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| Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 | | 5:47 pm |
I'm back!! and so here i am; i can't believe that a whole week just buzzed right on by, but it did. unfortunately i couldn't get online the whole time due to the tres remote locations i was plopped into, so i'm trying to take it easy tonight before the mad assault of playing catch-up at work begins tomorrow.i had the best time!!i'm not sure when my fascination with the dakotas began; it was a long, long time ago, though. i remember one of the directors at a preschool i worked at like six years ago telling me about snirt storms, so i know it was back then. i remember thinking in my head that i'd find some country dyke with the same fascination, move out there, have one child and live on this big hunk of land. this later morphed into a vegan AR cowgirl with rescued farm animals and maybe one child...then i just had to shake my head and go what the heck am i thinking? my life isn't on this path.but whatever. a girl can have her fantasies.i shouldn't even mention the cowboy dildo that almost found its way into my collection, should i?it was brown with hats and boots all over it, though, and when i went back for it, it was gone.but anyway!i digress.south dakota did NOT disappoint. no, no - the infatuation rages harder than ever.i should also apologize in advance...if i diss on your state, please forgive. i'm sure my peek in the window wasn't enough to form a real opinion and it's quite different depending on the person doing the peeking. so south dakota ROCKED. yeehaw and all that good stuff; i got my snowglobe and i shook it. surprisingly we weren't far from mt. rushmore so that's where i got it...never thought i'd be there! it's very surreal. i'll go through it from the beginning:flying armadillos in georgia (wtf?), or minneapolis. i forget which layover this was, actually.OK, so this was definitely minneapolis. MOOOSE!first demo: rapid city, SD, followed by leafleting at all three shows Saturday. we met some really cool activists (i knew there had to be more there than we knew about!!), including a girl who came out with her moms and a sign she made. way adorable. we were well-received and made the front page of the paper the next morning (including my first quote!). it was great. great! thrift stores everywhere...i got this tacky cowboy boot necklace and some cowboy rawk sunglasses. it was really too much for me to handle. nice people, good food, and a putz n glo (blacklight mini-golf!!!) all at arms' reach. dreaming. one day, ringling, your ass will be grass. your animals will be free and your child-molesting clowns will all need to go home (USDA documented).this dino taunted me the whole time during the demos. why was there a dino on top of the black hills? why? he kept calling to me, so on the way to rushmore we discovered the myth to be true - there was a dino-sculpture park in the middle of town.me + rushmoreup close. that's how they make it seem so LARGE. i mean, it's big and all, but far away it doesn't seem to live up to the grandness the legend has built (?!?!).in spencer, iowa, we made the front page two days in a row. yep. that's what this demo will do to people.now a little bit on iowa. it was OK. it was f'n FLAT as anything, though. cornfields for miles, but factory farms left and right which was upsetting. i saw a truck of cows in transport to the slaughterhouse, but luckily (?) all the others i saw were empty. *sigh* i couldn't live here with all this so in my face. in SD they sure do love their meat, huntin' n fishin' but all the animals i saw there had *enormous* room to roam. IA was factory farms and feed lots. meet your meat. however, the demo was great! people were SO nice and one woman, after speaking to elizabeth and i said, "you know, i feel horrible. i had no idea and if i had my tickets with me i'd give them to you...i don't want to support this." she sadly walked off, then about ten minutes later she showed up - she'd gone home to get them! two front row tickets for tonight totaling more than $50, and a heartfelt promise that she'll never attend a circus with animals again.this was a very, very small town. topeka, ks. another great demo.kansas, however, wasn't what i expected. i was probably in the wrong places. topeka to kansas city, ks, to kansas city, mo. it all seemed blah to me. we had some GREAT activist meet us there, plus a girl who was watching for the longest time and decided to join us when i invited her. they were way sweet and made this a great success.if you'd like to watch the news coverage it can be found here: http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1842621.html bahahahhahahahahahha c'mon now. KUM and GO?? ahahahahaha *cry*and just in case you DARED skip all that i will now force you to see me on a jackalope at wall drug, SD.dakotas forever, baby.*pitter-patter*and please don't go to circuses with any animals.thank you.next tour in december with myself as the imogen model in florida (another place i never thought i'd go, however due to the flying albino cockroaches it isn't on the dakota-pedestal). | | Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | | 3:56 pm |
i'm so tired i can hear my bones breaking
traveling is a great adventure, but i despise the packing part.what will i need? how much of it? what will the weather be like?did i remember it all...do i really need this or that, will i regret not taking it.i have about 40 lbs of props to bring.details details details.i amSOfucking excited to go to a Dakota.i hope it's everything i ever dreamed it would be and that the airport has one BAD ASS snowglobe that i can get, then walk around shaking it going, yeah, yeah, i did it, i went to a Dakota.cha cha cha.it obviously has to have South Dakota written on it somewhere and be VERY tacky.so long for now...perhaps i can update from the road.xO. | | Monday, January 4th, 2010 | | 12:06 pm |
awww
they made LJ look spooky for a night! cute.i'm exhausted from adventures in richmond...more later. off to find my scary godmother t-shirt.oh and order that wallet. limited edition and that fun little store is sold out.isn't that the way it always goes?got a new pucca wallet to replace the one that was tainted.awesome sculpture pictures to come. i am so tired, i can't type straight.OH YEAH!!!travel plan changes:NO chicago.next week: south dakota, iowa, and kansas! i'm pumped.florida in december as planned. | | Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 | | 6:41 am |
too much cuteness!
