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I don't really know what to write about at the moment but I feel like writing something so I'll ramble. It's my blog right? No one even reads it.

I had to take all these placement tests online for CU today. Completely frustrating and irritating and annoying and showed me just how far behind I am. I figure I'm either going to get placed in the wrong classes, aka ones I've already taken, or not get put in anything I need because of late enrollment. UGHHH.

I finished season 3 of Grey's Anatomy tonight with my mama. It was a painful ending. And now we are number 32 or something on the wait list for season 4 at the library. It's gonna be hard waiting for that one....Grey's has slowly become my summer obsession and basically my only friend. Sad and pathetic, I know.

Not looking forward to waking up tomorrow at an ungodly hour during the summer, but I need the money, and I am SO grateful for the job. So in that sense, I'm looking forward to it. I'm going to bring my laptop and some movies over and hopefully just relax and blog and listen to the rain. (Assuming it's still storming tomorrow. I hope it is.) I also need to get out. It's not healthy being cooped up here all day every day.

On to the next doctor TV show obsession until Grey's comes in....Scrubs. What is with me? Why didn't I become a doctor? HAHAHAH what a joke.

School neeeeeeds to start so I can have something practical to focus my energy on besides television.

nanny?

Yes, I believe so.
These are the boys I'll be babysitting. Precious little monsters.


I start tomorrow at 7:15 am (argggg). But I'll be makin that money.

sushi.

On weight watchers, I can basically have as much sushi as I want. There really is nothing like it.

I'm thinkin....caterpillar roll, in my belly.

Can't eeeeeven wait for dinner right now.

Yummmmm.

WW2.

WW2= Weight Watchers 2 (not world war 2...)

This is my second summer on Weight Watchers. I went to the first meeting with my mom this morning. It's hard starting from the beginning, but I feel very motivated right now. I want to look good and feel good, and I plan to.

I kept some of the weight I lost last summer off, but ya know, things happen and you lose sight of the goals you had. It's really nice to have a family member doing it with you to help you stay accountable. That's another reason I do this. Last summer I did it with my dad and we helped each other lose a LOT of weight. And now, it's me and my mama.

Goal one for week one: 5 pounds.
I know that's a lot for one week, but last year during week one I lost 3.5 and I wasn't even trying. I wasn't convinced. This year, I know better, and I plan on actually trying and working out and not cheating and I'm gonna do it.

It's time to get my summer bod back in shape, and looking good. Or at least looking up to my standards. It's NOT a diet, it's a lifestyle change. Wish me luck!

ugh.

Again with the school thing.
I am already sick and tired of being home.
There is nothing to do in this town except watch TV and rent movies.
And even when you rent movies, there's no one to watch them with except your frickin' cats.

Maybe my sheer boredom and knowledge that I have another 13.5 weeks until school starts is what is making this so unbearable right now.
And the fact that my only friends are either working 24/7, staying at school for the summer, or can only hang out once a week.
I need to either make some new friends or re-kindle the fire with some old ones because this is pathetic. I've been out of my house like 3 times since summer started.

COOLEY!

summer time, and the livin is easy.

I love summer. Even though a couple blogs ago I was saying how much I wanted to get back to school.
I've been laying out in the sun while watching Grey's Anatomy season 3 on my laptop and it feels gooooooood.
Now, if only I could have a job my summer would be set. I'm waiting for this guy to call me about being a nanny for his kids this summer. Idealllllllll.

Anyways, goodbye lovers. Back to Grey's.

Prop H8.

So this is where "Chelsea the Political Guru" comes out. Prop 8 in California (my home state) was upheld today. I will start by saying, this is not meant to offend whoever reads this. This is meant to voice my opinion, and if you don't agree with it, keep in mind that there are constructive ways to do so, that do not involve bashing, yelling, or starting a debate. This is NOT meant to turn into a battle of religions either. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and this is mine.

(It's sad that I have to start with that introduction, but in my best experience, there is no way to keep the peace other than to inoculate from the beginning.)

