Thanksgiving - One Warm Coat
I am not sure when the last time I wrote but it does beel like a short while. I suppose this is because the last week was fairly uneventful. Last weekend we said goodbye to Chris. We had a good time, went out, shared thoughts and feeling, all that good stuff. The goodbye, as usual, was not very dramatic. We walked Chris down to the cab and he got in. It was a bit sad, and it is weird to continually expect one more person at the dinner table, but we are doing well and adjusting.
Thanksgiving was pretty cool. I headed over to the other Oakland house because all of my roommates were gone. I am lucky because if I would have stayed alone I would have probably had Ramen. Instead, I was treated to a traditional meal of turkey and all the other good stuff and some good conversation. I got to see the end of Mean Girls with Lindsey Lohan, which should be made illegal for how it portrays (read scantilly clad) girls too young for guys like me. We also watched Elf, a silly movie with Will Ferrell from the holiday season of last year. Good stuff.
On Friday we participated in the kick-off for One Warm Coat at Bay Street in Emeryville. It was cool, and by that I mean that it got quite chilly - even for Oakland. Now, just because I am from Wisconsin does NOT mean that I like the cold (cold weather - I suppose people could like coldness per se) or that I am used to or can handle cold weather better than other people. NO. I dislike cold weather just as much as other people and maybe that is why I am helping in a drive to collect warm coats for people who need them. I also may be doing this because it is part of my job. It is hard to separate the reasons and the doings sometimes (I don't think that made sense). Anyways, it went well. We collected about 400 coats and I got to hang out with Steve and Sherri and Phil and all the other people who are making this thing happen. Collecting coats for homeless people is just the start and trying to help them into a better life. I am glad to be part of the machine. I guess that is sometimes the best we can do. Jump into something that is good and contribute. All long as it is something good then I can feel good about it. And if it is something good, who cares what it is, at least you are DOING something. Most people are not (I think I can safely say this because if it were not true I do not think we would need homeless shelters or that we would be fighting some bullshit war for oil). Oh know, I just worte down an opinion and now people know what I think. Maybe not the best idea, but this is a blog and I guess it is a proper venue to voice opinions. Anyway, anyone who is reading this is most likely someone who is doing something so I am probably not attacking you. And if you are not doing anything, than I guess I am attacking you. This is not to say that I am great, I am just glad to be here, be part of a machine (a hopfully good one).
Ok, so One Warm Coat was good. I ended up driving 40 bags of coats back to the Center in the van. I could not see anything but made it back. Now I am just relaxing on the holiday weekend. All my family and friends, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you are having a good Thanksgiving weekend.
Thanksgiving was pretty cool. I headed over to the other Oakland house because all of my roommates were gone. I am lucky because if I would have stayed alone I would have probably had Ramen. Instead, I was treated to a traditional meal of turkey and all the other good stuff and some good conversation. I got to see the end of Mean Girls with Lindsey Lohan, which should be made illegal for how it portrays (read scantilly clad) girls too young for guys like me. We also watched Elf, a silly movie with Will Ferrell from the holiday season of last year. Good stuff.
On Friday we participated in the kick-off for One Warm Coat at Bay Street in Emeryville. It was cool, and by that I mean that it got quite chilly - even for Oakland. Now, just because I am from Wisconsin does NOT mean that I like the cold (cold weather - I suppose people could like coldness per se) or that I am used to or can handle cold weather better than other people. NO. I dislike cold weather just as much as other people and maybe that is why I am helping in a drive to collect warm coats for people who need them. I also may be doing this because it is part of my job. It is hard to separate the reasons and the doings sometimes (I don't think that made sense). Anyways, it went well. We collected about 400 coats and I got to hang out with Steve and Sherri and Phil and all the other people who are making this thing happen. Collecting coats for homeless people is just the start and trying to help them into a better life. I am glad to be part of the machine. I guess that is sometimes the best we can do. Jump into something that is good and contribute. All long as it is something good then I can feel good about it. And if it is something good, who cares what it is, at least you are DOING something. Most people are not (I think I can safely say this because if it were not true I do not think we would need homeless shelters or that we would be fighting some bullshit war for oil). Oh know, I just worte down an opinion and now people know what I think. Maybe not the best idea, but this is a blog and I guess it is a proper venue to voice opinions. Anyway, anyone who is reading this is most likely someone who is doing something so I am probably not attacking you. And if you are not doing anything, than I guess I am attacking you. This is not to say that I am great, I am just glad to be here, be part of a machine (a hopfully good one).
Ok, so One Warm Coat was good. I ended up driving 40 bags of coats back to the Center in the van. I could not see anything but made it back. Now I am just relaxing on the holiday weekend. All my family and friends, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you are having a good Thanksgiving weekend.
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