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Reading for Family Law yesterday, and we're about to get into adoption by same-sex couples, so there was this excerpt from a paper about the family relationships of gays and lesbians, which I guess was meant to serve some "hey, the homosexuals are just like you" purpose for people who grew up under a rock or only know from gay people what they've seen on HBO during the free preview weekend or something. Anywayz, this paper throws out the following:

[Studies reported] that the top five areas of conflict for lesbian and gay couples were finances, driving style, affection/sex, being overly critical, and division of household tasks.

To which I say...driving style? lol. That makes the top five? And then of course, I spent the next three hours amusing myself with the thought of my boys snipping at each other on roadtrips to Canada or something.

(And speaking of Canada, Fraser always took Ray to task over his driving, didn't he? Hee. ♥)

( MLB downloads, mostly Oakland, that I keep forgetting to post )

ETA: NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR! Reason to hate Jeffrey Loria for the rest of all time? Check. That's serious validation right there; I'm so proud of Joe.

I looked up the word "cranky." It said "grouchy." I looked up "grouchy." It said "crotchety."

Someone keeps calling me, and I'm not answering the phone because I'm not in the mood. Still, three times in the past 20 minutes.

And granted, whomever it is can't leave a message because I never set up my voicemail. You know why I never set up my voicemail? Because when I set up voicemail on my room phone in the past, people left me messages, messages they expected me to actually listen to and return, and I have never been good at that outside of an office.

I'd unplug the phone but I'd have to get up. And then I'd forget to plug it back in and my mother would yell at me because she called me at 7 in the morning and I didn't answer.

I don't know how anyone can really be my friend and not know how I feel about the phone. I swear, I should hand out a cheatsheet or something.

Anyway.

The new Brand New album finally leaked. And did the boys decide to try a whole new sound or something? I'm no Brand New expert, not even a hard core fan, I just liked a few songs off the last record, but this new one...doesn't sound very much like them. There's less screaming, for one. And the songs are more polished, production-wise, maybe? I like it, mostly. It's just not what I expected.

I did not like the new Everclear, [Bad username or site: phantom_hpuff / @ livejournal.com] :(

Am I fundamentally flawed if I end up never understanding why the Beatles are so amazing? Is it like when someone says to me "god, why do you like baseball? it's so boring!" and then I want to punch them in the face? :/ Because I don't want to be that person. I mean, the two songs that I like, I like A LOT. I should get points for that. Yes.