civil whatnot

I will be leaving my apartment in half an hour to go join the b0st0n protests at Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens arraignments.

I do not think that, given the opportunity, I would've taken on the job they did, but that would only be because I assumed I'd get in trouble for putting up some artwork/advertising on government property without a permit. I think that I would never have pondered that the simple battery-and-LED devices would cause a bomb craze, even IN the world we live in today.

Yes, someone made a bad call. But these two gentlemen don't deserve 5 years in prison for "hoaxes". Slap 'em with a fine, sure. (They'll be able to raise the money from the community anyway.)

Also, there have been many walks/rallies/protests/etc I've wanted to attend over the years, and often work gets in the way. Not now, hooray! I will be able to add my obviously-raised-upper-class-in-Red-states-WASP looks to the crowds and possibly balance out an overpierced, Manic-Paniced teen. I'd say, "Look for me on the news," but I'm sure it's the latter that'll get the media.

See you there, perhaps.

civil whatnot

I will be leaving my apartment in half an hour to go join the b0st0n protests at Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens arraignments.

I do not think that, given the opportunity, I would've taken on the job they did, but that would only be because I assumed I'd get in trouble for putting up some artwork/advertising on government property without a permit. I think that I would never have pondered that the simple battery-and-LED devices would cause a bomb craze, even IN the world we live in today.

Yes, someone made a bad call. But these two gentlemen don't deserve 5 years in prison for "hoaxes". Slap 'em with a fine, sure. (They'll be able to raise the money from the community anyway.)

Also, there have been many walks/rallies/protests/etc I've wanted to attend over the years, and often work gets in the way. Not now, hooray! I will be able to add my obviously-raised-upper-class-in-Red-states-WASP looks to the crowds and possibly balance out an overpierced, Manic-Paniced teen. I'd say, "Look for me on the news," but I'm sure it's the latter that'll get the media.

See you there, perhaps.

That is not a hair question.

Wow. That was several hours of interestingness.

Turns out I actually, well, I'll say I know one of the defendants in that I have met him socially, but he is mostly a friend of some other friends of mine (staying anonymous until I get permission to post publicly). However, since they were there as well, this allowed me to hang around a little closer to proceedings than I otherwise would've, which is good because I DO feel very strongly about all of this and would like to help out.

I was too normal to be interviewed as part of the b0st0n group early in the morning. I also had trouble coming up with a catchy sign that still had content - I didn't want to make light of the situation. (Egg on my face later, eh?) My friends showed up and there was some rallying for email addresses and ideas to help raise bail money, which was still $100,000 each as far as we knew. After the defendants showed up, we went inside to watch the arraignment. There was a long wait, with a lot of people being interviewed by reporters.

The arraignment - the defendants were in pretty good spririts, waving happily at their friends and family and snickering at the prosecution attorney when he was being particularly dumb, which he was doing often. The judge was pretty laid-back and kickass. The bail agreed upon turned out to be $2,500 - I think if the attorneys hadn't gotten together beforehand and agreed upon that, the judge might've actually set a lower one, but as there was an agreement that was that.

After a wait while bail was made and the defendants got all their paperwork in order, there were very happy reunions with lots of huggings. There was also a LOT of bohos-messing-with-reporters - whistling and singing to 'cover' private conversations from the microphones, bouncing around to stay in the way of cameras, etc. Then, the eventful press conference, after which my journal entry gets its subject... Yeah, I still don't know what was up with that. It certainly was hilarious to be near, but I don't think it was a good idea in the end. It certainly pissed off the reporters A LOT. I can't stress how much frustration there was coming from the other end of the cameras and microphones. Which is sad, because what the guys need is NOT to alienate the media, and they definitely have. Sigh.

Well. I need a nap in a bad way. Back later.

That is not a hair question.

Wow. That was several hours of interestingness.

Turns out I actually, well, I'll say I know one of the defendants in that I have met him socially, but he is mostly a friend of some other friends of mine (staying anonymous until I get permission to post publicly). However, since they were there as well, this allowed me to hang around a little closer to proceedings than I otherwise would've, which is good because I DO feel very strongly about all of this and would like to help out.

I was too normal to be interviewed as part of the b0st0n group early in the morning. I also had trouble coming up with a catchy sign that still had content - I didn't want to make light of the situation. (Egg on my face later, eh?) My friends showed up and there was some rallying for email addresses and ideas to help raise bail money, which was still $100,000 each as far as we knew. After the defendants showed up, we went inside to watch the arraignment. There was a long wait, with a lot of people being interviewed by reporters.

The arraignment - the defendants were in pretty good spririts, waving happily at their friends and family and snickering at the prosecution attorney when he was being particularly dumb, which he was doing often. The judge was pretty laid-back and kickass. The bail agreed upon turned out to be $2,500 - I think if the attorneys hadn't gotten together beforehand and agreed upon that, the judge might've actually set a lower one, but as there was an agreement that was that.

After a wait while bail was made and the defendants got all their paperwork in order, there were very happy reunions with lots of huggings. There was also a LOT of bohos-messing-with-reporters - whistling and singing to 'cover' private conversations from the microphones, bouncing around to stay in the way of cameras, etc. Then, the eventful press conference, after which my journal entry gets its subject... Yeah, I still don't know what was up with that. It certainly was hilarious to be near, but I don't think it was a good idea in the end. It certainly pissed off the reporters A LOT. I can't stress how much frustration there was coming from the other end of the cameras and microphones. Which is sad, because what the guys need is NOT to alienate the media, and they definitely have. Sigh.

Well. I need a nap in a bad way. Back later.