King & King controversy

From Amazon.com:

When a grouchy queen tells her layabout son that it's time for him to marry, he sighs, "Very well, Mother.... I must say, though, I've never cared much for princesses." His young page winks. Several unsatisfactory bachelorettes visit the castle before "Princess Madeleine and her brother, Prince Lee" appear in the doorway. The hero is smitten at once. "What a wonderful prince!" he and Prince Lee both exclaim, as a shower of tiny Valentine hearts flutters between them. First-time co-authors and artists de Hann and Nijland matter-of-factly conclude with the royal wedding of "King and King," the page boy's blushing romance with the leftover princess and the assurance that "everyone lives happily ever after."

Here's what's going on. The state is threatening to cut the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Library System's funding if children's books about homosexuality aren't reshelved separate from the other children's books. This all started with King and King.
Libraries as a rule are very anti-censorship and pro-freedom to choose to read whatever you want without the state interfering. I also have very strong feelings about this issue. It is not the state's or the librarian's responsibility to screen what children read. That responsibility falls of the parents/guardians of those children. If the parents don't want the children reading it, they shouldn't let them. If they do let the children read it, maybe they should read it together and discuss what they thought, how it made them feel, etc.
I know from a religious stand point that homosexuality is wrong; I also know that judgment is just as wrong. God gave people free will for a reason. Contrary to popular belief, I am not God, so I don't know that reason, but I know that people DO have free will to make their own choices, and in doing so have to live with the consequences of the choices that they make.
Whether the state of Oklahoma likes it or not, there are people out there who are in homosexual relationships and have children. It can be hard to explain to a child that their family is different from their friend's, and these books are there to help. These books don't need their own special "homo" section.

Happy Star Wars Day!

Unless you've been living in a cave, you know that today, well tomorrow officially, is the release date of the final Star Wars movie. I'm very excited. The reviews say its disappointing, blah blah blah, but, dude, seriously, IT HAS DARTH VADER. I've never been disappointed by Vader before, and I don't expect to be now.

My mom thinks that it's unsafe for me to go to the midnight movie by myself. My reaction to this was, "Mom, I won't be by myself. There'll be lots of other Star Wars geeks there too." I really don't think that that was a sufficient arguement for her, but too bad. I'm going to see Star Wars!!!

I'm an independent woman, and have been going to places at midnight by myself for the last 10 years or so. The only reason she's worried is because she knows I'm doing it. If I didn't live with her, I'd still be going, she just wouldn't necessarily know about it. At least she'll know whether or not I made it home safely. She doesn't object to my brother going to the midnight movie, but that's probably because he's a boy. My sister probably does stuff at midnight all the time, but she's safe because she's in a really small town. Whatever.

I watched Britney & Kevin: Chaotic last night. I've been looking for someone to discuss it with, but I'm embarassed to tell people that I watched it, so I'm having a little trouble. The show is basically just home videos that Brit took while she was on the road and was lonely starting back not long after she met Kevin, but before they got serious. It's kind of funny. The best part was when Brit predicted that within the next 5 yrs. Brad Pitt was going to get bored, get divorced, and find a younger woman. At the time, it was just wishful thinking on her part, but alas, that's exactly what happened, only it didn't take 5 yrs. it only took 5 months. Too bad she married Kevin, cause she maybe could have had Brad. Shoot, Angelina is only a couple years older than Brit.

Just 9 hr & 42 minutes to go!

This is post version 2.0 for today. I just spent 20 minutes writing up a really good post, and as I was about to post it, my computer froze up. I'll try to recreate it to the best of my ability.

So, I suffered another reality TV disappointment last night. On The Bachelor, bachelor Charlie didn't choose the girl that I wanted him to choose. I wanted him to chose Krisily, but he chose Sarah instead. He said something that confirmed a suspicion I have had for a long time about the way men like to be treated. Charlie's friend said that Sarah was controlling, and Charlie said that he likes letting her control him. This is a concept that I just can't grasp. I am an independent person, and don't like being controlled. I in turn feel it unnecessary to try to control potential mates. A romantic relationship is supposed to be 50/50, give and take, so I don't understand how that formula can hold true if one person is being the boss.

