As for uppity strong women who do their own thing, today in 1955, Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of the bus. I was inspired by a letter Michael Moore wrote, requesting we all do our part to honor Rosa by standing up to injustice in our own ways and email him about it at contributions@michaelmoore.com. It is also World Aids Day so do your part and take a stand! Or another stand.
One of the strange injustices I see each morning as I travel to work is the activity under a highway bridge in a less than desirable area of the city. On three separate occasions in the last two weeks, it appears as if this haven for the homeless has been vandalized -- or more likely -- trashed due to a party the night before. On three separate occasions I have seen orange vested workers with the City, cleaning up the area on what can only be assumed as "the morning after."I don't know which is worse: the notion that we might not care, or the notion that the homeless don't care either. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Some folks do care, and there's a new organization in town that serves our youth, which believe it or not, seriously fall through the cracks in the system. A large number of youth are on the streets to avoid a home where they are battered, or, a home where they are not accepted because they are gay.
Recently, my sweetie and I attended a benefit for Stand Up for Kids. Friend to a band member and general all around crazy groupie to the band that played the event, my sweetie and I enjoyed ourselves, the surroundings, the view, and the excitement.
Safely sitting upon the throne in the rustic but stalled bathroom at this event, my sweetie heard a voice from another stall, "Hey, you with the red boots..." Checking her feet to make sure she was the object of such a statement, my red booted babe replied "Uhm, yes?" "I saw you in the choir at church last Sunday and you guys rocked!" "Uhhh, thanks."
Fame.
I remained dutifully outside the bathroom door, shooing away the papparazi.
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