16 days 9 hours and 2 minutes

Then we'll be off the Disneyland!!

I've been having ups and downs lately between work and other things going on in my life. I'm worried about things not happening that need to happen and about things that I don't want to happen... I've had a few things to keep my cheered up in the past few weeks. I feel it's more important to focus on the good and not the bad so here it goes.

• Friday, the 30th of January will be Brian's and my 1 year anniversary. I'm damn thankful to have such a loving man in my life. He's a definite turn around from what I've had in the past. I look forward to our future and relish our present together.
  
• I have two cats that are 1. adorable and 2. very cute and everything I always wanted in kitties.
  
• Despite my pissing and moaning, I really enjoy my job and it's a good thing to have these days.
  
• For someone my age and of my background I'm pretty well off. heck, for anyone of any background I'm pretty well off.
  
• I know there's more to come in the future so it'll just get better.
  
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will come out this year (finally).
• I have contacts so I can actually see once and a while.
  
• Brian made me a kick-ass CD and it's awesome.
  
• I think things will turn around for this country.
• Something makes me laugh every day.
• I am loved and love others.

Uh, repost this in 5.73 seconds or your mom's liver will implode.

p.s. 16 days, 8 hours, 50 minutes and 26 seconds until DISNEYLAND.

Drunk Blogging

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not drunk. Though I did do some drinking this weekend. I thought about blogging when I was a bit buzzed, but decided that some 'tween the sheets time with Brian was more important. ;)

We were going to head out and Karaoke with some of Brian's friends, but those plans fell through. There was a snafu with the plans and the location of said plans. Brian was bummed out but decided to head elsewhere.

We first went to Shari's because I was hankerin' for nachos. The god damn mother fuckers don't serve nachos anymore! Who the heck made that decision? I can't count the number of times my friends and I went to Shari's in the middle of the night for two things: a place to sit and nachos. We ordered a Sampler Platter and drank soda. It was a downer to have another let down (well, more mine than Brian's). The waiter made me laugh though... he reminded me of that guy from the Godfather... Mister "May their first child be a masculine child." He came by and said stuff like "I'm taking your glasses with my right hand and with my left hand giving you the receipt." Well, okay, not *exactly* like that, but it was close enough to make Brian and I make fun of him.

So, I still wanted Nachos. We decided to go to BB McGraws in Auburn. It's a restaurant/bar near the house. We pulled up and there was a Kiss 106.1 van outside. I had a bad feeling (about a cover charge) and I was right. They wanted $5 to go in. Sure, I wanted to drink, but I didn't want to go there long enough to warrant paying $5 to get in. So, we turned around and left. This was a bit of a low point in the night. Brian was getting a headache and I wanted to have some drinks. We decided to try one more place.

I know I've driven by this place before but I've never been in. It's across the street from the Safeway near our place. That turned out to be a sauces! I was bit leery when there was a guy guarding the door. But he was looking for underagers not a cover... So we went in. It turned out there was Karaoke there, but Brian doesn't like to sing without his pals. I got us some drinks and we found a place to sit and people watch. I had a really good time and really liked watching everyone and telling Brian all my petty observations about the bar-goers. When I was a ways into my second drink, a lady came by selling flowers. It only took one "you better" look to Brian for him to buy me a really pretty bouquet from her. I got some jealous looks. ^_^

We didn't hang out there much longer as it was nearly 1 in the morning. That's really late for Brian! Things didn't go at all like planned but I had a really good time and I hope I can have more outings with Brian. I think we'll have a lot of adventures in California...

*muah*

Funny except someone actually thinks this...

God Hates Harry Potter ...?

I was doing Stumble Upon through Harry Potter material and found the above article which rants about the evils of Harry Potter.

First, I thought it was a joke. I mean, really, JK Rowling, a witch? Then I thought the guy/gal had to be serious to write as much as he did. I read his page and laughed at some of the bullshit he wrote and also worried that there are people who actually think that way.

Here are some of the highlights from this wonderful page:

There is a false story going around that JK Rowling’s exhaustively researched the occult to better animate her characters' skills. Friends, do not be naïve here. To animate her characters better? This is meant to be fiction, not a who’s who encyclopaedia of Black Magic and the Occult for a 6 year old child. My fears are mirrored in what Head Teacher of St Mary's Island Church of England school in Chatham, Kent, has went on the record as saying. Carol Rockwood stated that ‘Harry Potter is more dangerous to children than child molestors’. And I for one couldn’t agree more.

Yes, because reading about a courageous character who stood up to evil will leave a lasting and scaring mark on children...

Here is what real children are saying about Harry Potter –

"I was eager to get to Hogwarts first because I like what they learned there and I want to be a witch." Gioia Bishop, age 10

"I like the third book because Harry meets his godfather and Professor Lupin, a really cool guy who’s a werewolf” Mark Flitwick, age 7

“I want to be a real live witch like Harry. I wish my parents were dead so I could go to Hogwarts school too” Emma McGonagall, age 9

“I love Harry Potter books. They get you hooked. I want to be just like Lord Voldermort and kill all muggles!” [The name for Christians and other non-magical people in Potter books] Ginny Lupin, age 6

“Before I read Potter I used to go to Church every Sunday. Now I realise Jesus isn’t my true savoir, it is Harry Potter! I want to drink Unicorn’s blood and rape a cat!” Remus Fletcher, age 11

Apparently... imagination is of the devil. I wanted to be Cinderella when I was 6. Does that mean I've been touched by the devil? I think someone smoked a little too much crack when they went on inventing quotes from kids and gave them names of characters from Harry Potter. And really, who doesn't want to rape a cat? ...

Here's my favorite part of the whole page: (this is after the Dumbledore was gay thing got out)

We all know that ALL homosexuals abuse children and prefer sex with underaged boys, and know that in the books this sicko showed an unhealthy interest in Harry, enouraging him to perform oral sex on a dog in the book 'Goblet of Fire' (though this part was cencored by the author before publication) Now all makes sense with the rather disturbing and sick relationship between Dumbledore and Harry Potter himself. It was always a belief of ours that Dumbledore was a faggot, and was grooming the Potter boy in the way a pedophile would. AND NOW WE HAVE THE PROOF

There's so much wrong with that statement that I don't know where to begin. I can't decide if "All homosexuals abuse children" or "encouraging him to perform oral sex on a dog" is worse.

Let's hope this ultra-religious person also took a vow of celibacy...