More background for you guys: for those who don't know, i'm doing a fellowship with PolitiCorps this summer. PolitiCorps is the leadership development ("drive leaders") aspect of the Oregon Bus Project. It is a political "boot camp" where i work 70+ hours a week canvassing for local candidates, registering voters, and eventually we'll be working to defeat a mandatory minimums initiative that is a horrible piece of legislation for several reasons (ask if you want to know). We also do classrooms where we learn different aspects of campaigning and leadership.
Today was our first day off in two weeks. Needless to say, we spent it doing laundry, cleaning, and finishing unpacking. Noah, my roommate from Kalamazoo, MI, was brave enough to clean our kitchen. Alex is our host. He is also a super busy staffer at the Bus Project who is almost never home. He sleeps at his girlfriend's place most of the time and owns next to nothing, and if you walked in our front door, the place looks like you would expect. Nate is my other roommate from Cleveland who attended the University of Oregon. We cleaned until Nate invited Mollie (another fellow) over and then the three of us went to snag bubble tea while Noah stayed home to call his people. We met Carol (yet another fellow) at Fat Straw and just hung out there until i got hungry enough to walk back home and eat some Cheerios. We all drove to a barbecue that was held for the fellows. Great food! Free food! It was amazing, and i only regret not having eaten even more because despite receiving our stipends at the barbecue i'll still be broke until it's deposited in Utah (probably Friday or so).
I'm going to bed because i have New Organizing Institute (NOI) training tomorrow. They're going to feed us breakfast and lunch. More free food!!
1 comment:
Oh my gosh I didn't know you were doing so much! Hard work but it sounds (ch)awesome! I miss you a ton and the next time I see you the girls will be a year old! I love the reference to free food every other line haha. But I swear free food tastes better doesn't it! I never knew you were a cheerio kind of guy? Honey nut? Anyway I do want to know more about what you told to ask about if we wanted to know more. Can you post any pictures please?
Post a Comment