was hard of course. we got out there at 1, and started passing out flyers and collecting signatures on what was a "declaration against poverty." you can read it at the website (tothestreets.org) but on a local level it fought for an inclusionary housing ordinance which would make any new development in Chicago (over ten units) be 10-15% ( Read more... )

tothestreets.org

i'll write my impressions after.

yesterday i was in the car with one of the teens i used to work with and his friend who came by the church every now and then for help with school work. i had 98.5 playing and the friend goes "do they always play songs like this on this station?" i thought he was going to complain because they usually like to listen to 94.5 or 97.7 (hip hop ( Read more... )

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY ( Read more... )

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thanksgiving for me was Boston Market and movies with my roommate.

i can't wait to come home.

So, we had to take this assessment to make sure we are fit for ministry. Luckily, one of the things it proved is that I am the polar opposite of a psychopathic deviant. Instead, I am overally cautious. I am also, according to this testing, an "atypical, avant garde female." Everyone I tell this to says "what's avant garde ( Read more... )

i called up my dad. "dad!" i say, "we won ( Read more... )

yesterday, while studying frantically for my Old Testament midterm, i spilled juice all over the table cloth. as it's not my table cloth, i couldn't let it sit and dry and get crusty while i finished studying so i went to throw it in the wash. so then i decided that as long as i had to put one stained thing in the wash, i might as well put ( Read more... )

tonight is the night folks.
i have a good feeling about this.
that could be due in part to the fact i haven't changed my underwear since the series started.

OK, i'm kidding.

i haven't changed my underwear since the red sox started winning.

YES, OK, I CHANGE MY UNDERWEAR EVERYDAY! man, you people can't take a joke.