it's been a while since i've updated this and my life is so horribly busy that i've forgotten everything i've done this week. i'll start with powershift.
the caravan of hippies showed up at a broken down gas station on main street in blacksburg on friday around 10pm, and they followed amanda, sahil, sahil's friend who amanda kept misnaming, and i to amanda's apartment. we tried to figure out a solid plan for the night, but that kept changing, and i just wanted hookah. most people ended up leaving and dan, angela, bum chung and i all ran to kroger to pick up 48 pbr's and a bottle of wine. bum chung did some casual grocery shopping and double bagged his yogurt to all of our dismay. we went back to amanda's apartment and drinking and hookah commenced, lasting til about 1:30am when the rest of us decided to go to bed and bum chung went on a "personal excursion" which turned out badly. i won't get into details, but he ended up surviving the night. success.
next morning we woke up and went to powershift sessions, me and amanda made a trip to the farmer's market and to lauren's tailgate, then took some group powershift photos, then went back to squires to grab rebekah and head downtown. i made some lovely purchases and we headed back to amanda's to get ready for our fundraiser party. we couldn't find kara's address so we headed to owens to get some dinner, and i made a horrible shoe choice and ended up with very wet feet.
the party itself was wonderful and we made a little bit of money for the tar sands action legal fees. we headed back to amanda's after where the party mostly continued throughout some drama (amanda's roommates: i'm so sorry. i will send you a fruit basket of sorts.) and we drank more and smoked more hookah. in the morning i mostly wanted to die.
the rally went well as did the action, and finally we headed back home after stopping in harrisonburg for some salad.
monday and tuesday were mostly spent recovering from the weekend and feeling sick. on wednesday, rebekah and i got the opportunity to join appalachian voices in presenting the last mountain in the rayburn building of congress. i met dennis kucinich while i was drinking a boston lager (i can now cross that off my bucket list). in michael's words, "he's my favorite gremlin."
last night we occupied the state department from keeping corporate lobbyists from taking up all the spots for the hearing. though sleeping on a marble floor is not my preferential bed, i had a lot of fun, and it was all worth it when the woman who's spot i held to speak at the hearing came up to introduce herself with her mom, and they both hugged me and thanked me for sleeping there all night so she could speak.
i've caught a cold and i'm desperately hoping it doesn't turn out to be anything more than just a cold. i spent most of the day sleeping and dog sitting, which is also how i plan to spend the rest of the weekend.
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