World of the Muppet Freek

I have no clue if anyone even still checks in on me here, but in case you do...I've moved. My new home is at Livejournal. Come see my new home and find out whats been going on since I moved to the big, bad, city of Chicago. It truly is a mysterious thing.

Sorry I never let ya'll know I moved. Just one of those things.

They said it wouldn’t happen.
They said it couldn’t happen
They said it shouldn’t happen.
Yet, it is still going to happen.

On Saturday, May 8, 2004, Michael James Montgomery will be graduating from Illinois State University.

The celebration of this event has been 6 years in the works and is scheduled for
Saturday, May 15, 2004 beginning at 6:00 pm and going all night.

You are all invited to my parents’ home to party with me. If you happen to be in the Chicagoland area that night, I would love to see you. I’m going to miss everyone I’ve met here and would love the opportunity to party with you one more time and let you know how much I’m going miss you.

The party will be at

Don and Karen Montgomery’s House
717 Bernadette Lane
Batavia, IL 60510

Check out YahooMaps! if you need directions.

If you are going to be there, try to RSVP by May 12 (email mjmontg@ilstu.edu, or call my cell 630-247-3728, or call my parents house 630-406-0385) so my mom knows how much food to prepare.

Hope to see everyone there!
~MONTY~

P.S. Bring whatever alcohol you want to, but I’m sure we’ll have a decent selection as well.
MUST BE 21+ TO DRINK

10 days until graduation!
Acafellaz Concert on May 1st...don't forget to get your tickets at the CPA

- I was not hired by ISF as House Manager for the summer. Instead they hired me as Asst. Company Manager. Definitely not a problem in my book.

- Acafellaz (((IN CONCERT))) with Special Guests the Wise Guise from Peoria.
May 1st @ 7pm in ISU's CPA Concert Hall. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased online or from the CPA Box Office. Dennis would love to see everyone come out for his final concert of his ISU career. Besides, they're just a fun bunch of guys to watch.

- Big Love closes tonight. If you still haven't seen it, shame on you. Its a free show! If you want to see it tonight, get there early cause the line starts forming about an hour before curtain. CW207 @ 8pm.

- 8 Class Days until Graduation!

So, I have a dilemma, as you can cleary decipher from them heading of this post...I haven't been able to find a job yet post graduation. I really can't to move back to my parents house...I could but it would be extremely awkward...ShakesFest is looking for a House Manager for the summer. I'm fairly positive I can get the job...do I apply? Do I stay and work here for a few extra months? I'd have to get a second job in order to have enough money to move once the summers over, but there is no guarantee I'll have a job by then either...what do I do? Do I sell my soul for another summer. I promised I wasn't going to, but NYC is expensive...very expensive! What do I do? AAARRRGGGHHHH!

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) -- In a new twist in the battle over same-sex marriage roiling the United States, a county in Oregon has banned all marriages -- gay and heterosexual -- until the state decides who can and who cannot wed.

The last marriage licenses were handed out in Benton County at 4 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. EST) Tuesday. As of Wednesday, officials in the county of 79,000 people will begin telling couples applying for licenses to go elsewhere until the gay marriage debate is settled.

"It may seem odd," Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but "we need to treat everyone in our county equally."

State Attorney General Hardy Myers said in a statement that he was "very pleased" with Benton County's decision. "It is my sincere hope that the legal process will provide clarity for each of Oregon's counties."

The three County commissioners had originally decided to start handing out gay marriage licenses this week but on Monday reversed that decision amid a growing firestorm of lawsuits across the country, and decided instead to put a temporary halt to all marriages.

Rebekah Kassell, a spokeswoman for Basic Rights Oregon, a pro-gay marriage group, told Reuters; "It is certainly a different way for county commissioners to respect their constitutional obligation to apply the law equally to everyone.

"We appreciate that they are willing to say they are not going to participate in discrimination."

Tim Nashif, the spokesman for the Defense of Marriage Coalition, said; "Oregon not only has the only county in the nation issuing illegal (same-sex) marriage licenses, we probably have the only county in the nation refusing to issue marriage licenses at all."

"We are happy Benton County is not going to violate the law by issuing illegal marriage licenses, but we are perplexed as to why they would not issue legal licenses," he added.

Benton County, whose county seat is Corvallis, is home to Oregon State University and is seen as a bastion of liberalism.

Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union said it would file a lawsuit Wednesday against Oregon or an unnamed state entity over the state's failure to register the more than 2,550 marriage licenses issued by Portland's Multnomah County to gay couples since March 3.

Multnomah County, the state's most populous, is the only jurisdiction in the United States that continues to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Local governments from San Francisco to New Paltz, New York, have halted the practice amid lawsuits and protests.

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Mardi Gras for the next two nights? How will I handle it!
Also, Sat 3-20 @ 1pm @ The Normal Theater is Willy Wonka...sounds like an afternoon to me...followed by "Taking Steps" tomorrow night.
No work is getting done this weekend...but is that really different than usual?

30 Class Days till graduation + Finals week...It's so close I can almost taste it...and it tastes kinda fruity...go fig.