Supernatural was in Spokane at one point. Dean kills this chick Sam loved. I’m gonna scream oh my god. Not sure if there actually is a “Spokane Swan” motel but like oh my god thats too fucking rad.
Pictured Insanity.
I'm Zach. 19 years old, Bi, and Engaged to the greatest guy ever. Currently living in Washington state, and I'm gonna be a Zag next year. Studying pre-med Biochemistry and psychology with hopes of being a psychiatrist one day. Send me a message whenever and I'll try and get back to you - I love helping and listening to people's problems, or just making rad friends. My blog's pretty random, but at least I can make myself laugh. Follow me, I'll more than likely follow you too.
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So, I’ve kinda really gotten into photography. I dunno why, but yeah. Just took this while I was on a walk with my friend Aiden. This city is so pretty. :)
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Omg.
So, 2013 shall officially be dubbed the year of traveling.
Washington D.C. this spring break, which is still, like, OMG. I can’t believe that’s even happening. Then I’m going to Bangkok in August for three weeks (AND I WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN DAMMIT). Then, in February, I’m getting information on a fully-paid trip to Olympia for lobbying. You guys, like, I WILL FINALLY GET A TASTE OF TRAVELING. I WILL FORCE THIS TO HAPPEN AND I SHALL BECOME CULTURED DAMMIT.
Olympia, here I come. <3
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Anonymous asked: where do you live?
Washington state. :)
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Anonymous asked: you live far away though :C
True. :( If you ever come to Washington, feel free to come say hello! I love to grab coffee with people. :D It’s always fun making new friends.
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Anonymous asked: I'm from Washington too! I don't know why the question was anonymous, it wasn't supposed to be (this one will probably be anonymous too and now I'm frustrated). If you're from Eastern Washington, then I know your pain.
Oh, nice! I’m from Eastern Washington too. :) Actually going to EWU at the moment hahah. As for your other ask, don’t be so hard on yourself - I’m sure you look fantastic and that there’s someone out there who would be overjoyed to have you. :)
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Anonymous asked: Pacific Northwest? Washington, by any chance? :o
Washington indeed. ^^ Best state ever!
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Fuck you, Spokane.
Ever since Washington passed same-sex marriage laws in February, there’s been an uproar through-out the state: “who would allow gays to get married?” yelled one side as the other cried out, “who wouldn’t?” From the beginning, one thing was obvious: the support of Eastern Washington was a necessary part of this process, because we’ve always taken an anti-gay stance in all issues - our representatives in Olympia were part of the crowd that voted against gay marriage in the first place.
Things, however, seemed to be looking up when Spokane - the largest city in Eastern Washington by far - decided they would hold a city council meeting to vote on if they should support the gay marriage bill or not. A majority in the council seemed to be in support of the bill, and they hoped that by publicly showing their support it would aid in the battle for marriage equality and get people to make the right vote come November if it were to be put up to a vote by the public. That sounds great on paper, until the city council - after hearing over five hours of testimonies and having more than three hundred people show up to the meeting (more than has been witnessed for years) - decided that they would vote to not take a stand one way or the other. According to Mike Allen, a member of the city council, he’s “not sure that the City Council, which is elected to a nonpartisan position, should be weighing in on this issue after all.” If that were the case, that would be nice. However, it isn’t. The Spokane city council has recently held meetings to unanimously show support for easing marijuana laws and opposing native Indian tribes’ requests to build casinos. Both of which fit the same criteria.
As they put it, “this doesn’t relate to municipal government or business.” Why should they be involved then?
Fuck you, Spokane.
Why should you be involved? Because this DOES involve business. The gay people who get beaten up in this city are the same ones that deliver your mail. As we get threatened by our peers, we’re the ones that vote for you hoping you’ll keep our interests at heart. When our parents kick us out onto the street, we’re the ones that find a way to keep on living and get a job, a house, and pay our taxes. We make your drinks. We teach your children. We drive your buses. And you know what? When you walked down the aisle with that special someone, we’re the ones that made her dress. So, yes, this DOES involve business, Spokane. This involves treating the people who work so hard for you as equal human beings.
