One year ago today, the largest Richmond, workplace immigration raid in recent history took place. There are a few things that make this raid particularly noteworthy:

1) The employer was the federal government, having apparently broken its own laws about verifying legal status, and the 33 people arrested were construction workers building the ( Read more... )

Somebody punch this little bitch in his ugly, fascist face for me, please. Thanks.

"The current days of the Internet will soon be over."

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Well, well. Look who's in the Richmond papers not one week after my documentary short on the bastard was completed and premiered...

Jury awards $150,000 in unpaid wages to 32 workers
A Richmond jury this week awarded a total of more than $150,000 in unpaid wages to 32 construction workers in a case against property owner Oliver Lawrence ( Read more... )

So a guy and his girlfriend decided to steal an SUV from an old barn. The man who owned the property saw someone's arm hanging out the passenger window and "believed that person might be holding a gun" - why exactly that is, we are never told, probably because it's either not true, or the owner was coached by police to keep the man out of jail. I ( Read more... )

Ever reviled, accursed, ne'er understood ( Read more... )

It's possible that my trusty van is dead. Loud hissing and steam emanated from under the hood after only a few minutes of driving around the other day. Here's the quote:


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Here's the short film I just finished. I presented it tonight and got a lot of good criticism and feedback, so there may be a few changes/additions in the near future.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

I didn't know permanently deleting my MySpace page was going to be such a process. There have been like 4 confirmations, requests for reasons, and now I have to check my email and do something there to get rid of it. Too much.

Finished the film just now.

Today:
Leave for work in 15 minutes
work till 9pm
arrange basement and house till 10 or 11

Saturday
wake up and eat
wedding from 11-4
setting up equipment for party from 4-6
social from 6-8
party from 8 till 3am or so
(perform at party)

Sunday:cleanup till ( Read more... )

The short film is completed, except for the insertion of one song and footage from the local ABC affiliate, which I received on a dysfunctional CD yesterday. Hopefully, I'll get a working copy by Friday, which is my last possible day of editing ( Read more... )