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Brubeck (poem)
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Dave Brubeck

Night. Working, listening to Brubeck on my bed, jazz
lazy, low swings. Amber glow--the lampshade, the candle,
the comforter.
I love your lolling piano, your sweet, singing sax.
Nothing is mine but work, and this room, accompanied
by the radioed tempo. Work is good,
love is great; movement better. Let us move
to the rhythm but stay right where we are. Brazen
shifts of music, and I want to stay right here.




copyright 2008 melissasnowden

November 17, 2008 | 7:42 PM Comments  0 comments

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Waiting NOW
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I am waiting to hear back from the Orlando chapter of NOW....

November 17, 2008 | 6:25 PM Comments  0 comments

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Minga: Teens Fighting Sexual Exploitation
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CosmoGirl magazine recently rewarded young leaders with a "Born to Lead" 2008 award. Some of them received grants for their causes. One girl that I was inspired by is named Katie Simon (16). She went to a leadership camp in Mexico and learned the facts of child sex trafficking, and has raised more than $57 thousand dollars for this cause since then, even beginning her own org called "Minga: teens fighting sexual exploitation". It sounds like an incredible opportunity to get teens involved globally beginning in their own community, to travel with this group to countries (right now it seems mostly South American), and to speak at youth conferences.

Official site: http://mingagroup.org

--msnowden

"The Activist"

AGE: 16
HOMETOWN: Boston, MA
ABOUT: Katie is the founder of Minga, a youth-run, nonprofit group that works to end sex trafficking by raising money and awareness. The word "Minga" is Quechan, a South American language, meaning "the community coming together for the collective benefit." Learn what you can do to help by visiting MingaGroup.org.


--text from http://www.cosmogirl.com/lifeadvice/born-to-lead/born-to-lead-2008

November 17, 2008 | 9:47 AM Comments  0 comments

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Shuttle Launch, 11/14 @ 7:55 pm
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Shuttle launch, Florida:
Luminous orange pitch in the sky,
makes the Full Moon seem so small.





Unbelievable!

November 14, 2008 | 8:04 PM Comments  0 comments

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Ohi Day + όχι !
Related to country: Greece

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Researching for a book right now and came across this:

Celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on October 28 each year, Okhi Day (also spelled Ohi Day, Oxi Day, or Ochi Day, Greek: Επέτειος του «'Οχι», Anniversary of the "No") commemorates Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas's (in power from August 4, 1936 until January 29, 1941) rejection of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Mussolini on October 28, 1940.

This ultimatum, which was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador in Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, on October 28, 1940, at dawn (04:00 AM), after a party in the German embassy in Athens, demanded that Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy certain unspecified "strategic locations" or otherwise face war. It was allegedly answered with a single laconic word: όχι or no.

Inspiring. Cultural stands give me shivers down my spine based on fortitude and principle alone. Whether it's defiance against occupation or a backlash against sexual abuse, standing up against authority or an entity can be just too inspirational for words.


text taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okhi_Day

November 11, 2008 | 4:39 PM Comments  0 comments

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HISTORICAL DAY IN MY HOUSEHOLD!!
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Now, I am not one to use all caps to emphasize, but THIS is an historic event! Just moments ago:

Mom:You won't believe what your father said today.
Dad: No, no, grumble grumble....
Me (bolting upright at my Dad being embarrassed): WHAT??!
Mom: Go ahead, tell her.
Dad: No. Well, I was just saying... We were watching them talk about gay rights and civil unions today and...
Me: Yeah??!?!
Dad: ...And I said I didn't know what all the stink was about. (Gigantically loooong pause) ...If they want to get married, let them get married.
Me (doing an infinite amount of cartwheels in the living room): Yes! Yes! YES!
Dad: Well I've always been pro-civil union. But if they want to make a big stink about getting married, let them get married. If they just want to call it "marriage"--
Me: YESSS! YESSS! Yeahhh! (Fingers pointing, hips gyrating in celebration.) We win, Kodi (my dog), we win!! And when I say "we" (point at myself) I don't mean gay people. I mean "we" (pointing at myself and Kodi), the liberals in the hooouse!!

And then I did a few more dance moves.

And THEN I tried to record him saying it so that I could post it all over the Internet and send it to my sister, but I couldn't sneak that out of him. Oh well, Prop 2 was passed this time around, but holy cow, if my Dad could give it a go, then who's next????!!

CHANGE? Yes, we can! Who said we couldn't? :)

November 10, 2008 | 9:32 PM Comments  0 comments

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Women's Playwright Initiative (Orlando/Central FL)
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When I went to a Red Chair Project meeting a few months ago, I got out of the car at the same time as (and ended up sitting beside) the Fundraiser Chair for the Women's Playwright Initiative. This was our first introduction, a lucky opportunity because it allowed us to brainstorm together and connect over issues important to us: creativity, advocacy, and empowerment for women/girls.

So, I gave her my contact info in hopes that my skill set would come to benefit her organization, and she recently contacted me to join as a board member for WPI. If I manage to handle the volunteer load for it (10 hours a month PLUS the advocacy work I do for 3 other organizations ♪♫☆), then I think this'll be a fruitful collaboration.

http://www.womenplaywrights.com/