The NY Peace March.

[ThomCat]

The peace march was awesome.

I have no idea how many people were there. You can't get any perspective when you're in the crowd. There were 15 DUers there in our group, and at least one more DUer who was there but not with our group.

I got to meet JonnyBlitz, who is a friggin awesome guy! :headbang:

HarukaB.2000 is one of the nicest and most interesting young DUers to hang out with. :thumbsup:

Catchawave is SO very incredibly sweet. :hug:

SharonRB and WolverineDG are both cool as hell. I want to see you two at some events in the future. :patriot:

Irmat is very, very quiet but very nice. Please stop lurking and post. We love you. :hug:

Fredda Weinberg was wonderful, and gets special thanks. I walk with crutches and don't handle tight crowds very well. She kept an eye on me and kept me going. I somehow managed to walk the whole length thanks to her.
:pals:

I got to meet Proud2BLib! I've been wanting to meet her for a while. We didn't get to talk much though, so we'll definitely have to not get separated next time.
:loveya:

I wish we got to spend more time with Lynne Sin and Betty Ellen. They were in and out and running the whole time. (I don't have a smiley for this.)

Raging in Miami ran into us for a few minutes. He seemed to be a man on a mission! I hope you got tons of great shots, and post some of them.

Kool Kitty and her husband, and KiteInTheWind joined us, but I barely got to talk with them. :( More next time.

Swag was there for the pre and post meetups but had to work through the march. Damn, I wanted to talk to him some more. And we needed more testosterone at that march!
:toast:

LionessPriyanka... :yourock: God, I'm glad you were able to make it!

I hope I didn't miss anyone. I don't think so, but if I did it is because of pain, and pain killers (and I'm very sorry). I loved everyone I met this weekend. DUers are great people!

I had to leave the post-march meetup early. Spending that much time on my feet beat the hell out of me. I wasn't in any shape to stay and socialize. I hope they're all still there hanging out and having a great time.

[bridgit]

1. props people...

:yourock:

[ThomCat]

2. There are a few pictures

on the NY State board. Please go check them out. Fredda took them and posted them almost immediately.

I hope a few other people will post soon too. There were several people with digital cameras.

[bridgit]

4. ThomCat, i went by & browsed through your state forum and i am...

here to personally thank all you NY Du'ers for living your lives with Freedom & Liberty :patriot:

[Ava]

3. i wish i could have made it

but NY is a long way from bama :P

[ThomCat]

7. We had a sign with your site on it.

"Peace Takes Courage .com"

It got some really good comments. I was sitting in the park holding it after the march and a bunch of people took pictures of us with the sign.

[Ava]

10. awesome! thanks!

:pals:

[jonnyblitz]

5. hey! i am starting to nod out here at the PC..

and I just heard one of the cats puke in the other room so i guess i have to go find that, but anyways, it was nice meeting you and I am sorry we got split up! i get talking to one person and before I know it everybody else is elsewhere. that ALWAYS happens at every march I ever attend.

and i thought the same thing about you, too, what you said about me..

:hi:

[ThomCat]

8. Next time, give me your cell phone number

so I can call you and find out where the hell you are!

[jonnyblitz]

9. but then i had my phone turned off the whole time...

I did check for voicemail on occasion , though... but i hate phones. :P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks for posting!

It's great to hear how it went.....

I'll look for some pics in the NY Forum!

Good for you, making the whole distance! :woohoo:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. Thanks! *blushes*

:hug:

Edited to say: you're really nice & cool too!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. hi!

it was awesome meeeting you!

[swag]

12. Here's lookin' at you, Thomcat.

Thanks for being such a good egg.

Off to the airport with me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. hi swag

it was nice meeting you! glad you have a sane wife :)

[swag]

18. Hi, lionesspriyanka.

It was a hoot meeting and talking to you.

And it really was you that I was looking at in that mirror and not me, though my goal for the evening at one point became to keep my eyes off the decolletage.

You're a real smarty. I'm happy to know you.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

50. did you achieve your goal?

[swag]

52. I was pleased by my efforts, whether or not they were completely

successful.

There were many good faces to enjoy. Most unravaged by dermatitis.

[GalleryGod]

13. Been Kind of Quiet for a post-march. I'll wait for RaginInMiami's Work.

Well...back to the beach!

