The Gossip!

1. Hi

2. So I finally have a moment to write and all I can think about is the food that is being served next to me as I am covering the phones. I was not an employee of the month. I do not get the food.

If you do not choose the side of the oppressed you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant is standing on the tail of a mouse and you stay neutral the mouse will not appreciate you neutrality. Desmond Tutu said something of the sort. I wrote it on the white board next to my desk.

My boss reads it: "what if the elephant has a logical reason? What if I don't have an elephant gun?"
Me: "don't get me started. I am feeling very political today." [Should have said spiritual]

F walks by and reads: "some quotes are very stupid"
Me: "that's what happens when you read about the world."

J: "Heehe, that's funny. I mean not funny."

I am hungry but I am not a mouse. I am trying to choose sides with the mouse.

How to do that?

3. I like words.

4. The bathroom is in a constant state of brokenness. What analogies can I learn from a toilet that gets clogged too easily and rejects the smallest square of toilet paper. From a sink is crooked and so leaks down the side of the sink, rotting the floor. From the bathtub which is now leaking hot water, filling a bucket per minute while my housemates and I try to figure out what to do with all of it. We have watered the plants and flushed the toilet, cleaned the floor and our feet with this water.

My bathroom is a third world country. The floor and walls are crumbling. We ask the landlords to fix it to fix it to fix it. And they fix one thing temporarily two weeks later and by that time a new problem as occurred.

5. I am also thinking about graffiti. I recently read an article that described how the city is going to be cracking down on this crime that's disgracing cement surfaces everywhere: we have up'd the punishment for graffiti so its easier to be convicted of felony. I feel like Los Angeles has cancer and our doctor has prescribed us a very strong acne treatment.

6.

Re: homeless
From: Lynn K--- [l----@gmail.com] [used withouth person, sorry, L. I didnt think you would mind].
To: S----------, Alessandra K

I have similar sentiments.

As I walked rather somberly around the block today, I saw AJ on the corner with his sign and cup again. I couldn't bring myself to speak to him or toinquire why he was back. Horrible as itsounds, I thought that if I pretended he wasn't there, maybe I could hope that he hadn't regressed, that he didn't have anymore excuses, that he had found his way out of poverty to a redeemed life. so i walked by without a word.

i then walked to Rite Aid where I found a cat-lessRicky asking people to help the homeless today. I wondered why he would change his post, when figueroa seemed so much friendlier and more acquainted with his presence. maybe he needed something new, to try out a different crowd, maybe one impartial to whether he had a cat or not.

has our time here in downtown been worth anything?

are we really suppose to remedy poverty? or are the poor suppose to always be among us so that our selfishness will always be confronted and hopefully abated?


answerless questions.

Lynn

On 3/26/07, S-------, Alessandra K <A--------@---.com> wrote:

I walked by this homeless lady who sits on the corner of 7th and flower often with a puppy. She wasn't asking for money today she was crying out desperately "Why don't you just kill me I am tired of it......" It was grievous. I didn't know what to do so I tried to pray for her (not with her, just for her as I passed).

Ay dios mio.

Ricky was also around asking for a buck desperately and I had a feeling it was for drugs as I offered him food and he said no there weren't any food places around.
At the same time they were filming sidewalk scenes for a movie or something and a man dressed in gold was dancing for quarters.

Los Angeles what are we going to do with you?

7. I really enjoyed the movie The Holiday. It was a good romantic sigh and laugh.

8. Can 7 really come after 6? Yes. It can. And it does. But the whole time I was thinking the only reason I can like these characters is because I have not seen them step over homeless people. In the context of the movie they were lovable. In the context of the world they were all despicable. I don't care if your heart is broken. Use all the love you had for Mr. Wrong and give it over to Mr and Ms the world has done me wrong.