*updated* women's march - Denton, TX - so glad I went

a lot more people then I expected. 2800ish? 

I took a short video in the 5 minutes of silence. 

In the silence a guy across the street yelled, "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." someone in the crowd responded "Adam and Steve are doing just fine over here thank you." That was the biggest confrontation I saw. 

Most surprising - how many men there were, and some even led cheers.

I wasn't much of a chanter, not gonna hear me say anything about the president either...but I got home thinking I was going to upload my pictures and tell how nice and (mostly) uplifting it was to see all the angles  representing themselves and supporting others out there. 

Alas, I came to my facebook to see a "fb friend" gal post a long post on her facebook about how she didn't support the march , those who went are brainwashed, ignorant etc. and responses to her like "Amen, Tamara. Those manly women don't speak for me. I am embarrassed that they call themselves women!"

Here ended my good feels.... 

I barely know the gal but I refrained from unfriending her. It's interesting to see how people really think. Hers wasn't the only page either...

poor Jamie, I glanced on his FB page and he has it a lot worse. He said he finds himself thinking that because I went, they're all saying those awful things to me directly and it's pissing him off and he wants to defend me.

*sigh*

And so (along the same lines) I was blown away by the turnout all over the world. I waited for my representatives to acknowledge this event. Nothing big, just a "i see you" would've sufficed.

Radio silence.....
...crickets.

well all except my state senator, he said "Bit of rain in Plano tonight"
I waited a day thinking "surely he'll say something".

I even asked for his thoughts last night.

still waiting....not holding my breath but still...nothing? really?

In the meantime finished
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh - a play on 1,001 Nights (if I understand correctly?since I've not read that story), this one, not really a believable love story but not a badly told one. Gonna stop here though. Maybe wait for the library for #2?)
#7 of Wynette series - SEP - the runaway bride meets the bad/good guy. I was entertained. She had a line in there about fireworks being sad. YESSS! I feel the same way! I JUST NEVER KNEW WHY!!. LOVE LOVE LOVE how it/they get me!.

#whyimarch #whyimarchdenton #auniteddenton

runnin' round (hopefully not in circles)

So much running through my mind!

• making a sign for the march this weekend. seriously this was harder than I thought it was gonna be! To put in a few words all that I'm thinking/want to say. Especially since that thought changes every two minutes. And so I decided on a little bit of Jane Austen and a little bit of Macon Greyson in it. I don't think it's preachy or rage-filled. Just a lttle "me" sarcasm - I'm quite thrilled. If nothing else it'll feel good to not just sit and scoff (or nod) at any entertainment platform
• Vacation in a few weeks
• Need to start planning for Derby party 
• Then help my sister plan for my nephews graduation
• and other stuff I want to avoid right now so I'm not even gonna mention here. 

Books.Finished:
Ward's - Beast - yep she's figured herself out. And she can go on forever. So good!
Rise - Karina Bliss - so i think I've figured out that rock star stories are lower on my list of tropes. I liked the educated smart girl meets rock star though apparently. Finished this one.
SEP - #6 Wynette story - he's jilted and doesn't really care. I stayed up late to finish this one. I cracked up a few times.

think he thought I might start burning my bra...

The book club thing was interesting - 8ish gals? seems like they've known each other for a while. Friendly though and funny. Got a lot of book reco's. I'll go again. So fun to find people who know what I'm talking about when I talk books.

speaking of girls - I think I'm gonna go to the women's march in Denton next weekend?

when I told Jamie, he asked "why?" in a way that made me think he was a little worried that I might start man-hating and burning my bra or something.
Actually now that I think about it, he might be ok with burning my bra...heh

I'm not expecting my going will "change the world" or anything... Really - I'd say about 60% is just 'cause I want to see the process - the rest is a venting platform for a mix of frustration and a constant feeling like something(s) going wrong.

It helped too (in my case) that it's not about yelling...
looks like people come together, with signs if they want,  around noon and stand shoulder/shoulder to someone else that thinks things are going not ok in a circle around the courthouse for half an hour-ish and then leave.
That works for me. Hopefully the crowds aren't unbearable.

I just got Ward's The Beast in! soo excited.
Don't think we're doing much this weekend with it raining and all...a-ok by me!!

And so we Pistol Annies today -