me and sam just walked down to cook and johnson and waited for a bus that didn't come. and then it was too late for me to go to the folk dance so we walked home
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(Also: me and Sam just went and saw The Great Debaters. I cried during, sobbed after. Who I am to not be working for justice? After thinking rationally, talking to my mom, seeing this movie, I know: before I go back to Chehalis, after I leave here, I have to spend time in Seattle working with WWFOR. For my soul.)
Things like this make me oh-so shivery. I'm still fighting the thought process that I should just go back to Chehalis. I don't want to, though. What am I not getting about that? I didn't wait 18 years to...
Yeah.
In 24 hours I will be 2 hours from Courtenay, BC, with Katherine and our backpacks.
Anyone want me to send them a postcard while on my journey? I'm taking blank postcards with me, will write your address on one of them, and sketch something on the front when I find something sketch-worthy. Email me your addresses at newt@nbtsc.org or comment with them - I have the comments screened.
I just can't believe that in a week I'll be alone with my backpack, Katherine and her backpack, and Vancouver Island out in front of us. This is terrifying. Thrilling. Every time I think about it - really make myself believe that it's happening - I get squirm-y and can't breathe right.
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It's 2 in the morning. I've spent the last 2 hours looking at
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