I thought what with just having my 1 year (marriage) anniversary (2 years together!) on August 7th, I should post a little something. No, I’m not really “off” hiatus but just giving (those of you who don’t read my personal LJ) a little update.

First off, apparently it’s a “tradition” to save the top tier of your wedding cake, freeze it, and eat it a year later. Who knew? As I didn’t have a wedding but a party/ reception nearly 2 months later, I wasn’t sure if we should save it until then or just eat it on our anniversary. Turns out NEITHER! My mom had us eat it the day before
Here’s 2 pictures for you of the cake!

We, in fact, didn’t finish it until last night

In other news? Nothing! Andy starts uni at George Mason University with a major in Chemistry & a minor in Native American Studies (so related, huh? ) the first week in September. I’m still searching for a job- have been since November 2008! My hours are dwindling and with a 30% decrease in business since last year, I’m wondering if I’ll even have a job come season end in October (I work for a guy who owns a bunch of food- related businesses)

So, that’s about it! I’ve gotten loads of film processed so keep an eye on my Flickr

I am not a person who goes out there and is terribly vocal about what I believe in. I’m not big into confrontations and maybe that’s why. Here, though, is something I do believe in. And with vehemence. Gay rights. I shouldn’t just say “Gay rights” though. These rights, which I believe are general human rights expand the entire community of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people.

Right now, I feel like we’re on the brink of something. At the turn of the (last) century, people were fighting for women’s right to vote. Then there was the fight to gain the right to vote for black people. Now, we’re trying to extend the right to marriage to all peoples. Not just those that happen to want to marry someone of the opposite gender. I mean, who decided that marriage should only be for straight people? Also, who cares? Why is it anyone else business who marries who? Does it hurt you in any way if a same sex couple marries? No. Just because it makes some people uncomfortable (which is sad but that’s a person’s right to be comfortable or uncomfortable with whatever) doesn’t give them the right to dictate whether or not they can marry.

What’s my reason and point? Well, on Facebook there is a group asking people to basically boycott everything for a day. If you don’t have Facebook, just look below the cut for more info! I really hope you join in because, really, there’s just no excuse.

A DAY WITHOUT GAYS
A nationwide Strike and Boycott in support of Marriage as a Right for ALL Time and Place Start Time: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 12:00am
End Time: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:00am
Location: Across the United States
Street: Main Street

We are calling for a nationwide strike and economic boycott by all Gays and Lesbians AND OUR ALLIES, whether straight, bisexual or transgendered, on December 10th, 2008, International Human Rights Day.

WHY?

Because LGBT workers, business owners, consumers and taxpayers contribute over $700 billion to the U.S. economy each year and should not be treated as second class citizens.

Because general strikes and economic boycotts are a powerful weapon in the history of non-violent protests. See http://www.pbs.org/now/society/boycott.html.

Because marriage should be a Right for all Americans, including gay men and lesbians, regardless of gender, race OR religion.

Because until ALL are equal, NONE are equal.

HOW?

1. Strike: call in gay, shut down your business, take the day off. While this may be a burden, we must be willing to make sacrifices in our fight for equal rights, including the right to marry.

2. Boycott: don’t buy or spend to show how much the LGBT dollar supports the American economy.

3. Volunteer: show the world that our message is about love, not discrimination. See www.daywithoutagay.net for a list of volunteer opportunities.

4. Communicate: spread the word. We need everyone’s support.

Our co-sponsors include:
JOINTHEIMPACT.COM
DAYWITHOUTAGAY.COM
DAYWITHOUTAGAY.NET
GAYS ON STRIKE (on Facebook)

CSI: New York on SpikeTV

This post is going to be rather image- heavy. First I’ll post pictures from my trip to the Japanese store. There’s no way I’m scanning the magazines in their entirety, so there’s only covers with little blurbs. I did, however, scan the pictures of 木村カエラ for my LiveJournal community for her.

On Monday I went by the camera store to see where my film was and it turned out they had never sent it! So, it’ll be yet another 2 weeks before I see those rolls. So, for now you’ll have to suffice with loads pictures of kittens and hills from the 35mm rolls.

The packet the pen, notepad, & pen case came in

The packet the bag came in

CUTiE November

CUTiE October

Ray from October 2007. I saw this & got really excited because it has Karina on the front. She played Yayoi Kinoshita in one of my favourite Japanese horror movies, Rinne. Click the picture to go to a blog I wrote about the movie when I saw it in the theatre! :)

Insert in the Ray magazine with all kinds of purse pictures XD

Other insert in the Ray magazine. Something to me just screams "bitch!" about her. She must remind me of someone who teased me as a kid because I have no idea what kind of a person she is, lol.

First of many pictures of adorable kitten Tiny

My handsome husband having a morning cigarette with the hills in the background

The hills beyond our Inn

Another picture of Tiny

Maine & 5 Toes

5 Toes

Tiny sleeping

Maine (the Main Coon, lol)

Me & 5 Toes :)

Haha, look at his 5 toes! XD

The deck out the back of our room

A little shed with a kitten door! I kept seeing them going in and out :)

The hills near our Inn

Downtown Luray, Virginia

Andy wanted to take a picture of this sign because he loves the movie "Uncle Buck"

A big red building, probably an old factory in Downtown Luray

In an antique shop window ;)

A lovely church in Downtown Luray

The Caverns in Luray, Virginia

The Caverns :)

The hills outside the Caverns

More scenery

Woo! That took ages!

Ghost Whisperer (when I finished) on CBS (? too tired to find out, LOL).