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May 01, 2006
Alleys, Rallies ~ Happy May Day!
Gosh, it was quite a day.
On my way to John's, I couldn't help but be delayed!
Moving season is upon us, and an excellent junk pile beckoned.
What could I do?
Here is some of what I brought home~
Its hard to see all the splendor, but I got 2 paper lamps, one lovely Chinese lantern, an unopened roll of Christmas ribbon, a book of essays about marriage and sex, some unused letterpressed Christmas cards with a recipe for fruitcake on them, a cute little unused plastic jar, a pile of unused little-bitty envelopes, and a new brown t-shirt with an elephant that says death cab for cutie on it.
Oh, and I got an iron, which was practically new, as well as a cloth grocery bag which is apparently made of hi-techy biodegradable stuff, I know this because the young woman whose garbage I was pawing through came out and chatted for awhile. She was nice. She said she wished I could take the couch before it got rained on.
Oh! And here is the piece de resistance! My favorite thing that I found, in a different, equally interesting garbage heap, Marcel is still not sure how he feels about the..
plastic pirate sword! Avast ye sqwabs!!! Omg. I love it so much.
Later, The Big Dawg and I attended the massive May Day rally for the rights of immigrants downtown.
It was quite overwhelming! Lots of flags, lots of families! I found a Mexican flag on the ground, swooped it up and was the palest Mexican for miles but chanted "si se puede!" loudly, you betcha!
And then there was this guy~
who led the crowd singing popular songs in Spanish, and had real cacti impaled to the top of his sombrero. Truly, his 'stache was awe-inspiring. He saw me staring and struck this pose for my camera.
There were in fact many sombreros in the crowd, and there is something I like so much about sombreros, but it was hard to get pictures. The Big Dawg and I took turns walking my bicycle, and it was muddy in the park, so one had to watch one's step!
In general I am not such a fan of flag waving, but there were some nice photo-moments to be found, like this one~
My ancestral lands were represented as well~
imagine image of Irish flag here because mine won't show up
Boston was also represented! Introducing, for your viewing pleasure~
ladies and germs, a warm Knit-A-Log welcome if you please for
Otto!!!
Posted by at May 1, 2006 11:41 PM
Comments
Mmmm, that sword is so . . .
small. Doesn't match up to my hollow plastic battle ax.
I can't believe you didn't tell the old lady story.
Posted by: travesty at May 2, 2006 05:58 AM
Marcel is so-o-o-o handsome in the grass!! And that guy with the sombrero looks like Morgan Spurlock!!
Posted by: mongodaddy at May 2, 2006 08:17 AM
OMG!!! On second glance, I realise it isn't Marcel! I was wondering about those grey whiskers!!
Posted by: mongodaddy at May 2, 2006 08:19 AM
I was awed by the size of the procession. If only more non-immigrant people realized that the oppression of non-documented workers means oppression for all of us. Free movement of goods should mean free movement of people. Blanket amnesty for all undocumneted people in the U.S. By the way Happy scavanging.
Posted by: djm at May 2, 2006 09:23 AM