Quite a sad week
Honza died this week. He was a rad gardener, punk, and person with aids. He died from something brain-related, either brain cancer or toxicoplasmosis. He used to use pot as his only hiv medication. he also smoked cigarettes (yuck!). He loved to grow kale.
I found out about a memorial service for him today too late to be able to plan to go. There will hopefully be another.
I can't find any pictures of him, but I did find some of the late, great Kamai, and a really good one of farmer Chris. And one of Molly, if he wants that one.
Being a worker sucks
So today was
may day, a huge economic and social boycott and general strike, with marches and other protests all over the place. My summary: I spent around $100, did laundry, fought with the man, did some work for the man, got exposed to a lot of chemicals, and made $6. I also didn't sleep enough. And I also took some likely really nice photos at the protest in Santa Barbara. And didn't take pictures of the student march that I saw--- didn't want to have to deal with parking the car (yes, I also drove today and had to buy gas). Bad day. It's always a bad may day when i don't get laid.
I have a lot of criticisms of this current immigrant rights movement. Do you know how many black flags I saw today? None. How many of the thousands of american flags that i saw were upside down or on fire? None. There is very little criticism of the us government or the war. one speaker did talk about one of the us's wars in asia and sort of compared her immigration story to the experiences of latinos today, but there wasn't a lot of radical politics to be had.
And not to talk shit, but i didn't see anyone giving out indymedia flyers. or returning my calls about where i can edit my photos. it's ok, i'm going home tomorrow.
Which is worth more-- money, or activism?
Well, I am still here in SB. I worked the last 8 days, tho on Weds or Thurs I was really not feeling well. Only made like $75 for 4-5 hours of work. I more than made up for that this weekend, and have been getting tons of signatures.
I have been trying to figure out how to get back to the bay area for several reasons: May Day, i only have enough of my medication to get thru Monday, and homesickness. I need to get back to my life- work on the site, work out at the gym, work, planting seeds and planning for my new home...working on the farm in Woodland...sigh!
Hopefully I will be able to take photos at the
Santa Barbara protest on May Day.
B is like, if you don't work you will be missing an $800-1000 day! And I'm like, I need to work on Indybay!
He bought me a bike today. I guess I have to get air in the tires and try to see if I can get the derailleur to work so I can shift gears...
So much to do.
Goodnight!
