| Question for parents. |
[May. 15th, 2008|10:23 pm] |
Why would parents who would probably never let their children climb on the dining room chairs at home let their kids climb all over the booths at a restaurant?
I saw it in two different booths tonight. |
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| ADELA! |
[May. 15th, 2008|09:23 pm] |
Hey Girl!
WELCOME TO LJ ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) adelavanbrugge!!
Please post some of your pretty work soon!
I know you have some!!!
Get that camera snapping girl & show your stuff!!
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| Walk along w my London day. Food market, walks, bloody barber, lots of pix |
[May. 16th, 2008|12:38 am] |
A day off!
(Up until 5am trying to wrap up articles...)
The meeting I was to have morphed into a phone meeting... for planning my "secret" return visit to London and the fall salons with Coco De Mer.
With the day generally open but still on hold for a possible meeting, I decided to wonder around the center of town....
So I take you along with me on my day's trip in London... ( Read more... ) |
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| Thursday, May 15, 2008. It's about dignity. It's about time. |
[May. 16th, 2008|12:12 am] |
"... one of the core elements embodied in
the state constitutional right to marry is the right of an individual and a couple to
have their own official family relationship accorded respect and dignity equal to
that accorded the family relationship of other couples."
".... the state’s assignment of a different name to the couple’s relationship poses a risk that the
different name itself will have the effect of denying such couple’s relationship the
equal respect and dignity to which the couple is constitutionally entitled."
"... Instead of presuming the
validity of the statutes defining marriage and establishing domestic partnership, in
effect the majority presumes them to be constitutionally invalid by characterizing
domestic partnership as a “mark of second-class citizenship.” (Maj. opn., ante, at
p. 118.) This judicial presumption contravenes the express intent of the
Legislature to equalize the rights of spouses and domestic partners."
excerpts from Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco (2004). California Supreme Court opinions document
but you know it's not "happily ever after" yet... |
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| HOORAY! |
[May. 15th, 2008|11:36 am] |
Hurray!!!!
California's top court overturns gay marriage ban - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage
I am available for handfasting/marriage ceremonies and would be honored to perform them for same sex couples!
:D I'm so happy for my friends. Now let's keep it that way and hope that the other thing doesn't make it onto the ballot.
-Lisa |
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| Almost Over |
[May. 15th, 2008|11:24 am] |
Spring Semester is finally almost over. I swear it seems like this has been the longest semester ever.
I've still got finals this week and next week. I've got 2 more projects to complete and I need to take a chapter exam this weekend.
After next week I will finally be free! We might even be able to go to some SCA events. I know I'll be going to Highland War - I agreed to help someone else run it this year so all I'll need to do is be there. I don't have to do any of the pre-planning unless it'll help me get a friend to come to the event so I can see her, though I'd rather just see her rather than ask her to come down to work. On the other hand... we're so far out and gas is so high I don't feel comfortable in asking anyone to come to Highland just to spend time with them!
I wish I knew people's schedules - actually, I wish people would use the Caid Calendar to indicate which events they're going to... especially those who live like hermits! (you know who you are! |
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| So, Joe, when's the date? |
[May. 15th, 2008|10:25 am] |
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CA Supreme Court rules ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
It's about fricking time. I'm not planning on taking advantage of the ruling but my friends shouldn't be denied marriage because of gender.
ETA: Quote from the Governator: "I respect the court's decision and as governor, I will uphold its ruling," said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement. "Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this (ruling)." |
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| Burlesque / Model Photography – Bonnie Delight and Lola Lee |
[May. 15th, 2008|09:01 am] |
Last August, I had the pleasure of shooting over a beautiful summer morning with burlesque performers Bonnie Delight and Lola Lee. For almost 2 and a half hours, we worked through different poses and played off each other’s ideas. We were going for the very Victorian Gothic look in this shoot with touches of sexy. These shots are some of the color highlights. The ladies were very creative and melodramatic in their posing in keeping with the theme.
