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  1. In the waiting

    September 26, 2008 by elenamary

    An underground blogging video of the Democratic convention from the perspective of my favorite bloggers. Bloggers who focus on issues that directly effect POC, immigrants, women, the disenfranchised. I was late to work watching it and it was worth it. (Part three of the four part video left me with watery eyes).

    I think the people who will enjoy this video the most are those in blogtitlan. Included in the video are bloggers from Culture Kitchen, MamitaMala, Vivir Latino, The Unaplogetic Mexican, Zuky, and Awareness Blog. Enjoy!




    DNC08: Beer and Loathing (The Pollatix of Grain and Periphery) from nezua on Vimeo.


  2. If Lou Dobbs’ heart could melt

    March 27, 2008 by elenamary


  3. Oh where oh where has my baby gone

    September 24, 2006 by elenamary

    One of the signs of a terrible blog is an entry saying to the readers claiming that the author will write more frequently and consistantly. I am going to avoid going down that road. I am however going to be chaing a few things around here mostly becasue of changes at home.

    Charles and I will finally be getting some internet at home starting the begginging of next month! I can’t wait for it. I hadn’t realized how much I rely on the internet. Paying bills, keeping up with friends via email and chatting, finding out about events going on around town, reading the nytimes. Yeah, I miss it.

    Life without internet is weird, and it is even more messed up that I want it back so much.


  4. Have a Blessed Day

    August 24, 2006 by elenamary

    I called my financial aid advisor at a public state univeristy and her voicemail ended with “Have a Blessed Day”. I hate this. I hate it when people have on their work voicemails, particularly their governement operation voicemails, things like “Have a Blessed Day” or “God bless you” or “Have a great day in the name of the Lord”.
    PISSES me off. I have to call Franklin County Department of Job Family Services ( http://www.franklincountyohio.gov/commissioners/jafs/ ) a few times a day, and more times then not the caseworkers have some kind of religious message on their voicemail.

    I believe in God, I believe in Jesus Christ as my saviour. I also believe in seperation of church and state. If you want to say “Have a blessed day” on your cell phone voicemail that is great, go for it but on your government agency voicemail that is innappropriate. It is a failur on their superviors part, as they should tell all employees not to have religious messages in their work voicemail.

    Also what pisses me off, is more often than not it is also ethnic minorities with religous, messages. This is the same message that was used to represe your people and my people, and in a way your message comes off in the same tone. Who are you to bless me? Who is anyone to bless anyone else? If you want to believe, good for you, if you want to discuss it with your friends, family, church go for it, but this is a personal issue, just as personal as me telling you how to raise your children or run your life.


  5. elenamary superhero

    August 9, 2006 by elenamary




    elenamary superhero

    Originally uploaded by elenamary.

    Damn, I had forgotton about this picture!


  6. my heart bleeds

    August 4, 2006 by elenamary

    Blah blah I am a bleeding heart liberal. I have got to say it because I know people are going to start bitching at me.

    I don’t believe there should be a minimum wage. I used to be a union organizer. I believe in unions. I do not believe in a minimum wage.

    A few weeks ago Charles and I were at a music festival and someone came up and asked us to sign a petition to raise the minimum wage. I was asked first and informed the signature gatherer that I did not want to sign but that she should ask Charles because he probably did believe in it.
    I was right and he signed her petition and while signing it she said something about how he, unlike me, believed that people should be able to earn a living wage. Now just because I don’t believe in a minimum wage does not believe I do not believe in a living wage, nor do I think that the current minimum wage provides a living wage. I do not believe that double the minimum wage in Ohio, would only provide a single person a living wage, not someone trying to support a family. I believe that increasing the minimum wage will only increase the cost of goods and services and effect inflation. I don’t think increasing the minimum wage will increase the standard of living of the working class. However, I do not have a solution. Do any of you?

    I do think they should tax the hell out of the wealthy.