[bettyellen]

54. Raging lost the memory card with us on it.

or we cracked his lens and he's too nice to say so.
oh nooooo.

sorry we missed you, GG.
:hi:

[bigwillq]

14. Seems like you had a great time.

Hope you post some pics! :hi:


BTW, jonnyblitz rocks! :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. it was lovely meeting everyone!!

:bounce: :bounce:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

19. Congrats, y'all!

Keep the movement running for our isolated DUers of the far corners of the states!

:patriot:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

20. bah, this sucks...

wish I could a made it...:sniff:

[jonnyblitz]

21. right. nt

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

22. still cleaning up cat puke?

:P

[jonnyblitz]

23. there are no cats where i am...just two little dogs....

the cats are in CT.....

[bettyellen]

24. hey you! it was so nice walking with you yesterday...

but now i have a sore throat and Caindy has pink eye. ;(
has harris forgiven me for harrassing him? he knows it was done with love, right?
:P

i'm testing this link for CUl8Ter's pic, he sent them to me a s a cluster:

[jonnyblitz]

25. i enjoyed it also....harris never mentioned the phone call....

I am sure he didn't care at all!! he thinks i am a dick but i am sure he isn't annoyed with you..:hi:

[bettyellen]

29. calls, i think there were three.....

at least. and now i have laryngitis. not calling anyone today. :P

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

32. no, the phone calls were super sweet

:loveya:

I feel bad I haven't returned them :blush:

hope your voice comes back soon :hug:

[bettyellen]

34. did they make you feel wanted? because truly you were.....

we missed you and sniffa most of all!
:cry:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

35. awww

:hug:

I miss you Betty...I shoulda seen you twice this month already :hug:

[bettyellen]

37. we'll have to fix that. and make everyone else jealous and wishing

they were us, having so much fun.
:loveyou:

[swag]

26. I want to again see that cellphone pic of your cat on the toilet.

[bettyellen]

28. i can send it as a text message if you PM me your phone #

could you then download and post it? i know it's the long way, but it's all i got.

[swag]

30. That might just be the incentive I need to finally get a cellphone.

[bettyellen]

31. well i sorta had a gun to my head to get my cell....

actually my mom was in the ICU and it was good luck catching a doc tot alk to w/out one.
now i don't have a land line. i'll have topost a thread asking who is web enabled and will post them for me.
if it works out, i'll send you a link.
hey how cool is that! sweet pea just used the toilet. she knows we're talking about her!

[swag]

33. Feline synchronicity abounds

Chevrolet is curled up at my feet.

Go, Sweetpea, Go!

[bettyellen]

36. is that the kitty that caused you enough angst to post?

i didn't want to pry, but i remember you said you had done some sad kitty posting.
chevrolet is a great name. is it french?

[swag]

40. Mais bien sur!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3284932

on edit: removed comma in subject line so I don't look like such a dumbshit.

[bettyellen]

42. wow.

strokes, it;s all coming back to me. now what was that about a hairball?? that's when things get hazy for me.

[swag]

43. I was pretty fucked up myself, as you may not remember.

If I was talking hairball, it was probably the one from the stomach of the 12 year-old girl compulsive hair eater that's on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine on the Walter Reed campus in DC. If I talked about this, I probably mentioned the hairball refrigerator magnets. A limited repertoire is mine.



The girl lived.

[bettyellen]

44. yes, you were talking hairball, for some reason this was a tangent taken

from anne rule, i think... because i was thinking what happened to anne rule? and also, omigod caindy (the cat with herpes, not the one on the toilet) often tries to eat my hair. sometimes i wake up to her lunging towards my forehead and i hear her teeth snapping and gnashing.... sometimes she does eat it and it comes out making toilet training all the more amusing, but this story made me alarmed. also, she's stopped going after my hair, i believe this is a sign of the depression (caused by the herpes) that i may have missed. i missed the major signs of kitty depression. poor kid. so when it looked like my mind was wandering, well.... it was, quite a bit.

[swag]

45. Wow, and I had thought you were a good person.

[bettyellen]

46. i never suspected two cats were double the work.

and as you know, i'm trying to weasel out of cleaning up after them.
i have a lot of guilt that i'm usually literally closer to Pea. she's just a cute weasely little thing that's always scoring the best location, the most pets. but she's bitchy and slaps caindy though, she knows she's cuter, like that little sister with the tutu in welcome to the dollhouse.
so of course caindy weiner dog is depressed. she looks like a egon scheil, was that the name?
now i realize how dysfunctional this all is, and i'm super glad it's not kids that i've fucked up.

