Hate.

This is in response to some silliness going on on facebook regarding homosexuality that initially began as a discussion regarding don't ask, don't tell.

@ Michael: Hi! My name is Kari, and I'm gay. Let's do a little broadening of that narrow mind of yours, shall we? 1) I have slept with, dated and been engaged to men (well, the engagement was just to one man, but that's irrelevant) and gue...ss what? It didn't work out - and not because there is anything wrong with me, or with them...it just simply didn't work because I wasn't fully attracted to them. 2) As Janelle said, you did not wake up one morning and choose to be straight - it's just who you are. I did not wake up one morning and choose to be gay - it's just who I am. 3) If you're only goal in having sex is to pro-create...I feel very sad for you. Let's just be honest - we all have sex because sex is awesome...not because we hope that the end result of the act is a sperm fertilizing an egg. That's just insanity my friend. 4) I assure you that I do not want to marry my dog just because I would like to have the option of marrying my girlfriend (that's her in my profile picture, isn't she great?!) without anyone putting limitations on my life or how I live it. 5) I promise I'm not going to hell. How do I know this for certain? I wake up every morning and work with kids who are either physically, emotionally, or cognitively disabled. I work with kids in poverty and kids who may or may not be able to ever live independently - at the end of the day, the parents of my kids do not care about my sexual orientation...they only care that I am able to unconditionally love and support their kids to learn and grow within their current academic setting. And no, I am not a child molester or any other ridiculous nonsense that one could possibly put in right here. 6) I don't want to marry my dog, or any other animal for that matter - I'm gay, I'm not practicing beastiality...that's just an insane thought that the two would even go together. 7) I am not judging or discriminating against you and calling you a breeder or making other wildly outlandish assumptions about you or the way you live your life. Why? well mostly because I simply do not care, and more importantly because ...it's not my place to do so. 8) Finally, if you honestly think for one single second that anyone would actively choose to be judged like ignorant, uneducated individuals such as yourself for their entire lives JUST to love another person - you're dead wrong.

Ouch.

So! I'm currently laid up with a thoracic sprain - my hunch is that I did this while in kickboxing class and possibly aggrivated it while laying the wrong way on the couch. Regardless, it hurts like a bitch. I've been watching the news and keeping up with infos in the world...and have the following to say:


RE: Michaele Salahi
This woman is out of her mind. First of all, who crashes a white house dinner? In response to her and her husband's poor behavior, she is rewarded with a spot on the housewives nonsense...which I personally think is the stupidest concept ever. Now she is "kidnapped" - I take issue with this because she continues to receive positive attention for negative behavior - which, due to the nature of my job, I think is awful. Only in America would this happen. I have some semi-personal experience with these 2 - which I promise is not positive. Also, they seem relatively boring and insignificant to the world in general. In addition, I think that Neal Schon needs to check his head - does he also need additional attention?

RE: Inappropriate status updates
I don't necessarily care about every single detail about everyone's life on my facebook. It has come to my attention recently that there are a loooooooooot of people on my news feed who put up waaaaaaaay too much information for all to see. It falls in to my same belief that famous folks use their status to say some pretty dumb shit. For instance: my recent (and unfortunate) hearing of Kat Von D saying "nothing is forever, not even tattoos" really?? Wow. I swear if I were famous I would use my powers for good and not for stupid. Anyway, I feel like if you're going through a break up or a whatever, it should be kept a touch more private...hence the reason I got a twitter account where no one really follows me - it's my bitch session outlet and am very selective of who gets to follow me so as not to over share. Tighten up, folks.

RE: Thoracic Sprain
This shit is for the birds. My back (upper, between my shoulder blades) is absolutely killing me. I'm having trouble moving around to do everyday sorts of things - I can definitely say I'm annoyed. The Dr. at the urgent care place first said she was concerned that I have meningitis because I had random spine pain - way to freak me out. I immediately googled the symptoms (gotta love my droid) and quickly realized that, unless my blood work stated differently, I did not have meningitis. How scary though?? As a result, I took a half day off yesterday and the day off today.

RE: America's Got Talent
Congratulations to Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. for his win on America's Got Talent! While I think this man is EXCEEDINGLY talented - does Vegas really need another Frank Sinatra inspired singer to fill its halls? I doubt it. It's like having another Wayne Newton or Elvis. I personally would have loved to see Team iLuminate win because I feel like this is a new, fresh and innovative act that would have drawn a lot of fans and attention....but what do I know? I'm just 1 person...although I did do my part and vote 10 times like a good fan ;)

RE: Michelle Bachmann
Ohhhh Michelle...we meet again. Your most recent statement about HPV causing mental retardation is pretty damn ridiculous. Although I understand that you're dead ass wrong, you never cease to amaze me with your blatant stupidity. I have to say - Michelle and Sarah Palin are neck in neck for my two favorite train wrecks. Although they both make me equally embarrassed to be a woman, they're pretty entertaining. I found a great website that outlines 10 of the craziest things Michelle Bachmann has ever said . A great read if you have the time. I truly hope that she gets the republican nomination...it would just be a winning situation for all.

Cheese.

As promised...

My top favorite cheeses (not to hurt any other cheese's feelings...)

