CherryLaBlog

To those of you who said "it's garish" and "you need links," behold. Sorry I'm just learning this blog html and linking crap.

Anyhoo I've added links to SOME blogs and yes these are all people I like but more will be added; I'm just ONE woman, people!

Ugh. One thing I will miss when I go back to full-time teaching is the ability to be late, which is absolutely not allowed in teaching. I mean, the class can't do anything if you're not there. I was an hour late this morning, and it was an hour well needed because I was up quite late with Camel and Amity and that wasn't the smartest thing to do, but it was nice in a girly fun and fun with smart girls sort of way.

Anyway the bestest bestest thing of all last night was the lovely nina, who actually GAVE me her Jenny Everywhere badge!!! How supercool is that??!?? Truly, I feel honoured, it was a special pin that she'd made with her pin-making machine! I think I want a pin-making machine, too. (Oh btw pin = badge in American English in case you're confused) I'm just annoyed I forgot to put it on my shirt this morning, then I would have had people asking me about Jenny all day...

From the New York Times: "The Vatican launched a global campaign against gay marriages Thursday, warning Catholic politicians that support of same-sex unions was ``gravely immoral'' and urging non-Catholics to join the offensive."

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``There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family,'' the document said. ``Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law.''

It also comes out strongly against allowing gay couples to adopt, saying children raised by same-sex parents face developmental ``obstacles'' because they are deprived of having either a mother or a father.

``Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that their condition of dependency would be used to place them in an environment that is not conducive to their full human development,'' it said.


AAAARGH!!! I really fail to understand why, two people who love each other and are in a mutually respecting, loving union are NOT analagious to 'God's plan.' I really don't understand how today's church's can be so fucking backwards on this issue. Is it really so important that "A Man and A Woman are conjoined in marriage" that the Catholic Church finds it preferable to have a violent, unhappy heterosexual couple as children's role models than a happy, loving gay couple. Arrgh arrgh arrgh!

I suspect the reason the Vatican has come out (no pun intended hardeehar) against this is because of the significant decline among Catholics opposing gay marriage.

Anyway, you can read about this article here, but you do have to be registered (it's free though), and you can also read about W coming out in favor of a law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman here.

*sigh*

For this my mother wants me to attend mass?

Believe it or not, happy as I am with my little London Life, I DO miss things from the States. Like for example endless reruns of The Brady Bunch. I'd kinda like to just hear the theme. My favorite episode, now as when I was 8-years-old, remains the one where they all get the measles. (It's episode 11).

I am almost ashamed to admit this so I figure I will say it on my blog: I'm reading Mario Puzzo's "The Godfather" at the moment and really enjoying it. This is the sort of ubersuccessful book I tend to avoid because I am (o-so snottily) sure it won't be any good. Anyway, I doubt it's a work of art, say, but I am really enjoying it.

This was inspired by the fact that I'm covering an extra class this week and have basically stolen another teacher's lesson of "The Godfather." It's great because you basically just sit there and watch the movie for at least a few hours (because it's such a long movie!)

In other news, I have an actual book club to go to tonight, and I haven't read the book at all. The book DOES look good - allegedly it's one of the best Science Fiction books to come out in a long time. It's just been one of those books that I'm interested but for some reason haven't been able to get into.

I guess the real question is do I go to the book club even though I haven't read the book, or skip it and go home and read the book I'm reading?

Wooh! Look at that that! Updating my blog TWO DAYS IN A ROW! Do I get a medal? Does anyone know where I can find a flight from London to Chicago in September for less than £300? I'm not saying I have anything interesting to say, but here I am anyway! Or, as my friend Amy S says, "I'm not saying, I'm just saying." Up there with "Kinda sorta but not really" as one of my favorite ridiculous sayings.

ANYHOO, speaking of ridiculous. So, according to this article from BBC News Americas, Washington says there will be some 911-style plane hijacking events this summer. And yet, incredibly, according to this article from MSNBC, all U.S. Air Marshalls have been pulled off cross-country and long-haul flights as of Friday. Uh, DUUUUH????!?? Wasn't the reason these people were put on these flights to prevent 911-style highjacking events???!??

UNbelievable. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders, however...

Hello. I'm posting and I'm actually in a good mood. Woahhoah! I'd like to be a real live blogger type; you know, the kind who post all the time and have all sorts of cool links to interesting things, but I just don't know if I have time of inclination.

So, what a whirlwind! In the space of just over week I: went to a really lovely wedding where I got to have a kiss in the room where the Americans and the British signed the peace treaty to the Declaration of Independence (how cool is that??!?), I went to Paris and drank wine under the Tour Eiffel (OK, there were really annoying wine vendors coming up to us every 30 seconds and asking us if we wanted to buy more wine but it was still cool), I got the worst case of food-poisoning I've ever had (but strangely it only lasted a day), partied with a friend, went to ANOTHER (very strange and nowhere near as beautiful) wedding BUT it was on the sea and I saw ANOTHER lovely friend.

**PHEW!** I bet you're tired just reading this!

Crazy. Lots of stuff going on. STILL not done. Have to get a ticket to Chicago in September - I really wish the fares would go down a bit. Have to work as much as possible between now and then so I don't find myself financially destitute come October... oh, so much to do.

Anyway, hello!