some parts of my self

Some things about me, for anyone who is interested. If I am gone, I'd much rather have people remember me for who I was as a human being than for labels put upon, life problems, disagreements, or mundane facts about what types of jobs I've had......

If I were gone tomorrow, I would want family and friends to read this and remember, this is part of who I am, for whatever that's worth.
I prefer CNN and CSpan to sitcoms of any kind. Even PBS news. I despise watching sports, and at this point in life, most television. Bravo and Comedy Central have always had some interesting programs. Anderson Cooper is the best journalist on TV. I've followed his career from back in the days when he was on World News Now on ABC at 3 am. I'm convinced he's my husband in another dimension. Besides that, his newscasts are thorough, with personality, and quick. This is what good news should be.

I still love alternative news. I wrote for indymedia at some points. You can find interesting news stories on their site or on commondreams.org, michaelmoore.com, the guerrilla news network, alternet, feminist.com, and other places, like the Progressive, Utne Reader, and Mother Jones.

But if you're at home at 7 pm, do turn on CNN. When I lived in Washington I met a guy online, Eliot who I should have dated but we never actually did, we just had all kinds of interesting conversations about watching Cspan and CNN naked as a romantic adventure. That still makes me laugh sometimes. Eliot wrote news for MSNBC, probably still does.

I sat in front of the White House, in a wheelchair, in 18 degree weather one winter not too long ago to protest the war on Iraq with a group called Code Pink. I helped organize a march we did with 8000 pink wearing chicas who came to march on Washington. And I went to several other marches on Washington organized by groups like ANSWER. World peace and human rights mean quite a bit to me. Unfortunately my own life problems are too big a priority for me to focus on activist work anymore at all. But my involvement in those issues meant a great deal to me and that really, more than anything that I've done, defines who I am to a great extent.

I've done a lot of things alone. Spent most of my life alone really. So when I wanted to travel to see Ani Difranco, my favorite musician, I went alone. Twice. Once to Alabama, where in Birmingham you can see some of the poverty left by gentrification and some of the monuments left to symbolize some sort of recognition of the civil rights movement. And in Pennsylvania I saw here in cold weather in a small town with no public transportation. Then I took a train to Pittsburgh to visit my fabulous friend Sara, who, at this point, I have no contact with, but who was also a great Ani fan and a great friend for several years. I met Sara, like several other friends, because we were all stuck at home with chronic illnesses.

I'll finish this later.