2003-07-15|10:23 p.m.
Dear M:
Thank you for contacting me on the Federal Marriage Amendment.
I wholeheartedly agree-- I will oppose this amendment.
Thank you for writing me on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Bob Filner
Member of Congress
That�s from my House Representative. If you were to bottle up all my political views into a politician this man would be the result. I write him multiple times a week only to get a letter in the mail from him telling me that he �wholeheartedly agrees� on every single issue. Only, he used to write out full length letters. Now though, I think he (and/or his staff) realizes that it�s not even necessary to write out full letters to me. The simple note that we agree and he�ll do what I was asking is all I get. It�s kinda cute.
A works at the front desk of a ritzy hotel named the Prava which is located downtown. It�s fairly close to a Hustler shop and the other day Larry Flynt and Jenna Jameson stayed there. A got to see Flynt�s gold wheel chair and Jenna flirted with him a little bit, joking that she was going to nibble off his arm because they didn�t have room service or something. A got to brag all about it to his friends. It was funny.
And today, he met some of my favorite online comic artists:
They do comics like explodingdog.com (who drew the picture below on my template), dieselsweeties.com, and wigu.com.
They are staying at his hotel for the Comic-Con. It�s one of the largest comic conventions on the globe. It�s four days long (July 17th through the 20th) and has tons of big name artists as well as new ones like my friend Blam, who I hope to meet.
The coolest part is that A gets to talk to them. He�s already got them to get him in the convention for free, give me a free, autographed dieselsweeties.com book, and permission to make a short documentary on them. A�s good at effortlessly making friends with people while also being very sincere and maybe even a little nervous about it in the back of his mind. He�s hoping (as am I) to get a chance to go grab a drink with them or something while they are here. It�d be really awesome. Plus, it�s always really neat to meet people who create things you like and tell them in person, �Thanks, I really like what you do.�
I was thinking that if any of you are going to the convention that you should drop me a note. Maybe we can meet up and hang out. And if I know you from Diaryland (and this includes any time) you�re welcome to stay in one of my guestrooms here at my house for a while to see the likes of San Diego.
The party I had back home was fun. I brought my digital camera and then totally forgot to take pictures, which was disappointing. But other than that, it was nice because I got to meet Arthi, one of MM�s friends, who I had long wanted to see in person. She�s cute, smart, and nice on all levels that I�d imagined and then some.
It was also really nice to meet up with old friends like MZ, MT, Michelle, my step sister, and S. S and I got to spend most of the day together cooking for the party and that was nice.
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