Home and Fotos

20:32 01NOV09 Home, Denver, CO

I uploaded the rest of the Italy pics taken by daddo…so clicky clicky here

My awesome cool pics taken by me will be posted some time later this week.  Ciao!

Taking Control Back

28OCT09 21:08 Hotel Accademia, Firenze, Italia

Last night was one of the best I’ve had in a while.  My friend Roberto (one of my fav Couch Surfing hosts ever) picked me up on his scooter and cruised me around Rome for a while. We stopped in Trastevere where he treated me to dinner and then we got some gelatto.  Not too much better than cruising the streets of Rome on a scooter with a good friend.  Aw, life!

me and roberto

Il dolce far niente

27OCT09 19:26 Hotel Center 2, Roma, Italia

Saw the National Museum today. I should have been impressed but I just wasn’t. Mostly sculpture art, a few frescos and some coinage. The coins were probably the coolest thing.

Napoli e Pompeii

26OCT09 22:10 Hotel Center 2, Roma, Italia

Today involved a train, a city ruined by lava, the best pizza in the world and almost being hit by an Alfa Romeo.

Holy Salads Batman!!!

25OCT09 20:26 Hotel Center 2, Roma, Italia

When I woke up this morning there was only one thing on my mind. A Holy Salad from the Vatican Museum. Last year when I was in Rome I had visited the museum and purchased the most delightful salad from the cafeteria there. Needless to say, it’s been on my mind since we booked our tickets to Rome. We had already decided that we were going to try and see the Pope today so to Vatican City we went and my dreams of the Holy Salad were within reach J.

Rome on Jetlag

24OCT09 22:11 Hotel Central 2, Roma, Italia

After 3 plane rides, an hour train journey, and walking about a mile, we finally arrived in Rome. Having already been here before I wasn’t super excited but just being in a different country makes me happy. J

After some a much needed shower and time to stretch my legs, my parents and I hit the town. With the help of Rick Steves’s travel guide, we set out to do two self-guided walks through town to see as much as we could of local night life.

We started with a gentle stroll from Piazza del Popolo to the Spanish Steps. Along the way we saw a Michael Jackson impersonator…SCORe!!!! We stopped at the Spanish Steps to watch all the people pass by and dine al fresco
style at “Giggi.”

1 Giggi Dinner

It’s Big, It’s Heavy, It’s Wood

18:00 Aurora, CO, USA

Running Down the Walls - Denver '09

updates include:

1. new man
2. dr. disco
3. no va
4. maybe steamboat?
5. running down the walls (see foto)

fin.

why worry?

19:32 aurora, co, usa

things have been going so well lately…

so why do i feel so down?

i day dream…almost constantly. about countries untraveled, places undiscovered, people unmet, food untasted.  i long for change and excitment. something deep inside me feels so unfulfilled.

i catch myself zoning off…escaping the everyday reality that surrounds me to get lost in my thoughts…my memories

i excite easily when someone mentions a far away land….and then…instant sadness.

i like recounting this day a lot! Udaipur, India - November 2007

Running Down the Walls

11:52 sep 09 My room, Aurora, CO, USA

i was supposed to fly to virginia tomorrow

i was supposed to dance all weekend

i was supposed to be in DC on Saturday

instead…im reusing my ticket to travel next month and going to this:

RUNNING DOWN THE WALLS
On Saturday, September 12th, 2009, various Anarchist Black Cross chapters and political prisoners will participate in 5k runs in cities and prisons across the country.
This event is designed to raise much-needed funds for the Anarchist Black Cross Federation Warchest and the Romaine Fitzgerald Homecoming Fund.
In Denver, the run is also intended to highlight some of the local tools of state repression. The run will begin at the Denver Sheriff Department Detention Facility at 13th and Cherokee, and will also run by the Denver office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The run will end at Civic Center Park downtown.

RAISING FUNDS
The goal for this year’s run is $3,000. Funds will be divided between the
following:
• The Warchest Program was created in November of 1994. Through the
program, The ABCF sends monthly financial support to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (PP/POWs) who have received insufficient, little, or no financial support during their imprisonment. Funds from the Warchest are distributed through monthly stipends to the political prisoners in need. Prisoners use this money to cover the basic necessities of everyday living. Since its inception, the ABCF has raised over $56,000 through the Warchest program. For more information, check out
www.abcf.net
• Romaine Fitzgerald Homecoming Fund Currently, there is a parole campaign for political prisoner Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald. This fund will assist Chip his legal appeal effort and in re-establishing a life outside of prison. Chip has served forty years in prison and is the longest held political prisoner in the United States. For more information, please check out: www.freechip.org

SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE
Remember that many of those arrested in the past or present are not far
from us. Many of them were and are community and labor activists, queer and environmental activists- people who decided to speak out against various forms of oppression and paid the price of freedom for their actions. Anyone of these people could have at one time stood beside us in a demonstration, at a speak-out or even a organizing meeting. At any moment it could be us who finds ourselves in this situation, so it is imperative that we ensure that a strong community of support exists for these people as well as ourselves. The strength of our movement is determined by how much we support our fallen comrades.

GET INVOLVED
People can participate in the following ways:

• Be a runner: We are asking people or groups who are running to
collect as many sponsors for the run as possible. Remember the money received is going to help imprisoned comrades and local groups who need help. Check out www.abcf.net/la for more information.

• Sponsor a runner: This can be done through a flat donation to the
runner of your choice.

• Volunteer at the event: Help hand out water to runners and literature to passerby.

• Sponsor Running Down the Walls: Any amount helps. Contact the Denver Anarchist Black Cross if you wish to simply donate money.

• Donate directly to the Warchest: For the Warchest send funds to the Philadelphia ABC, indicating your desire for those funds to go to the Warchest. Please make checks and money orders to Tim Fasnacht. (Philadelphia ABCF P.O. Box 42129 Philadelphia, PA 19101).

ALSO:

The Denver Anarchist Black Cross will be hosting a kick off party/event following the run! More details will be available soon, but please mark your calendars to help us celebrate the formation of this new organization in the Denver area!

In love and solidarity,
Denver ABC Crew

Matthew says:
we should tell people we’re getting married

.LOLLY. says:
thats a neat idea
i could use more drama in my life

Matthew says:
then tell everyone to show up somewhere for the wedding and we won’t come