Facebook

Today is the first day off I've had in about 7 days. Needless to say, I've done a lot of nothing. Ok, I take that back. I did about 5 loads of laundry - but how hard is it to put clothes in a machine and walk away? Seriously. I did spend a lot of time online for many different purposes - work related, downloading music, researching different things, etc. But one thing that has stuck out in my mind today is Facebook. I didn't realize how many people have a facebook account - which is actually a very fascinating thing to me. I've found in my life that I am very much like a book. I feel that there have been many chapters in my life and feel I'll have many more - but I find that when I move to a new chapter in my life (now for instance is Chicago) I leave the previous chapters behind - thinking of them fondly, but leaving them in the past. With Facebook, however, I have friends from (literally) every chapter in my life. Old friends I grew up with, members of the ward I grew up in, people from middle and high school, people from the mission, when I lived in Las Vegas, people here in Chicago - I feel like every chapter in my life has suddenly mashed into one. I no longer wonder what people have been up to over the past 10 years because I get a constant news feed on them. I'm not sure yet if I consider this a good thing or a bad thing... I always felt like my life had a sense of mystery - as though every person I knew had a piece of the puzzle of who I am, but didn't know me completely. Now most all of the people who holds these pieces are together in one spot and I feel... open? naked? not mysterious at all? I'm not sure what word or description I'm looking for, but it's just a bazaar feeling. Am I the only one who feels this? Odds are that anyone who reads this has a facebook account - is it just weird for you to have so many people from your past in your present?

Prop 8

I won't lie. When I heard of the results of Proposition 8, I felt a huge lump in my throat. I got emotional. In fact, I'm upset and saddened by every single state that passed a ban on gay marriage. In California, the votes were very close - so, although the outcome isn't how I would've liked, it's great to see that there are enough people in that state who support gay marriage.
While it is true that Proposition 8 didn't effect either state I've resided in this year and I don't have intentions on getting married soon (if it were even possible for me to do so), I know many people who are from those states whose love and desires are pure and true - yet had their rights taken away. It's just sad. I don't know what else to say.

The votes are in...

Although I live in Chicago, I couldn't make it down to Grant Park to enjoy the celebration of our new President... The joys of working early. But let me just say that there was a roar of cheers and screams in my apartment building and I've never felt more proud to be an American. I don't know if I've ever felt any sense of faith and hope in our government and now I feel it happening. And it feels good. :)