So on Thursday afternoon (48 hours ago), the Faith Team found out that we would not be working GOTV together and would, in fact, be farmed out to the different campuses most in need of leadership on the ground.  Thursday night at about 11pm (+/- 40 hours ago), I found out that I would be going to Bemidji State University - the next day (yesterday ( Read more... )

Hey friends!  The general radio silence is 100% campaign related.  The job is amazing - I work with phenomenally good people all of whom, queer and not, have come together to stand up for the Minnesota we want to live in.  There are some HARD moments sometimes, like yesterday when my coworker Jen told us that her 7-year-old asked, "mom, if the ( Read more... )

Man, Mondays kind of blow ( Read more... )

Having scorched one Diva Cup to death (while still in El Salvador), I now set my phone alarm to go off about 17 minutes into the 20-minute boil time.  Then I go and stand by the stove and wait for it to be done, so that it doesn't suddenly start boiling off all the water and scorch another one despite my best efforts.  This means that those last ( Read more... )

A few minutes ago, I decided, "Ok, I will finish entering these six surveys, then I'm going outside to run."  And it is not an exaggeration to say that at that very moment it began to rain ( Read more... )

Watching the Prohibition doc on PBS.  From a longer quote from a British captain about Americans, "...in elections, when they win, they drink; when they don't, they drink and swear."

I was just trying to follow a link to the fall color prediction on the MN DNR website and apparently the link was bad.  But their 404 page was worth not seeing what I was looking for!  www.dnr.state.mn.us/fall-colors/index.html

So, yes, I'm back, but no, news from El Salvador hasn't stopped.  In fact it's been bubbling.  There's a lot that's going on right now related to gas prices (ie, gas for cooking), a decree that may or may not subvert the constitution and the powers of the judiciary, and a proposal to draft 5000 at-risk youth into military service in order to keep ( Read more... )

My everything hurts after carrying that big box to the post office yesterday.  Seriously, my head, back, arms, knees (stupid cobblestones).  Puchica.  I have no idea how Salvadoran women carry tables on their heads.  And huge guacals filled ways past the 55 pounds that my box weighs ( Read more... )

( Porque, ¿por qué no? )