moving around

Been back at school for two days now, and after my half-week in Ann Arbor, New York seems ages ago. But it wasn't.

- Sunday and Monday after I flew home, I was editing the report. Working on it in Ann Arbor was tough, because there my energy is almost entirely focused on friends and family.

- The day before I went south to Ohio, Michelle sent me the completed copy of "A Fabulous Attitude - Low-Income LGBTGNCE People Surviving and Thriving on Love, Shelter & Knowledge." It is beautiful, because it is truthful and as encompassing a view as possible into the lives of these often-ignored people. AND MY NAME WAS ON IT. I'm not a big advocate of caps lock, but it was so exciting, and printed twice - once under the list of Welfare Warriors, and then on its lonesome under "editing."

- My friend mentioned that I needed some kind of closing post, and I agree with him. On principle, though, I can't write about closure because I have none - my time with QEJ is over, but the critical thinking I've started to do increasingly often is, well, only increasing. Watch out, structures of power. You're going to be examined, and I mean it in the violating, police strip-search of a trans person kind of way (perhaps that's what "fighting back" entails). Wait, that might be awful to say. Oh well.

- Ohio is not New York. But I love a lot of people here, and there's a lot of passion - whether for activism or other aspects of life - that I can't wait to tap into. This new semester has a lot of promise. I may even continue to write here, for those interested, about upcoming adventures in Oberlin. So in conclusion(ish), goodbye (for now)!