it's halloween - do it! be a cute-monster e-card sender! | | Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | | 1:36 am |
| | Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | | 9:45 pm |
Saturday up at 5:30 a.m.into a vanup up up to DCreadlaughtired yawn!arriveeat wrap, smoothie, and whole soy yogurt on sidewalkwalk to gansta demo sitesee this muralprotest KFC http://www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.comone hour latermeet some local activiststalk to a lady with a bird on her shoulder who randomly joined us[disclaimer please don't bring your birds out onto busy roads on a string leash: it's wrong]back in the vanmy friend derek called!!that made me really happylostno whole foodsdrive driverest stop - imported vegan cookies!! scorealmost finish reading valley of the dollsarrived homeall my senses are friedeveryonefriedit was a great daygood demojustday trips like that are very tiring:)please boycott KFC so the chickens can lead more respectful livesthank you ♥ | | Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | | 7:22 pm |
| | Monday, January 26th, 2009 | | 1:56 pm |
phone review time!
tomorrow i'm buying out of sprint:who should i sign to - what phone should i get?note: i'm more interested in phone carriers and less interested in phones with video cameras. i just want something that works.p.s. my phone is 110% broken *sigh* | | Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | | 8:15 am |
i ate a grilled portabello sandwich for dinnerput together a fan that oscillates[that's such a funny
i ate a grilled portabello sandwich for dinnerput together a fan that oscillates[that's such a funny word]i watched a huge display of fireworks from my bedroom windowi'm making gingerbread iced tea that smells yummy watching svu and wandering about my housestill hurt quite a bithave to give lily her medicine later, but i feel like a beast for it because the fireworks terrified her :/and on a side note: i got my dad a father's day card today.why do we equate fathers with fishing?it's near impossible to find a serious card that doesn't incorporate a fishing rod in some way.ech. | | Friday, January 23rd, 2009 | | 6:16 am |
ATTENTION EVERYONE IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON DC
you will have the opportunity to run naked with me in two weeks.(though you can be clothed - but how fun is that??)details are forthcoming. | | Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | | 2:02 am |
kittens can look like baby ewoks
when they smoosh their ears down and out to the sideploof up their fur when they're already fuzzyand walk all squatty and close to the groundlily went to the vet this afternoon and he was a very nice vet. he was gentle with her, took some samples, ran some earwax tests...diagnosis: not quite sureher ears are icky and full of guck, slightly red and inflamed. he cleaned them a bit, but every day (twice a day) she needs to have saline dumped in them, then half an hour later have them cleaned with a q-tip, then medicated. for the next two weeks.ladies and gents: lily is pissed and trying to leave the building. | | Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | | 11:59 pm |
and in other news tonight...
lily's ear is bothering her quite a bit. she's chill now, but earlier she was clawing at it a lot - and when she'd claw, she'd shriek.i think it might be an ear infection...when i have off on wednesday i'll take her to the vet.bleh. poor little screamapillar. | | Monday, January 19th, 2009 | | 9:18 pm |
Ode to PEEPS [for entertainment purposes only]
who doesn't love a peep? even if you're vegan and can't eat them they're fun to reminisce about. some of you might recall that i've been obsessively looking for a stuffed peep for the longest time now. last february i went on a demo tour up into the bowels of NJ, where on the road trip up i found one! they were in a weird truck stop convenience store and i nearly peed my pants. who'da thunk?? but i quickly discovered they were every where this past season and i could have gotten one for cheaper at target. who knew? not i. now i have a yellow peep-bunny sitting on the plant shelf above my desk at work. my friendly desk-partner (aka the awesome guy who sits next to me) is a peep fanatic, too. you know what he brought me? a flyer from The Peep Fun Mobile! it's the coolest thing EVER and i've mounted and framed it in my room. creepy, huh? i know, totally insane. well jason started to tell me how there's an equally creepy online obsession with this marshmellow treat, so of course i had to find out for myself.observe the madness. the only thing i ask of you is, How Do You/Did You Like Your PEEPS?i liked mine stale, otherwise they were gross.now i present:THE PEEPMOBILE!!more on THE PEEPMOBILE!the PEEP research facility!PEEPS on MOTORCYCLES!PEEPS ON FIRE!!!PEEPS on the beach!Peeps in the microwave-(artistic)Mourning PEEPS.PEEPS of Rock n Roll fameOMG THIS ONE IS SO GREAT YOU JUST HAVE TO SEEX-Ray PEEPS!uhhhhhh...even i don't know what to say about this site...Jesus and his flock.more burning peeps...and now for the grand finale(s)!!!!THE KNITTING PEEPandKFC PEEPS! | | Sunday, January 18th, 2009 | | 6:10 pm |
