Seriously

What the heck is WRONG with some people? (In case you have been living under a rock) Constance McMillen is a well spoken and out lesbian who wanted to wear a tux to prom and bring her gf as her date. Evidently this is a crime in the state of Mississippi. You can catch up on the back story here. The ACLU ended up getting involved and the school decided to cancel the prom rather than allow Constance to attend. A judge has already ruled that Constance's constitution rights have been violated by being banned from her prom. I've been struck by how mature and well spoken she has been throughout the whole ordeal. Here she is on Ellen: The saga took yet another disappointing turn this weekend when, adults of her town set up a fake alternative prom that Constance was invited to. It's like something right out of Carrie or a Lifetime movie. She showed up and only a few a few other special education students where in attendance. And again Constance comes out on top with her mature reaction to this devastating hoax. “They had the time of their lives,” McMillen says. “That’s the one good thing that come out of this, [these kids] didn’t have to worry about people making fun of them [at their prom].” Bullying and discrimination like this is what leads kids to killing themselves in high school. It's totally dispicable that students, parents and administrators appear to have all colloborated to discriminate against and humiliate this girl. I mean, it's sad that teens could be so cruel, but it's not unheard of. For adults to behave so poorly is horrific.

Life Soundtrack...

Incredible band. Great song. Lyrics to All At Once : There are certain people you just keep coming back to She is right in front of you You begin to wonder could you find a better one Compared to her now she's in question And all at once the crowd begins to sing Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Maybe you want her maybe you need her Maybe you started to compare to someone not there Looking for the right one you line up the world to find Where no questions cross your mind But she won't keep on waiting for you without a doubt Much longer for you to sort it out And all at once the crowd begins to sing Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Maybe you want her maybe you need her Maybe you started to compare to someone not there Maybe you want it maybe you need it, Maybe it's all you're running from, Perfection will not come And all at once the crowd begins to sing Sometimes We'd never know what's wrong without the pain Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Maybe you want her maybe you need her Maybe you've started to compare to someone not there Maybe you want it maybe you need it Maybe it's all you're running from Perfection will not come Maybe you want her maybe you need her Maybe you had her maybe you lost her to another To another

How to Get Your Own Earring Out of the Trap

Okay, for all of my feminist girl powerness, there are somethings I really, really hate to do for myself. Home repairs totally fall into that category. A few days ago my brand new earring that I had only worn once fell down the drain in the bathroom sink. I begged and pleaded for my dad or brother to come over and retrieve it with no dice. My dad (kindly) told me, that this was something I could handle myself and walked me through the steps using his own bathroom sink as a visual model. So tonight I decided to tackle it. And, of course, blog about it. I think it falls under domesticity attempts. It was actually pretty easy and took less than five minutes. A definite success for my first venture into plumbing. To retrieve your earring out the trap you will need:

A bucket (cat walking into frame optional)

Open up that sink door and take a peek at what you see. It should hopefully look like this. If you have metally looking pipes instead of plastic ones, you might need a wrench of some kind. The little U shape is the trap where your earring should be. It is filled with water (and probably some other gross stuff, but try not to think about that).

Clear away all of the stuff under the sink and position the bucket under your pipes. There's a little ring on the back end of the U. Give it a twist. Mine was pretty easy to loosen. If it's tight you could probably use a wrench. As you can see in the picture the ring will slide up and the U will slide away.

From there you can just kind of tug the other end of the U off. Warning: it is filled with water and smells kind of gross. Another purpose of the U tube besides being a catch, is that it stays filled with water and keeps the sewery smell from coming up the pipes into your bathroom. Anyways, tug the whole U thing off.

And dump it into your bucket. The water was so gross I couldn't see the earring but I could hear a "plink" as it hit the bucket.

There it is!

Then just jam the U pipe back on and twist the ring over it. Keep the bucket there and do a little test run with the water to make sure everything is back in place.

Not too hard and kind of empowering. Go me!

We're old...

I was out for a birthday dinner with some friends last night. We ended up in a rather long conversation about ketchup.

"Gosh, we're so old, all being so into a conversation about ketchup" - Friend 1

All make agreeing noises and nod their heads.

"Let's talk about things young people like to talk about" - me

"Good idea" - Friend 2

"Um............ what do young people like to talk about?" Friend 3

*Very long silent pause*

".....Lady Gaga????" -- Friend 1

Not anymore...

six numbers, one more to dial

before I'm before you

I tried to call

been busy all night

gave up waiting at daylight

Excuse me Mrs. Busybody

could you pencil me in when you can

though we both know that the worst part about it

is I would be free when you wanted me

if you wanted me

ohhhhh...

I am the man on the side

hoping you'll make up your mind

I am the one who will swallow his pride

life as the man on the side

one of the many

one of the few

to stand back and wait for you

excuse me Mrs. Busybody

could you pencil me in when you can

though we both know that the worst part about it

is I would be free when you wanted me

if you wanted me, if you wanted me

ohhhh...I am the man on the side

hoping you'll make up your mind

I am the one who will swallow his pride

Life as the man on the side

Life as the man on the side

I fell in love with the dream that I built of

the part of the queen

taking my own advice

I'm giving up tonight

good luck to you and the king

excuse me Mrs. Busybody

could you pencil me in

though we both know that the worst part about it

is I would be free when you wanted me

if you wanted me, if you wanted me

ohhhhh....

I am the man on the side

hoping you'll make up your mind

I am the one who will swallow his pride

life as the man

you know life as the man

living life as the man on the side

Making books

Isaac's new thing is making books. They are quite adorable. He dictates the sentences to a grown up and the he does the pictures. Please enjoy his book:

"Isaac's Dinosaur Book"

The dinosaur is eating leaves.

The dinosaur scares other dinosaurs.

The dinosaur is sleeping.

The dinosaur is jumping.

Spring is Here~

Spring is here to stay! And it's so lovely!

Isaac and I planted a whole bunch of seeds. There are actually two tiny sprouts in there but they didn't photograph. We've had fun watering our seeds and checking for progress each day.

The beautiful Easter wreath I ordered from Amazon. The only thing is it came with no way to hang it up. Next year, I will have to figure out something a little more attractive.

Homemade Easter Card from the boy.

Picked this up for a few bucks. It's been sitting on the windowsill. Cute jar (bad lighting/photo). I think I have more spring/Easter decorations up tha I did for Christmas.

I've been leaving the "porch" door open and Cody has enjoyed tempting fate by dangling off the drop off of death. Sometimes I find him with more than half of his body dangling outside.

My neighbors (who actually have a small porch and not a sheer cliff outside of their sliding door) have put up a bird feeder. Of course there were no birds there when I went to take the picture, but Isaac and I have really enjoyed watching them. We have a clear view of their feeder from our kitchen table. Shorts, and new sandals! (Now I just need some time to work on the tan...)

Spring soccer starts next weekend, so I should be blogging about that soon. In the meantime,I am officially on spring break. I've been cleaning and cooking and baking and organizing. It's wonderful. What things are you doing to usher in spring?