General Musings...

So my attention is divided over several things. Instead of focusing on one, I think I'll just attempt to comment on all:

This whole gay marriage issue has made me really proud of my state. I had always thought of the legislature on Beacon Hill as a bunch of incompetent, corrupt boobs. But, as I watched some of the gay marriage debate I really got the sense that (on this issue at least) they were actually passionate, and cared about the issue. They were many poigniant moments and touching speeches that seemed like they came out of some feel good Jimmy Stewart movie (ok so a modern Jimmy Stewart movie) and not an actual debate. The results of these debates were even more encouraging. Despite all the national pressure from President Pond Scum and others, they fought off the ban on gay marriage. Standing up for civil rights in the face of oppostion from BOTH national parties (not to mention about 60% of the American Public) is a pretty big and encouraging achievement for a popularly elected legislature.(Perhaps a "Profiles in Courage" award is in order??)............

Why is it that the guys I fall for the hardest are always straight? Every time I fall for one it hurts so much, because no matter what you do, no matter how much you improve yourself, you have to face the fact that it won't happen. The other person will never...ever...not in a million years feel the same about you as you feel about them. It's a discouraging thought. I wish my affections could be directed at more attainable guys, but it's like the Woody Allen/Groucho Marx saying: "I wouldn't want to be a part of any club that would have me as a member."......

I never realized what an ass Mel Gibson is until the recent hooplah over his new movie about Jesus. I always assumed that he was much like the characters in his movies (i.e. carefree, rebellious etc.), when he is actually a conservative troglodyte with a dislike of feminists, gays, and possibly Jews. If you can believe this, he actually thinks the Catholic Church is far too liberal, and rejects the much praised and indisputably good reforms of Vatican II (things like not blaming the Jews for everything...not ordering censorship...holding Mass in a language people could understand...just about everything that makes the Stilll Deeply Flawed Catholic Church of today different from the Evil Catholic Church of my parents' time). I despise people like Gibson, and I hate that he is making a movie about Jesus. Jesus seems like he was a tolerant guy, who wouldn't degrade gays (Braveheart) or make slavery seem quite fun (The Patriot) in his movies, and it's a shame that a bigot is the one telling the most famous adaptation of his story.