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Yesterday I helped P do newsletters at Vedanta. I had to fold about 250 newsletters--there's a folding machine. Then I had to stuff envelopes and seal them using a little bottle of water with a sponge on top. I had to help P make sure the envelopes were arranged in zip code order so she could go to the post office and do the thing that lets us get a reduced postage rate since we're nonprofit. We put them in batches bound with rubber bands.
In the afternoon Erik and I went to Howe Park so he could run and I could walk. Then I worked on a letter to my friend C in Kansas that's getting long.
In the evening we went downtown to a community center to a talk put on by the local Marxist school. It was about the economy, and we learned a lot. Two of the people at the talk were people who I met the day before at the protest.
Yesterday our friend P who's an oral historian dropped off a manuscript for me to proofread. It's a manuscript of an interview. I plan to do most of that tomorrow while Erik's at work--he has a one day in person job scoring CSET.
Today there are errands to run, and I need to review the last zine for Zine World and submit the reviews and try to figure out how to enter some info from them into a database. I wasn't able to figure it out last time and gave up in frustration. But maybe this time I'll see if Erik can help me. My reviews are due the 15th.
The 15th is a big protest downtown against prop 8. I'm thinking about going, but I'm kind of scared because I think it's going to be huge, and I'm not good with crowds. Maybe I shouldn't go.
In the afternoon Erik and I went to Howe Park so he could run and I could walk. Then I worked on a letter to my friend C in Kansas that's getting long.
In the evening we went downtown to a community center to a talk put on by the local Marxist school. It was about the economy, and we learned a lot. Two of the people at the talk were people who I met the day before at the protest.
Yesterday our friend P who's an oral historian dropped off a manuscript for me to proofread. It's a manuscript of an interview. I plan to do most of that tomorrow while Erik's at work--he has a one day in person job scoring CSET.
Today there are errands to run, and I need to review the last zine for Zine World and submit the reviews and try to figure out how to enter some info from them into a database. I wasn't able to figure it out last time and gave up in frustration. But maybe this time I'll see if Erik can help me. My reviews are due the 15th.
The 15th is a big protest downtown against prop 8. I'm thinking about going, but I'm kind of scared because I think it's going to be huge, and I'm not good with crowds. Maybe I shouldn't go.
posted by Laura-Marie @ 8:08 AM
2 Comments:
At November 14, 2008 9:14 AM,
Anonymous said…
I used to struggle a lot with how to attend protests when I was feeling really uncomfortable around people. My advice is to try and stay on the edge of the action a little bit so that you have some breathing room. You can hold a sign or chant or just be there in support. Often I found that I would get swept up in the spirit of the action.
It's cool to hear that you went to a talk at the local Marxist school. I'll be thinking of you while I'm staffing the book table at the WWP conference this weekend :-)
At November 14, 2008 9:32 AM,
Laura-Marie said…
Good morning--thanks for your advice. Yes, I'll try to stay on the edge and hope to get caught up in it all.
I hope you have a fabulous conference. I'll be thinking of you while you're staffing the book table.
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