Mission accomplished: four query/manuscript packets mailed off. My little novy-nov is off in the ether in the queue to meet its fate. Now, not to think about it.
Tomorrow I go to Mini-Apples, Mini-Soda, where my dear friend Johnnycakes Kamperpants will be meeting me at the airport on my maiden voyage to his hometown. 2008 is a fortunate year as I get not one but TWO bouts of face-time with J-cakes. We hung out in his former city of residence, L.A., last January, and now he's back in the midwest. Oh ya!
But before I fill my suitcase with all manner of improv festival-appropriate clothing and plenty of deodorant so the Geegsters don't have to smell me, let me offer my congrats to Jacqui and Britta for being the first Californians I know to get legally gay married in my home state. Of course, I found out about this on Facebook, which is how I know anything about anyone I know these days. Friendship is over. Thanks, Facebook! But really, I wish Jacqui and Britta the highest and most loving congrats and wishes for a happy future.
Also, in their honor, I will stop referring to my arrangement with Bob as "being married" and call it "being straight married." Because if nice folks like J and B are compelled to use a qualifier, then I should be, too. So I am straight married, but it doesn't mean any more or less than what the gay have. Love is love, marriage is marriage, and getting your friends to buy you towels and spatulas is a right we should all enjoy equally. Mazel tov!
Posted by Zerd at June 24, 2008 08:31 PM