lets get political, i wanna get political, lets get into political.

http://www.slate.com/id/2234017/?gt1=38001

This article makes some good points, although nothing I didn't already feel or think already. The whole mary-jane shitck has always seemed humours to me, I mean to classify it in the same category as LSD or Xcasty seems, well, ludicrous. I mean, I don't smoke pot, not that I think that there is anything wrong with it, but more so because I'm over the whole being out of sorts in my mind part of my life. I have friends that smoke pot and for these guys I really do feel that it helps them un-wind, helps them lead a happier life. I realize that others may disagree and feel that really they are living in a clouded version of a "happy" life, but think about it, what if that guy who ran into that Amish class and killed all of those poor kids, what if he had had a spliff in his glove box - people don't go on shooting sprees when they're high on marijuana, it just doesn't happen. (disclaimer - I'm fairly certain this has never happened, I couldn't find anything on it, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

And the whole Cuba thing, man, don't folks know that that just made us the "fat kid at the playground" to the rest of the world. There was no need for it, okay, I get it there was the whole "cold war" thing and we cannot forget the failed assassination attempt - but wait a sec aren't we on good terms with Putin, PUTIN people, PUTIN! He makes Castro look like the grandpa from funny shit dad says, hell, Castro basically IS the dood from funny shit my dad says. The trade and travel embargo put on Cuba by the States so many years ago has impacted both countries negatively, any economist can tell you that and any historian would say the same thing. Now, I realize that there is a whole host of reasons that the embargo was put in in the first place, but I think both the people of Cuba and the US would benefit economically and culturally as soon as this embargo is fully lifted.

Now, the gay marriage thing. This is just funny to me, funny because I cannot believe that there is such an uproar about this. Funny because, in this countries very short lifetime we felt the same way about black people, that they were inferior beings to white people. Couldn't attend the same churches or schools, had different bathrooms and water fountains and entrances to stores. And we cannot and must not forget the lynchings, home burnings, and attacks of innocent people. Then came the civil rights movement, and for all we know, without these brave, self-less leaders this country would still be the vicious racist place it once was. Now, I bring up the race thing only because I see a direct line between the rights for black people equal to the rights of gay people, much the same as black people were chased and hosed down and beaten for their cause, you have people like Matthew Shepherd who die in the same vain for just being who they are in their own skin. It was silly and laughable to thing that there was even a time that a black person counted as 1/4 of a person and didn't have the same rights as a white person, I find it equally as silly that a gay woman or man doesn't have the same rights as a straight woman or man. I hope, that somewhere in the very near future we can get over ourselves and see that love is love is love and regardless of your orientation if there are two consenting adults that want to be married - than they should have the right to do so, they should have the right to name their "partner" as their husband or their wife, they should have the right to adopt just as much as the straight couple in the house next to them. I thought that church and state were separate, so how can state put a rule on what the bible says or what God feels?

I am now stepping off my soap box.

can we talk?

Maybe it's the fact that the wedding planning is over and I feel a surge of "free" time or maybe it's that my moms and I went to the Houston Urban Market this past Sunday, and I fell in lurve with lots of stuff, whever it is, I've got it bad.

For seres. I’m in décor searching mode. I’m seriously obsessed with finding the perfect paint for the living room and dining room, I’ve already decided on yellow for the bathroom so that it looks something like this:

And I will own this sink:

And I found this on Etsy that would looks so good in the bathroom next to the above sink:

Thank goodness B lets me have my way when it comes to decorating, I really want a purple dining room, similar to this, although he's not too happy with a dark shad of purple or bright one for that matter:

And in the bedroom, finally decided on a bed, and this is at TARGET:

I haven’t really decided on the living room, yet, I want something pale white or pale gray. But I found this bench on Etsy too, look at that style and that color!?!?! Oh that color!!!!! drool.....

Now I'll get back to work.

a simple kind of life

i find myself more and more attracted to a life away from the city, away from the concrete and steel beams that encompass my everyday life. my latest fantasy is one where we (b & i & the 4 critters of course!) leave it all behind for a beautiful farm in wyoming. one where we could have horses to ride, cows for fresh milk, chickens for fresh eggs. a place i could learn to build fences and run cattle, a place i could learn to become a morning person. i mean really, who wouldn't want to wake up to sights like these on the daily.

and lets not forget that you can find yellowstone here as well.

when i think of raising children, i don't picture it being here. i don't want my kids to be burdened with sounds of sirens every 10 minutes. And having to drive 30 minutes to get to a park or a place where the air is clean and they can be at one with nature. but i wonder if i’d find myself missing the city, the hustle and bustle of it all, i wonder if i would really have more time to be a better person, wife, mom somewhere where life wasn’t so hectic. it’s a nice dream, but i should get back to my current reality.