Hi.
However, also of note (on a more morbid side) was that I finally found a place that will bury me in the way that I want. For years, I've stated that I want to be burried in a pine box, to decompose back into the earth. This is a belief that I had long before I "turned" more hippie/environmentalist. There has always been some issue with public health concerns, so it's never been very realistic. I really don't want to be pumped full of embalming fluid and put in a metal box to rot for all of eternity. I want to decompose, become fertilizer for a nice tree, and have the land reused for someone or something else after I'm gone. After I'm dead, my body can serve no better purpose than to feed the earth that fed me in life.
sad day
hi.
I'm back from New Mexico. I spent almost a month there, working my ass off for a campaign. We lost, but I know we tried our goddamned hardest, and I am proud of the work I was a part of. It was the community that I've been searching for. United for a common cause, different walks of life all came together. We Democrats, we're not all that different :)
elly came to get me from the rainy Oakland Airport last night. What a sight for sore eyes. I was exhausted, and she took care of me, bringing me home to a nice neat, clean house, feeding me perfect SF burritos, and letting me sleep for ages. purrr.
I woke up at a reasonable hour this morning, and elly coaxed me back to sleep until after noon, and for once I felt absolutely no guilt about it. I worked my ass off, not sleeping much for weeks and think sleeping in one day is pretty damn deserved. We went to yummy Bogaloos, saw Dean (always comforting), and ate yummy foods while Jazz played to our view of cloudy, gloomy San Francisco. It is a perfect day for mourning. elly got in a cab, and I went to AQ to buy new sad music.
I'm at home in the sublet, listening to Elliot with yoko in my lap, purring. I miss Homer (the dog) and Georgie (the bird), but yoko is really giving up the love right now. She is so soft and warm and loving. Todays sadness is kind of nice. Not overwhelming, or even bad, just kind of slow and nice. I feel at peace. I will soon go to look at new apartments with le.
When Roberta (my gracious host family in NM) comes to do a reading of her new book, I'll be there to listen and buy a copy! I met so many nice, smart, great people our working for Kerry. I feel like I did after my second Burningman right now. I am motivated, enthusastic, and hopeful for the world. I feel like I can do something. Like I can Make A Difference in my everyday life without having to leave the whole world behind.
I didn't think losing would make me feel this way. Not bad.
And finally, a sardonic view of the election results for you to read, thanks to ab.
November 02, 2004 11:48 AM
Game Day
It's game day. If you haven't already voted, get to it! :) :)
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