feeling the push with crazy workload madness. Its not that I really have that much to do, its just that its sunny and hot outside and inside and I don't want to do it. Also, I have to try to get things done early so I can relax and party with my roommates, classmates, and at renfair (reed's big-ass weekend-long party). The roommates have got drunken olympics planned for tomorrow night, and my spanish teacher is bringing sangria to class for a party on thursday. All that stands in my way is fourteen pages of paper, ten hours of work, and a frequently failing computer screen. wish me luck! can't wait to get back to missoula.

crazy nice weather over here. makes me want to go lay on the roof of my garage back on Kent street in Missoula and spy on the neigbors. Or, when no neighbors were present, listen to the crank radio.

Hey all,
thought you might be interested in this email I receved from home. so it turns out that not only is the missoulian crap journalism but also discrimanatory as well. yay!

Dear Friends,

Earlier this month, Katherine Beckley and I travelled to Portland, Oregon
to be joined in lawful matrimony. We applied for, paid for, and received a
legitimate marriage license. We were married in a legal civil ceremony by
a state official, Judge Paula Kurschner. Five of our closest friends--four
of them Missoula residents--served as our witnesses. Upon our return home
to Missoula, we submitted a wedding announcement and photo to the local
newspaper, The Missoulian, only to learn that the Missoulian's policy is to
publish announcements of same-sex unions in the Friday "Hometown" section
of the newspaper, without photographs, rather than in the Sunday "Weddings
and Engagements" section, with photographs. I spoke with Editor-in-Chief
Mike McInally about this policy at some length. I learned that the
Missoulian rescinded its earlier policy of publishing all marriage and
engagement announcements equally after conducting a telephone poll of
Missoulian readers that indicated that a majority of readers did not want
to see announcements of same-sex unions. As a compromise measure, the
Missoulian adopted its current policy--a policy that amounts to separate
and unequal treatment. Please help me send a message to the Missoulian
that you will not sanction this blatant discrimination. Write to the
Missoulian to protest the policy. Call the editor, Mike McInally, the
publisher, John VanStrydonck, or the parent organization, Lee Enterprises,
to demand equal treatment for all Missoulians. If you subscribe to the
Missoulian, cancel your subscription and join the boycott. Forward this
message to your friends so that they can take action as well. Public
opinion is being used as an excuse for treating LGBT Missoulians as
second-class citizens; use your voice to demand equal treatment for all.

Thank you for your support on this important issue.

Anya Jabour

No squirrels fucking here, although they are all massively fat.
Good lord, it's beautiful out.
I think I'm home the 18th. Maybe the 19th. Who knows. Which seems both a long way away and remarkably soon.
The next few weekends are going to be crazy. This weekend I'm moving the set into the Zoo (smaller theater where student productions are) for the show I'm Assistant Directing. Then, the next weekend are the performances for that show. Weekend after that, I'm working tech for another show, a production of Alice in Wonderland that sounds pretty cool and a ridiculous number of my friends are in. Theater here is so ridiculously good, and I'm hideously intimidated by it.
I'm trying to pick courses for next term. Should I take Italian, Portuguese, or Arabic?

Chris, go to Oberlin! I'll be home the 2nd week of June. Damn you semester kids straight to hell. I wake up to squirrels fucking every morning, does anyone else have that problem?

Hey, man, peeps are good... I got absolutely no work done last weekend, even though I had a ton to do. Instead, I elected to go compete in a sailing regatta in Hood River. It was AWESOME. I had so much fun, even though I capsized once and lost most of the races. There was crazy wind the whole time. Had some trouble communicating with the crew (my friend Karen); its really hard to order people to do stuff when you don't know that much more than them and they're also your friend. We pissed alot of people off in the beginning, but got way better toward the end. The rest of the weekend consisted of me working two awesome but long shows, and housing annoying prospies. Only two weeks left! I should be back on the eighth, unless a road trip to mexico with riley works out. Can't wait to see you all.

I went to see Kill Bill 2 yesterday - Saw Kill Bill 1 the day before - and I liked it. Not sure why. Uma Thurman is badass, though.
I'm doing a project in Sociology about the genderization of children based on what their toys say. Which means I get to go spend two hours in Toys R Us pressing buttons and watching toys wiggle, giggle, and make machine gun noises. Last time I was there, I saw an "easy bake oven"- like kit in which children make their own Peeps. You know, those disgusting easter fluff foods. Bizarre.

