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Make Pudding, Not War!
Feb. 15th, 2003 09:10 pmI went to the big anti-war rally on the East Side today with Patti and her sister Krista. The main reason I went was because I've never been to an anti-war rally, and I wanted to see what one was like. There were thousands of people there. It was so awesome! For some reason the cops kept redirecting us away from where the actual rally was taking place, and people were getting kind of pissed off. We were chanting "Open up!" "Our streets!" "Open up!" "Our streets!" "We" even broke down a barricade. (I, of course, had no direct affect on this. I'm a good little girl!) We almost got trampled a couple of times, because the cops wanted the crowd to go one way, but the crowd wanted to go the other way. That was fun. There were so many people there that you had to literally shove your way through to get anywhere. It was very much like sardines.
Anyway, it took the three of us over two hours to get from Grand Central to 53rd and 1st. We heard some speeches and songs, then Patti and I decided to avoid frostbite and hypothermia and go home.
The subway ride home was once again sardines. Fun and games.
Anyway, we made it home safe and sound without getting trampled or arrested. I sat next to my radiator for about half an hour to get myself warm again.
I had been planning to write something all deep and philosophical about war and why it's bad, but I'm too hyped up on caffeine at the moment to do so. Eh. I'll think of something later.
In other news:
The first week of fourth semester went fairly well. I have drama showcase first, and our director, assistant director, and stage manager are all really cool. My class seems really nice, too.
The scene I wanted to do in showcase didn't get picked, but that's ok, because I might get to play Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker instead, which would be really fun and challenging.
Finally, quotes from today:
"Make pudding, not war!"-Me & Patti
"Draft the Bush twins!"-Numerous random signs
"War is bad!"-Sign for easy interpretation by W, because all the words have three letters or less.
"I don't care what the American public thinks, they didn't elect me."-Quote credited to W on a random sign.
Anyway, it took the three of us over two hours to get from Grand Central to 53rd and 1st. We heard some speeches and songs, then Patti and I decided to avoid frostbite and hypothermia and go home.
The subway ride home was once again sardines. Fun and games.
Anyway, we made it home safe and sound without getting trampled or arrested. I sat next to my radiator for about half an hour to get myself warm again.
I had been planning to write something all deep and philosophical about war and why it's bad, but I'm too hyped up on caffeine at the moment to do so. Eh. I'll think of something later.
In other news:
The first week of fourth semester went fairly well. I have drama showcase first, and our director, assistant director, and stage manager are all really cool. My class seems really nice, too.
The scene I wanted to do in showcase didn't get picked, but that's ok, because I might get to play Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker instead, which would be really fun and challenging.
Finally, quotes from today:
"Make pudding, not war!"-Me & Patti
"Draft the Bush twins!"-Numerous random signs
"War is bad!"-Sign for easy interpretation by W, because all the words have three letters or less.
"I don't care what the American public thinks, they didn't elect me."-Quote credited to W on a random sign.
