Jonathan's Blog

I’ve made many mistakes in my life and while I know they are mistakes, I don’t regret making them. I have learned by making these mistakes. The biggest majority of mistakes are financial. I have been a shopaholic in the past, I’ve been working on that and now I’m in the process of paying off the debt that I amassed by doing so. I have never (nor do I ever) expect for someone to bail me out. I got myself into this mess and I have to get myself out of it. And with me being down to only one job, I have to be way more of a better steward of my finances than ever. I have to find ways to cut back, no matter if I like it or not, and that has lead to some rather tense exchanges between my boyfriend and I. I know that finances are always a sticky subject, but I have to make adjustments to my spending habits and while they may not be the choices that others would make, I have to do what is right for me. Which seems to be reducing the amount I drive, which means going to see my boyfriend less often; however, I-85 runs both ways, right?

I hope this doesn’t upset him, but I just wanted to say this.

After reading and actually hearing what Rep. Virginia Foxx said about Matthew Shephard’s death, I decided to email her because she was TOTALLY INCORRECT! Here’s what I wrote:

“Rep. Foxx,
Your dishonoring of Matthew Shepard’s death by LYING today on the House floor is un-excusable! Your facts were WRONG! Check the New York Times from 10/12/1998. I am ASHAMED that you represent part of the state in which I reside. You should publicly apologize for this mis-informed quote. You have enraged the gay community and for good reason. I hope you understand that.
Respectfully,
Jonathan Britton
A Disgusted North Carolinian”

I also tried to call but couldn’t leave a voicemail as her mailbox is full…

So, recently I started seeing this GREAT guy. I honestly couldn’t have asked for anyone better. He’s a total sweetheart and I can’t say enough good things about him. We just hit it off from the start. Things are going so well. I’m not scared one bit with him, I can see myself with him for the rest of my life, actually! He means so much to me already. I look forward to all the future has in store for us!

I just wanted to bring it to the attention of Time Warner Cable that MANY of your customers are FURIOUS about your plans to implement caps on data and charges for overages on your internet service. In this time of hardship, you want to force consumers who are having a hard enough time to pay even more for your service? What are you thinking? I pay $133/month and that’s enough! Your company is making plenty of money, you do not need to charge the poor consumer more. Especially since you are only targeting non-FiOS service areas. If only FiOS was available in Greensboro, NC I’d switch in a heartbeat. My friend has it and pays what I pay for his internet service and gets 20MB down and 5MB up. I get a fraction of that speed and pay the same price. You have outraged me. Your greed astonishes me. Have you no decency?
Sincerely,
Jonathan Britton
A thoroughly dissatisfied customer

Today, I got an email from the Human Rights Campaign urging me to send an email to NC Legislatures about a bill that would amend the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. I filled out the form and within minutes, I got a response from Pricey Harrison. I’m copying the email below:

thanks for writing on this

I refuse to write bigotry and hate into our constitution

fyi, the bills are not going anywhere

Best

Pricey

—–Original Message—–
From: Jonathan Britton
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:31 PM
To: Rep. Pricey Harrison
Subject: Please vote No on HB 361/SB 272

Representative Pricey Harrison
North Carolina House of Representatives
16 W. Jones Street, Room 2119
Raleigh, NC 27601-1030

Dear Representative Harrison,

As a supporter of the Human Rights Campaign, I am writing to ask that
you oppose House Bill 361/Senate Bill 272, legislation proposing an
unnecessary, divisive amendment to our state constitution.

Our state is facing serious, daunting crises — economic insecurity, job
losses, a rising budget deficit, crumbling infrastructure — but some
want to take their eye off these priorities in an attempt to eliminate
rights for some North Carolinians.

HB 361/SB 272 does nothing to protect anyone’s marriage, but it would
take away even the smallest protections for unmarried couples.

This legislation would amend our state constitution to provide
that: “Marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal
union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.”
This proposed amendment isn’t just about marriage — it’s about denying
any kind of legal recognition or protection to unmarried couples, even
something as basic as joint health insurance.

With the many economic and other problems we all face together, the last
thing we need is an unnecessary measure like this one, which serves only
to divide us. I hope you will vote No on HB 361/SB 272 and turn your
focus to legislative priorities that can help all North Carolinians.

Respectfully,

Jonathan Britton

I don’t care about putting this out for anyone to see because I’m tired of hiding my feelings… I’m very lonely lately. I’m so lonely that it hurts when I think about it. I’m crying as I type this. I have no real good friends locally and I don’t have the best relationship with my family ever since I came out to them. I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. Something seriously needs to happen pretty soon… My apartment is a wreck and I know it but I don’t have any motivation to clean it because I have no one to come over.

someone to call my own…

real friends that live close to me…

to be able to buy a home within the next year…

to feel better about my whole life…

a better job, or at least one that I don’t hate to go to…

So, I haven’t blogged in a while and I feel rather bad for that, but I’ve been a little busy or just not in the mood to blog. A number of htings have been going on lately. In a little while, I’ll be heading over to my sister’s finace’s house to take some pictures of them for their save the date cards for the wedding. Then, we are heading to Lucky 32 for lunch with both families to discuss the wedding, which will take place on September 19, 2009. September is alrady a busy month, my birthday is a week after (the 26th), my sister’s is the 16th, mom’s is the 14th, and her finace’s is the 2nd, but they want to get married this year and that’s the only time available. Whatever they want, I guess.

Last night I went out with a friend and saw “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which I though was a GREAT movie! I almost cried at the end! Also, I could relate to one of the female main characters! She dissected everything that guy would say to her and that’s exactly what I do!

So, it’s been a while and I thought I’d let you guys know some stuff that’s been going on. Well, I’m fully single for one thing and that’s good. I think it may be best for me to finish my Master’s Degree being single., one less thing to worry about.

Also, this past Saturday night was the Triad TweetUp and we made plans to have it at the Mellow Mushroom in Greensboro, NC. The other person responsible for the TweetUp emailed the owner of the Mellow Mushroom and told them of our plans and that we expected to have 20+ people in attendance over a week before the TweetUp. Their response was that they would do what they could to accommodate us. She then sent a follow up email last week and received the same response. When we got there, we were told there would be a 2 hour wait and that they did not accept reservations. Not once in their emails did they say that they did not accept reservations and that we would be expected to wait for tables. Therefore,  we left very unhappily and decided to go to Solaris, which would up being very good. They were able to seat us within 30 or so minutes and we had a good time overall. Since then, the owner of the Mellow Mushroom has contacted us trying to make amends but nothing, really can be done at this point. If they had simply stated in the first email that they did not accept reservations and we would be expected to wait, then we would have just moved the TweetUp as you can’t expect a large group to wait 2 hours when they expected to be seated almost right away. So in the end Mellow Mushroom in Greensboro, NC equals EPIC FAIL in my honest opinion!

Well, I’m worried and I know why, but it doesn’t really make sense. Here it is, so many of you know I’ve recently started seeing someone, he’s a really nice guy. I’m just worried about things between us. I mean, he’s given me no real reason to be worried about things, but I guess it is coming from what has happened with others in the past. I think my main issue is that I don’t exactly like how things started off somewhat and that I don’t know too much about him. The latter of which, I can work on fixing. So that’s why I’m worried. I just need to get past this and get on with my life, I know that worrying won’t help, it can only make things worse. Also, I know that whatever will be will be, because God is in control and everything is orchestrated by him.