hey, don't take it personally but amnesty international's annual national conference starts tomorrow and its in milwaukee - you cheesehead...but i'm here today sitting in my room on the 16th floor at the milwaukee city center hilton drinking a sprecher black bavarian style beverage in a 16 oz. bottle - hey is there a theme emerging ... sixteen candles ...anyhoo...
i'm in a day early because i have to earn my way into the conference...i've been more or less unemployed since mid-august (save a couple of temp contracts albeit still doing social justice work) and couldn't afford the registration fee for the conference..so i'm here to do 4 hours worth of volunteer set-up work so that my fees are waived..it's a good deal...
on the other hand because i serve on amnesty international's multicultural assessment and advisory committee (maac) i was flown here and get a room on the committee's dime - but again, i hafta work to pay my way...
so i'll be blogging a little more often than usual as i cover the conference to give people back at home a taste of the big event...so all you hooligans on the list serve who NEVER check the blog click here and keep up with it this weekend (i mean seriously, i'm an old man blogging which is a young kid's game - the least you punks could do is read the blog regularly - am i right, am i right???)...
so if news of bordertown emerges, j-lo shows up, the slam poet mixer gets hot, or anything else cool happens you'll be the first non-attendees to know - cool???
peace out <3
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