A better day is possible
Today wasn't the greatest day, but it wasn't the worst. I wore my unlucky wingnut t-shirt, so we knew that it couldn't be too good. B was running really late this morning due to a 3-hour night of sleep. Then he realized he couldn't drop me off to wo rk by myself because of time constraints, so I had to help him/do nothing for a few hours. I did a bit of work at the Dublin St Patty's thing, and then we started driving around looking for places to work ("work" = gather signatures for petitions). We went the wrong way on the freeway, and then we eventually got back on track and went to Walnut Creek. Our spot was taken. Then we went to Lafayette, where our spot was also taken. Then we went to Danville, a town that I'd never thought I'd see again. We checked in with the store's customer service desk and they said noone had been working there. I started to set up and there was suddenly this guy behind me with petitions! He was like, I've been here for 2 hours, and we were like, well, we reserved this spot with the management. It was a bit ugly. The guy was kind of tweaking because he didn't have a cell phone, he clearly didn't know his way around, he didn't have a car, etc. He claimed to have "a family of four" to support. Rough life, his wife not having to work and all. B thinks the guy was bullshitting about a lot of it and he could actually make up to $70k per year as a professional signature gatherer (cuz you can travel to other states to do this stuff).Speaking of travel, we might go out of town to do petitions. We'd leave this Weds or Thurs if things work out!! I think it would be worth it, even though I might spend most of the money on expenses. That's why I'd have to stay 1.5-2 weeks, instead of just 1. I'd miss Zak so much!! But $600 for 2 weeks would still be a lot better than what I make here. And I might make more.
We ran some errands and stopped at the long haul after work, so by the time I got home, I'd been gone for over 10 hours. I had only spent about 4.5 working. I guess I still made about $30/hour, which is more than I would have made if I'd stayed home. but I sure did need some naps.
I went to the Anarchist Cafe on Friday night and had a rather good time. I was stressed out all day because of organizing for Indybay's table at the Bookfair the next morning. Trying to organize (with) those folks is like trying to herd kittens. I think that the website's share of the money from the table ended up being about the same amount of money as we had put in to reserve the table and support the bookfair. I guess it was good to meet onto from san diego, and the guy from Arizona, and Nick from Sacramento, and to network and... oh, I got to hold Oliver for the first time! Woo hoo! I didn't actually see Crystal, cuz Wick was carrying the baby inside while Crystal was outside.
I did some rad networking this weekend, including a great talk with DJ Rubble on Friday night, and with Max and Isis on Saturday. :) I met a rad woman from TN who is about to travel around the world. I got to tell several ex-housemates about Kamai's death, so that was nice. I even got to commiserate about the loss of beloved cats with Natasha, who is only 3 and a half.
It was weird to not go to the antiwar march. And I had no interest in going to the anarchist pride parade that was after the bookfair. Post-bookfair marches have a lot of history, and most of it doesn't make anarchists or anarchism look very good.
I still didn't make it to the gym....
I got three great shirts yesterday. And lots of reading material, which could be good for the long nights in hotels out of town.
Lately I've been admiring women with short hair's hairdos, and I have to say that Natasha has one of the best ones. I saw a little girl tonight in Walnut Creek who had a great one, too. I wish there had been good short hairdos for girls when I was a kid. I sure do love having short hair-- saves so much maintenance time, and it all fits under my hat! My mother has roughly the same hair style, but at least we're on opposite coasts. And my sister has long hair, so we look SO much less alike. I hope to make enough money to feel comfortable going to MA to visit my family later this spring. I'd like to bring Zak, too. I'm long overdue for a visit.
posted by mahtin @ 11:52 PM
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