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Kenny and I met up with our friends Anthony, Allen, Clayton, and Ryan to see Muse, Thirty Seconds To Mars, and PVRIS at the Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa, FL.

That we understand it is ethical to terminate an animal’s life under certain circumstances without even getting the consent of the animal but we can’t accept that a human has the capacity to choose to terminate their own life baffles me. We should be discussing the wrong and right ways, the wrong and right times, the ineligible and eligible people. This is like abortion, drug policy, and sex education. Determined people will find a way so let’s arm them to make safer decisions that are better for everyone instead of trying to shame and bully them. I don’t understand the lack of pragmatism over this issue.

Well, it is time for more surgery. My doctor identified a developing inguinal hernia about two years ago and it has finally become enough of a problem that it required surgery.

I am expendable. That is the lesson this election has driven into my head. I am expendable and so many of my countrypersons proudly hold an incredible amount of contempt for people like me and my marginalized friends.

I have a tiny indoor garden full of carnivorous plants. They are thriving and it brings me joy. I find it very relaxing to care for these little charges. Perhaps if I lived in a more tolerable climate, I’d be into fuller scale gardening.