so this weekend i volunteered for a series of workshops and lectures put on by CAIR and MSA Posted 12/22/2008 2:06:20 AM so this weekend i volunteered for a series of workshops and lectures put on by CAIR and MSA. i actually wore hijab because they told me if i didn't wear the veil i might feel awkward, since most of the women would be wearing one. they were right - almost everyone WAS wearing one and i would have been really self-conscious if i hadn't been. i learned a lot of stuff that i didn't know and then i also learned some of the reasoning behind stuff i did know. all in all, it was really intense and everyone i met was SO friendly and willing to help me out, even though i was supposed to be the one helping them out.then sunday night we had our first read and die book club meeting. Friday Night Recap. . we voted on what to read (SOOOO many good suggestions, so it was hard) and decided on Life of Pi, which is like one of my favorite books ever ever ever so i am excited to have an excuse to read it again. battlestar galactica squee. . today i bought my dress for the wedding. it's hot pink but actually looks really cute. it has like this draped billowy material. and the best part? it was 13.99 on sale. yeah that's right, i know how to shop if i have to. then i took the 43 to the u-district to meet ron and my bus was 15 minutes late because a crazy lady kept kicking people and yelling obscenities until the bus driver radioed the cops and they boarded our bus to take her off, kicking and screaming obscenities. in addition to my talent for picking out cheap clothing, i also really know how to pick the right bus!after that ordeal, ron and i saw Grindhouse and i was happy we decided to go. what really made it worse was the retching sound the girl behind me was making. . the 2nd movie was kind of pointless/cliched at times but thoroughly enjoyable in other parts. the first movie, the one about the zombies, was really good. i liked it a lot better than i thought i would and i was still scared. it was, of course, ridiculously over the top but what made it good was the acting stayed pretty level. they could have hammed it up a lot more than they did but thankfully they refrained from doing so. When The World Around You Crumbles.... . also, new twist on the cliched "stripper with a heart of gold" plot device? gogo dancer with a semiautomatic leg of steel. tomorrow i am babysitting all day for kiera and sophie. i'm really starting to love being with them and i'm excited that the weather is getting nicer so we can take walks and go to the park! they also have a family pass at the zoo and they are members at a community pool during the summer, so i think i'm definitely set for my summer "job." the best part about tomorrow though is i don't have class, which i also don't have on wednesday OR thursday, because both of my professors are at a conference in chicago all week. so i fully plan to spend the next few nights outside in a park (weather permitting) or in some of my favorite quaint cafes, catching up on my reading and planning for my upcoming projects.. (0) Comments

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life. Posted 12/10/2008 8:20:46 AM yesterday i attended an ISIS show. which, for me, is eerily like going to church. jesu opened up and made my heart hurt. there's nothing more lonely than seeing a justin broadrick project by yourself. and i'm incredibly busy. and it's only the 2nd week of the quarter. and i have too much to do and i'm doing it all but barely managing to have a social life. i need a new social life actually. because i don't think i've really made any friends here who aren't related to dawn. in some respects i don't want to cheat on our third, whom i miss so much. i feel like i shouldn't be having fun while she isn't here because i always had fun with her. i also miss paul ferrari to an incredible degree, and i can never figure out when to talk to him.i feel like my life is changing a lot but no one knows except me. i'm becoming more of an activist. i'm becoming more of an introvert, which i don't like. i'm spending more and more time researching and writing things that no one except my professors even sees. i'm spending a lot of time babysitting for some very adorable little ones and having second thoughts about adoption. i'm losing weight. i'm reading more books that aren't even assigned. i'm feeling especially like this might be my only chance to write the book for a while. i'm feeling like i should speak out more against oppression but i don't know how. i'm thinking that last sentence was a cop-out. i'm becoming more conscious of hidden racism. i'm rethinking my ideas about feminism and i'm unlearning a lot of epistemologies i wasn't aware i relied so heavily upon. i'm thinking the left side of my brain is shrinking to the size of a pea...that is, if the right side of my brain hasn't eaten it already. i'm having a full-blown Life of Pi-esque spiritual growth period. i'm attending services at a liberal episcopalian church in capitol hill, meditation classes at a buddhist congregation, and volunteer sessions at the council for american-islamic relations (CAIR). i still consider seeing jesu my most spiritual experience all month. i'm trying very hard to understand where people are coming from, but mostly i'm trying to find my place in seattle. could it be a permanent one? i honestly don't know. (0) Comments

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