So I’m currently all kinds of pumped and excited. It all started earlier today with the raising of the rainbow flag at SDSU. I thought it was awesome that the President of the university sponsored such an event to promote diversity on campus, and parts of his speech actually brought a tear or two to my eyes. “Social justice”, “equal rights”, “what is granted to one should be granted to ALL”, are some of the phrases said that really just grab you to want to be a part of this commitment to support a community that still are struggling for their civil rights.
Looking over their info table I saw a list of local business and organizations that will be flying the rainbow flag as well and are listed as supporters of the LGBT community. Among those listed were a few churches, one of which is a Catholic church. My first reaction was WHA?!
So I looked up the church, St. John the Beloved Cathedral, and I’m now completely stoked at the fact that there is a catholic church here in SD that is completely accepting and supportive of the LGBT community! Admittedly they’re not Roman Catholic, which I guess means they don’t see the pope as infallible and the head honcho. I have to do more reading as to all that, but they preserve much of the Catholic tradition. In reading over their “About Us” and their “Objectives” I came across the following:
We are also committed to providing the Sacrament of Matrimony to all couples who seriously seek it, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification.
To be a platform for change in the Christian Community at large toward acceptance.
To participate in the annual GLBT Pride Festival in San Diego.
To break down artificial barriers, welcoming to the Gospel and ministry all people of good will. This is particularly to be expressed in our openness to share ordination, once a call has been tested, with women as well as men, with married as well as single persons, and regardless of a candidate’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
I was raised partially Catholic and I have to say as still having some of that faith a part of my life I’m so proud of the fact that here is a community of that faith who recognize the beauty and love in ALL people and don’t exclude. I think one of these days I’ll just have to venture down to this church and tell them they’re awesome.
Saturday, June13, Tiamo and I took a little road trip to Los Angeles because…. THERE WAS A BSG CONCERT!!! Bear McCreary, the composer of the musical score of Battlestar Galactica, headed up the BSG Orchestra for a really AWESOME concert of some of the show’s music. The venue was absolutely beautiful, it was at the California Plaza in downtown LA.
Opening for the BSG orchestra was a band, whose name escapes me :/, but they performed some music from Battlestar as well and I think the lead singer is related to Bear McReary. Then came the orchestra, and they were absolutely amazing! All of the drumming was the best part, and the lead violinist was RIDICULOUS!! So great! A nice surprise for BSG fans as well came when out from backstage comes Katee Sackhoff!! She plays Starbuck on the show, and she sat at the piano for a few minutes playing a little ditty from one of the last episodes of the series with McCreary. I’m SO glad we made the trek up there, this show was fantastic! A big thanks to Tiamo for driving, with me passed out not being much help cause my Benadryl knocked me out.
I got my very first ever massage!!!! I had a gift card for a massage place that I got for Christmas, so my honey Greg and I decided to do a couples massage!
Oh. Sweet. Jesus.
IT WAS AWESOME! Now I see why people do this, it was SO relaxing and I felt completely rejuvenated after it. If it wasn’t for that pesky spider bite I got that morning, I would have been feeling perfect. I apparently got an “acute allergic reaction” to whatever bit me and have been getting woozy off of Benadryl for a couple of days, now have to go get some antibiotics. Booooo!
… but it was just like old times! I love when I get to see my boo Steph!! The girl is hilarious, so full of energy, and I just feel happy having been around her! I last saw her briefly during my trip to New Orleans last year, which wasn’t enough time. Last week was also not nearly enough time, just met up with her and her friends for dinner since my week had been crazy with the relay, but I’m so glad I got to see her! And it was so awesome to reconnect with Jen as well…. girlie you are such an inspiration with what you’ve gone through and you are awesome for following your new found dream! <3
I hope I get to see my boo again sooner rather than later… Vegas ladies?!?!?
Every year Jenny and her family come out for a trip to Disneyland, so OF COURSE I drive up and meet them there! Usually we do the Fall, but this time around was on May 28, and I’m super happy because I was finally able to renew my annual Disney pass! I hadn’t been since September, which for ME is ridiculous.
Hanging out with my Jenny and her fam is always a riot! Best Disney buddies ever!
So Sunday May 31st was the San Diego Rock ‘N’ Roll marathon and I made it through my 7.9 mile leg of the relay race with no injuries (other than uber sore quads) and in a pretty decent time for me! I averaged about an 11:30 minute mile and finished with a time of 1 hour and 32 minutes! I have never in my life run that long of a distance so I’m super happy and proud of myself for being able to do it as well as I did! About 7 miles in my legs started to give because of the little hills I was hitting. My quads weren’t used to going uphill for a while, so they were totally not cooperating. I was a little afraid I would have to just walk the rest of the way until the relay handoff zone, but I just kept on trucking and jogged/shuffled my way to the end of my part!
I was so mad at first because somehow I thought I would be done at mile marker 21, so when I saw the sign for 21 I was stoked and relieved that I was done. But as I kept running, and the relay handoff zone was nowhere in sight, I started to feel totally defeated like I just couldn’t keep going. I slowed to a walk and ended up calling Greg and was like “Where the fuck is the handoff?!!!” HA! Apparently it was about half a mile past mile marker 21. OYE! Longest half mile of my LIFE. It was a sweet sweet sight to see Richard and Simone at that relay handoff area, so I handed them the baton and off they went! Richard was so nice, he had run the first leg of the relay, then met up with Simone to run the last leg with her, dawwww. Did I mention we were all dressed as Running Elvi?!
Me, Richard and Simone
Thanks so Sarah for sewing my costume!
And my honey Greg’s team kicked butt finishing the relay under 4 hours! Greg ran the 3rd leg of the race, just like me, but of course he finished it way faster, in about 66 minutes! I was so proud of him!!
It was such an awesome time, in spite of the tiredness and muscle soreness, running dressed as Elvis was definitely the way to go! So much fun! I’ve even decided to attempt a half marathon in September, so wish me luck! I’m so excited, I will be running the Disneyland half marathon!!!
So apparently Thursday nights at Incahoots you can get a steak, baked potato and a beer for 5.95! If I was a steak eater I’d be all over that, but I can still appreciate the frugalness of it all! Last night was my first Thursday in a LONG time that I didn’t have class (yay!). So me and my bunkey skeedaddled on down to Incahoots… him for the steak spud and suds, me for the veggie burger… and some of his beer that I stole
It felt so good to dance again!
Slappin' Leather!
We had already been yawning practically since we got there (we’re SO old!) but I think making it to about 9:30 was a very respectable showing.
This was probably the single most exciting thing I’ve seen on TV in years!! I hadn’t been following American Idol but knew the final was going to be on TV last night, so I had it on while making dinner and hanging with the wifey. When KISS came on, I just flipped out!!! Such as amazing show they put on as always! It was so awesome and right then and there I was like ok I want Adam Lambert to win JUST because of this KISS duet! I love you Paul Stanley!
This is the grand daughter of one of my dad’s friends. Apparently she had been wanting a violin for so long so they got her one and it was obviously the right thing to do! Keep watching, about halfway through she starts to sing, SO adorable!
HA! All time classic quote from Carlos. We checked out a Peruvian restaurant on Thursday which we had been meaning to do for years and finally made it happen. So apparently there’s this soda in Peru called Inca Cola that’s super popular and I think he said it out sells Coca Cola there. So of course I had to try some, and the first thing Carlos says to me is “It looks like piss but it’s good!” HAHAHAHAH! Luckily it ended up tasting more like bubble gum than piss.
I had a gift card for a massage place that I got for Christmas, so my honey Greg and I decided to do a couples massage! 
