That's a good lighter.

*blinks blearily* Is it Monday? I think it has to be, I cannot imagine any other reason I'd be up at this hour of the morning.

I am so glad Rakkasah is this coming weekend 'cause if I had to deal with more than another week of these kinds of rehearsals I think I'd drop. As it is I'm perilously close. Still, I can't complain about the condition my body is currently in. I'm stronger than I've ever been (muscle-wise), I'm losing weight (Alyne commented that she was down 3 pounds from all the dancing), and I think I can do the routines in my sleep at this point.

For those who might be interested, we're performing Saturday night at 9 pm at the Richmond Auditorium on the main stage. It's about an hour drive from the peninsula and admission appears to be $15. If you come later, though, you may be able to sneak in for free, but no guarantees.

( And now a bit of geek gushing over BSG and a mild SG1 rant )

Edit:
Whoops, pushed the send button too quickly and totally forgot to mention that the great mallen wedding day festivities were wonderful and a great time was had by all. It was so nice to see everyone again, and ceremony was beautiful, the church gorgeous, and the reception a lot of fun. The DJ left a bit to be desired, dude have you ever heard of a fade before, jeez :)

I'm not sure who was glowing more that day, mallen or his gorgeous new bride. By the time we left my face was positively sore from grinning so much. It was just that kind of a day. Perfect.

Some people have too much time on their hands, and I love that about them

( I love starting the day with a good hard laugh. Star Trek geekery and rampant Ann Coulter hating behind the cut. )

I'm sure this has already been posted on a number of journals, but..

I just can't help squeeing a bit, even if it's a short term victory:
Calif. judge strikes down gay marriage ban
Ruling says there is 'no rational purpose' for limiting unions

SAN FRANCISCO - A judge ruled Monday that California can no longer justify limiting marriage to a man and a woman, a legal milestone that if upheld on appeal would pave the way for the nation’s most populous state to follow Massachusetts in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

In an opinion that had been awaited because of San Francisco’s historical role as a gay rights battleground, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer said that withholding marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional.

“It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners,” Kramer wrote.

The judge wrote that the state’s historical definition of marriage, by itself, cannot justify the unconstitutional denial of equal protection for gays and lesbians and their right to marry.

“The state’s protracted denial of equal protection cannot be justified simply because such constitutional violation has become traditional,” Kramer wrote.

Kramer’s decision came in a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn California’s statutory ban on gay marriage. They were brought by the city of San Francisco and a dozen same-sex couples last March, after the California Supreme Court halted the four-week marriage spree Mayor Gavin Newsom had initiated when he directed city officials to issue marriage licenses to gays and lesbians in defiance of state law.


I have to say, though, that this paragraph just boggled my mind:

Two groups opposed to gay marriage rights, The Campaign for California Families and the Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund, argued that the state has a legitimate interest in restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples as a way of encouraging procreation.

So the state is in the business of encouraging procreation? Um...since when? And why the hell didn't I get this memo?