So as I'm cleaning out my room , tonight was go thru the drawers of cards, letters, etc. Of course I am not getting rid of really any of them but separating between leaving at my parents and taking with me.

It is really great to read back through cards and letters from my friends especially from when we were in college or when teres and jill moved away. It really takes you back and something about reading it in a letter instead of an e-mail is great. Like I feel like since you had to write it out by hand you made it better and only more important stuff or something where emails are more every detail of stuff that is going on . Well I loved it and it brought back some memories

BUT...I wish everyone dated things. I realize I never do but I am going to start. I never date cards or letters or notes but I am so grateful for the people who did because some I relaly can't place when they are from. So I have learned my lesson and will date everything I send in the future.

SO me and (e:libertad) did our first ever slow dance tonight at Mk's wedding. It was to When A Man Loves A Woman which is kinda weird. So is that our song now ? That's weird

moving isn't easy when your a hoarder

I used to keep notebooks and notebooks of such random stuff like I thought I should record it for the world to remember. things like the videos on mtv or a list of the current football teams.or a integrating story .. its kinda neat but unfortunately I didn't date any of it and mixed multiple years in one journal

I also can't seem to part with anything (e:paul) gave me. especially from when he was away at school .I think even though we didn't get along as well then I really missed him . I actually have some letters he wrote me here somewhere

I can't part with this sad worn rather troll for some reason

So as many of you know cuz I think I posted about it me and (e:libertad) are moving in together at the end of August. So while I"m excited it entails me going through my hundreds of items in my room,basement, attic, boxes,closets,every available space in my parents house. I am going to have a garage sale in August with all the stuff I am going to get rid of.

I started off strong today putting lots of stuff in the garage sale box and/or recycle bag and then I hit a road block when I came across this bank my cousins brought back from Italy. I had saved quarters in it and when it was full like had to cut it open cuz it had no way to open. So really it is useless and cutin half but I couldn't put it in the garbage pile and then I started sliding backwards and not wanting to get rid of anything. I am making progress though and I will work again on it on Friday.

What really kinda is hard about some of it (not the broken bank of course) but is that I have bought lots of stuff for an apartment over the years and I couldn't wait to move out and decorate my apartment with these things but now I think they don't really have place. LIke for just me I love them but they are not really great and prolly we don't have room for things like a large inflatable microphone. But I always pictured it in my apartment one day. it is something I am working on. And something (e:libertad) will have to work on accepting some of my quirky decor. I am excited about the apartment though and can't wait for this next step in my life and relationship. though I will miss being at home too.

You should all check out my garage sale and buy my crap. OH and I forgot I have been taking a picture of everything I am getting rid of so I can still have the memory kinda.

So me and (e:libertad) are going to look at an apartment on Friday. He has already seen it and knows the people who live there and loves it, so I will prolly like it too but we'll see. I am very nervous. To think I might move out and I'm not even 28 yet, haha.

The last time I looked at an apartment was 2005 , boy how time flies....

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at black walnut cottage. daves family's cottage on the susquehanna

So the marriage equality bill coming up in the NYS Senate is getting really close to passing. I have not really been vocal about marriage equality and honestly I've been pretty like not involved at all. For some reason even though it affects me so directly I never got really involved in the cause and I have always said that when voting for someone it wasn't always my number one concern and I could vote for someone knowing they will likely vote against marriage equality if I agreed with them on lots of other things. I guess I always felt there are many issues that are really relevant to my life and that is just one of many....I felt this way up until even a few days ago and up until this afternoon even. But then as it got so close to being a reality I really started to feel like this is something that could really happen, it could really become a reality, and with NY being such a big and important state it really could start some momentum going in the right direction!

Talking to someone who I am not sure if they want me to put their feelings on here, they said that they really feel bad about voting for Mark Grisanti now that Mark Grisanti is not planning on voting yes. And I thought before that , you know, its still just one issue and I really did not like Antoine Thompson and so I thought it still was a better vote. The more I thought about it and heard them talk about it, I started to realize that really it is prolly one of the biggest issues that affects mine and thousands of others lives. It encompasses so many things and now I have started to realize how important it really is. HOw can Mark Grisanti represent the district he represents and not vote YES> He has switched from No to on the fence which I think is a good sign but whose to know how it will go in the end. Last I heard they only needed 1 more Senator to say yes for it to pass b/c 2 republicans have recently said they switched to yes. How can the person who represents the highly LGBT area in the second largest city in this state vote against it. I e-mailed and called my senator though he is a not anywhere near the fence republican no vote but I felt it still couldn't hurt.

If you live in Grisanti's district or anyone who is voting No's district but particularly Grisanti's, make sure your voice is heard and that no is not an option. If this thing doesn't pass this time I plan on getting much more involved next year when it comes up again. It's something that should and needs to pass now!I don't know why I never really thought about it before but talking to people, reading about it and seeing the people on the street tonight getting people to write and phone their Senator in support of marriage equality really got me thinking about it! I kinda regret my lackadaisical attitude about it before.

How can anyone deny this...