Now that I’m getting paid for at least some of my writing, some people have suggested that maybe writing is my true calling in life.

Nah. I’ve learned years ago that I wasn’t meant to have any one big calling in life, but a bunch of little ones instead. Some things I’ve done forever, some I’ve gotten sick of, but I’ve definitely done and experienced a lot in my life.

Jesse was here this morning for about an hour and by some miracle, he didn’t wake me up. I guess God doesn’t always hate me as much as I sometimes think He does. Jesse’s on his first unemployment extension himself, though he is working tomorrow. Glad I won’t be up most of the day tomorrow if that’s the case, cuz it’s going to be cooler and so the dogs are bound to go crazy. I guess they’re just paying him for the days he doesn’t work since construction is so erratic.

A big win for gays in DC, but this court case Tom told me about sure seems doomed. The bigots’ main concern is their precious little word “marriage,” but as Tom and I agree, who the hell gives a shit what you call it as long as gays have equality, but hey, we live in a word-sensitive society. So that’s basically why DC won; because they kept that holy little word out of it. But the court case is about trying to make it a federal law that says you can’t ban gay marriage in any state. The problem is that most people connected to the courts are older and most of the bigots are over 50. So it’s like asking the ones that hate gays the most for support. I still say they’ve got another 20-40 years before they make any real progress, although as Tom pointed out, having gay marriage in 5 states is 10% and that’s ahead of where they were a decade ago.

I can’t believe Maine tries to say its motto is “live and let live.” What hypocrites!

I just wish they’d quit jerking us around with the healthcare thing. The more I think of how my dad said it should only be about $500 for dentures, the less that makes sense only because costs rise with time. If it cost me $2500 for braces in 1997, how could it be $500 for dentures today? And that excludes the initial exam and X-rays and all that. I love you Dad, but this isn’t 1975!

Getting more “tummy knots” from the crunches – yay!