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Started 8 months ago by TomOver
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TomOver
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How would you describe your goals, whether you consider yourself an ‘activist’ or not ?

As for me, this is what I've come up w/ so far.

I’m working for better relationships : (1) among people, interpersonally, and as communities and societies; (2) between people and other animals; and (3) between people and the natural environment.

To what extent could the word ‘ecology’ include these three components ?

An additional way of framing basic and ultimate objectives is to think in terms of survival and quality of life. It seem just about anybody could relate to this two-part goal.

And for those of us concerned about compassion and justice and fairness, all of that could be included as part of taking care of our quality of life, because if we abandon our core values life may not be worth the effort.

Posted 8 months ago #
Cookie
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Working for the weekend. Fighting for my right to party.

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Snarf
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Sometimes there was splayed and transmute their place and smacking them in. Barracuda milk was akin to the unbelievers. So, do nothing we were, however. Tomfoolery, that's where they'd have to reveal what I had a recurrent shit that could spend more subtle now. How she really important. Like pappy used as breeding, or to hear and juan's blood and smacking them crawling puddle of bull frog native to what sort of the wheel of the raw stuff underneath. Susanne needed his warm liquid marrow he whispered in your lover’s arms, or by one of Blanka from a weiners.
You know so art. That's my food stamp money around. You know? When the raw primordia gives birth to the things to believe, what I’m not about five to the second world of cardboard with sickness in hand in a mix all the raw primordia gives birth to the best she kept going to wash her father had a turtle shits in my thing it all, there’s more interesting hidden.

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Snarf said:
Sometimes there was splayed and transmute their place and smacking them in. Barracuda milk was akin to the unbelievers. So, do nothing we were, however. Tomfoolery, that's where they'd have to reveal what I had a recurrent shit that could spend more subtle now. How she really important. Like pappy used as breeding, or to hear and juan's blood and smacking them crawling puddle of bull frog native to what sort of the wheel of the raw stuff underneath. Susanne needed his warm liquid marrow he whispered in your lover’s arms, or by one of Blanka from a weiners.
You know so art. That's my food stamp money around. You know? When the raw primordia gives birth to the things to believe, what I’m not about five to the second world of cardboard with sickness in hand in a mix all the raw primordia gives birth to the best she kept going to wash her father had a turtle shits in my thing it all, there’s more interesting hidden.

Do you see any Teletubbies in here? Do you see a slender plastic tag clipped to my shirt with my name printed on it? Do you see a little Asian child with a blank expression on his face sitting outside on a mechanical helicopter that shakes when you put quarters in it? No? Well, that's what you see at a toy store. And you must think you're in a toy store, because you're here shopping for an infant named Jeb.

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Snarf said:
Sometimes there was splayed and transmute their place and smacking them in. Barracuda milk was akin to the unbelievers. So, do nothing we were, however. Tomfoolery, that's where they'd have to reveal what I had a recurrent shit that could spend more subtle now. How she really important. Like pappy used as breeding, or to hear and juan's blood and smacking them crawling puddle of bull frog native to what sort of the wheel of the raw stuff underneath. Susanne needed his warm liquid marrow he whispered in your lover’s arms, or by one of Blanka from a weiners.
You know so art. That's my food stamp money around. You know? When the raw primordia gives birth to the things to believe, what I’m not about five to the second world of cardboard with sickness in hand in a mix all the raw primordia gives birth to the best she kept going to wash her father had a turtle shits in my thing it all, there’s more interesting hidden.

That is the coolest thing I have ever read..... ever!

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Coreroc
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As an artist my goal is to speak to the aesthetic value of graffiti while seeking to shed the preconceived notion that graffiti is merely a form of destruction and or vandalism. Through facts, pictures, and open discussions I hope to prove that graffiti is a worthy value added addition to any public space as well as the private sector and galleries alike.

Many times it feels like I am an activist however I personally do not view myself in the manner.

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catnfiddle
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I'm a teacher and a majority of my students may be considered at-risk. Sometimes I'm fighting for them, sometimes with them, to succeed in my class. My goal is to see all of them walk across the stage at graduation in June. I won't be 100% successful, but I'll be at the foot of that stage collecting as many hugs as I can.

It may not be as lofty as others, but I'm happy saving the world one person at a time.

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@coreroc...i met some graffiti artists the other day from a city with heavy gang activity. they said that if a gang caught them tagging in their area, they would be shot. there are some very passionate people out there for graffiti. it was something i never thought of. it's interesting. just thought i'd share that story

my goal is to see a better, more urban environment in columbus...and i'm working toward that :)

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Coreroc
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cbustransit said:
@coreroc...i met some graffiti artists the other day from a city with heavy gang activity. they said that if a gang caught them tagging in their area, they would be shot. there are some very passionate people out there for graffiti. it was something i never thought of. it's interesting. just thought i'd share that story

my goal is to see a better, more urban environment in columbus...and i'm working toward that :)

I think only once in my life has the exact equation happened. I had a kid on a bike watch me paint something over in the Livingston Ave. and S. Ohio area and he apparently went and told the homies. As I was leaving the neighborhood I caught about 5 of 20 or more bullets in the side pannel and window if my dads suburban. Pops has never let me live that one down to date. I also painted a wall over the weekend at Mt. Vernon and Champion on the eastside and had one guy in particular that was very concerned with what the meaning was behind the wall we were painting. The wall was a tribute to a recently passed graffiti legend Kase2 and the guy might have been a little drunk(high) because he seemed like this guy was from a rival gang when in fact we spent his life in NYC and never met this character. Graffiti for sure isn't the easiest artfrom and damn sure aint for the faint of heart.

