oh man's! it's been exactly a year since i last used this doohickey

new plan: let's play the lj game w/ less emo and more worthwhile

k.. so maybe i don't really have much worthwhile to say, seems like i'm only really good at taking things in, but no so much with the reworking them into something new

--

( on globalization, environmentalism, politics, and generally everything going to hell )

just a quick update since i'm trying to keep stat from eating my soul ( Read more... )

ARGHH... SINCE WHEN IS "DEAFITIST" A VALID ACCUSATION IN AN ARGUMENT

watching the house debate on HR861 is making me want to cry... i don't understand where they get the nerve to say some of these things... why are these cowards so afraid of loosing? why do people even see it as winning or loosing? why do we have to divide everything into these nonsensical dualistic categories ( Read more... )

true story: yesterday morning i got my new passport (old one expired) in the mail. by yesterday aftenoon i was in canada.

i like how i managed to get both max and becca to go on an impulsive trip... we found this awesome lady, casey, at a club, and she put us up for the night and gave us a tour of toronto earlier today... <3 people who adopt ( Read more... )

first time i've had to myself in a while... i guess it's time that i explain what all i've been up to lately

this summer i'm working for FFPIR, we are a canvassing organization that does fund raising and minor lobbying for non-profits. right now we're working with PennEnvironment and later with the Sierra Club... essentially, they have us going ( Read more... )

this morning we fought for freedom. i think we won.

testifying in front of the house select committee on academic freedom and higher education wasn't near as bad as i had expected. (see: HR177 and ABOR) (in case you haven't heard yet, 'academic freedom' is infact a very VERY bad thing... you can thank me when you get to college ( Read more... )

back in pgh... remind me never EVER to drive 630+ miles in one day, it's suicidal... though i think i'd make a great trucker!

more updates on my state of * once i convert layla to dvorak and finish unpacking stuff

"... I do dimly perceive that whilst everything around me is ever changing, ever dying there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates... for I can see that in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light ( Read more... )

"The NSA would like to remind everyone to call their mother's this Sunday. They need to calibrate their system."