gay skate--among other things

Monday night was awesome. Josh came over for dinner, and I made chicken fajitas. We went to Oaks Park for Gay Skate. It was fabulous because we could be affectionate in a public place and it was acceptable...not that that's stopped us before. It's not like we maul each other in public, but (straight) people generally don't like to see gay PDA. It was a blast. I can't skate to save my life, but Josh was there to help out. I ended up falling only twice, and of course Josh was there to help me get up both times. After our evening skating, he took me home and we went for a walk in sub-freezing temperatures. I had to take Cooper out for a nice long evening walk to tucker him out, and Josh in his wonderfulness came with me. I let him wear my Dockers tuque, which he still has and says it smells like me. I may not be getting it back for quite some time....hehe.

Tuesday evening, I went to my first class and then skipped my art history class to go to a screening of Ballot Measure 9 at the Q Center, which was an encore showing of it from about two weeks ago because it was too full. I would like to go see the next one, but it is on a Thursday night and I can't skip anymore classes! I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It showed some very antigay opinions that I'm sure still exist today in Oregon and even around Portland. It's very scary that even a fairly liberal state has so many people opposed to gay rights. The OCA's claim was that gays were slated to get "special right" as opposed to equal rights. The truly scary part about the wording of the measure was that it exactly reflected what anti-black laws said not 50 years before. Thankfully, the measure did not pass, but a very similar one in Colorado did, which prompted a shocking 500% increase in gay hate crimes within a few months of it's ratification. Amazing and disgusting. It is really quite sad that there are people in this world who hate their fellow humans so deeply--and sickening. God help us all as people are getting more aggressive about acquiring equal rights.

I met Josh again tonight, we had dinner together at Quiznos Sub, and had a little fun in his car. That man can kiss. Amazing. It's always a pleasure to be with him. Then we had to part because I had to get to class, and we chatted online for a while. He decided he would renew my World of Warcraft account. I told him not to pay for it so he didn't. Apparently he had a WoW gift card and used that, which i don't like, but he was sweet and wanted to play with me. It was really nice to play with him on my account and not Mom's. That way she can play with us also. She wants to get to know him, and this is a good way to do that.

Well, I'm off to do some much needed yoga. I haven't practiced for quite a while and I need to release my tension in my lower back. Stretch and release tension and pressure. Staff pose and child pose are the best. But the most effective pose for me is extended staff pose (legs out) while turning to the side with my torso. I place my hand behind me and put the other hand on my thigh and twist, with each exhalation extending further. It pulls all the muscles into alignment and relaxes them