Partnership and Progress

08/17/2010 Moon in Sagittarius

Today was pretty good. I spent quite a bit of time working on putting this blog together in the morning, and linking some funny and random things to it for the unadulterated joy of it. There were some text conversations and some huge postings from Dwayne that I haven't had much of a chance to get into. I heard from Cyd that our wiki is up which is very exciting and there will definitely be some work put into that soon. Other than that, I ate food and drank coffee while putting stuff together.

Then, after Cyd got home from getting some awesome chairs, I went over to his house and kept listening to the same song over and over again. It was Bassnectar, and the song was called Boombox. It was great. Then Cyd and I prepared for our day of grassroots organizing by admiring his new outdoor reclining chairs. They were pretty amazing, I didn't get in because I didn't want to put them through a weight test too early.

Then it was out to Clinton Street with a side of SE 43rd to go talk to people and have good conversations. They were very good conversations too. One of the first people that we talked to was getting very excited about industrial hemp and its' potential uses as a replacement for a lot of the things that we use petroleum for at this point. We also talked about community coming together, the party Beloved, and the way that the financial system has brought our country to some really interesting times.

Then it was down the road to more exciting conversations, including a person on the street that had a great idea of starting progressive dinners in the neighborhood. Plus, I met lots of really cute dogs. But I have to say something. I was in a coffee shop in the neighborhood, and the barista said something that made me laugh and wince at the same time. She was getting a new car, and I asked what kind she was going to get. She said she wanted to get an SUV, because "she was a bad driver", her quote. I was a bit boggled, I asked "But what if the person you hit is in a smaller car?" She implied that at least she would be ok. Good for her I guess...