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Opponents of same-sex marriage are seeking to reverse the California Supreme Court ruling in June of this year, which legalized same-sex marriage in that state. These forces want to put a constitutional amendment to vote in November that will take that right away.

Live Long and Marry is an LJ community seeking to raise money for the efforts against this proposed amendment. Artists of all kinds are offering their services for bidding/purchasing, which you pay for by donating to same-sex marriage activist efforts.

For those (like me) who are not in fandom and do not wish to bid, we can just make donations directly to an organization. The community profile includes a list of suggested organizations. I picked Equality For All, which is a coalition of groups supporting gay and lesbian rights, as well as trans people, African Americans, and Asian Americans. You can donate directly through their website via credit card, for any amount. So even if you can't afford much, you can throw in what you can for a good cause.

(hat-tip: laylah)

A house full of stuffy heat makes it awfully hard to do things. Or, rather, it's awfully hard to do things that I should be doing (laundry, vacuuming my floor) instead of things that are - well, potentially useful, but not how I should be spending my time right now (sorting my books). On the plus side, I have a lot more free floor space now that my books are no longer in random piles, and are I have been able to begin the process of culling things for selling and/or donation.

My to-do list remains undone, and has mutated from a "do today (Saturday)" list, to a "do this weekend" list, and finally, a "do this week please" list. XD;; But that's okay. I still have time to get done what I need to. And taking a day or two off at the beginning of summer is all right in my book.

And it's been a pretty good start to the summer, so far. After I returned from the conference, I floundered a bit, not sure how to redirect my energies and get back to everything I'd shoved aside in the past couple of weeks. Unsurprisingly, being unproductive made me feel discouraged at first. But things turned up as the week went on.

To keep those good things in the forefront of my mind during the coming week, here's a happy 5 list:

1. Finally catching up at work from the days I was out of the office - take that, backlogged inbox!

2. Successfully donating blood on Friday - the last couple of times I tried, my iron was too low to donate, so I'm extra-pleased it worked (even if it did leave me feeling worse than usual).

3. Being roused out of my heat-induced stupor yesterday and spirited away to Uwajimaya by kyonkun and aznridah - which allowed me to stock up on my yellow-girl foods (like grass jelly and sticky rice). Does my little heart good.

4. Getting spirited away again to casaval's house, where we Rock Band-ed the night away - I finally got back to feeling comfortable on the drums, and ready to work through Hard level again.

5. Pride Parade today, followed by lunch with redbird, laylah, mahokiwi, and cadence.