1) Chevre
2) Blue Cheese (gorgonzola is a possible tie here)
3) Smoked Gouda
4) Feta
5) Mozzarella

We'll stop there for now. Cheese makes me feel a certain kind of way that I can't really describe - not like a Mom hug or hot chocolate on a cold day, but it does make my heart happy somehow. This is how I like to enjoy the aforementioned cheeses:

Chevre: on a cracker - plain and simple...and this is why it's my favorite.

Blue Cheese: on a salad, stuffed in a pear, with tomatoes and a delicious vinaigrette (no lettuce, just the tomatoes and cheese), with an apple, in a cheesecake (yes...trust me...), stuffed in an olive.

Smoked Gouda: in a grilled cheese - a friend gave me the idea, and it really is amazing. It's amazing with spinach on the aforementioned sammich - I can presume it would be delicious with bacon, however, I do not indulge in this delicacy.

Feta: with a crisp greek salad, (again) stuffed in an olive, crumbled on a white pizza with spinach

Mozzarella: IN A CAPRESE SALAD!!!! If you are not privy to this deliciousness I will elaborate - it is so simple: slice FRESH mozzarella, slice tomatoes (I prefer the ones on the vine), salt and pepper the tomatoes, lay the cheese on top, drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar and top with a fresh basil leaf...perfection on a summer plate I tell you...other applications include: margharetta pizza and anything else involving fresh tomatoes and basil.


Ok, that's enough about the cheese for now - I assure you that I will come up with more cheese related entries at some point...promise.

Hope.

I like this word. Partly because it is tattooed on my back, partly because Obama instilled it in my heart and partly because it always makes me feel like there is something better when I feel like there's nothing. Im hoping to get to see Obama speak on Friday at U of R. It would be a huge culmination of feelings for me for the past 4 years. I absolutely adore this man and cannot think of a more compassionate, interested, empathetic individual to run this country. I think he's wonderful and not at all to blame for ALL of the things that went wrong before him. A big old W had a lot to do with that.

I was interested to hear Ann Coulter's comments on Sarah Palin earlier in the evening. At first I was interested out of fear (she's another female who makes me embarrassed to be a woman when she speaks) but then I became full on intrigued at the negative remarks she had towards her. It amused me...made me giggle a bit...I would love to be a fly on the wall to hear Palin, Bachman, Coulter and O'Donnell have a marginally intelligible conversation....im not sure it could happen, but I would like to help organize that.

In other news, cheese is amazing and im not quite sure what I would do without it. My next blog will be entirely about cheese....stay tuned.

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Bugs.

Bugs, to me, are the single most disgusting things ever (unless you are a ladybug and then I like you). I found this little gem crawling (creeping) amongst my dad's cacti in his back yard. Gag. I find it interesting (and slightly amusing) that I can be in the roughest of the rough neighborhoods and only be minimally phased...yet see a bug and immediately start dry heaving and screaming like a child. Why? I have no insight in to this except that I honestly feel like bugs were gods mistakes...unless they serve a purpose (roaches = a big old fail). Just some random pondering on how revolting I find them. I get especially spazerrific when I see one in my house...or my car....house is usually worse.

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Friday.

Oh happy daaaaay! I love Fridays! Despite the fact that I haven't had a relaxing weekend in almost a month between my brother's wedding, best friend's 30th birthday (80's styleeee), the hurricane and now my Dad's birthday weekend...they're still my favorite day of the week. On top of that, it's a 3-day weekend which means it's a 4 day work week! Score.

I hit the gym 3 times this week and Morgan and I went to Carytown Burgers for dinner last night...I felt slightly guilty for eating all of my fries, but damn were they good. It was a nice treat...I'm not gonna lie.

I am very disturbed by this current reaction to Chaz Bono being on Dancing With The Stars...if he identifies as a man, and is living his life as a man - where's the confusion and what's the problem, really? It's not like he's dressing in drag in order to be the opposite gender - he *is* a male...and that's that. Ignorance...ever so popular and alive. It makes me sick.

I am always amazed at how people act in public - this woman at the Verizon store yesterday told the man that she "didn't want to wait" and he whisked her to the front of the line...mind you she came in after me. I was very confused as I'm sure I've never met a person who ACTUALLY likes to wait - and it made me think about how certain people get special priviledges and this confuses me. Man...I had a whole list of things to write about yesterday - I guess my deep sleep caused me to forget a good majority of it.

While I was in the dog park with the pup this morning, I looked up and noticed the sun perfectly coming through the silos across the street, so I snapped a pic real quick...talk about times I wish I carried my professional camera with me.

I am exceedingly upset that Morgan had some chick drop their shoulder in to her at school (college...) yesterday and got called "whitey". I don't understand what the hell is wrong with people - why is this kind of shit still happening? I really do not understand why this is still alive and well like the Chaz Bono issue? Aren't we all just people? Isn't that the big push from everyone? We're all people, let's all be treated like just people? Great...if that's that's the case, then just do it - treat everyone equally. I'm so so glad I didn't happen to be with her when this happened...we would have set that record REAL straight.

In other news, I'm sad I'll be missing Antiques in Manchester
this weekend since it's right in my "back yard" which is really just a covered alley - I know it'll be great...I'm excited to participate next weekend for sure!