it's my birthday tomorrow

and I realized I hadn't posted in a while.
post-5 year-breakups can do that.

But it's been an eventful week! The kickoff of the film series went well, with approximately 75 people in attendance. We raised $250 for the Day Labor Program. The next one should be even bigger, and the space and El Rio are great.

The panel also went well, and Renee Saucedo showered praise on the Childcare Collective, which wasn’t solicited but always nice to hear. Go us!

Then there was an emergency action for CISPES because the leaders of the healthcare workers’ union down there are in jail and have been for weeks after a peaceful protest. Originally charged with terrorism, the charges have been dropped but constant appeals keep them in police custody. Read more about this on the CISPES website.

So we had a protest at San Francisco’s Salvadoran Consulate, and re-enacted the protest where Ricardo Monge and Javier Ayala were arrested.

In fact, as I look over indymedia, I realize that I’ve made it out to quite a few events. HeadsUp did security for the May 1st march and I was there for it, and I went to the vigil posted on the page. Well!

OK, all for now.

in other news

What does my life look like right now?
I'm trying to figure that out.

• I'm coordinating a panel for the current Challenging White Supremacy workshop, next week. Yipes!
  
• I'm working on a radical film series at El Rio bar with my compa, Melanie. 1st one is The Revolution will Not Be Televised, and a fundraiser for the San Francisco Day Labor Program. Should be fun! C'mon down! Thursday May 11th, 8pm...
  
• More reportbacks about El Salvador, this one's in Oakland on Wednesday May 19th. Write me if you want to go!
  
• Childcare Collective, HeadsUp, lotsa parties in the next few weeks. My birthday is comin' up, May 14th, but I think there are so many events it's hard to plan a party. Stay tuned.
  

Yep, that's enough. Plus the post below.
But my friends just had a baby, and that's the MOST exciting thing EVER. EVER!!!

Yers,
-Max

absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

So, fellow humans and audience members, I've been slogging through the relatively unceremonious dissolution of my five-year relationship with Mazzy. It is sad, it is confusing, it is unexpected. We will figure out how to be friends, and are very civil and checking-in-ful. It still sucks. I understand why this came about (after many conversations); I don't agree with parts of *how*, but ultimately I hope it makes Mazzy and I be better people.

I think that's all I can say about it right now.