This is a christian community, and it’s hell for us. At my university alone, preachers are allowed to come on to campus and yell to me that I’m an abomination that will burn in hell - and they have. On the way home from school people are allowed to stop me as I catch a bus and let me know that I’m not welcome here. They can tell me that fags should burn just like they did hundreds of years ago. They can question my worth, they can question my humanity, they can chide me until I’m numb, and they can beat me until I’m dead. I’ve watched what this town has done to gay people and experienced it first hand. This summer alone, there were more gay hate crimes than we’ve experienced in years, and those are just a few examples.
So you want to tell me that taking a stand for my rights isn’t business? You want to say that taking a stand when it comes to my liberty is none of your concern? I’m perfectly capable of handling myself, but what about the other gay teens? What about the transgender college students? What about the third gender high schoolers? The more you talk, Spokane, the more you prove to us that we don’t matter, and it’s scary as hell. Our LGBT centers are burglarized. Members of our community are beaten and hospitalized. Many of us are kicked out of our homes and forced to do whatever it takes to earn a living, even if it means resorting to prostitution. Is it so hard - just once - to take a stand and let us know that we actually have support in this dismal town? Is it so hard to let a few of us know that there’s hope for a better tomorrow? We’re human beings. We’re not a special interest group. We are your colleagues. We are your neighbors. We are your children. We are your friends. If you aren’t going to treat us like humans, then it isn’t we who have lost our humanity like so many in this town have claimed. If us getting married isn’t even worth your vote, then you aren’t even worth ours.
So you know what?
Fuck you, Spokane.
Fuck you and all you stand for.
I’m done with it.
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dearfriend-c asked: 20 :)
#20 - Where would I like to live?
This is a really good one, actually, and I have no idea. The first thing that comes to my mind is a tie between Rovaniemi, Finland, Paris, France, and London, England. Those three places are absolutely amazing and awe-inspiring to me. But I’ve realized my ultimate dream home would be Seattle, Washington. The climate there (constant rain and lots of coffee) suits me rather well. :D
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Support Starbucks against National Organization for Marriage
Here’s the description from “Sum of Us”
Starbucks stuck its neck out to publicly support the right of all people to marry, regardless of the gender of their partner.
Now it is under attack by the ironically-named, ultra-conservative “National Organization for Marriage”. Already over 4,000 NOM members have pledged to boycott Starbucks.
Let’s blow the right wing out of the water by getting more than ten times as many consumers to thank Starbucks for standing up for gay marriage.
Join us in showing our support for Starbucks by signing our giant Thank You card.
If 40,000 of us sign it, we’ll deliver it to Starbucks executives to give them moral support to keep standing up for equality.
NOM is targeting Starbucks because the company recently stood up publicly to support gay marriage legislation in their home state of Washington. When it passed, the bill’s lead sponsor said that support from business convinced moderate legislators to vote for it. Without support from companies like Starbucks, the gay marriage law might have failed.
Now, if Starbucks backtracks because of opposition, then it will set the gay rights struggle back to a time when big corporations couldn’t come out and support gay people for fear of public backlash. Even worse, it will embolden anti-gay activists to target other companies that support gay rights, and serve as a lesson to other companies to stay out of the fight for equal rights entirely.
Starbucks isn’t perfect — and in the future we’ll probably be asking them to improve their policies on other issues. But it’s a big deal when a giant multinational corporation with no particular connection to the gay community realizes that there are real business benefits — from better employees to happier customers — to standing up for progressive ideals. As SumOfUs members and ethical consumers, we can’t just criticize corporations when they do bad. We also want to encourage them when they do good.
I have strong feelings about Starbucks. You want to shop local? That’s awesome! Please do! But Starbucks really isn’t a horrible company. My mom’s worked there for the last decade, they’re one of the best companies to work for insurance-wise (which is actually why my mom works there and why I’ve been able to have as much medical care as I have), their prices are not actually very different from standard coffeehouse prices, they pay higher than market price for their beans. Yes, I understand that they’re everywhere, but they’re not one of the big chains that tries to annihilate the competition and when one closes, it generally doesn’t leave a gaping unfillable block like one of the big box stores.
And hey look! They’re gay friendly! So, if you wanted to click through and sign the support “card,” that would be cool.