One of the most prominent issues in American politics in this day and age is the issue of Gay Marriage. People are HEAVILY influenced by what they think their religion tells them, and they form opinions based on petty arguments, and frankly have no backbone to support what they are trying to defend.

Let me blatantly state where I stand on this issue: PRO GAY MARRIAGE. Because I believe that everyone should have an EQUAL right to love.

I am a born and raised Catholic Christian. However, I made the decision to leave the Church a few years ago when they started pushing things on me that I didn't agree with and didn't believe in. Politics to be exact. There is a STRICT separation between church and state, and it is COMPLETELY ignored in this issue. The line that separates the two is so blurred that people actually think that the church should have a say this area. In reality, religion is a FREEDOM that we as Americans are granted the right to practice however we want. We are given the FREEDOM to believe what we want and act on them as we wish. It is NOT a requirement, and no matter what your religious beliefs are, you cannot deny that. So in my opinion, religion should not take part in anything politically.

So, why is it then, that we have the FREEDOM to practice religion as freely as we want, and there is an Establishment Clause in the United States Constitution that prohibits the establishment of a national religion, yet when it comes to getting married to the person you love that happens to be of the same sex, religion is the main argument?

I understand that the Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman, but people fail to acknowledge that NOT EVERYONE LIVES BY THE BIBLE. This is exactly why there is no national religion. No one is required to live by the Bible. So just because it may be what YOU believe in, doesn't mean that the person getting married believes in it too. And frankly it is not right to force this on people or expect this of anyone. And if you decide to use living by the Bible as your main argument, then you had better make sure you live EXACTLY by it with no flaws, and let he who is without sin cast the first friggen' stone.

On a related note, the Bible is a very old, old book that is BASED on the teachings of God. I took a religion class called "Understanding the Bible" and the entire class was based on the fact that the Bible has been re-written thousands of times because when it was being copied there was no printing press. Everyone was writing it by hand and had the freedom to change whatever they wished. This isn't to say the Bible is not valid, it is just meant to say that times have changed. The word of God may not have, but let's think about things people used to do during the time the Bible was crafted that have been outlawed in recent years because of how wrong we saw they were:

1. People were stoned to death in the Bible.
2. There were slaves in the Bible.
3. If you were poor, you could sell your sister for money.
4. Women were looked at as a man's lower, not his equal.

So while these things are not valid in society anymore, why should the issue of marriage be so stuck in it's ways? We forget that the whole point of marriage is about love (which is the ULTIMATE teaching of God). Two people joining together to spend the rest of their lives with each other. Making a life and a family, and loving each other enough to make the choice to spend the rest of it together. Why should this be denied to ANYONE?

Clearly it is about happiness, and love, and emotion, while people try to turn it into something it's not by saying things like "gay's are ruining the sanctity of marriage!" No. 50% of all marriages end in divorce, and THAT is what ruins the sanctity of marriage, not two innocent people joining their hands and vowing to love each other. Just because they are of the same sex does not mean marriage is any less valuable in society.

People like to say that you have a choice to be gay. Actually, it has been scientifically proven that you are born gay. It is not a choice. If it was, who would honestly choose a life where they were constantly ridiculed and judged and looked-down upon for who they love? No one that I can think of would WANT to be in that position. It is not a choice to be gay. You cannot help who you fall in love with and anyone who has been in love should know that first hand.

Come on people, why support hatred? It is not going to get you to Heaven any faster when you judge people and try to control their personal lives and look down upon them for who they love. There are so many important issues that we should be worrying out, so why is this EVEN an concern? There are rapes and murders and AIDS and starving children and poverty and we can't seem to get our noses out of people's love lives? Remember that Jesus is the most caring, loving, and forgiving person and I believe he would be extremely sad and disappointed at the way people treat the children that HE created PERFECTLY in his eyes. Let HIM be the judge, and you just live your life, and treat others with the same respect you would want. Love your brothers and sisters, and accept them. No one is perfect, but we should love and embrace them anyways, don't you think?