September 2012
2 posts
June 2012
1 post
Revelation
One thing that I now know for sure is that no matter how independent or free I feel like I am, I don’t ever feel completely at home without my loved ones and the things that make home… Home. I thought it was just yp4 and then at the beginning of paris I thought it was that I loved LA too much to be fully anywhere else… Seeing all thesefolks super comfortable And loving with each...
August 2011
6 posts
Aujourd'hui
My friend came to visit today. But that is irrelevant.
I feel incomplete. I didn’t feel extreme sadness after the graduation today, which I normally do when I say goodbye to friends and loved ones. I’m talking life shattering, tear bearing sadness. I hate goodbyes and tissues boxes are not sufficient in soothing my extreme emotional discomfort. Today, however, what I mostly felt was...
I've been tweeting a lot.
And ignoring my tumblr. Such interesting articles that show up on my feed. By the time I’ve figured out how to mash my thoughts into less than 140 characters, I’m too tired to post about it on tumblr. This maayyy be because my internship is exhausting. Well, was exhausting. Today was my last day. My days will no longer be filled with advocating for the LGBT community within the API...
thing i will miss most
Brian’s poking stick. The gentle nudge that precedes, “Hey, hey you! I need help!!” Just kidding. Just another inside joke between me and my community organizer. :( thing I will miss most. honestly? hanging out with Brian, the other interns, staff, and the lovely volunteers of API Equality-LA. I was in the presence of such beautiful, strong community leaders on such a daily...
Tomorrow's my last day
mariamiscellany:
and I don’t wanna think about it.
:’(
impending doom
the end is near. LEAP employees will have to drag me out of the API Equality-LA office, because i’m going to grab on to Brian’s leg and NEVER LET GO.
just kidding.
I love my internship. Why does it have to end? :(
Rebranding
So last week Brian gave me rebranding as my newest project. Oh my god, it sucks. Just kidding, it’s actually really interesting—and who would think that they’d entrust an intern with such a huge task? With Brian’s help, I’m redesigning the logo (really just tweaking), picking APIEQLA’s font, making business cards—basically redesigning all materials...
July 2011
5 posts
4 tags
latenightblogging
posting regularly on this blog is super difficult.
in other news, I made a twitter! a friend recommended it to me because I was complaining about how my googlereader would have thousands of unreads after just a day. turns out, I like twitter! oh my god, the news i’m getting at such a constant rate. it’s wonderful. i’m following the deficit debate and i’m all tweaked out on politics....
random update.
I am working from home today. I went to work at a Starbucks earlier because working from home means having the cutest kitty ever to distract me. Must. escape. her. insane. cuteness.
Im making phone calls for APIEQLA’s program Crossroads, which deals with the intersectionality between API and LGBT civil rights. Pretty cool stuff. Unfortunately, I won’t be back in the office till...
is it completely wrong to be jealous of Maria for having super activisty friends?
Back to relevant stories. Last week on Thursday, I went with API Equality-LA to film Tak Yamamoto, who is a big API/LGBT activist. He was at the Salt Lake City JACL conference where JACL voted to support same-sex marriage—making them the first non-LGBT organization to come out in support. Amazing, right? Tak...
Sixth Anniversary Aloha Event
Hello! I always forget to maintain my blog because work is so busy and life is so short.
Last week as API Equality-LA’s Sixth Anniversary Aloha Celebration, which also was Jonipher’s farewell party. That day in particular was a long day’s work, but work at API Equality is never any less than fun. The first three hours were spent moving tables and chairs in mass quantities,...
June 2011
4 posts
A long day of work!
Hello friends, I feel like if I’d started blogging earlier, I would be more inclined to give you all the details of my day, but as of now, I still have a documentary to watch before work tomorrow, my roommate is staying with me for the night, and I am beat from an almost 9 hour work day!
The committee meeting that I went to for the Story Collection Project was amazing. Everyone was super...
I didn’t blog the first week and I’m too tired to blog about today, but I’m going to take a stab at it anyway. The Retreat (as seen on my personal tumblr) The LIA internship retreat was at Lake Arrowhead and from the very first workshop it felt like family. The CEO of LEAP is SOOO FUNNY. He was HILARIOUS and it made me feel like I could laugh and talk and be myself. The...
“Doing what is right is often controversial, doing what is just is often...”
– Norman Mineta, on supporting marriage equality (from Asian American dreams: the emergence of an American People) I got my facts wrong a few days ago. Behind ACLU, JACL was the next organization to come out in support of marriage equality/LGBT rights. YAY for intersectionality and API involvement in... 