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Man. Canada legalized gay marriage. That's awesome. I love Canada.

Orthodontist appointment this morning. blech. I suppose it could've been worse, but it wasn't exactly enjoyable. I'd really like to get these braces off, considering I've had them on since I was in the 4th grade, except for one year (I think in 7th grade) when I had them off. Way too long.

SAT class again today. It isn't that bad, really. Three hours seems long when you think about it, but it actually goes by pretty quickly. I don't know. I don't mind them very much.

Finally finished Felicity. Now of course I want to get the third and fourth seasons. Unfortunately, I definitely don't have enough money, especially not after Warped Tour (Friday! So excited. I love Warped). Oh well.

I've been wanting to watch Fight Club for, like, a year, and I finally did this afternoon. Not much to say about it, really, other than it's a wonderfully fucked up movie and I like it a lot. Now that I've seen it all, I want to watch it again to watch it knowing what you do by the end of the movie, but I think I'll wait awhile for the rewatch.

If I don't comment on any of your posts in your LJ, I'm really sorry, but it's not because I'm being snobby or bitchy or anything. I'm really... I don't know, I'm not shy, because when people talk to me, I can respond just fine. I'm horribly insecure, I suppose, so even if I think of something to say in a comment, I worry that the person won't want me commenting or whatever, or that I'll come off horribly stupid. So, yeah. I know it's ridiculous since it's just livejournal, and who cares? And even if someone does care, it's not a big deal. But... that's just how I am. So. Yeah. I'm hoping it'll get better after a little while, but I don't know. But yeah. Just wanted to say that.

All right. Off to watch Warped Wednesday, which I recorded this morning. Warped Wednesday is this program on Fuse, if you didn't know, where a band on the Warped Tour hosts 4 hours of music videos that they choose and they talk about the tour. They did it last year and I really enjoyed it, particularly since I have the same music taste as the bands. And it's awesome since now I have a DVR-player so I can record the show rather than waking up early and watching it all through.

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I think that's pretty cool, too. I'm sure plenty of people would be upset about it if it happened throughout the U.S., too (I think the majority is still against gay marriage, though it isn't a very large majority), but I still find it to be completely discriminatory and wrong and... yeah. Those that have a problem with it here probably don't have to worry much, though, considering I don't see nation-wide legalization of gay marriage happening anytime before Bush finishes his term.

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

That's sad about the US. I'm personally afraid of the possible backlash though.

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Yeah, backlash is something to be concerned about. I think I'm just too angered that it's even an issue, that so many people are all right with denying a group of people rights that people unlike them get (and often take for granted) to think logically about the problems with its legalization.

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

We already have our fundamentalist party threatening to make it an issue in the next election. I feel that Gays deserve the same rights as Straights, in my mind there's no question about it.

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Ugh, that sucks. I mean, unfortunately, it's not very surprising, but it still sucks. That's the thing, I mean I remember taking some stupid survey and a question being "What would be the first thing you'd do if elected president?" and thinking "Legalize gay marriage" immediately, but the problem is, I really couldn't do that. Even ignoring the fact that the president wouldn't have enough power to do that on his/her own, the fact is that there are still too many people against it. It's horrible, and it doesn't make it right that it's not legalized everywhere in the U.S., but it is true.

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

I doubt that they'll be able to reverse it here. Its one of those things that would go against our Charter. But I could see the party trying to gain votes because it was passed. The thing is that the majority of Canadians don't have a problem with it.

I find it sad that so many people in the US are like that. And perhaps the political situation there prevents the president from being able to do stuff like that. I know it was our Prime Minister that was behind the push for legalization here.

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It's good that the majority of Candians don't have a problem with it. I wish that were the case here.

I find it sad as well. And the situation here does make it impossible for the president to just legalize it if he wants to, but that's actually kind of good, since the current president would definitely make it illegal if he were given the oppurtunity. He's already pushed anti-gay marriage legislation that, thankfully, hasn't been able to be passed. So I suppose it is good that the president doesn't have enough power to do it all on his own.