school is busy and hard and i'm having problems with motivation ( Read more... )

school is going good. its time consuming and a wee bit overwhelming but its good.

the national labor relations board has found merit in my case against cluw (i filed an unfair labor practice for the firing) and a complaint is being issued. not sure yet whether they will settle or we'll go to trial. i'll keep ya posted. i'm very happy about the news ( Read more... )

so myself and the executive director have a meeting today with the national president and treasurer. or should i say we were summoned to a meeting today. a meeting with no agenda and one that will be "brief" (ie leave no room for discussion). if i said i wasn't concerned about being fired at this meeting, i'd be lying ( Read more... )

i kinda get bad at LJ during times of stress. however, some of the best worldly reflections can take place during stressful times. here's an example...

me: "why does the labor movement have to be such a shitty employer"
long time labor movement buddy: "because they learn it from the best"

see...isn't that a truly wonderful thought? doesn't your day ( Read more... )

happy may day everyone!!!

May Day also refers to various socialist and labor movement celebrations conducted on May 1, unrelated to the traditional celebrations to commemorate the Haymarket martyrs of 1886 and the international socialist movement generally. The latter event is an important holiday in Communist and Socialist countries.

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i know i should update. but its hard to tell what to say...what to say ( Read more... )

my dearest philadelphia ( Read more... )

here is a picture of the house we got. i'm so excited to actually be living in a HOUSE. the dogs are pretty excited too. i'm gonna get to work on a veggie garden right away. 13 days and counting...oh my god so stressful.


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this weekend contains the first tasty burger off my grill, some declicious water ice and a phillies game.

the bad news...i'm realizing how much philly has charmed me and i'm gonna miss it here a lot.

the good news...we got the second house. the one with the porch/finished basement. i'm so friggin excited. yet so friggin stressed.

oh and a vending ( Read more... )

we went to dc this past weekend (well, my weekend which is fri/sat) to look at housing. we had a couple of appointments set up but we also wanted to spend a lot of time driving around and hunting for "for rent" signs since these places often end up being the best deals. we LOVED the eastern market neighborhood but when we saw that even one bedrooms ( Read more... )