Jasmine’s wondering if she’s going to be driven out of this country, as she puts it, due to the constant giving and taking of rights. Yeah, it’s crazy, alright! What’s scary is that if these bigots see that they can control gays, they’re going to go after other groups as well until somebody finally does the right thing and stops them.

The U.S. may not be like the Middle East or Africa as far as a lack of freedom goes, but in a lot of ways, it is. And I am ashamed of this country as much as I am proud of it.

It’s not raining out now, so the dogs are going to go off any minute.

I decided to try running really fiercely in place for 5 minutes each hour that I’m awake to see if that makes it less boring and less jarring to my joints, although the joint pain has decreased the more I get into better shape. I figured a workout is a workout whether it’s broken up or done all at once, right? Well, we’ll soon see how effective it is. I had first considered doing just one minute per hour, but because I’m in pretty good shape, it takes more than a minute to really boost my heartbeat. Only spotting a tarantula could get it booming in an instant!

I would’ve been back down to 133, but I’m 135 instead because I splurged yesterday.