s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

It’s very, very cool, when, instead of trying to explain to baffled co-workers why anyone would care if there was some nipple exposure during the superbowl half-time, or instead of trying to reassure coworkers and friends that, while I find it quite touching that they would try to limit their ranting about whatever wretched imperialist violation of international law and basic human rights the US has perpetrated in the last week, I often feel the need to rant myself, so you don’t need to whisper over there, really, I can say to them, “Hey, did you see my home town on the news last night ? That’s where I’m from ! My friends were there !”

Yes, the Massachusetts Gay Marriage Block Party was on the 6:00 news last night (complete with YAY! sign — if I could have gotten screen caps, I may have seen some of y’all on TV !), and in the paper this morning.

The coverage last night showed pans of the MASSIVE crowd, a couple shots of happy couples kissing, a pic of a cop in riot gear, and the business end of the ceremony they had in the old church downtown where we saw that Scottish punk band at First Night a few years back. They had a brief clip of an interview with some Escaped-From-the-Fifties shellac-coifed housewife proclaiming that this would bring about Total Anarchy and the End of the World As We Know It, and many more extensive clips of various officials, supporters, newlyweds, and Citizens At Large basically expounding the opposite view. Good stuff ! Yay, Massachusetts !