Sleep, The Regular Walk, Meeting Monkeys, Heterosexual Rights
Wow... I really need to get back on a regular sleeping schedule. I'll let you all know when that happens:-P I tried to go to bed at midnite last night, but I couldn't fall asleep, and didn't wind up hitting the hay until around 4:30. Of course I woke up around 9:30, and I'm exhausted. Ugh. I have an appointment to be checked out for sleep apnea in 2.5 weeks. I don't know exactly what this appointment entails, but I hope I can get on the road to fixing my poor sleep issues (note, this is a seperate issue from the bad sleep schedule...).
I figured that since I keep talking about "walks" I should post my usual route, which counts (to me) as "one walk".
I had a pretty ridiculous day for randomly meeting monkeys yesterday. I saw 3 Colby monkeys, Ilya and Mary (and her parents!) and another cool soccer fan I met at The Druid. Crazy!
I was browsing Google news recently, and I read about New York's ruling against same-sex marriage. This was last week at some point, I'm pretty sure. These restrictions still make absolutely no sense to me. The only real reasoning for restricting marriage to opposite-sex, as far as I can see, is religious. The thing that really pisses me off is the idea that children require both a mother and father "figure" in order for their childhood to be uncruel. Worst, does this mean that in order for me to be a good parent I have to fill the paternal role in the parenthood?
Clearly it does! Otherwise, if me or any other guy happened to fill the maternal role, then same sex marriages would be viable, because we could fulfill both roles.
I guess I should feel lucky to be in a state where the government isn't enforcing my role in any marriage, be it heterosexual or homosexual. Still, I'm sure all the working mothers and stay-at-home dads across the country would have something to say if they suddenly found that they had to switch roles! I certainly won't speak for others, but I feel like the government is telling me that completely legitimate parenting options are unacceptable.
(I spent some time looking for a link to a quote I had noticed earlier about protecting families, but I can't find it at the moment...)
I figured that since I keep talking about "walks" I should post my usual route, which counts (to me) as "one walk".
I had a pretty ridiculous day for randomly meeting monkeys yesterday. I saw 3 Colby monkeys, Ilya and Mary (and her parents!) and another cool soccer fan I met at The Druid. Crazy!
I was browsing Google news recently, and I read about New York's ruling against same-sex marriage. This was last week at some point, I'm pretty sure. These restrictions still make absolutely no sense to me. The only real reasoning for restricting marriage to opposite-sex, as far as I can see, is religious. The thing that really pisses me off is the idea that children require both a mother and father "figure" in order for their childhood to be uncruel. Worst, does this mean that in order for me to be a good parent I have to fill the paternal role in the parenthood?
Clearly it does! Otherwise, if me or any other guy happened to fill the maternal role, then same sex marriages would be viable, because we could fulfill both roles.
I guess I should feel lucky to be in a state where the government isn't enforcing my role in any marriage, be it heterosexual or homosexual. Still, I'm sure all the working mothers and stay-at-home dads across the country would have something to say if they suddenly found that they had to switch roles! I certainly won't speak for others, but I feel like the government is telling me that completely legitimate parenting options are unacceptable.
(I spent some time looking for a link to a quote I had noticed earlier about protecting families, but I can't find it at the moment...)
posted by Kyle at 9:35 AM
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