Cal Expo event
Had a big shindig at CalExpo today, kinda forgot what it was called, it was a city/church hosted free charity thing for jobs, food, medical, and the like. They had tents where they were giving haircuts, pulling teeth, and passing out hot dogs. I could smell some barbecue going, but I didn't stay long enough to get to it. The hot dog was pretty good, but I had to pass on the apple. Can't bite into it. They had a stage for a band, which sounded pretty good. The exit tent was where they were passing out bags of groceries. I got the groceries home and was really disappointed. A couple bottles of Gold Seal flavored water, no white grape though, dammit. Big blocks of what looked like frozen spinach, a couple little fruit cups that looked like peaches but were kinda grey. A few small apples and oranges. Several cans of beef broth. I kept the two potatoes and the waters, but gave the rest of it to a guy in the building. He said that he's on food stamps, so I hope he can use it.
(Note added later: It was called Sacramento Convoy of Hope.)
I got up early, 8 o'clock to make it to the event before the 10 o'clock start time, after about 3-4 hours sleep. Someone said that some people had been camping out to make the event, so 9:45 wasn't really early. The lines in were long and snaked back and fourth. If I had been on the bike, I never would have made it through the day. The ground was rutted and bumpy, but here were too many people around to get any speed in peddling anyway. But it was better than walking.
The main reason I went to this, besides the groceries, was the jobs tents. I got some papers and URLs for various companies. I'll start filling those out tomorrow and cross my fingers. I had one woman look over my resume; she said it looked in good form.
Going through the tent on the way to pick up the groceries, it was kinda funny 'cause I had to walk what was almost a gauntlet of prayer offers and requests. In other words, to get the food you're supposed to listen to prayers and sermons. Nope. Nope. I just smiled and kept walking. The honking big ankh on my shirt should have been a bit of a clue, but christians can be a bit dim.
(Note added later: It was called Sacramento Convoy of Hope.)
I got up early, 8 o'clock to make it to the event before the 10 o'clock start time, after about 3-4 hours sleep. Someone said that some people had been camping out to make the event, so 9:45 wasn't really early. The lines in were long and snaked back and fourth. If I had been on the bike, I never would have made it through the day. The ground was rutted and bumpy, but here were too many people around to get any speed in peddling anyway. But it was better than walking.
The main reason I went to this, besides the groceries, was the jobs tents. I got some papers and URLs for various companies. I'll start filling those out tomorrow and cross my fingers. I had one woman look over my resume; she said it looked in good form.
Going through the tent on the way to pick up the groceries, it was kinda funny 'cause I had to walk what was almost a gauntlet of prayer offers and requests. In other words, to get the food you're supposed to listen to prayers and sermons. Nope. Nope. I just smiled and kept walking. The honking big ankh on my shirt should have been a bit of a clue, but christians can be a bit dim.