[swag]

47. I had forgotten that you were talking about Egon Schiele

Life is but a blur.

Funny Dollhouse reference. Poignant and perfect.

Time to sleep for me. See you or your words soon.

[bettyellen]

60. but i'm sure you remember the kim darby reference.. even though i

couldn't do the movie justice.

http://www.terrortrap.com/television/dontbeafraidofthedark/

[swag]

67. That looks wonderful.

I must have seen that movie. I will seek it out. Look superior to Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black.

I remember her best from Norwood which I saw with my horrified parents and my brother at a drive-in near a campground on our car trip. Kim Darby had gotten pregnant by Glen Campbell or somebody. Or maybe Glen Campbell wasn't the sperm donor but was in fact the helpful male.

And from True Grit, of course. Her haughtily appraising John Wayne and telling him, "They say you have grit: true grit."

[bettyellen]

71. i really have to do a ABC movie of the week film festival sometime

with trilogy of course, and sweet hostage as well as don't be afraid of the dark. maybe the devils triangle and born innocent.
i love karen black playing the twins, blond and brunette, in the great tradition of bewitched, i dream of jeannie, and betty and veronica.
talk about resurecting the classics, the evil twin theme is eternal.

[swag]

73. Born Innocent.

My, that one spurred much dark chatter on the playground of Devlin School.

I bet the crazy man RD Laing would have postulated that the evil twin theme is a variation of the loss we feel when we're born and no longer have our placenta to keep us company.

[bettyellen]

74. i think that was the same year that anonymous diary of the druggy

runaway girl was published. i remember that was the first book passed to me to read parts of. those were some dark times, weren't they? it was like a post hippy backlash or some weird vibe like that going around.

[swag]

75. Go Ask Alice

"Another day, another blowjob."

Then there was "Dawn, Portrait of a Teenage Runaway," with Eve Plumb's star turn and "Cherry Bomb" by the Runaways playing over and over.

Yes, those were different times.

[bettyellen]

77. cherry bomb was a year or two later i think

i remember that album was playing when i first went to a high schoolers party and met my first junkie. it was a cast party for bye bye birdie and my cousin played the secretary that does the split and the junkie, of course, played conrad.
that was in the suburbs, i think i was in 6t or7th grade. i was the baby in both families, so people used to slap alot of makeup on me and take me completely inappropriate places.
Go Ask Alice, of course, and you can quote from it, too. I'm impressed.

[swag]

79. Right you are, yet again

About the Cherry Bomb/Eve Plumb thing.

I just conflate "Dawn, Portrait of a Teenage Runaway" with "Go Ask Alice" and "Born Innocent" in my tiny mind. Now that "Bye Bye Birdie" is in that mix, I'll be confused forever. Not a big change.

[bettyellen]

81. well i coulda ran off with the junkie

but wisely i decided it had "been done". and so there's your tie in.

[swag]

68. Redacted

[swag]

69. redacted

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

48. Ginsberg, one of my cats, eats my hair but only if...

I leave in my John Master's Organic Vanilla Bourbon Tangerine Hair Texturizer in. It's all organic, food-grade ingredients though and out of curiosity, I did taste it once. Ginsberg is right; it's pretty tasty. Now that I don't get it free from work (oh how I loved those free samples), I switched to a cheaper brand. He apparently doesn't like the taste of it.

[bettyellen]

55. so i need cat repelling hair stuff.

very good idea.
tks! it was terrific meeting you!

[swag]

38. The contemporary African photography exhibit in NYC runs through May 28

This is the photo show I was jabbering about last night at bettyellen's whiskey bar. It's at the International Center of Photography at 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd St. I think it was $10 to get in.

A few images from the show -

http://www.icp.org/atf/cf/{A0B4EE7B-5A90-46AB-AF37-7115A2D48F94}/snap_popup1.jpg

http://www.icp.org/atf/cf/{A0B4EE7B-5A90-46AB-AF37-7115A2D48F94}/snap_popup4.jpg

http://www.icp.org/atf/cf/{A0B4EE7B-5A90-46AB-AF37-7115A2D48F94}/snap_popup10.jpg

I loved it. You might too.

