I had a very disconcerting experience today. I wish I had been more alert when it happened so that things could have gone differently. OK. Here's what happened. I was still in bed, in the middle of some dream that I can't remember. Anyway, the phone rang and - in an uncharacteristic move - I actually got out of bed to answer it.

Me: "Hello?"
Guy with High Squeaky Voice: "Hi. Are your mom and dad around?"
Me: "No...can I take a message?"
Guy: "Well, maybe you can help. Do you know what same-sex marriage is?"
Me: "Yeah..." (This reminds me of the time the Ph.D. asked me if I knew where Oklahoma was.)
Guy: "It's sick, that's what it is."
Me: "Ummm..."
Guy: "Well, there's a vote tomorrow..." blah blah blah

The guy claims that there's a vote tomorrow in the legislature concerning the fate of same sex marriage, and he encouraged me to call Kohl and Feingold to oppose it. I was only half paying attention to him because I was stunned and still mostly asleep. Anyway, what's that all about? Shouldn't I have heard about this? Shouldn't Lauren or Aidan or Curt or SOMEONE have informed me? Either the government is very sly, or I'm very stupid, or this guy is nuts.

I'm pissed off that it didn't occur to me to say, "No, buddy, you're sick" followed by a tirade about human rights and such. I wish this guy would call my Lesbin (or Lauren). He'd get an earful. I should have given our their numbers, touting them as staunch supporters of this kind of legislation. But I was mostly asleep. So I just said "ummmmm" and let him explain for a second or two before I hung up on him without so much as a "fuck you" or a "good bye." God dammit. I always miss my opportunities.