so very very much going on at city hall and around the state today with all the marriages. the first full day of marriage equality rights in california. my desk overlooks the city hall entrance and it was overflowing all day with regular, every 5 minutes, loud cheers resonating throughout the civic center area (loud enough to be heard by me in the building nearby on a high floor), everytime a newly wed couple walked out of the city hall with a new legal certificate.

it's rather quite overwhelming, all of it, so much of it, such a big big deal. there are a lot of news items, pictures, and even videos here on the chronicle's special webpage for the issue this week. i had a chance to be a deputized marriage commissioner this week to help marry all the many couples coming through the door, but i declined. i was, and still am, rather nervous about the idea of me marrying a couple. i'm afraid that i wouldn't be able to handle all the emotion. best i watch it all unfold from up in my office overlooking it all...