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Saturday: Our neighbor has been trying to officially welcome us to the neighborhood since we moved in last November. She finally succeeded. Afterwards, the Moof and I played GO -- our first game in quite some time, and the first game using the full 19x19 board in many months. It was a close game, but he won with 33 points to my 20 points. In the evening, we visited with M&C, who made pizza for dinner.
Sunday: The kittens turned two years old! Wow, time flies. I gave them freshly picked catnip as a birthday present and I took birthday pictures of all four kittens, to compare with the baby pictures from 2002. Then I picked up![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
langs_place and we went to Wisconsin to see Utah Phillips perform. His performance was slightly different than the Friday show, so I got to hear some other pieces, like The Preacher and the Slave. Good stuff! After the show, we got ice cream and sat on the Capitol lawn talking for several hours before heading home at about 2am.
Monday: Slept in, thanks to staying up until 6am Sunday night.
Tuesday: Went to a dedication ceremony for the new Haymarket memorial. The ceremony was pathetic; I can't believe they had a cop on the speaker list, but no Anarchists. One trade union guy spoke, reading the names and trades of each of the Haymarket Martyrs. After the list of what each one was, we yelled out "...AND AN ANARCHIST!" One guy tried to tell me that the Martyrs had been Socialists, not Anarchists. I told him to go read their writings. George Engel's last words before he went to the gallows were, "Hurrah for Anarchy!" What an idiot. Anyway, the memorial is ugly, but not nearly as offensive as the ceremony (or the previous memorials to the cops). After the ceremony, most people left, and us Anarchists hung out for a couple of hours. I climbed the memorial, wondering if the cops would arrest me for it. Wouldn't that be ironic -- arresting Anarchists at the Haymarket? Some pictures from the day can be found here, here, here, and here.
Wednesday: Had a good meeting at work with some of our collaborators from U-Chicago. Made plans for how to progress with my analysis. After work, I went to the monthly Poly Chicago dinner, which was held in the Burbs for once. It was my first Poly Chicago event since July, and it was well attended -- apparently the best attended dinner in months. In short, it was a good and fun evening.
Thursday: Long bike ride. Ouch. See yesterday's entry here.
Today: Had a reasonably productive day at work. Went for another bike ride (more ouch).
Sunday: The kittens turned two years old! Wow, time flies. I gave them freshly picked catnip as a birthday present and I took birthday pictures of all four kittens, to compare with the baby pictures from 2002. Then I picked up
langs_place and we went to Wisconsin to see Utah Phillips perform. His performance was slightly different than the Friday show, so I got to hear some other pieces, like The Preacher and the Slave. Good stuff! After the show, we got ice cream and sat on the Capitol lawn talking for several hours before heading home at about 2am.Monday: Slept in, thanks to staying up until 6am Sunday night.
Tuesday: Went to a dedication ceremony for the new Haymarket memorial. The ceremony was pathetic; I can't believe they had a cop on the speaker list, but no Anarchists. One trade union guy spoke, reading the names and trades of each of the Haymarket Martyrs. After the list of what each one was, we yelled out "...AND AN ANARCHIST!" One guy tried to tell me that the Martyrs had been Socialists, not Anarchists. I told him to go read their writings. George Engel's last words before he went to the gallows were, "Hurrah for Anarchy!" What an idiot. Anyway, the memorial is ugly, but not nearly as offensive as the ceremony (or the previous memorials to the cops). After the ceremony, most people left, and us Anarchists hung out for a couple of hours. I climbed the memorial, wondering if the cops would arrest me for it. Wouldn't that be ironic -- arresting Anarchists at the Haymarket? Some pictures from the day can be found here, here, here, and here.
Wednesday: Had a good meeting at work with some of our collaborators from U-Chicago. Made plans for how to progress with my analysis. After work, I went to the monthly Poly Chicago dinner, which was held in the Burbs for once. It was my first Poly Chicago event since July, and it was well attended -- apparently the best attended dinner in months. In short, it was a good and fun evening.
Thursday: Long bike ride. Ouch. See yesterday's entry here.
Today: Had a reasonably productive day at work. Went for another bike ride (more ouch).
