The Missing Box Shot

Here's the missing shot from my previous post. Nothing says "Christmas" like opening a gift from your mother and finding it packed in a Mole Killer poison box. Ha. I love this. No actual poison was enclosed, just an awesome bear ornament for our bear-themed Christmas tree. This is a holiday memory I'll cherish.

Happy Holidays 2008

Although Norio has to work off and on today we did manage to have a nice, festive morning opening gifts, listening to Christmas music and breakfasting on homemade cinnamon-apple oatmeal. Yum. 

This bottle of wine came from a vendor we use at work. I can't wait to pop the Poppy! 

This was the box my mother sent her gift inside. Should I be worried? We don't have moles.

This panettone goes on sale at Gelson's every holiday season, and it's absolutely yummy. I sent boxes of it back home to some family members who said they liked it as well.

Norio donned two of his gifts, a golden jacket from American Apparel and a red throw that he decided would make a nice scarf.

This was our "before" picture of the tree.

The Man In The Mirror

Remember this one? An oldie here from the 1980s. We were getting ready for big changes even then. I wonder, if MJ made this video today, would he include the Marriage Equality movement in his imagery of social justice? Would he use all the "God Hates Fags" signs from Westboro Baptist Church in there somewhere? My guess is that he wouldn't. Since it was 87 then, he could have incorporated images of the enormous and photogenic AIDS quilt and ACT-UP's nonviolent demos. And no images of Harvey Milk? Just a theory, but I think Michael left us out on purpose. Still, this is very moving and I remember seeing it played in The Midnight Sun many times back then.

Thanks to Self Lothario for the link and the good memory: Michael (another one)

Peace out.

My Thanksgiving Turkey

No rivers or woods involved, but we did go over the hill and through the Valley to our friends' house for the holiday yesterday. Since my cooking skills are as far off as my youth, I packed a turkey cake from a Cuban bakery. (Do they celebrate Thanksgiving in Cuba?)

Richard Dawkins Insights

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Web site.

I'm still looking for events in London in February to celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. Anyone know what's going on?

Join The Impact -- Video From Other Cities

Montgomery, AL is on the march.

Join The Impact -- Nationwide March for Marriage Equality

The weather was hot and the crowd excited as thousands poured into the streets of downtown Los Angeles yesterday for the "Join The Impact" march for Marriage Equality. We took two friends with us, riding the subway filled with gay folks all the way downtown. It was my "husband's" first time on the Los Angeles subway system, and it turned out to be quite memorable. The train filled to overflowing with demonstrators carrying signs and hugging their partners and carrying their gaybys. Here are some snaps.

The energy from this crowd of people as it surged up from the subway platform all the way up the stairs and escalators got all our spirits soaring. It was like a gusher of gays coming up out of the ground chanting "What do we want? Equal rights! When do we want them? Now!" Even the two gay dads hauling their baby and the baby stroller up the steps got into it.

This was also the first time my "husband" had been to any kind of demonstration like this. I feel seasoned after a decade in San Francisco.