[bettyellen]

27. it was great to meet you too, thomcat....

i wish we had more time to catch up saturday evening.
there's never enough time at these things.
:hi:

[ThomCat]

39. True.

But by saturday evening I was toast. I can't keep up with you guys.

It's too bad that we only had a few people show up on Friday. That would have been an awesome time to sit somewhere and have some great long conversations.

Next time. There will be other DU events. :)

[jonnyblitz]

41. hey thom!

:hi:

edited to put in correct smiley..lol

damn..

[ThomCat]

53. Hey Jonny!

:hi:

:hug:

[laheina]

49. Wow ThomCat !!

Crutches and pain killers? You get extra props from me!

[ThomCat]

51. Thank you!

I have a stuborn streak, and I channeled it pretty well on Saturday. :P

[Catchawave]

56. Hi Thomcat and gang!

I'm back in Virginny now, and so happy to have met all of you and most of you again at Nancy's Whiskey Pub !

Thanks Thom for the sweet shout out :hug: and to all :grouphug:

I think alot of Marchin' DUers are travelling today, so am bookmarking all the NYC threads I can find, and hopefully do a compilation thread in the next few days!

I.am.so.tired. But it's a good tired :loveya: :patriot: :loveya: :kick:

[jonnyblitz]

58. hey!! it was nice to meet you

:hi:

glad you made it home ok!

[Catchawave]

63. Thanks jonny !

Great meeting you too! And I did find those PM's we talked about (I don't get many, so I saved them all from Sept '04) and I totally remembered that you came to my rescue :hug: and thanks again!!!

[bettyellen]

59. Hi Catcha! it was so good to finally meet you. can't wait to see the rest

of your pics. you are your daughter were very cute together. she's lucky to have such a cool mom and she seems to know it.
i bet you're super proud.
can't wait to see the super thread you're working on.
:hug:

[Catchawave]

62. Hi bettyellen !

Thanks for the sweet words, yes she's quite a kid, AND a protest veteran from her college days!!! She's "retired" now because she works 3 jobs to stay alive in NYC:D

Did you see the photos DG posted in the KOEB group from the Nancy Whiskey Pub? I'm finding NYC threads EVERYWHERE on DU right now, lots of photos, many by DUers who were in other parts of the march! Also, photos are up in the NY forum!

I've seen some of the Spirit Shirt, and kicking myself for not having printed the DUers names LARGER ! Some have seen their name....oh yeah....including a bragging mole from one of those "websites that cannot be mentioned" posted that s/he saw his name! I am so honored :)

[bettyellen]

66. i can't find all the threads. i saw kelly's pics

and your first thread, but not much else.
let me know if you put together something. ;)
some idiot freeper signed up here to get you to put their name on your shirt? what a rube?

[Beaverhausen]

57. Thanks for the report

And here's a :toast: to you for making it through the march on crutches.

(and you don't look like a dork!)

:hi:

[ikojo]

61. Didn't get to meet any DUers in NYC but

the march WAS awesome..held in the BEST city in all of the world. I absolutely LOVE NYC. The Brooklyn Friends (Quakers) were kind enough to put my little group from St Louis up for two days. I got to narch and see parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.


Took a pic of Tasini and had my pic taken with Rabbi Arthur Waskow which was pretty cool.


I WANT TO LIVE IN NYC!!!!

[ThomCat]

64. I'm sorry our two groups didn't meet.

Next time you're in NYC we'll have to make sure we find you. :hi:

[tjwmason]

65. Happy Birthday ThomCat.

:hi:

Sounds like you had a great time too :bounce:

[WolverineDG]

70. I hereby nominate ThomCat

as DU HERO OF THE MARCH!!! You made it the entire route! :yourock: :yourock: You got to meet Randi Rhodes! :yourock: :yourock: Did you get a pic taken with her? I don't have all of my pics uploaded yet, but should get that done tonight before I head out of town AGAIN! I have pics of you & Swag at the Friday night mini-meet up that need to make their way out of my camera & into photobucket. :)

:hi: It was great meeting you & hope we can meet up again soon!!!

dg

[Fredda Weinberg]

72. I'll second the nomination n/t

[swag]

76. He is just a fucking cool person.

And so are you, WolverineDG.

[WolverineDG]

80. Aw, thanks

:blush:

Sorry you had to work & missed the march, but it was great seeing you at the meet-ups! :hi: It's always great to meet cool DUers!

dg

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

78. I third the nomination!

Thomcat :yourock: :yourock: