Artful Scheme of Happiness

Protect The Constitution

May I just say that I am stunned and saddened at Mr. Bush's latest attempt to protect heterosexual marriage from the onslaught of the godless homosexual? The mere idea that the President of the United States would suggest mucking about in the most important document that our nation possesses, tinkering with the framework of the nation itself, is anathema to me. Whatever you think about the subject of gay marriage itself is irrelevant. Do we really need to sully our heritage by enshrining the social issues of the day IN THE CONSTITUTION?

Hate me all you want, America, for being gay. Pass all the laws you want, in each of the 50 states if that's what you want, to keep me from ever being legally married. Protect the word MARRIAGE from the diminution you perceive as imminent (though in the end, your arguments are all about word choice). But PLEASE do not change the constitution to do it.

posted by art @ 4:33 AM

a good time was had by all

How do these things happen? I had an excellent time in Paris. Besides a pesky low-grade asthma attack due to the extreme pollution, and a life-threatening HIGH GRADE asthma attack due to a stupid dog, I was blissfully free of health problems. The flight from Paris to Detroit was similarly disease-free. But then, my friends, somewhere over my beloved Midwest, it all fell apart.

I spent yesterday in a sort of daze. I had a temperature of 101. I was coughing like a maniac. I thought I might die.

This condition was made that much WORSE by the fact that, while I was gone, my landlord started remodeling the bathroom and the kitchen, both at the same time. Naturally, besides demolition, next to nothing was accomplished on these projects. So now there is no light in the bathroom, not to mention sharp bits of plaster all over the floor. And the kitchen? No sink and no countertop. Filth everywhere. In short, absolute pandemonium.

Maybe I actually DID die, and now I am in hell?

posted by art @ 5:10 AM

Wow

If you're interested at all on the law and politics surrounding gay marriage, Slate magazine has a fascinating article for you.

posted by art @ 7:11 PM

Indecision

Someone from the President's staff wrote me to thank me for my helpful input re. the Marriage Initiative. How wonderful it is that the computers at the White House manage to find the time to send form e-mails to the President's correspondents. I feel valued. I must now rethink my voting plans for November, in light of the fact that the President and I are friends.

Biographies of Cecil Beaton, Rosamond Lehmann, Dorothy Parker and Marietta Tree all stare at me from my nightstand. Ignoring them, I have been flipping around in all of my French biographies, trying to come up with a list of interesting things to do while I'm in Paris. Besides trips to Chantilly and the chateau at St. Cloud (which may or may not still be standing), I haven't really come up with anything good. I'll keep trying.

Don't know what else to tell you except that I have worked at my job for nine months, which means that I finally get health insurance, starting today (just in time for me to hurt my knee in yoga -- yay!). I also have dental insurance for the first time since childhood, so the next time you see me, I might have beautiful sparkling diamond teeth instead of plain old natural teeth. Or maybe some gold and some diamond. I can't really decide. Gold might not be my color.

posted by art @ 5:28 PM