Obama's DOJ just filed a brief requesting dismissal of a case to overturn DOMA. Among other outrages, it claims that the case should be thrown out because states can prevent incestuous and pedophilic relationships. It also claims that the plaintiffs, one of whom is a widower of a congressman and can't collect his husband's federal pension, aren't substantially harmed. I urge you, go read up on this travesty at www.americablog.com/2009/06/obama-justice-department-defends-doma.html

Then go write a letter to Obama demanding a retraction of this insulting screed and an apology to the gay community here: www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Fuck you Obama. Fuck you.

Job search is stating to make me fucking unhappy.

Interviewed for something two Thursdays ago, finally heard back that the company had put the project on hold but would call whenever they got around to starting it. For some reason it's really hit me.

I feel like a failure. I just can't seem to find anything. The few jobs I feel like I can apply to I never here back from. I just don't know what the fuck to do anymore.

Family's no real help. They all seem to just find things for me to look at the ass ends of the fucking country, since none of them understand that I have somebody here that I want to be with. Latest is my idiot brother who wants me to try taking up a job with his company out in the shit hole that is KC.

It was never supposed to be like this. Mechanical engineers were always supposed to be able to find work. I dunno what the fuck I'm going to do.

Usually I don't much comment on V-day. But this year I got kind of... maybe a boyfriend. Buddy of mine and I from the vent and tf2 server have kinda hit it off chatting online and such. He's really adorable irl, (seen pictures) and really charming. I make him laugh a lot, which I guess is good, and I'm trying to work on being more adorable myself.

Anyways, I didn't think it would go very far, cause he lives in Cleveland when he's not down in Portsmouth at college, and I live with my parents and am currently searching for a job since I got laid off. (Parents are clueless about t3h gay)

But... He's going to a conference in San Fransisco, and flies out of Columbus on a Sunday in March. And I've got my parents convinced that the furry meetups I go to every Tuesday night are DnD games, and they also believe we occasionally get together for long night sessions on weekends.

So the sweet and sexy dragon and I have hatched a plan to meet up the Saturday before he leaves, catch a movie and some dinner, and then got to a hotel room and spend the night together. I don't know that we'll do anything too murry purry or nothing, since we're kinda old fashioned (for cyber dating furfags, lol) and this is both our first serious try at a relationship.

But, just the chance for a real date with a guy has me all excited and nervous, and he makes me so happy every time we talk. I dunno if this will go anywhere, god knows I can be a jerk and tough to live with irl, but atm I'm in love, and that's worth celebrating. So happy Valentine's Day!

Lost, sweetie, if you read this, I love you lots. I dunno how far things will go with us, given how weird things are, but thanks for taking a chance with me, and I can't wait to see you.

<3 ya long time :p

Today's my Birthday. Not a bad year, really, since the last one. Could have done without being laid off, but Hopefully a closed door will lead to an open window soon. This year I'm hoping to find a new job, pay off my car, get my own place, and come out. Mostly same goals as last year, but appreciably closer in sight than they were, so long as I can get a job soon. Did manage one goal I panned too, started getting out to local fur meetups. Went to one last night and had a good time, looking forward to more.

Anywho, Hope you all had a fun and safe new year, and hopefulyl this one will be better than last.

Got laid off today. Company just decided to cut expenditures. Still pretty shell shocked atm. Don't have much money, but at least I have a home(living with parents). If you know of job opportunities for a guy with BS in mechanical engineering and a few years work under his belt, please let me know.

Cause you don't really love people till your credit card is screaming for mercy!

I swear I'm getting more cynical about this season every year. Must be something in the eggnog.

Life proceeds apace, I hope to be out of my parent's place this summer at the latest, just gotta manage some fiscal discipline. No word on getting hired on where I work for real yet, but I'm gonna talk to my boss and see what he has to say.

Happy holidays to all, and stay warm!

P.S. All you male pop singers? You don't have the vocal range to do Home for Christmas, white Christmas, or any of the other classics justice! Go through puberty, then we'll talk.

Well, Obama won, which is good.

Prop 8 passed in Cali, which is shitty as hell.

Maybe the dems will throw us a bone thi cycle and try to get rid of DOMA or something. Or maybe we'll just get a chance to appoint some major liberals to the supreme court so a federal lawsuit stand a chance in hell.

Damn I wish I felt like celebrating.

Our boxer got in a fight with our chihuahua today. Don't know who started it, but he's probably gonna lose an eye, though he'll survive. I knew she had problems, but this... I just don;t even know how to feel right now.

1. Clothing stores for plus size people should never have a "Doorbuster" sale.

2. This is really funny: http://www.palinaspresident.com/

So dad and I took the dogs tot he dog park today (The lab, the boxer, and the weasel(boxer mix)). And for then most part we had a good time.

Except...

