happy bloomsday folks

that steve kurtz stuff is messed up..

i had a dream where i ran into matthew and terry, who were being super mysterious. then i got on and off the bus and saw andre, who had baked nicole a cake. it makes no sense but i love the fuzziness of dreams

three more days, then i'm free.. three hellish days. maybe then i'll be back on the elmwoodstrip more, the real one and the 'blogger' one.

i was really hoping for quad skates

but i spose i'll have to settle for unicorns as my mode of transport..

the other day, none of us could remember how to play the game m.a.s.h. but megans got a good memory. remember this one?



mash = mansion apt shack house

you have to write down who you like/want to marry, and how many brats you'll have, your job, where youre gna honeymoon/ settle, and how you'll get around. do the spiral to figure out what number is used to eliminate the choices. and then rest assured that your fate will play out according to the answers.

all i wanna do is see you again

yesterday was a lot of fun. for rea


so here goes

i was on elmwood ave. and saw some chalk writing that said 'show us your new haircut on elmwoodstrip.com'



its not nearly as good as the drawings above the storefront of that bidwell park haircutter, but it'll do..

16

• and i wanna feel like i did when i was with you and i wanna feel*

long time no nothing.

critical mass is today, i think i'll brave the rain (if there is any) today, for it is the one year anniversary of the 'critical massacre' ride where the buffalo police beat up many people (including a journalist and professors) and arrested 9 people.

If you don't know the story, you can refer to Mike Niman's artVoice article this week: .. pay special attention to part ii, where he talks about the changes in the ride. make it out if you can, its on the people of buffalo to change the tone of the ride, especially if you have problems with it as it currently exists.

anyways im on a lunch break, so i'll catch up with you strippers later.. between june bringing pride weekend, our midi prom, and my room-warming party (yes! finally moved in!) it shall be great fun. we're also planning something fun for the allentown arts festival, so be sure to be at or near the house that wkend..

someone i know is throwing this.. let me know if youre interested..

Announcement, to forward to interested others, who can be open-minded & GLBT-friendly:

SEX TOY PARTY
Friday, May 21
8 PM
X-sentuals, way out on Millersport Highway

If you want to shop for new toys or learn more, come to this party! Feel free to bring food or drink. Let us know if you need a ride, & we'll work out the carpools.

but now that i am back on, i don't really have time to write much

my connection was down and so i have been computer deprived for the whole weekend, and then some. i actually did things and saw people. maybe i ll keep up with being offline. but then again, i see all you people on (e:strip) right?

ok, off.. take care yall

did anyone hear the shout out amy goodman gave buffalo this morning? rock..

oh and matt youre famous all over elmwood strip, it seems like everyone wants to meet you and talk to you.

rock on

carissa's wierd

the thing that comes to mind at 430 am are parties. all sorts of themes pop up. is it a signal that its what i should be doing with my time? thinking of parties, planning parties. event planning. would it lose its fun if it became a full-time thing? what qualifies as a good job nowadays anyways..

quick poll:

is anyone planning on going to the amy goodman event thursday? (who is she? shes on the cover of artvoice this week)

would you go see michael moore's new film if it was showing?

you see some things, you completely miss others

one interesting thing about this morning was that bush's motorcade was to move up pennsylvania into kleinhans, on the opposite side of where everyone was gathered. a line of sharp-shooters were poised along the building on that side of the street. there were 7 or 8 buses (presumably empty, and waiting for any 'troublemakers') lined up along pennsylvania ave.

a not-as-bad article

a link to the Buff News article, Bush visits Buffalo (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040420/1018200.asp). this article does mention protests, and even ends on the note of mentioned a banner that says "Bush Lies, People Die"

two interesting quotes from the article..

"
And state Democratic Chairman Herman D. Farrell, another Manhattan assemblyman, said since all of Bush's new troubles stem from his war on terrorism, the president is now attempting to return to his "glory days of October 2001."

Still, the president is expected to find plenty of friendly heads nodding in agreement when he makes his pitch in Kleinhans' Mary Seaton Room. Not only will his audience comprise mainly "first responders," but Republican allies as well.
"
of course, what'd you expect

from what mike n. said, the crowd inside was mostly policemen and attorneys and the like. of course they would nod in agreement, every single person who would've said something different was standing outside the arena..

and that was quite a showing from the WNY community. the crowd was filled with such a breadth of ppl- folks from the labor community and local community organizations, the activists, students, a fair share of lawyers, the arts community, and then some. in addition to the folks and signs that paul and terry mentioned, i also saw the 'sabres fans against bush,' the 'billionaires for bush' (holding a sign which read 'free the enron 7!') and sponge bob square pants.

my own thirty second ad

under the banner of 'WNY United Against Bush' were a breadth of people speaking out against the policies of this administration. i didn't get to hear him speak but i bet he was there talking- a gentleman named Herb F., who to me, and many others, is the voice of Buffalo and Western New York.

Herb worked at Tri-Co, the local company that made car parts such as windshield wipers--at least, Herb worked there, until recently. Tri-Co was one of the many companies who have left WNY to open a factory along the border in Mexico. Herb also comes from a line of people who had served this country during the wars. His father and grandfather had served, and he himself had served in (I believe) the Vietnam War. His son is currently in Iraq. And if you didn't hear Herb speak today or any other day, then I wish you get a chance, because I certainly don't do any justice in telling his story. He talks about how the American Dream was very different and how far off our reality today is, and how as a supporter of our country and of our troops, he can not support the current administration, can not support Bush, and the lies upon which Bush waged a war where the sons and daughters of people such as Herb are in Iraq fighting. This is one real reason why Bush should be ashamed, and this is how I also know there is real change in the air-- the voices that are speaking up are not just along the sides, they are coming from the mainstream of America.

take the estrip challenge

and for all this talking, for myself and for the talking that each and everyone of you do, i want to challenge all of us to directly put some thing into defeating Bush this November-- whether it's volunteering hours to phone bank the swing states (which many community groups and unions are doing), or to get people signed up to vote (which east side pride and rock the vote are working on), or putting $
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nto campaigns. or if you don't believe in the electoral process, i challenge you to do something that will effect change. this is just too damn important to sit back and watch, and too important to just complain about without acting on your thoughts. and barring any october surprises (listen to the democracy now show from earlier today, bob woodward is alleging that bush is working with the Saudi ambassador to fix oil prices in an attempt to have a strong economy in the months/ days prior to the election), change is definitely attainable, and the time is now.