( Color Highlights (8 behind the cut) ) |
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| Nature Photo of the Day |
[May. 15th, 2008|08:35 am] |
California Poppy Reserve - 2008 |
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| Thar be Pirates! A Pirate Tournament at Castle Kirk |
[May. 14th, 2008|05:02 pm] |
(forwarded from my Baroness)
Come join us for a day of festive merriment as the barony of Nordwache meets on the scenic grounds of Castle Kirk to host a buccaneer bash
The site opens at 8:00 AM on Saturday May 17th and closes at midnight of the same day. Those who are in their cups will be stayin the night. The weather is fair in these parts in May.We have plenty of camping space on the Castle grounds for and if ye'll be wantin to spend the night.
No site fee for this event but we will have a donations and contributions box. We shall have some great ships cooks here Bar B Qing up a storm and we are asking ye to please bring a side dish fer the feasting.
Saturday May 17th in the year 2008. ( more info behind the cut... ) |
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| Paris photos. Street Art, Shibari homo art, trains stations, etc. |
[May. 15th, 2008|12:30 am] |
Just a few odds and end photos...
View from Eurostar. I think on the UK side, but there's a section where both sides look really similar. Yellow field is mustard flowers...
See kumimonster working hard on her site updates.
Gare Du Nord, Paris
( Read more... ) |
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| London notes - the joy of the workday |
[May. 14th, 2008|11:55 pm] |
Similar to when I'm in NYC, I don't feel like a visitor in London. Not that I know these cities like the back of the hand... but because here my days are spent as a person going about their work day. My hide-away pals treat me like a room mate. We see each other in our robes in the morning, mumble greetings and offer the other coffee. I dress in my teacher's duds, grab my briefcase and join the stream of people on the tube with my Oyster card and head into town. I have meetings, grab a cuppa, text message on my UK phone with friends and text for work coordinations, then I teach the classes and maybe grab a brew with friends after work. Maybe I get to carve out a bit of time for a museum or a garden. The weekends are coordinated with friends on what to do. I stress on deadlines. I read my favorite papers, trade rags, Time Out or listen to the iPhone on the tube. I walk out of the tube, nearly the last train, to the quiet suburban streets and head home to companions for some tea and telly. We complain to one another on the cost of living.
It's a strange little comfort here, and New York, for me to feel so "settled in". I just slide into it.
(The down side is that for all the years of coming to London, I've not really seen the rest of the UK!)
This trip, even the experimental trip to the little fetish party in Paris on the Eurostar felt like a local's weekend jaunt.
That kumimonster, my long time pal originally of SF, occupies a flat here part time and we text each other and hang out from time to time, only adds to the nomad's fantasy of a settled life.
Some highlights this trip, so far, that make me feel like I just slide into life here.
Jet lag was brutal with the uneven sleep schedule the first few days in London / Paris.
Really great classes at Coco De Mer! All sold out. More students. More journalists covering them!
Productive meeting with a friend, who is similtaneously located in London and LA and I just saw in LA a few weeks back, to brian storm the Big Picture... meeting with a corporation considering hiring me for a special presentation... meeting, just talk, with an agent...
Getting thanks from spouses and partners of the students the day after!
Hanging out and working on my laptop with great coffee and free WiFi at Coffe Cake and Kink between time.
Belgo (but haven't been able to stop by Neal's Yard Creamery or scones at the Covent Garden Hotel yet this trip)
Might get to go sailing this weekend on friends' boat to Isle of Wight. (I need to get some equivalent of deck approved shoes.) |
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| Tigger's results. |
[May. 14th, 2008|11:51 pm] |
Monday night K took Tigger to the emergency pet hospital. They waited a couple of hours... then all sorts of tests. Then more waiting. Nothing wrong with her mouth or teeth. Kidney count's slightly elevated but not out of the ordinary, apparantly. She had a fever and was dehydrated so they gave her sub cutaneous hydration.
They can't figure out what's wrong wither.
After the hydration she's feeling a bit better. Purrs to K's pets. Growls at King David as is customary. She's not eating much kibbles but has been given the OK for boiled chicken and tuna with tuna water. She's eating the latter.
Keeping fingers crossed. |
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| Nordwache's Silver Anniversary |
[May. 14th, 2008|03:53 pm] |
(forwarded from our autocrat)
June 13 - 14 - 15, 2008 (please note this is a different date than is currently listed in the CP )
The Barony of Nordwache invites the populace of Caid to join us for our Silver Anniversary with our 25th Baronial Protectorate and 3rd Anniversary Archery Tournament. ( More info behind cut to save on Friend's page... ) |
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