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wish i may
i might
make a wish upon a star tonight..
email.
me.
i'm brooke. a short, fatish, bisexual, feminist, pacifist, very-liberal activist. i have 4 cats. and 2 computers, 2 kayaks, 1 masters degree, multiple backpacks, and way too many books.
i live in the most beautiful eugene, oregon. i'm currently disabled due to treatment resistant severe depression. i've been blogging since election day of 2000.
i'm born and raised in the mountains of southwestern virginia. i could join the daughters of the american revolution, i don't think they'd like me cause i hear they like to throw tea parties instead of rallies and revolutions.
links.
lane co. bill of rights defense committee (lcbordc) ~
bill of rights defense committee ~
chel ~
lisa ~
carrie ~
cinnamon
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Friday, September 5
what a day! i didn't get to sleep till about 4.30am. at 8.30am i got a call from hope. i'm going to washington, dc. to the national conference. to pay for 5 of us to go will wipe out the lcbordc bank account, but she wants us to go. so, i got my scholarship form written up fast-- to help cover the cost of tuition-- and put my registration in the mail. if i don't get a scholarship i can still afford it. i've committed. i'll put some money aside. i can't believe she did that.
*and* 3 of us are going to stay in dc for an extra day, flying out at 5.15, so we can hit the sites. i'm going to have to talk to my companions, but for 10 years i've been wanting to go to the united states holocaust memorial museum. every time i go home i consider going up to dc *just* to go to the museum. *and* they are going to have an anne frank exhibit-- with parts of her actual diary. i've been a student of the holocaust for 20 years. the holocaust is one reason why i do the work with the lcbordc. so, i'm going to talk to my mates-- maybe they'd be up for going to museums i've been too and i'll head to the holocaust museum. i hope so, because i really really want to go. i've considered going to poland to tour the camps.. i can't explain it. i've read so many heroic stories, i've read so many amazing stories. i've read so many stories that i would never want to repeat to anyone else ever again. i've even considered going back to school doing holocaust studies. and i can't explain why. anyhow, i'm sure if they know my passion, they'll be okay with it.
anyhow. i am soooooooo excited. i can't wait to meet others from around the country who have been doing this work. it will be so nice to hear THEIR war stories. it will be so nice to be face to face with allies from all over the country. this is going to be such an incredible experience. and i am so thrilled that hope did what she did this morning.
but first i must get through the lsat.
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