LOOK it's the mayor of West Hollywood. Well... um... yeah no, my eyesight is horrible and for the longest time, I thought a kid sitting on his daddy's shoulders was the mayor. The mayor of Los Angeles, a few of the plaintiffs & lawyers straight from Sacramento, a whole bunch of city council members, George Takei, Drew Barrymore, & Kathy Griffin made speeches on stage, too. Of course I didn't SEE any of them, for reasons stated above~ I wanted to get more shots of some of the signs.

The march was down Santa Monica Blvd, starting at the edge of WeHo and going to Hollywood & Highland. Everyone went four miles in an hour and a half, not too bad. Met a lot of rad people.

My friends & I didn't know where it would end up, so we parked in Beverly Hills and then stressed out about getting back to the car. The walk back itself wouldn't have been so bad, but it was 10pm when the three-minute sit-in in the intersection ended, and we wanted to be back home before midnight. (No, really, three minutes. Possibly two and a half. And the streets were already blocked off. I... don't get it.) So I went on my first subway adventure, and then, um, promptly headed back, because apparently, we can't read. Whatever. It was a nice walk back. Plenty of other folks doing the same thing.

The important thing was that it left everyone feeling a lot more hopeful. Strength in numbers. It reminded me that 2010 is too far off for me to already be a Debbie Downer about, and while it's going to take a lot of work to get this back on the ballot, we can do it. It was slightly depressing that this event was planned no matter what the outcome of the court's decision, and as uplifting as it was, spirits could have been a million times higher.

Also I learned that I need to exercise more, because I walked about ten miles last night and today I feel like I could beat up Michael Phelps and a bear at the same time.



"Have fun and be safe, ladies!" smiled the LAPD.