Friday, May 1, 2009
Before YouTube
When I lived in Richmond (1999-2001), my boyfriend at the time and I would watch these videos over and over on a beat up VHS tape. He was more of an electronic music fan that I was, but these are still some of my favorites.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Poor, defenseless marriage
When I was younger I'd hear news stories about "budget deficits" and how "the United States has a ten gazillion dollar debt" and and I'd think to myself, "isn't the government in charge of the U.S. Mint? Why don't they just print some more money and pay off the debt. Problem solved."
I had visions of my idea saving the American economy from slipping into an unrecoverable abyss. I had visions of being flown to Stockholm to receive my Nobel Prize. "It was all so simple. We adults were just overthinking it," the King of Sweden would decree in my commendation.
I soon came to understand the reason why this was not the solution. Just printing more money would weaken the value of the dollars that were already in circulation.
The same can be said about marriage licenses. There's all kinds of people out there who want more of them. So why don't we just let 'em have 'em - just print a bunch more and then the marriage deficit will go away. Now hold on! The same economic principle is obviously at work here. If we just print more of them then the value of those that are already in circulation will dissipate and those people who are married will become matrimonially insolvent. We can't have that!
Good thing North Carolina has Sen. James Forrester, Defender of Marriage, serving faithfully in its General Assembly. You see, Sen. James Forrester, Defender of Marriage, heard about all that excitement going on over there in California over this whole "Prop 8" business and he thought, "Sweet succotash, we need to get us some of that drama right here, and fast! Mercy heavens me!" And so late one night, while sitting at home in his high back Queen Anne chair smoking a fag, Sen. Forrester, Defender of Marriage, began to pen what would soon become "Senate Bill 272 - Defense of Marriage."
Nevermind the fact that the state of North Carolina is mired in one of its worst financial crises in decades and desperately needs all hands on deck in order to deal with budget shortfalls and job insecurity and such. There's marriages being threatened here! So, good thing that Stanley, North Carolina's own Sen. Forrester, Defender of Marriage, is dedicating plenty of precious time and taxpayer money to the legislative fight that will likely ensue over S.B. 272. Nevermind, also, that marriage is clearly a human right and that bigoted laws such as Prop 8 and its ambitious lil' brother S.B. 272 will eventually be found unconstitutional by the courts. S.B. 272 is just such a great investment for our future. Hopefully our marriage portfolios will rebound sharply in response to this wonderful news.
I had visions of my idea saving the American economy from slipping into an unrecoverable abyss. I had visions of being flown to Stockholm to receive my Nobel Prize. "It was all so simple. We adults were just overthinking it," the King of Sweden would decree in my commendation.
I soon came to understand the reason why this was not the solution. Just printing more money would weaken the value of the dollars that were already in circulation.
The same can be said about marriage licenses. There's all kinds of people out there who want more of them. So why don't we just let 'em have 'em - just print a bunch more and then the marriage deficit will go away. Now hold on! The same economic principle is obviously at work here. If we just print more of them then the value of those that are already in circulation will dissipate and those people who are married will become matrimonially insolvent. We can't have that!
Good thing North Carolina has Sen. James Forrester, Defender of Marriage, serving faithfully in its General Assembly. You see, Sen. James Forrester, Defender of Marriage, heard about all that excitement going on over there in California over this whole "Prop 8" business and he thought, "Sweet succotash, we need to get us some of that drama right here, and fast! Mercy heavens me!" And so late one night, while sitting at home in his high back Queen Anne chair smoking a fag, Sen. Forrester, Defender of Marriage, began to pen what would soon become "Senate Bill 272 - Defense of Marriage."Nevermind the fact that the state of North Carolina is mired in one of its worst financial crises in decades and desperately needs all hands on deck in order to deal with budget shortfalls and job insecurity and such. There's marriages being threatened here! So, good thing that Stanley, North Carolina's own Sen. Forrester, Defender of Marriage, is dedicating plenty of precious time and taxpayer money to the legislative fight that will likely ensue over S.B. 272. Nevermind, also, that marriage is clearly a human right and that bigoted laws such as Prop 8 and its ambitious lil' brother S.B. 272 will eventually be found unconstitutional by the courts. S.B. 272 is just such a great investment for our future. Hopefully our marriage portfolios will rebound sharply in response to this wonderful news.
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