I belive I get back to missoula first at 11 pm on may 2nd after a 15 hour plane journey? Trek? Trial? Paris is lovly in the rain though my brain is slightly puffy from all the french coolness. It is amazing how exsausting looking at beauty can be.
Chris: where exactly is Oberlin? Its not in New Orleans is it?

I'm back in Missoula the 22nd, leaving for Bozeman to start up work the 24th, hopefully. That's only if I can actually SPEAK to my prospective employer... the man refuses to use email, and I'm sick of leaving and recieving phone messages. Today in Liberty and Power we discussed the merits of sword fighting over gun fighting.... and all agreed that guns may be more effective, but swords are more swashbucklingly badass.

What an excellent weekend it has been; record highs and sun the whole time. The leaves are all completely out and I've been having some of the best frisbee, sailing, and squirrel chasing I've seen yet. Saw Modest Mouse in concert on friday along with another really good portland band called helio sequence... 'twas excellent. When people were offering me $60 for my $15 ticket I decided I'm going to be a ticket scalper for a living (or at least for a concert fund) next year. Saw a bunch of really good portland bands last night, too. I was just intoxicated enough to be in my own little world; just me and the music and the dance. perfect. now I'm doing what everyone else does on sunday night... you know what I'm talking about...

Ledah, I am not into going through hell for money (otherwise I would have sold my kidneys and other useless organs years ago), but riley has had that same plan for some time now... you should talk to him, he knows people to live with up there too. Oh, and a happy birthday to Caitlin.

As far as summer plans go, i'm hoping to be an intepreter at either glacier or yellowstone. Hopefully it'll work out in my favor. my birthday was yesterday, and aside from drinking too much cheap wine, rum, and quality vodka, it was a quality affair. It made me miss you all a bit, and I wish everyone a happy spring.

Well. I DO know how to add to the sidebar, but this is a call out to anyone who would like to come work in a fish cannery with me in Alaska for 3-4 weeks in June. From what I hear (and, granted, I need to look into this more in depth) you make like $900 a week and it's utterly hellish work (you may lose an appendage...), but after 3 weeks of that I would've made as much money as I need for school next year and then I could 1) counsel at camp in oregon 2) maybe go to the gathering 3) just sit around in the clark fork all of August. Yeah baby.
I went to a campfire last night. Good fun, indeed.
My room next year is amazing. It's on the 5th (top) floor of Starr Hall, one of the oldest dorms on campus. It has a sloped ceiling, exposed brick wall and a beam across the top. Oh. Right, and TWO SKYLIGHTS from which you can climb out on the SLATE ROOF and watch the sun set over the mountains. Um, yeah. Also, really good people are living there.
Going to Wesleyan this weekend... wish me luck.

Okay, I don't know how to add my summer plans to the correct heading, but my summer begins May22, ends late August (I have to come back early to help with orientation), and I'll spend the time inbetween living in Bozeman with my sister hopefully working at a nursery, and bouncing home to Missoula frequently.

Ok so I have no idea if this trend is happening in the states or not BUT over here both the 80's and the 50's are comeing back at once. When I first got here it was ok because people would wear 50's style cloathing one day and crimp their hair the next. Now maybe it is because the weather is getting warmer or maybe people are just getting board but people have started mixing the two. Which makes for some really fucked up outfits. High waists and poodle skirts were never ment to be combined with hot pink legwarmers and huge plastic jewlery. I dont care how cool they look seperatly but together you look like Mr. Bigglesworth threw up after too much time travel.

'sup. well, its been one heck of a crazy weekend. not in the traditional sense though. it seems that either food poisioning or some horrendous stomach flu has decided to rule our campus. on friday night, over 100 people were sick (probably a lot more. for such a small campus, it's had a huge impact), and about thirty had to go to the emergency room. more are still getting sick. I myself am feeling a little weird, but I have my fingers crossed. The sickness, in addition to riley's surgery, caused the weekend to be really quiet (except for the retching) despite its being sunny and nice the whole time. I did spend a good, long time in the sun playing guitar, cartwheel frisbee and smoking hookah. Now comes another one of those times in my life where I'm supposed to plan what I'm going to do with my life but can't decide on anything. wish me luck!

There's something in me that rebels at the notion of getting up for the day at 3:30 a.m. That's the reason I'm against jobs like hospital work, or being a garbage collector. If I'm not willing to go into professions that will pay me to get up early, why am I PAYING to be on a crew team that forces me to do it?