hi hi hoi hoi
hello! no quality update in awhile. how are you? soo many things - where do i start.
LA & HAWAII
got back from la & hawaii last saturday. hawaii was beautiful - the sun was my medicine. got a sunburn and tan. some memorable experiences...
- the best one was SO SMALL WORLD! this serendipitous moment was with my shuttle driver from the swap meet back to my hotel. dope guy - about my age - prolly 26. turns out that he worked at the ALASKAN CANNERIES from 98-04; was organized with the ALASKAN CANNERY WORKERS UNION (ACWU) whose majority filipino members co-founded LELO back in 1972; AND the fucking cannery he worked at was in WARDS COVE. yes! of the infamous WARDS COVE CANNERY WORKERS Filipino and Workers of Color Employment Discrimination Civil Rights Lawsuit that LELO filed and fought til it amended the 1964 Civil Rights Act in 1991. we were like WTF - this is soo small world. we found that we were both activists - he's part native and organizes in the native Hawaiian self-determination and sovereignty movements. and he's also like some well known surfer i guess cuz apparently he does alot of surfing competitions and gets on tv. i was like - kewl! so that made my day.
- finding out that waikiki beach sand is now actually imported from southern california beaches. the tourism industry fucked the beach (among other things) up soo much that they had to resort to importing cali sand. and growing up in socal and being a socal beach girl myself - i totally could tell that it was cali sand and not the same waikiki soft, powdery white beach sand it was when i first went to hawaii 6 years ago.
- oh and i had dinner with my dc friends - anita poon and ben deguzman - who have recently relocated to LA - thanks again for introducing me to Versailles spamfriedrice! i've been craving the Cuban food!
- hanging out with my grandparents in lancracka. i loved spending qt with them.
PISSED AT IAN LAST SATURDAY
- so i got soo pissed off at daps1 on saturday cuz he totally FORGOT (or overslept - same difference) to PICK ME UP from the AIRPORT. omg - i was soo livid. he got soo crunk at vitos the nite before. yah it was for his bday but STILL. punk. i was crying at the airport. but obviously, ive since forgiven him.
MOVING
- so we're moving into our new HOUSE this weekend!!! we're soo frickin excited! aughhhh! can't believe it. its soo cute! we have a phat backyard! can't wait to have parties! yay!
READING
- that book that my mentor gave me on an evaluation of classical marxism, leninism, maoism, etc and their influence in revolutionary movements has been excellent so far. on point account of lessons learned from earlier rev movements worldwide that can even be applied to rev organizing today. can't wait to finish it and dialogue with other folx on it. im prolly gonna encourage assigned readings for our GabNet edukation curriculum and diskussions.
JOBS
- im being picky until i can no longer afford to be.
okee ... so these are prolly my more significant updates. should get to bed now.
LA & HAWAII
got back from la & hawaii last saturday. hawaii was beautiful - the sun was my medicine. got a sunburn and tan. some memorable experiences...
- the best one was SO SMALL WORLD! this serendipitous moment was with my shuttle driver from the swap meet back to my hotel. dope guy - about my age - prolly 26. turns out that he worked at the ALASKAN CANNERIES from 98-04; was organized with the ALASKAN CANNERY WORKERS UNION (ACWU) whose majority filipino members co-founded LELO back in 1972; AND the fucking cannery he worked at was in WARDS COVE. yes! of the infamous WARDS COVE CANNERY WORKERS Filipino and Workers of Color Employment Discrimination Civil Rights Lawsuit that LELO filed and fought til it amended the 1964 Civil Rights Act in 1991. we were like WTF - this is soo small world. we found that we were both activists - he's part native and organizes in the native Hawaiian self-determination and sovereignty movements. and he's also like some well known surfer i guess cuz apparently he does alot of surfing competitions and gets on tv. i was like - kewl! so that made my day.
- finding out that waikiki beach sand is now actually imported from southern california beaches. the tourism industry fucked the beach (among other things) up soo much that they had to resort to importing cali sand. and growing up in socal and being a socal beach girl myself - i totally could tell that it was cali sand and not the same waikiki soft, powdery white beach sand it was when i first went to hawaii 6 years ago.
- oh and i had dinner with my dc friends - anita poon and ben deguzman - who have recently relocated to LA - thanks again for introducing me to Versailles spamfriedrice! i've been craving the Cuban food!
- hanging out with my grandparents in lancracka. i loved spending qt with them.
PISSED AT IAN LAST SATURDAY
- so i got soo pissed off at daps1 on saturday cuz he totally FORGOT (or overslept - same difference) to PICK ME UP from the AIRPORT. omg - i was soo livid. he got soo crunk at vitos the nite before. yah it was for his bday but STILL. punk. i was crying at the airport. but obviously, ive since forgiven him.
MOVING
- so we're moving into our new HOUSE this weekend!!! we're soo frickin excited! aughhhh! can't believe it. its soo cute! we have a phat backyard! can't wait to have parties! yay!
READING
- that book that my mentor gave me on an evaluation of classical marxism, leninism, maoism, etc and their influence in revolutionary movements has been excellent so far. on point account of lessons learned from earlier rev movements worldwide that can even be applied to rev organizing today. can't wait to finish it and dialogue with other folx on it. im prolly gonna encourage assigned readings for our GabNet edukation curriculum and diskussions.
JOBS
- im being picky until i can no longer afford to be.
okee ... so these are prolly my more significant updates. should get to bed now.