And now that I’ve done that brief flurry of Goblin Market posts: I’m not actually going to be around today. Lots of work, lots of house things to get done. So before I vanish for the day, some gentle nagging:
Did you take your meds?
Did you eat something?
Do you have a cup of tea or coffee sitting somewhere that you’ve forgotten about?
I originally typed the following in the “tags” since that’s where I usually add my thoughts, but I wound up typing a lot, so here it is:
Maybe it’s because I grew up watching “Blues Brothers” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” over and over again, and hearing about WWII from older relatives who lived through it, but I have a lot of trouble getting into someone’s shoes if they think that it’s okay to march with Nazis. I know I’m not exactly going out on a limb declaring that I am very anti-Nazi and anti-fascist. And doing so will probably not upset anyone at the art school where I work. But I think it’s easy to be quiet. Especially when it’s something…
Seattle teacher Jesse Hagopian was on his way home during Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2015. After he gave his speech he called his mother while crossing the street when the police officer Sandra DeLaFuente pepper sprayed him and the other pedestrians.
Luckily, the incident was caught on video.
“I was hit in the face with pepper spray — burning my ear, my mouth, and my eyes,” Hagopian said at a press conference with representatives of the King County NAACP. “The pain was excruciating. I spent the entire birthday party pouring milk on my face — frightening my kids, not sure what to tell them.”
Hagopian received $100,000 settlement but is not gonna keep it.
“I did reach a settlement with the City of Seattle for $100,000,” he said. “But I want it to be clear that $100,000 is not justice. The office of professional accountability did rule in my favor. It did say that this officer violated policy and should face a suspension — a one-day suspension.”
He decided to give the money to Black Lives Matter organization.
“I was peacefully raising my voice for justice on Martin Luther King Day last year,” he said. “I gave the final rally speech at the main event that I called out people who pretend to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and then disparage the Black Lives Matter movement — as if he wouldn’t be in the streets supporting it. As if he hadn’t been arrested over 40 times in the struggle for racial, economic and social justice. Apparently, not all the police officers liked that speech.”
So I had little success with my last post and I recall that when I did post it that it never entered into any of the tags I set. So I would like to try again, and hopefully this post format will help with that.
Uy Skweyul, I am currently the coordinator for Halalt First Nation tribe’s summer camp. I manage our camp leaders and help mentor them into leadership roles and have helped them plan a successful summer camp for our Tribe’s children. Our summer camp is 100% free for our community’s children and we currently have almost 30 children from ages 5-12 attending. Throughout the summer we provide lunch to all of our children, fun games, teachings on a healthy clean community, and teachings from our community’s Elders.
The program thus far has been a success. At the end of each summer we take our kids on a trip that many of them could not attend otherwise as several of our people do live below the poverty line. We would like to provide a trip to Vancouver BC’s Playland Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), on August 22nd. This trip will provide memories and give a chance for everyone to have a great close to the summer regardless of their family’s economic standing. Normally we are funded to go, but this year our sponsor couldn’t support us, leaving us to raise the funds.
If you could possibly do me and our people a great favour and possibly donate to our fundraiser. All profits go into our non-profit organization Halalt Youth Society. Our total goal is $3,500 Canadian dollars, of which we’ve currently raised a total of $400. We have been fundraising tirelessly within our community, but we are only 300 or so people strong to begin with and it’s been difficult.
I completely understand that there are people who cannot afford to donate. Giving us a share here on Tumblr, or on Facebook would do us a lot of good as well!
As of the date of this posting we currently have 400/3,500 CAD We will continue to fund raise here in person with our community, but any help you could afford us would be wonderful.
Jonathan, like Phryne Fisher, clearly hasn’t taken anything seriously since 1918.
And, I would suspect, for similar reasons.
^^^This. Jonathan being in World War I makes total sense. It’s
almost impossible for him not to have been. Given his age and background, he probably
volunteered in 1914.
Of course he’s going to not take anything seriously. Of
course he can shoot. The drinking, the skittishness, the recklessness, the
sense of ‘keeping your head down’, the scepticism about traditional heroism….
The one with more actual experience of death, carnage and
fighting is Jonathan. Not Rick. Not Ardeth Bey. Jonathan.
When Rick says ‘I’ve had worse (situation/odds)’ and Jonathan replies “ Me too”. That’s probably true.
Drop The Mummy
into the real world context and that’s a character who’s going to have seen a
lot of his school friends die, along with the myths and tales of heroism they
were raised on. Sort of makes the line where Evie’s scolding him for drinking/messing
about a lot darker…
Evie: Have you no respect for the dead? Jonathan: Of course I do, but sometimes I’d rather like
to join them.
