Every week is different. I guess usually that's a good thing, as it sure keeps life interesting. However, when morons and bigots are involved, I think I could do with a little less 'interesting'...
Here's what I saw and learned last week. And yes I am still looking for a moral to the story...
1- We saw Magic Mike. It wasn't great.
2- We were the only males at Magic Mike. As we walked in, a woman said "Oh Men..." with some surprise, then looked shocked she had actually said it out loud. I assured her it was okay, we're married, and to each other. Got a chuckle.
3- On our almost-weekly trip to Costco, we bought Christmas ornaments. On July 31st. I was amazed they they even have these for sale in July, my husband Monsieur Christmas was ecstatic.
4- Chick-Fil-A, a fast food chain I had hardly heard of, set sales records last Wednesday when people against marriage equality, and people who simply hate gay people, lined up for hours to buy unhealthy food and support the bigots. It was scary to watch and feel the pure hatred. Few things truly astonish me, this somehow did.
5- I tried to write something about the Aurora mass movie theatre killings and couldn't do it. Too sad.
6- I noticed more idiot drivers than usual. Or maybe it is just annoying me more. I don't claim to be the most cautious of drivers; I sure as hell do not text while adjusting the radio and driving forward, oh too-skinny girl in a white dress driving a red Chrysler 300...
7- I have now seen all of the first two seasons of the BBC's Sherlock. It is awesome. Favourite bit so far is the flirting between Sherlock and arch-villain Moriarity... totally gay-tastic.
8- We saw the Ewan McGregor Emily Blunt romance Salmon Fishing In The Yemen on Video-on-Demand. It is sweet and romantic. See it.
9- The "framing expert" at Michael's knows diddly squat about colour, style, framing, or customer service. Who hires these people? Good thing we are gay and have big taste and huge opinions.
10- The weekend came to a close with news coverage on the shooting at a Sikh temple in the US, which leads me again to yes my ultra-liberal pacifist question: ok folks, isn't it time for politicians to start talking about gun control? That doesn't mean no guns, that means some restriction on guns. Something I saw on twitter that resonated: if you don't like the term 'gun control', fine I respect that, let's call it 'massacre prevention'; on a more hopeful note, to support families of the victims, donate here...
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