(just saved, so I wouldn't lose that paragraph:))

The other disappointment came from Survivor. I really wanted Ian to win this Survivor, and he came pretty damn close. Ian quit the final immunity challenge with the condition that if he quit Tom would take Katie to the final 2 and not him. I don't understand how after surviving for 38 days, 1 day short of the end someone would decide to give the prize away. I know, honor, friendship, integrity, blah blah blah. Are those things going to pay you $1 million? NO!!!!

(just saved again; learned my lesson)

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Butt Cleavage = Plumber's Crack

News Flash: IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE!

It wasn't cute in the mid-70's when Dan Akroyd was mockingly pulling a pencil out of his; it's not cute now when there are butt cracks butt cracks everywhere. If I wanted to see naked butt cracks everywhere I went, I'd live in a nudist colony.

It's an outrage!

I can't believe Constantine was sent home on American Idol last night. I'll agree that this week wasn't his best week, but he was definitely better than Scott. Everyone in the bottom 3 was better than Scott this week. Scott's performance was pitchy and squeeky and all-around lame. America needs to get their ears checked.

Bob's dad brought her flowers at work today for Valentine's Day. Bob's dad must really love her.

My head is going to explode! I know what's wrong with ME(I'm quitting smoking against my will), but what the fuck is wrong with EVERYBODY ELSE! This lady just came and talked to me like I was 2, and like she was the smartest person in the world, but when I answered her questions she JUST DIDN'T GET IT! I explained everything in plain English, and pointed her in the right direction (She wanted a journal article, so I pointed to where they were and told her they were in ALPHABETICAL ORDER{imagine that, in a library}by the title of the journal{which she had a list of on the piece of paper in her hand} ). I'm pretty sure that's not hard to understand. She wanted me to show her exactly where they{each title} were on the shelf. Then instead of the SCHOLARLY JOURNAL she was supposed to have, she wanted to Google search{no offense Google guys, I love your searches, y'all are my boyz} for a WEB PAGE because she didn't want to pay to make copies of the articles in the scholarly journals(that I had to point out the exact location of{each title} ). That's just one example of the total morons I've been dealing with today. It's a good thing I don't have a baseball bat.

I have a niece who will be 2 in March. She recently learned the word that all parents of small children fear and loathe: Why?
My brother's response to this was: That's a bad word. We don't say that.

My brother is a funny guy.
It didn't work. She's still saying it.

If you see me today, I would advise turning and running the other way. I'm not being very pleasant.

I work in a library. Libraries are known for being quiet places. Students come to my library for a quiet place to study and do their homework. These same students have the loudest most obnoxious cell phone rings. We have signs posted EVERYWHERE saying please turn off your cell phone in the library. Now, I don't really expect people to turn their phones all the way off, but they should turn their ringers off. I shouldn't have to constantly be telling people, "Please turn off your ringer,""You can't talk on that in here," etc. Also, when I tell them these things, they shouldn't look at, or talk to me like I'm a bitch. They are the fucking bitches who are completely disregarding other people's need for a quiet library. The world does not revolve around them! These people are college students, they should be able to read the signs and follow instructions.

If you are a person who talks on their cell phone or lets it ring in the library, please stop. It is very frustrating to the library employees, and may cause some sweet librarians brain to hemorrhage and them bleed to death because they just can't take it anymore.

Okay, to all of you who don't know it, it's creepy to talk to people in a public restroom, no matter how well you know them. A public restroom is not a social setting!
K, here's what brought this to my attention. I'm at work. I went into the restroom to use the restroom, not to socialize. One of the other ladies from work was in there, and she started talking to me. How awkward & uncomfortable it is to try to pee when someone else is trying to carry on a conversation with you. I didn't interrupt her peeing with conversation. Why did she think it was okay to interrupt mine?