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Good afternoon from Lynchburg Virginia, home of Liberty University and Jerry Falwell. We just arrived a couple of minutes ago but there is much to catch you up on before we head off to Chinese food and Jesus at the First Christian Church. Yay Jesus. Our hotel this time is actually pretty bangin', for a Days Inn. We have a little balcony and there's breakfast in the restaurant downstairs and a bowling alley across the way. Also, best roomates ever in Haven and Robin. Good times ahead.
So the bus. It's a groovy bus. It's wrapped to look like it's covered in newspapers with different headlines like "Learn from History, Fight Religion Based Oppression" and "GLBT Rights" and "Youth Activism". It looks pretty neat, but the wrap is finely perforated so we can see out and looking through it gives me a headache. Otherwise, it's a pretty normal bus I guess. The bathroom is a bit scary... it moves a lot more than you might expect, and there's no sink, just a little bottle of sanitizer. You can see the disinfectant blue water stuff swishing and sloshing like some weird ocean in the toilet. I will not be using it often.
We had a press conference this morning in front of the CCCU (that's the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities, I believe) and then rolled out of DC and out here to Lynchburg. I spent most of the trip trying to sleep but not quite succeeding. By the way, I do not know what I would do without my ipod. If any of you are considering doing something like this, make sure you have one. So yeah, driving through Virginia is interesting... we passed through the Blue Ridge Mountains (I think) and an area where I did not get cell phone service, which you know means it's the boonies. I was pleasantly surprised when I got off the bus to see the sun and feel actual warmth in the air. We were greeted by a gentleman with a bonified mullet and the kind of accent that usually makes me twinge and run my liberal butt for the hills. He asked what we were up to and Jake told him, and he was actually really supportive and asked if he could sign anything to help us. Said: "I ain't a gay or lesbian or nothin', but I support ya". He asked if I had a cigarette and I gave him a clove I happened to have on me and we chatted a bit. He told me his dad used to run moonshine with Jerry and that he's "not a real preacher, he's in it for the money". Hotchya.
You have no idea how hard it is to keep up with this blog business... I've barely introduced any of these people to you. Yesterday we had a really intense training session that culminated in half of the group sobbing while a half dozen cameras recorded it all for the Washington Post, the AP wire (it got picked up by 80+ outlets), Mtv News, and the Australian Broadcasting Network. Grand. We also got to meet Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, one of the original Freedom Riders and a great champion of progressive causes. Awesome. Oh, and Robin and I watched Angel pierce his own lip. There was a lot more blood than I expected. He thinks he's going to be able to hook those who are interested up with free ER tattoos when we're in LA.
Alright, I gotta shower and get to church. Oh, I led the devotional/centering moment and quoted both the Book of Common Prayer and Peter Paul & Mary. I was proud.
I'll try to get some pictures up here soon... you've gotta see the "garb" we have. You will laugh; we look kinda like Mormons.
Good afternoon from Lynchburg Virginia, home of Liberty University and Jerry Falwell. We just arrived a couple of minutes ago but there is much to catch you up on before we head off to Chinese food and Jesus at the First Christian Church. Yay Jesus. Our hotel this time is actually pretty bangin', for a Days Inn. We have a little balcony and there's breakfast in the restaurant downstairs and a bowling alley across the way. Also, best roomates ever in Haven and Robin. Good times ahead.
So the bus. It's a groovy bus. It's wrapped to look like it's covered in newspapers with different headlines like "Learn from History, Fight Religion Based Oppression" and "GLBT Rights" and "Youth Activism". It looks pretty neat, but the wrap is finely perforated so we can see out and looking through it gives me a headache. Otherwise, it's a pretty normal bus I guess. The bathroom is a bit scary... it moves a lot more than you might expect, and there's no sink, just a little bottle of sanitizer. You can see the disinfectant blue water stuff swishing and sloshing like some weird ocean in the toilet. I will not be using it often.
We had a press conference this morning in front of the CCCU (that's the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities, I believe) and then rolled out of DC and out here to Lynchburg. I spent most of the trip trying to sleep but not quite succeeding. By the way, I do not know what I would do without my ipod. If any of you are considering doing something like this, make sure you have one. So yeah, driving through Virginia is interesting... we passed through the Blue Ridge Mountains (I think) and an area where I did not get cell phone service, which you know means it's the boonies. I was pleasantly surprised when I got off the bus to see the sun and feel actual warmth in the air. We were greeted by a gentleman with a bonified mullet and the kind of accent that usually makes me twinge and run my liberal butt for the hills. He asked what we were up to and Jake told him, and he was actually really supportive and asked if he could sign anything to help us. Said: "I ain't a gay or lesbian or nothin', but I support ya". He asked if I had a cigarette and I gave him a clove I happened to have on me and we chatted a bit. He told me his dad used to run moonshine with Jerry and that he's "not a real preacher, he's in it for the money". Hotchya.
You have no idea how hard it is to keep up with this blog business... I've barely introduced any of these people to you. Yesterday we had a really intense training session that culminated in half of the group sobbing while a half dozen cameras recorded it all for the Washington Post, the AP wire (it got picked up by 80+ outlets), Mtv News, and the Australian Broadcasting Network. Grand. We also got to meet Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, one of the original Freedom Riders and a great champion of progressive causes. Awesome. Oh, and Robin and I watched Angel pierce his own lip. There was a lot more blood than I expected. He thinks he's going to be able to hook those who are interested up with free ER tattoos when we're in LA.
Alright, I gotta shower and get to church. Oh, I led the devotional/centering moment and quoted both the Book of Common Prayer and Peter Paul & Mary. I was proud.
I'll try to get some pictures up here soon... you've gotta see the "garb" we have. You will laugh; we look kinda like Mormons.
posted by Di at 1:57 PM
1 Comments:
do you mean peter paul & mary the "band" (note the quotation marks) or peter paul & mary, friends of le jesus?
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