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August 29, 2007

From EB (Never Trust a Man with Directions)

Filed under: Personal — diane @ 7:56 pm

We hit the road on the 20th at 7am. Our destination - Columbus, Ohio. If we made it to Columbus that day then on Tuesday it would be a 7 1/2 hour drive to Syracuse. I didn’t want to drive more than 8 hours on Tuesday. I wanted to get to the hotel in Syracuse, have time to find the dorm and enough time to eat dinner and have a fucking beer. That’s what I wanted, dammit.

We were on the road to Memphis TN and stopped to get gas and a couple greasy breakfast sandwiches. We both avoided heart attacks by a skosh. A skosh! It was close, y’all. We coulda been dead before we even hit Tennessee.

Because Thomas wasn’t about to give up his nocturnal, internet habits, he fell asleep right away. We crossed the Mississippi river. I love crossing the Mississippi river. It’s thrilling. I was thrilled anyway. It’s a short thrill. It lasts about 30 seconds. But what a 30 second party that is.

We’re well on the way to Nashville when Thomas wakes up and asks how far it is until Memphis. He fell asleep again. We make it past Nashville. I have to say, Tennessee is quite a lovely state particularly northern and eastern TN. I like the whole scenery thing, so I was enjoying that drive.

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August 6, 2007

From Sayoni Speak (The Indignation Question)

Filed under: Personal — genia @ 7:04 pm

was the third run of Indignation this year. As expected, it was highly anticipated and many activists and volunteers were preoccupied with its preparation and execution. There was a great variety of events being planned, and this time there was an improved ‘gender balance’ in terms of the programs offered. There were also some landmark events, such as the kissing exhibition and a public sharing by 3 transsexuals. All in all, a very exciting two weeks indeed.

For most of the events I attended, the program ran smoothly without many hiccups and plenty of refreshments were provided. There were also many helpful volunteers on hand to distribute flyers, souvenirs and usher people to their seats. The topics covered in the events themselves were wisely chosen as they were pertinent and perhaps even taboo (yes even in the gay community itself!) and they were thoroughly discussed. In fact, there was a huge range in terms of programs offered: from forums, to dialogues to readings and film screenings. Indeed, there was much to learn through the sharing of people’s perspectives, their struggles and triumphs.

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