Title Clarification and Contest!

Alright, so, in the Ken Kesey book, the name of the bus is "Furthur". But some dude in England already had that as the name of his blog, so I took this name. It's further with two u's, kind of like hot with two t's (which, by the way, IS going to make it into popular slang usage, just like "swaction").

Not too much to report otherwise, except that I love DC and the East Coast and Georgetown and all my theatre buddies and pretty much the whole planet right now. That's probably due to the interesting mix of no sleep, lots of caffeine, a little bit of alcohol, and invigorating winter weather, but that doesn't mean it's not true.

I'm holding a photo contest for "most interesting expression of support". There are already t-shirts with my face on them (contact The NeXt Girl if you're interested)(and don't worry D, you already get a bonus prize for that idea), but I want pictures of Keith waving his shirt in front of a bull, or Andrew with his arm around the queen. If you don't have a shirt, that's cool too, make a sign. And it doesn't have to involve my name or picture, just "Equality Ride" is fine. I'm thinking billboards, tattoos, cloud writing, cheerleaders (queerleaders?), etc. Be creative! Send me your pics and I'll post them up here.

Hittin' the Bigtime

Current Media on the Ride:

Focus on the Family Article

UC Davis School Paper Article

Article in World Magazine

The press release is here.

Friendlyish blog from a high up dude at Wheaton

A less friendly blog

There was an article in the Daily Oklahoman, but I can't find it just at the moment...

Welcome

Hey guys. This is going to be my blog for the remainder of the SoulForce Equality Ride, and maybe beyond. If I already know you, howsa?, and if I don't, the name's Di, you can see a picture of me on the Equality Ride website , and I'm a cool and groovy young lesbian out to change the world, among many other things. Don't be a hater yo.

I'm sitting here on my last day of work. My suitcase is packed and ready, Spencer is safely in his bag, got my ticket, and I'm itchin' to go. I'll be in DC hanging out with The NeXt Girl and other folks for a week, and then I'll hook up with the rest of the Riders next weekend.

By the way, the title of the blog comes from the name of the bus Ken Kesey's group The Merry Pranksters rode around the country on doing crazy arty things. Read all about it in Tom Wolfe's novel "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test".