Pirate Festival, Hampton, VA
yeah, that's right - A PIRATE FESTIVAL - and it was so f'n awesome, lemme tell you!but first thing's first. we had a KFC demo earlier this afternoon. i felt fine this morning, but around the time i got there i couldn't stop yawning. i wasn't tired, had eaten, was well hydrated. after about five minutes of holding a banner with robyn i started seeing spots, my stomach felt tight, and my throat felt closed. i was going to pass out! ugh, what the hell. that never happens to me. so i tried to suck it up of course, finally switching out of holding a banner for a poster. i was on the ground choking out Boycott KFC when i could, until i gave up. or rather others made me. i went to the store, got some water, then waited back at the car for the others.vroom off to hampton where we ate ethiopian and i drank a lot more water. outside people from the pirate festival were strolling around so it made for perfect people spying. it was so fun! we couldn't wait to be done and walk around. why was there a pirate festival?click here for all the high tales and death of one-time native Blackbeard.so we strolled the paths, robyn and philip looking for the perfect pirate flag to hang from their balcony, and oh! i got this small wooden pirate hanging handmade by a very nice man (out of a recycled 35 year old oak fence). mmK so i just took a picture so you all could just see it:but i digress, here's the festival:The Great Pirate Ship, matey!this is me pretending my two fingers are hooks and i'm saying "arrrrrr"all the boats along the dock were gussied up for this!the peasant bandlord of the flies - aka mass child pirate dueling in front of the peasant bandOMG look how derranged this kid looks!!remember to say grace - hot dogs for JESUS!Drench a Wench!roll playing - this 'tart' is about to get drenched with water from a bucket, but alas, blondie had bad aim and the pirate-trash got it instead. now. i was very disappointed with the results of this because the tart was HAWTTT and i think it should have turned into a wet-dress contest. but that's just me.this is where it started to get boring and we left - but i thought it was a decent picture, so i included it.now walk the plank.THE END. | | Saturday, January 17th, 2009 | | 2:39 pm |
gah!
dear new property management,i appreciate that you decided to buy my crappy building and are working hard to fix it up. so far you showed me that the floors in the hall are actually light brown and not the color they always appeared. it smells pretty decent, too. however the grass will still be there later. you don't really have to start with the weed-wacker at 8 a.m. on saturday right outside our windows. i was planning on sleeping until 9 which isn't unreasonable.thank you now go away. | | Friday, January 16th, 2009 | | 12:22 pm |
dear stef,
you're too far to reach for bubbletea, damn you!i miss you honeybunchesofoats. | | Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | | 7:55 am |
Where I'll be tomorrow...
in case you can make it:CRUELTY AT COVANCES ANIMAL LAB EXPOSED BY PROTESTERS PETA Members to Show Undercover Footage of Abuse Princeton, N.J. Wearing body screen TVs and carrying posters reading, Covance Tortures Monkeys, alongside giant photos of the monkeys in Covances labs, members of PETA will gather at the Covance offices in Princeton to show video footage secretly shot inside a Covance lab located in Vienna, Va., by a PETA undercover investigator: Date: Thursday, June 2Time: 12 noon-1 p.m.Place: Covance, 210 Carnegie Center During an 11-month investigation into Covancethe billion-dollar Princeton-based company that owns the Vienna laboratoryPETA videotaped repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act by Covance workers, including the following: Striking, choking, and taunting injured monkeys Failing to administer veterinary care to severely wounded monkeys Failing to provide euthanasia to monkeys in extreme distress Failing to properly oversee lab workers, who roughly tear monkeys from their cages and violently shove them into restraint tubes Performing painful and stressful procedures in full view of other animals Monkeys with chronic rectal prolapses resulting from constant stress and diarrhea Daily bloody noses caused by dosing small monkeys by forcing large tubes up their nostrils and into their stomachs Monkey self-mutilation resulting from failure to provide psychological enrichment and socialization PETA has filed a 272-page complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that asks for the Vienna laboratory to be shut down until a thorough investigation can be conducted. Its time for Covances reign of terror to come to an end, says PETA Senior Vice President Mary Beth Sweetland. The abuse that our investigator witnessed isnt just cruel, its also bad science.For more information about PETAs investigation into Covance, please visit CovanceCruelty.com. or email ChristyG@peta.org |
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