A couple of friends will be playing the Ukulele at our wedding. They will not be playing this song. I think they would have had heart attacks had we asked them to:
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wedding Shorts
We've started getting gifts! It's so much fun. As I was saying to one of my attendant's:
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We picked up our marriage license from Alameda County this morning. We're all set! We were the first one's in line when they opened. Lots of people were there for the same thing. We got a handy little booklet from the State of California called "Your Future Together: Health Information You Need to Know" with information on the Name Equality Act of 2007, Living a Healthy Lifestyle, Domestic Violence, HIV/AIDS, Planning a Family, and During and After Pregnancy. How do unmarried people and homosexuals go through life without access to this important information?
It's so neat! We asked for it, and we got it! It's like delayed shopping without having to pay for it. So really, it's more like delayed shop-lifting without the risk of imprisonment.
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We picked up our marriage license from Alameda County this morning. We're all set! We were the first one's in line when they opened. Lots of people were there for the same thing. We got a handy little booklet from the State of California called "Your Future Together: Health Information You Need to Know" with information on the Name Equality Act of 2007, Living a Healthy Lifestyle, Domestic Violence, HIV/AIDS, Planning a Family, and During and After Pregnancy. How do unmarried people and homosexuals go through life without access to this important information?
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Friday August 6th
Former BART cop Johannes Mehserle was convicted today of involuntary manslaughter and of using a gun while committing a felony in the death of Oscar Grant.
Mehserle (white) shot Grant (black) while Grant was laying face down on the BART platform. Mehserle claims he was reaching for his newly issued taser and accidentally pulled his gun.
All of this was caught on tape.
What does this have to do with the wedding? Sentencing has been set for Friday August 6th. Due to the combination of convictions, he can get a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 14. However, the defense can argue for him to get probation with no prison time at all because he was convicted of manslaughter not murder. It is unclear whether or not the second conviction of using a gun while committing a felony requires Mehserle to receive prison time.
If he gets off with probation and no jail time, one could expect mass protests in the City of Oakland and on BART the night of our wedding rehearsal.
Just something to keep an eye on.
Mehserle (white) shot Grant (black) while Grant was laying face down on the BART platform. Mehserle claims he was reaching for his newly issued taser and accidentally pulled his gun.
All of this was caught on tape.
What does this have to do with the wedding? Sentencing has been set for Friday August 6th. Due to the combination of convictions, he can get a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 14. However, the defense can argue for him to get probation with no prison time at all because he was convicted of manslaughter not murder. It is unclear whether or not the second conviction of using a gun while committing a felony requires Mehserle to receive prison time.
If he gets off with probation and no jail time, one could expect mass protests in the City of Oakland and on BART the night of our wedding rehearsal.
Just something to keep an eye on.
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