a is for activism

i became interested in activism in college, which i guess is sort of cliche. but there it is. i marched, i rallied, i picketed, i wrote letters, i signed petitions. i did an independent study in which i volunteered to help run independent political candidates for city council. that was a surreal experience. my co-volunteers were a pack of contentious marxists with a penchant for strange nicknames and a really annoying obsession with bob dylan. they frequented a fabulous little mexican restaurant, however. yum.

since then my activism has been mainly of the writing letters/complaining bitterly to myself variety.

rallies are hard to come by in these here parts.