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Happy New Year!

I know...too little, too late, but I am back. Like I said in my last post, I have been extremely busy with writing for my dissertation and for Grace the Spot. January has also been full of starting my Women's Studies class: Intro to Lesbian Studies. I have entered and been trying to stand firm in the land of Lesbos.
For detail-oriented people, I will spell out my life in bullets.
• My wife and I are planning a wedding for June
• My wife and I are planning on moving in May
• My wife and I are planning on moving back sans most our stuff in July (my fault as I am not going to be done)
• I am teaching Intro to Lesbian Studies
• I am writing a dissertation and finishing all the bulls**t that comes with it
• It’s cold in Iowa
• The dog is cold in Iowa
• I am tired

To sum up, I am sorry about not posting more often. A lot has gone on and been going on in the gay world.

Obama is now President and everything is peaches and cream. Don't I wish. He has been making quite a few major executive orders, but I doubt we will see any major changes for the LGBT community soon. There are a lot of fish to fry and not a lot of fridays to fry them on.

The L Word is back on. I don't have cable, so I have AfterEllen and Grace the Spot to keep me cozy until I am able to see them on DVD or On Demand this summer. Jenny is dead, so I can't wait to see this season. After all, it is the little things that keep me happy. Better direction and writing seem to be too much to ask, so I have to focus on the good stuff when it happens.

Nothing has happened to our civil marriage in California and it doesn't look like anyone is pushing that too hard. It seems the people who got married are going to stay married for now. We live in a "take what we can get" society, so I'm happy to oblige.

We are looking ahead to Iowa's decision on Gay Marriage...don't know what the verdict will be, but we can only hope the place that helped Barack Obama will be the place to help a marginalized community.

For now, I will promise to update this blog as I can. I am not sure who reads it, but it is now linked from Grace the Spot, so I will do my best. If anyone would like to help blog, please write. I can't stay on top of it all. The list above keeps me pretty busy.

Happy New Year,

Stacy