Marina (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} marinalives) wrote,@ 2004-05-18 17:57:00 |
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I get to vote! I'm a real adult now!
I saw Dennis Kucinich speak at PCC yesterday! I had no idea it was happening until people started setting up chairs and flags right outside the cafeteria while I was working. It was pretty spiffy. It was half speech and half question-and-answer thing, and it felt very informal because there were only about 75 people there. I even got to ask a question, about whether he thought rebuilding Iraq and rebuilding the US at the same time was really possible in the current economy. (He said yes.)
I've felt very steeped in politics lately. Today Oregon's presidential primary and Portland's mayoral primary ballots were due, so I've spent the last week or two discussing the various mayoral merits of the weekly independant newspaper's editor and Extremo the Clown. (You know you live in a liberal city when...) I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out what a county commissioner actually does, and avoiding the people handing out LaRouche brochures.
Classes are... almost over. I do still like my classes, but my goodness, it's spring! It's time to unschool already! There are so many things I want to do, so many books I want to check out of the library and spend the entire weekend reading.
Nick has moved out and Eli has moved in. Last night all five of us were in the kitchen at once, which was incredible! That never happens! We are a good group. I really love how we're all interested in such different things. It makes conversations much more interesting when everyone brings in something different. Unschoolers rock, yes we do.
I saw Dennis Kucinich speak at PCC yesterday! I had no idea it was happening until people started setting up chairs and flags right outside the cafeteria while I was working. It was pretty spiffy. It was half speech and half question-and-answer thing, and it felt very informal because there were only about 75 people there. I even got to ask a question, about whether he thought rebuilding Iraq and rebuilding the US at the same time was really possible in the current economy. (He said yes.)
I've felt very steeped in politics lately. Today Oregon's presidential primary and Portland's mayoral primary ballots were due, so I've spent the last week or two discussing the various mayoral merits of the weekly independant newspaper's editor and Extremo the Clown. (You know you live in a liberal city when...) I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out what a county commissioner actually does, and avoiding the people handing out LaRouche brochures.
Classes are... almost over. I do still like my classes, but my goodness, it's spring! It's time to unschool already! There are so many things I want to do, so many books I want to check out of the library and spend the entire weekend reading.
Nick has moved out and Eli has moved in. Last night all five of us were in the kitchen at once, which was incredible! That never happens! We are a good group. I really love how we're all interested in such different things. It makes conversations much more interesting when everyone brings in something different. Unschoolers rock, yes we do.
