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A quick chat with T
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Paying off bills, and sorting out finances enough to determine that we can, indeed, dig our way out of our financial hole, even positing below what we think we'll be earning cumulatively.
Fibro note (for personal reference): achy today, especially hips and legs. Lots of weather changes going on, though, so I'm not surprised.
The war. I haven't been writing much about it recently. I rather feel that I'm mostly preaching to the choir if I do so here. I've been reading a lot, though (various sources; if anyone's deeply interested, I can post a list). Not sure what to do with the information. I talk to the people around me, but I feel a need to do more, and protests aren't what're pulling me at the moment. I'm thinking I really want to get involved in voter registration drives, but that's not a "this minute" kind of thing.
I think most of activism is really finding what type suits your personality and skills. I've been struggling with that particularly recently.
Personality-wise, I'm really not particularly a "leader"; I dislike having to come up with initial ideas, although I'm good at volunteering to do grunt work if I agree with the logic and reasoning behind it. Unfortunately, in the past week I haven't yet found a group/organization/whathaveyou that I both agree with and have something useful to contribute to. I don't like arguing or debating -- I hate losing, and I don't particularly like winning (my empathy goes into some sort of demented overdrive when I do). I love educating when the opportunity presents itself, but I don't like pushing interactions on other people (it's the evangelizing squick). I don't like propaganda or oversimplification (demonizing or deifying) from any quarter. I don't mind sharing my opinions, as long as I can be clear that they are my opinions, as opposed to fact. I'm not a particularly inspired writer, or I'd go in that direction, I think.
And I'm really not sure if I'm accurately assessing how I should find my place in all this, or just justifying staying firmly within my comfort zone when the circumstances call for something entirely different. Rational or cowardly? I'm really not certain.
Dammit, this would all be a lot easier if I could just go lift heavy boxes for some number of hours every week, and know that it was contributing in some small way to a solution to the whole mess. Hard work and sweat I can do. Strategizing and PR -- not so much my strong point.
A quick chat with T
bec76joviansun's CD mixPaying off bills, and sorting out finances enough to determine that we can, indeed, dig our way out of our financial hole, even positing below what we think we'll be earning cumulatively.
Fibro note (for personal reference): achy today, especially hips and legs. Lots of weather changes going on, though, so I'm not surprised.
The war. I haven't been writing much about it recently. I rather feel that I'm mostly preaching to the choir if I do so here. I've been reading a lot, though (various sources; if anyone's deeply interested, I can post a list). Not sure what to do with the information. I talk to the people around me, but I feel a need to do more, and protests aren't what're pulling me at the moment. I'm thinking I really want to get involved in voter registration drives, but that's not a "this minute" kind of thing.
I think most of activism is really finding what type suits your personality and skills. I've been struggling with that particularly recently.
Personality-wise, I'm really not particularly a "leader"; I dislike having to come up with initial ideas, although I'm good at volunteering to do grunt work if I agree with the logic and reasoning behind it. Unfortunately, in the past week I haven't yet found a group/organization/whathaveyou that I both agree with and have something useful to contribute to. I don't like arguing or debating -- I hate losing, and I don't particularly like winning (my empathy goes into some sort of demented overdrive when I do). I love educating when the opportunity presents itself, but I don't like pushing interactions on other people (it's the evangelizing squick). I don't like propaganda or oversimplification (demonizing or deifying) from any quarter. I don't mind sharing my opinions, as long as I can be clear that they are my opinions, as opposed to fact. I'm not a particularly inspired writer, or I'd go in that direction, I think.
And I'm really not sure if I'm accurately assessing how I should find my place in all this, or just justifying staying firmly within my comfort zone when the circumstances call for something entirely different. Rational or cowardly? I'm really not certain.
Dammit, this would all be a lot easier if I could just go lift heavy boxes for some number of hours every week, and know that it was contributing in some small way to a solution to the whole mess. Hard work and sweat I can do. Strategizing and PR -- not so much my strong point.
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Date: 2003-04-01 03:52 pm (UTC)For instance, one suggestion in the most recent mailing was to call the media (numbers & e-mail addresses supplied) to ask for more coverage on civilian deaths, houses destroyed, and so on. I wouldn't have thought of doing that on my own.
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Date: 2003-04-01 04:25 pm (UTC)I know this sounds like typical Calebian whimsy but I would gladly throw my tongue into the ring for you. Kind of like old school chivalry without the chafing undergarments. All I ask is your e-ribbon.
Frankly, I'm suprised you aren't more the leader. I mean personality-wise you don't strike me as the Henry V type but you seem to have an uncanny knack for corraling people. All you gotta do now is call them to action. But, I wouldn't want to do that either. Still, If you do become Regent, I'll be your fool. Till then, I'll just be foolish.