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uberreiniger) wrote2005-08-16 03:55 am
uberreiniger) wrote2005-08-16 03:55 am
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My cup runneth over
First of all, I am totally all YaY! *cums* over the fact that I now have not 60! Not 70! Not 80! not 90! But ONE HUNDRED icon slots to use! I found out at 10:50 tonight right before I had to come to work so I didn't get a chance to upload new icons, but when I get home... oooohhh baby! This icon whore is going to be ridden hard and put away wet!
Speaking of wetness, I took Mel on her first outing to the plaza and showed her all the beautiful fountains for which Kansas City is known. The weather was perfect and it was just the quintesential day for enjoying the plaza in all its Seville-inspired beauty. I think it's the first time I've ever been on the Plaza and received no snooty stares from uppity rich people... and this was even after daring to park my Corolla in between a Beemer and a Mercedes-Benz! Anyway, most of our Plaza time was spent in the Barnes & Noble, which was nice because I haven't gotten to go in that B&N very often and it was very fun, even if Mel was ready to publicly disown me for repeatedly doing the Happy Banana dance in the elevator.
While we were there I picked up an amazing little book called What God Has Joined Together: A Christian Case for Gay Marriage. I haven't been able to put it down since I got it. Now whenever I go to argue my case that God *doesn't* dislike gay people any more than any other people, I will have a very well-researched scholastic reference to back it up. It essentially says what I've been saying for years, how the supposedly anti-gay passages in the Bible refer to specific types of sexual brutallity and not to homosexuality as an orientation, and how some of the words that have been translated to such things as "homosexual", "sodomite", or "male porstitute," etc, were only translated as such because the Greek word they were translating had no equivalent in modern usage or because its' meaning has been completely lost to time, but seems based on its components like it might have something to do with male sexuallity. Anyway, it's a brisk, informative read and I would urge anyone with an interest in the issue to read it.
I need to say thanks to a lot of people. HUGE thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zombiecowboy and Lesley for going to a lot of trouble to host a wonderful birthday party/Mel's welcoming party Sunday night. I got not one, but TWO cakes - gourmet ones at that with fancy-schmancy fondent frosting - and we are still revelling in their buttery sweetness. Thanks to megiloth, and yaqui for being kind enough to take a break from trolling cartoon communities and keeping the city's power running respectively to attend said party, and thanks to thanis_bloodsto for not falling off the Earth for a month this time! Thanks to cygny for the sweet, wonderful card that arrived in the mail today, and thanks to elvinborn for going out of her way to tell me how hot she thinks certain men's biceps are what happened on SciFriday this past weekend. I would also like to take a moment to give a happy birthday shout out to renfestlady whose special day was yesterday. Sorry I didn't know about it or I would have shouted it out sooner!
Speaking of wetness, I took Mel on her first outing to the plaza and showed her all the beautiful fountains for which Kansas City is known. The weather was perfect and it was just the quintesential day for enjoying the plaza in all its Seville-inspired beauty. I think it's the first time I've ever been on the Plaza and received no snooty stares from uppity rich people... and this was even after daring to park my Corolla in between a Beemer and a Mercedes-Benz! Anyway, most of our Plaza time was spent in the Barnes & Noble, which was nice because I haven't gotten to go in that B&N very often and it was very fun, even if Mel was ready to publicly disown me for repeatedly doing the Happy Banana dance in the elevator.
While we were there I picked up an amazing little book called What God Has Joined Together: A Christian Case for Gay Marriage. I haven't been able to put it down since I got it. Now whenever I go to argue my case that God *doesn't* dislike gay people any more than any other people, I will have a very well-researched scholastic reference to back it up. It essentially says what I've been saying for years, how the supposedly anti-gay passages in the Bible refer to specific types of sexual brutallity and not to homosexuality as an orientation, and how some of the words that have been translated to such things as "homosexual", "sodomite", or "male porstitute," etc, were only translated as such because the Greek word they were translating had no equivalent in modern usage or because its' meaning has been completely lost to time, but seems based on its components like it might have something to do with male sexuallity. Anyway, it's a brisk, informative read and I would urge anyone with an interest in the issue to read it.
I need to say thanks to a lot of people. HUGE thanks to
zombiecowboy and Lesley for going to a lot of trouble to host a wonderful birthday party/Mel's welcoming party Sunday night. I got not one, but TWO cakes - gourmet ones at that with fancy-schmancy fondent frosting - and we are still revelling in their buttery sweetness. Thanks to megiloth, and yaqui for being kind enough to take a break from trolling cartoon communities and keeping the city's power running respectively to attend said party, and thanks to thanis_bloodsto for not falling off the Earth for a month this time! Thanks to cygny for the sweet, wonderful card that arrived in the mail today, and thanks to elvinborn for going out of her way to tell me renfestlady whose special day was yesterday. Sorry I didn't know about it or I would have shouted it out sooner!