Yay for Gay Marriage!

I haven't posted due to lack of motivation, exhaustion and fear that I might post something awfully negative and people might accuse me of not loving my new daughter. I do love her very much, and in fact she is pretty chill. Not colicky or anything. That said, I guess I blocked out what happens in "infant" world because for some reason I have reacted to the pain in the ass of breastfeeding every 2 to 3 hours 24 hours a day every day since they day she was born with no end in sight with shock that it's hard. I've never done well without sleep. Here I am again. Also my other sleep issues, the ones that are there baby or no baby don't help.

One way to get through this time, I’ve noticed, is finding dumb TV shows to download on my computer and watch. I watched 7 episodes of a show called Lipstick Jungle, and have now forayed into the world of Gossip Girl. It’s so bad, but it is so good. At night the husband and I have discovered The Wire. No shame there. At least I am reading good books again. Here's my last few: "Divisadero" by Michael Ondaatje, "Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson and "10 Days in the Hills" by Jane Smiley. I have to admit that last one was a little scintillating, but the woman won a Pulitzer, so she can write. Next up is "When We Were Orphans" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It really is better to read good writing. Every time I come out of a “light” reading phase, I wonder what I was thinking when such great writers are available to read.

Why am I writing all this when I wanted to write about how happy I am that my lovely progressive state has overturned the ban on Gay marriage!? Oh, right. I wanted to write something positive so that people won’t think I don’t love baby O. I am very psyched about this recent turn of current events. People talk about the "San Francisco bubble," meaning that when you live in such a liberal city, you are surprised when other places are more conservative. And it's true that happens. It’s weird.

Anyway, I don’t know what my point is exactly, except that I, for one, am glad my bubble is making national news. Yay for Gay marriage!