to gripe about Nick calling him for all things related to the Grimm business--even stuff non-specific to getting actual information, I have a feeling he's going to be a little hurt if he starts talking to Monroe less.
So, the show is off now until September 28, when it goes back to its normal Friday slot. I shall miss it over the next few weeks, but it means I get to catch up/start other things.
* First trailer for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Honestly, it looks like it could be pretty awful, and I DO NOT CARE! You want to give me a couple of hours of Jeremy Renner running around in leather and shooting bit...things, I'm all for it. Looks like we might even get at least a little nekkid!Renner, as well!
* Shazam!: The Complete Series coming to DVD. I don't think I want to see this, as much as I watched it when I was a kid. I was almost surprised they didn't release The Secrets of Isis with it, since in my head they were always together (which they kind of were with the Shazam/Isis Hour).
My childhood, let me show you it.
* Michael Fassbender to do a comedy. He can do it!
* Rec of the Day:
The Eagle: Surrender on Both Sides--"Before Marcus, Latin has only ever meant hatred and ugliness for Esca."
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. There are currently
DW comments. Please comment at Dreamwidth if possible.