oh the irony

went to a really cool community health fair today where i got....sick.

yup, after shaking hands with a million ppl i think i've caught something.

i love community outreach! i love setting up the table, telling folks about what our awesome nonprofit does (work with ppl with disABILITIES). i like setting out the fall flowers and creating the ambience to draw ppl into our little charitable world. i love educating ppl about all the free services that are available.

like today i helped a mom whose 7 month old baby has never gotten to come home from the hospital and just cuz they are poor and latina the hospital is threatening to institutionalize their disabled child. so my agency came to the rescue and she's already gotten some good info to help her advocate for her family's rights. yay!

and i like all the cool ppl i meet; so many do-gooders who really are caring activists! social workers get a bad rap and have such low pay and no prestige. but they work their butts off and do awesome things for the community.

i hate being sick.

ah, well. a little zinc and ecinachea and napping and soon i'll be back to health, surely.

tomorrow's my birthday and i'm planning on attending a pagan feminist ritual with a women's group i've been active with here in the mountains. yay!

and my bff has been here from nashville and we've had the awesomest hikes at tahoe and on the yuba. really beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! i love her sooooo much. she's a total geek (that's a huge compliment!) and really into scifi and horror and fantasy. she's an amazing photojournalist who's just got the kindest heart.

i miss her already; she just left this am.

i already got several big pckgs for my bday in the mail; can't wait to open them tomorrow.

i end up in the strangest places...

online that is...

since i've moved up to the mts for a while, most of my naughtiness is online instead of in RL.

(god, i miss SF! but i do feel myself getting spiritually grounded which is what i came up for.)

sooo, i was actually looking for a feminist review of cougartown, courteney cox's new show.* i feel certain i shouldn't enjoy it due to the hideously outdated stereotypes and the only-rich-white-beautiful-people casting. but unfortch, my heart doesn't always match my head or my ethics. so despite its racism and sexism i find myself laughing out loud and recognizing myself in many of the scenes. (not the racist/sexist ones, mind you!)

so i googled feminist review and got sent here: feministreview.blogspot.com/

and was attracted to their ad for this: (i almost NEVER click through on ads but hey, it had sex in the title.)

www.edenfantasys.com/sexis/a...-100191/

so that is it. i ended up watching many very strange vids. including an animated one of two gay (?) men making their bodies into all kinds of racing transportation devices. wow, that sounds boring. but it's like gay-porn-meets-the-transformers. or fucks its ass.

just watch the vid. it's way better and far, far weirder than i can describe.




*haven't had a tv in years but i watch the daily show on hulu. and other stuff...

Homo A Go Go

Homo A Go Go: Queer Music, Film, Art, Performance & Activism Festival
Th 8/13- Sun 8/16

Homo A Go Go's first year in SF is sure to be memorable! This year features over 40 bands, 15 writers, 60+ films, 30 visual artists, 10 workshops, a 3-day craft fair, after parties and a fashion show! Featured artists include Girl in a Coma, Glass Candy, Mirah, Erase Errata, Hunx & His Punx, Young Lovers, RCHRD OH?!, Honey Sound System, Peaches Christ, Michelle Tea and celebrated queer films "Maggots and Men" and "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight"! For info, full schedule, complete artist listing and ticketing, visit www.homoagogo.com

what the folk???!!!!

bwahaha! Sickest Buddhist vid...

www.youtube.com/watch

thanks to sulevay!

the what when where is up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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photog credit: Aaron Logan
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small town charms

ok, small town life is nothing to compare with the excitement of living in sf.

but i'm settling in, making friends and loving the small town activities.

this weekend, i'm having friends over for a swim, eating an organic sunday brunch with neighbors, and going to book swap/author talk and a clothing swap!

last night, ate dinner on a lovely patio behind a gorgeous 19th century stone building with a bunch of sustainability activists.
www.youtube.com/watch

maybe small town but thoroughly charming!