ABCs of Me

This was interesting enough that I lifted it...

ABCs of Me

A – Age: 38
 B – Bed size: Queen
 C – Chore you hate: Just one? Let's go with filing.
 D – Dad’s name: Kay
 E – Essential start your day item: Hot shower.
 F – Favourite color: Rusty-orange-brown.
 G – Gold or Silver: Silver (or white gold)
 H – Height: 5'3"
 I – Instruments you play(ed): Piano, flute, xylophone, chimes, bassoon.
 J – Job title: Administrative Assistant
 K – Kids: 0 human.
 L – Living arrangements: Rental with sweetheart & beloved feline.
 M – Mom’s name: Jo
 N – Nicknames: 'trina, Kat, KC, Mamakat.
 O – Overnight hospital stay other than births: None.
 P – Pet Peeve: Entitlement issues.
 R – Right or left handed: Right, mostly. I will use left if it's easier.
 S – Siblings: One half elder sister, 3 full younger sisters.
 T – Time you wake up: 6:10 am Tu-Th ... otherwise it varies depending on plans.
 U - Underwear: usually
 V – Vegetable you dislike: Peas
 W – Ways you run late: procrastination, oversleeping
 X – X-rays you’ve had: Lower leg.
 Y – Yummy food you make: ...a lot. I'm a good cook. I will go with mashed potatoes, steak and 'shrooms, and steamed asparagus, because it's my favorite, probably.
 Z – Zoo favorite: Hard to pick. Big cats, monkeys, otters.

Thoughts on a Meme going around...

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

I'm not, actually, anymore. I was. I got divorced. I had rights I was able to utilize under that divorce that allowed me half of everything, and things like insurance protection if I needed it. Now, I didn't utilize some of those rights, but I still had them. A lot of my same-sex friends don't have those rights. That's not fair. (And yes, we all know the world isn't fair, but I think it's good to have it as a goal in life.)

I think they should have those rights as well as the "happy" marital rights. I don't think that the meaning of a loving commitment between people, hopefully for life, is at all diluted or injured by opening it up to even more people. I don't think it will adversely affect my tax situation. It means more people will be eligible for certain marital tax breaks, among other things, yes, but I see that as a good thing.

Now, at the moment, I'm happier being NOT married but in a stable relationship than I was during the last few years of my marriage. If you had told me that then? I probably would have argued with you. Hind-sight is 20/20. But I could marry my significant other right now, because he's male. Now, what if he was a she? I think it'd rankle that I couldn't, really. I think it'd hurt that I'd be stuck with a domestic partnership. I think the judgmentalness of people who frown upon same-sex marriage would affect me in ways I can't even think of, even though I try to shrug off other peoples' opinions. I do not like that my friends and other people I don't even know have to deal with that every second of the day.

I do think about it, when I vote. I still have to prioritize, and sometimes I hate it when I only have a choice between voting for money for kids/streets/cops/firefighters and voting for something that would further less hate in the world. And deep-down, I suspect lawmakers do that kind of thing on purpose. Because they know that there are a lot of people like me, who don't have knee-jerk distrust issues with gay and lesbian people, and so they find other ways to get us to subtly vote "against" them. It sucks.

So even though the above statement doesn't completely apply to me, it applies enough that I'm posting it.

*Cross-posted from my livejournal.