Yay for gays

Just in case you guys didn't know, a gay marriage ban is up for vote in Texas. Here's the language we'll be voting on:
“The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”
So, is it just me, or can that last half be construed as banning marriage altogether? Well done, Texas, by not even grammarchecking your Bestest Red State Moment Evar you've made me proud enough of this travesty of a state to start supporting a guy named Kinky.

Hi!

Today's been a fine day. I felt kinda grown up, because I went from my uber-hard law class (where I gave a presentation and received a list of potential huge paper topics) straight to dinner at Sullivan's, a nice steakhouse kind of place to celebrate Thomas's birthday. It's the kind of place where the menu's on one sheet, the waiters are mean and the lights are low, and it's goooood. It was kind of like a peek at the places where professionals go after hours, and I spent the two hours there just defusing from the high-tension environment that is the law class.

That, and as it turns out the huge paper is gonna be half as long as was promised. So I spent a lot of time getting worked up over something that's gonna virtually be *easy*. Yep, definitely sounds like a sneak peek at the future. =P

That, and Texas got ranked #1 today by the BCS computers. It's a minor detail for blog posting, I'm sure, but since we're on the theme of the future, it's totally fitting.

Want some reading?

If you just can't find enough blogs to read (I would recommend Andie's articles in the Dallas Observer, btw), try Hideo Kojima's blog, now translated in English. It's part normal blog (mundane daily events), part Japanese, and part the kind of stuff you'd expect from Drew (which is mostly Japanese in nature, strangely). Kojima is most famous as the designer of the Metal Gear Solid series, and while he's mostly batshit insane, he's also got a few very cool ideas in his head.

I set a trend!

People tend to laugh when I say that I play DDR for a serious workout. When you do level 8 songs for about an hour, it's pretty hardcore cardio. We've known for a couple years now that some hardcore players lost a ton of weight this way, but now people are starting to take it seriously. Need proof?

I was right, bitches. If you're too lazy to read: Konami and 24 Hour Fitness signed an agreement to put a DDR machine in all of their gyms.