Allison (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} heartisreeling) wrote,@ 2005-08-07 10:50:00 |
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Peace out
Peace day was awesome. It was overrun with hippies, rastafarians (or should I say rastafari?) whose dreadlocks were truly mindboggling, tree-huggers, beat poets and vegetarians. There was some awesome drum music, a peace parade and Aztec dance ceremonies. It was wonderful. Our ONE campaign booth did really well, especially during the first few hours when tons of people were coming over from the farmer's market across the street. Most people were at least curious, if not truly interested. Some couldn't give a rat's ass, which saddened me a bit. It was also sad how people couldn't seem to figure out what our booth was about, despite the GIANT signs that said "ONE voice against extreme world poverty". But thanks to their ignorance I was finally able to utilize my expert Girl Scout training in sales. I used to be quite the little cookie pusher. But after the farmer's market shut down business got to be really slow. Towards the end of the day the exhaustion started to take over and I became a bit delirious. I was overheard saying things like "Join the campaign to end world history!" and "You guys should start a speed sitting contest!" Boy, it was rough. But, all in a days work for us activists. We ended up getting almost 160 signatures. Not bad, not bad at all. "That'll do, kids. That'll do."
Peace day was awesome. It was overrun with hippies, rastafarians (or should I say rastafari?) whose dreadlocks were truly mindboggling, tree-huggers, beat poets and vegetarians. There was some awesome drum music, a peace parade and Aztec dance ceremonies. It was wonderful. Our ONE campaign booth did really well, especially during the first few hours when tons of people were coming over from the farmer's market across the street. Most people were at least curious, if not truly interested. Some couldn't give a rat's ass, which saddened me a bit. It was also sad how people couldn't seem to figure out what our booth was about, despite the GIANT signs that said "ONE voice against extreme world poverty". But thanks to their ignorance I was finally able to utilize my expert Girl Scout training in sales. I used to be quite the little cookie pusher. But after the farmer's market shut down business got to be really slow. Towards the end of the day the exhaustion started to take over and I became a bit delirious. I was overheard saying things like "Join the campaign to end world history!" and "You guys should start a speed sitting contest!" Boy, it was rough. But, all in a days work for us activists. We ended up getting almost 160 signatures. Not bad, not bad at all. "That'll do, kids. That'll do."