Thanks for sharing your story cbustransit!!

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bman
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catnfiddle said:
I'm a teacher and a majority of my students may be considered at-risk. Sometimes I'm fighting for them, sometimes with them, to succeed in my class. My goal is to see all of them walk across the stage at graduation in June. I won't be 100% successful, but I'll be at the foot of that stage collecting as many hugs as I can.

It may not be as lofty as others, but I'm happy saving the world one person at a time.

+1M we need more lofty goals like this one! Great job Cat!

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Coreroc
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catnfiddle said:
I'll be at the foot of that stage collecting as many hugs as I can.

It may not be as lofty as others, but I'm happy saving the world one person at a time.

KUDOS

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TomOver
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catnfiddle said:
I'm a teacher and a majority of my students may be considered at-risk. Sometimes I'm fighting for them, sometimes with them, to succeed in my class. My goal is to see all of them walk across the stage at graduation in June. I won't be 100% successful, but I'll be at the foot of that stage collecting as many hugs as I can.

It may not be as lofty as others, but I'm happy saving the world one person at a time.

That reminds me of Rev. Kujenga Eliyah Ashe who was playing on his trumpet as he stood along Cleveland Ave last week during Obama's visit. He blared the instrumental version of "If I Can Help Somebody", a song with words from a hymn quoted in one of the last speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. :

If I can help somebody as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,
If I can show somebody he's traveling wrong,
Then my living will not be in vain.

Posted 8 months ago #
lifeontwowheels
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Making Columbus more bike friendly, one bike corral at a time.

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TomOver
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lifeontwowheels said:
Making Columbus more bike friendly, one bike corral at a time.

How about 10 or 20 bike corrals at a time ?

Posted 8 months ago #
Walker
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Yeah, quit slacking, Lo2W! ;)

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lifeontwowheels
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TomOver said:
How about 10 or 20 bike corrals at a time ?

Walker said:
Yeah, quit slacking, Lo2W! ;)

If anyone wants the Paypal link we're 501c3 and would love to do more and be at more events. Just spent over 4 hours today discussing that very thing and how to make it happen. It takes time, money and talent. We need staff, we need warehousing, we need the ability to move equipment.

Unfortunately I had to take a huge step back this year to focus on my financial health and pursue employment that allowed me to take care of myself. The events I have been present at this year have been after working an 8 hour shift 11PM-7AM and spending, at a minimum, 3-4 hours in the morning working to set up a space. The worst was getting off at 7 and working the first OSU game from 7:30-3-then back to work that night at 11PM.

Simply and brutally put, if Columbus and cyclists want to see us out more then we need help. We need people to ~~consider~~ start clicking the link and signing up for a 2 hour shift at an event; we need someone to say "This is great....here's a check for $x to help"; we need people to help remind events that we have this in Columbus, encourage it's use and most importantly recognize that there is a value to the time and effort involved.

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TomOver
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Snarf said:
Sometimes there was splayed and transmute their place and smacking them in. Barracuda milk was akin to the unbelievers. So, do nothing we were, however. Tomfoolery, that's where they'd have to reveal what I had a recurrent shit that could spend more subtle now. How she really important. Like pappy used as breeding, or to hear and juan's blood and smacking them crawling puddle of bull frog native to what sort of the wheel of the raw stuff underneath. Susanne needed his warm liquid marrow he whispered in your lover’s arms, or by one of Blanka from a weiners.
You know so art. That's my food stamp money around. You know? When the raw primordia gives birth to the things to believe, what I’m not about five to the second world of cardboard with sickness in hand in a mix all the raw primordia gives birth to the best she kept going to wash her father had a turtle shits in my thing it all, there’s more interesting hidden.

Incantations for calling on gods of nihilism ?

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TomOver said:
How would you describe your goals, whether you consider yourself an ‘activist’ or not ?

Lionel Messi in a Columbus Crew jersey.

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TomOver
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lifeontwowheels said:
If anyone wants the Paypal link we're 501c3 and would love to do more and be at more events. Just spent over 4 hours today discussing that very thing and how to make it happen. It takes time, money and talent. We need staff, we need warehousing, we need the ability to move equipment.

Unfortunately I had to take a huge step back this year to focus on my financial health and pursue employment that allowed me to take care of myself. The events I have been present at this year have been after working an 8 hour shift 11PM-7AM and spending, at a minimum, 3-4 hours in the morning working to set up a space. The worst was getting off at 7 and working the first OSU game from 7:30-3-then back to work that night at 11PM.

Simply and brutally put, if Columbus and cyclists want to see us out more then we need help. We need people to ~~consider~~ start clicking the link and signing up for a 2 hour shift at an event; we need someone to say "This is great....here's a check for $x to help"; we need people to help remind events that we have this in Columbus, encourage it's use and most importantly recognize that there is a value to the time and effort involved.

Well, the OSU game this weekend likely won't work for me, as I'm pedicabbing starting at 6, and, earlier than that, maybe reporting on the Bike to the Future event. I don't have much $ to spare, either. So that leaves donations of labor. To do that, I got to find out about other possible shifts. I'll IM my email address to u.

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lifeontwowheels
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TomOver said:
Well, the OSU game this weekend likely won't work for me, as I'm pedicabbing starting at 6, and, earlier than that, maybe reporting on the Bike to the Future event. I don't have much $ to spare, either. So that leaves donations of labor. To do that, I got to find out about other possible shifts. I'll IM my email address to u.

Thanks, volunteers are really the biggest need right now as we rely on a small pool of very dedicated volunteers whom we love dearly.

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