There's this one guy. I've seen him up there before. He's white, balding, always wears slacks and a collared shirt. Today he had a red shirt on. And he had two dogs, one's some little ratty terrier thing, the other's like a Britney spaniel or something.

Both his dogs are under 25 pounds. Realistically, they should both be over in the small dog area, because even if a larger dog wasn't trying to, they could just run over these two and kill them. But no, he insists on staying in the big dog area.

So we bring our three over after taking them to the lake side of things, and among all the other dogs, the boxer and the weasel take interest in this moron's ratty terrier thing.

Now, we have a chihuahua at home, and he runs the house. He regularly will have the boxer and the weasel cowering when they piss him off. So they're not mean. They're certified canine good citizens and registered therapy dogs. But...

They like to irritate little dogs. They like to see how far they can push them before they get in trouble or the little dog gets mad. So they naturally decide, despite me calling them away, to irritate the ratty terrier thing. So it runs back to daddy, which is fine, and my two follow, and the guy bends down to protect his dog while I come rile up the weasel and the boxer. Then I notice something.

He's growling.

Not the weasel, or the terrier. Not the boxer, (she;'s a girl).

No the guy is. He's leaning down, putting his face right up to my boxer and the weasel, and growling at them.

Now, as I've said, bother the weasel and the boxer are certified canine good citizens. They're registered therapy dogs (certified that you'll need therapy after meeting them...)

So they just look at the guy like "What the fuck?"

But I'm standing there going Dude, you keep doing that sooner or later some dog is gonna rip your face off.

Eventually my two slunk off and just ignored the guy and his dogs, but if I catch him doing it again, I'm gonna say something to him, and to the people who run the place. (They're volunteers, but we volunteer with them and they keep an eye out for troublemakers). That guy is putting himself at huge risk doing that shit, and while I wouldn't mind terribly seeing him pay for it, I'd hate to see some poor dog get executed cause it reacted to his dumb ass growling at them.

On a side note, I was looking for an emotion for this post,a nd noticed they list discontent as an emotion. Shouldn't it be discontented?

Huh.

I guess I'm gonna miss furryartpile. It was nice.

Still, it kinda poisons the memory with Eki just yanking it down. It would have been nice to have a week or so to contact the artists you liked that weren't on FA and see if they had alternate sites.

Hey, he's gonna give us a couple days!  Yay!

My grandfather had a minor stroke last night. Spent most of the day worrying about him. Thankfully it doesn't appear to have done much. He's able to move around easily, remembers things, and can talk fine, so it looks like we got really lucky. First time I've ever had to call an ambulance thought, and that was kinda freaky.

363 days

Guess I need to get something going in my life to keep my mind off it.

May 2008 be a little bit better than last year. Got the day off tomorrow so that's at least a good start. :)

Merry Christmas all. Happy Chanukah, Joyful Solstice, and Krazy Kwanzaa. Happy holidays all around, and peace on earth. Job's going well, if slowly, and I'm drawing a little again. Looking at getting an apartment within the next three months or so, assuming I can find a cheap enough place.

Lots of fun family drama going on, read on if you want. If you have any thoughts, or just wanna tell me I'm being a whiny bitch, please say so. I'm kinda needing some people to talk to right now., it'd be nice to have some sounding boards for ideas.

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Happy holidays again, and thanks for reading.

I've gotten fat over the summer, since I sit in a cube all day at my new, job, instead of hiking all over the hospital all day, so I got a pass to the local community rec center. Typical white suburban gym set up, modern and air conditioned, and filled with fat people like me and skinny people that I just want to trip as they go down the stairs. I really hate this crap, since it seem so utterly pointless and irritating, but I've got to get back in shape. I can't be a fat slob if I wanna live long, and especially not if I wanna find a nice guy to settle down with. Gonna try to go every Tuesday, Thrusday, and Saturday, and spend about 15-30 mins on some type of cardio trainer, then another 20-30 mins doing weight training to tone up my fat stomach and lardy ass. I actually felt pretty good after the first session saturday, so this might work out okay. I skipped Tuesday cause I went to the air show Sunday with my brother and father, and got a nasty blist on my righ ring toe, but I'm gonna try to go tomorrow, assuming I feel better. I'm statrting out at about 16 mins on the rowing machine, thrirty reps on arm lifts, thrity reps on ab cruches, and 40 reps on leg lifts. Arms at about 60 pounds, abs at 70-90 pounds, and legs at 110 pounds.

Right now I think I'm about 310 lbs and 6'4", I wanna get down to about 275 as a realistic goal. Im gonna try to add a 15 minute swim to the whole thing, try and do laps to help with overall tone and calorie burning.

Also gonna try to stop eating junk food as much. This is probably doomed to failure, though I have started going home to lunch and eating sandwiches, which is a lot better than going out for a burger. Also cheaper.

Wish me luck in getting less fat!