Elenamary

This week all entries will be about my trip to Louisiana to work on their two congressional races. For more info about the election and the group I am going with check here.
I am flying out to Louisiana tomorrow. I thought I was going to fly out tonight, as I was told I [...]

This year when Alexi buys me my Chirstmas presents he will be able to afford it because of his job with Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin is a military defense contractor. They sell weapons to Israel, to the CIA, to the US Government to help overthrow foreign governments like in Venezuela. The election of republicans [...]

Today, Alexi and I did our post-thanksgiving walk to Sugar Loaf. One day we will go to the real Pão de Açúcar. Algum dia eu espero.

I haven’t seen my dad in what I think is about a year-and-a-half. I last had talked to him in August for less than a minute. We have a distant relationship; he was abusive, crazy, manipulative, terrible father. He is also one of the most intelligent people I know. I wish I could speak with [...]

After the age of eight or so every prayer at my house ended with the line “And let them understand what they do to the rabbits is wrong, in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, Amen.” It started after our dad took us to some festival with a trailer [...]

It isn’t as simple as party lines. I made fun of my friend Harmon K. (who was president of the College Dems) I for dating a republican. “Our politics are very similar” he informed me “I am a conservative Democrat from Ohio and she is a progressive Republican from California”. I [...]