a short one (I promise)
Went and saw a film called Corps Plongés today- part of the Palo Alto French film festival with my old friend Lynn who turned up last night at El Rio nightclub as I was doing wedding planning research- wanted to see if DJ Jose Ruiz would be good for our event. Wondering if maybe we can find a woman DJ- noticing that El Rio has three women regulars who do Hip Hop, soul, and latin- Chili D, Eldaj, and a woman named Lynnee Bonner, who is described as a womanist/hip-hop historian and DJ for SoMuch Soul Music. Check it out- raw oysters and a cool community space.
I must say, however that last night I wished that folks who were interested in dancing with me would have asked politely and been respectful of my yes or no instead of doing that whole butt in thing on my circle of women friend dancers. Even worse is the approach from behind where you suddenly sense someone a bit too close behind you. Its fucked up and annoying.
Check out some amazing medical links. Turns out AMSA is a super progressive organization. Its motto is “It takes more than medical school to make a physician.” Fuck yeah! They are doing all sorts of stuff with universal health care coverage, fighting med student abuse and working to make training hours safer and more humane. Their group for queer students is for reals LGBT, totally inclusive. They even have a direct action interest group.
Also check out the Physicians for a National Health Program and Doctors Without Borders which has some really good news and information about the food that the US is dropping on Afghanistan and how bogus it is as a “humanitarian” gesture.
Also, my godfather told me about Hangawi, an amazing Korean vegetarian restaurant in NYC. Apparently has amazing atmosphere and totally crazy good and unique food.
So, I’ll be in NYC on Monday! I’m looking forward to it [Especially the seeing the E part!!!] but also wanting to be respectful of the fact that it is the site of a big awful thing that happened. I’m interested, though, in the urgings that we are getting from our polititians such as Shrub and Willie Brown to get out there and SHOP. “America’s Open for Business” posters seen all over Union Square in San Francisco today. So- get out there America, show the world that our spirit is alive by going out and enthusiastically participating in the capitalist economy!
