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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 ~
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lisa ~
carrie ~
cinnamon
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Monday, July 21
pflag site STILL not done. 3 weeks overdue. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. i cannot believe i've done this. i've let people down. i hate that. how am i ever going to succeed back at work and continue my activist work?
i was sitting in this room of over 400 people today, listening to dennis kucinich. i looked around and thought "these are the activists in town, and *i* am one of them." i didn't know many of the people, but i did know a few. i got some hugs and kind words and "yeah, when i get back in town, i'll call you.. i've just been so busy with the lcbordc!" i introduced myself to city councilor david kelly, introduced myself as a part of the lcbordc, as a fan of his work. i listened to kucinich, made some comments and prepared questions i never got to ask. i got a bumper sticker and told myself that i need to put together a politics part of the scrap book that my ma gave me for my 30th birthday, because as i looked around the room i thought about my mondale and ferraro button, i thought about the dukakis sticker i had on my bass clarinet case, i thought about the scattered political work i've done around eugene.
i've gotten incredibly involved in the lcbordc over the last only 2 months. each day i get up and i feel like i've got a weight on my shoulders because i know that no matter how much i do there's always more to do.. whether it be working on the website, playing with button ideas, going and tabling somewhere, checking web news sources for news pertaining to our work, making copies, or reading-- because there is always reading and educating to do, catching up on what i don't know while keeping up on new developments.
i've vowed though. i've let down one group, yet again. but i'm not going to let down the lcbordc. i know that one good thing about the group is that all of us honestly seem to like each other. i know i like all of them. and as i work with people i'm finding commonalities, pieces that could possibly be the beginnings of friendships. i don't feel like i'm off alone doing something, like my old work place, like other activist work i've done. i get to check in with these people, see them face to face, talk to them on the phone and email. that helps so much. its nice not being alone in doing all this. and because of those reasons i so very much do not want to let the lcbordc down.
and so. i like being an activist. its a title i use proudly. i hope i never have to let that title go.
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