hello all! sorry for the long blog absence - much has been happening! i come back however, not to discuss my own life (which has held such excitement as my family coming to visit, joining the YMCA and going to the "space prom") but rather to point people's attention to kansas. in their best "this is what's wrong with us" moment they are voting to pass (and will pass with a landslide) an amendment to their constitution to ban gay marriage. awesome. here's what one of the strong supporters has to say:

"I don't believe gays are really interested in family, or in marriage. The majority of gays I know are not really interested in being married, or in monogamy," he explains to the Grind. "It's an issue they've just used to advance their agenda. When you have a culture that celebrates same-sex marriage, you radically transform American society, and that's a scenario most Americans do not want."

damn. it's just ridiculous. on many issues i feel like my hippie upbringing has led to slightly more liberal views than most of america - but if thinking things like that make you more like the rest of american i am perfectly happy in my pinko commie commune. i don't understand how people can be so incredibly closed-minded and ignorant. however, to give some credit to kansas (which may or may not deserve it) one of their moderate republicans said this:

"In 15 years, we'll look like the segregationists of the past. We'll be the ones standing in the schoolhouse door. In 15 years, nobody will care about this. People of the same sex will be married, living monogamous lives. We'll be buying presents for them from their registries at Target, and no one will care."

maybe i'm not such a dirty hippie after all . . . maybe i'm just rational :)

in other anna news - i made it into the Note today, or rather my event made it into the Note today. those of you in young DC will appreciate the import of this in my young life. check it out. don't you love how the stupidest little things in this town mean so much?