Occupy Tucson

 SO SO NICE TO SEE YOU TOO.

TODAY WAS OCCUPY TUCSON.

IT WAS WAY MORE POLITE THAN PROTEST.

I WENT DOWN TO SHOW MY SUPPORT

BUT I WISH I HAD TIME TO MAKE A SIGN!

I COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING

GOOD ANYWAY, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT ALL 

OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE DID!!!

I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYONE!

THIS PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT THE WRONG

PROTEST.  (HA HA, I PROBABLY JUST DON'T GET THEIR SIGN.) 

THERE WAS ALSO A GUY WHO CAME OUT AND SHOUTED

AT US "GO BACK TO WORK" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I KEPT THINKING, "IT'S SATURDAY!  I'M NOT SUPPOSED

 TO BE AT WORK!" OH WELL.  THE POINT WOULD'VE BEEN

LOST ON HIM ANYWAY.  HE DIDN'T STICK AROUND LONG.

IT WAS CUTE, THERE WAS THIS OLDER WOMAN

PLAYING GUITAR.  THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO WERE PLAYING MUSIC OF SORTS.

THERE WAS SIGN MAKING AT THE PROTEST.

THERE WAS ALSO A SPOT TO PUT YOUR SIGN IF

YOU HAD TO LEAVE SO SOMEONE ELSE COULD

USE IT.  I LOVE IT!  REUSING IS MY FAVORITE THING.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT BUT

NOT AS MANY AS I THOUGHT WOULD COME
OUT.  IT WAS ALSO TUCSON MEET YOURSELF THIS
WEEKEND, A POPULAR TUCSON EVENT, SO FAIR ENOUGH.

MORE ABANDONED SIGNS FOR OTHER 

PEOPLE TO USE. IT GAVE IT A SHRINE FEEL.

MM HMM.  I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE.

STU AND CHARLIE.

IT WAS SUPER HOT OUT AND PEOPLE SOUGHT REFUGE

 IN THE SHADED AREAS.  LUCKILY THERE WERE 

WATER FOUNTAINS!

THERE WAS A STAGE WHERE PEOPLE SPOKE WITH 

A MEGAPHONE.  THEY HELD A GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AT NOON.  WE DIDN'T END UP STAYING FOR THAT.

IT JUST GOT TOO HOT AND AT NOON NOTHING

HAD HAPPENED YET.  WE HAD HIT OUR MAX.

CHARLIE HAD THIS CORPORATE AMERICA FLAG.

IT SPEAKS A LOT OF SAD TRUTHS. 

UM, HOW CUTE IS THAT?

THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES,

ALL SORTS, ALL STYLES.  IT WAS GREAT

TO SEE SUCH DIVERSITY.

THE ONE THING WE DID NOTICE WAS A HUGE

LACK IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY THOUGH.

THERE WERE VERY FEW LATINO PEOPLE THERE.

WE TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE THERE ABOUT HOW

THE MOVEMENT COULD CATER MORE TOWARDS

OTHER POPULATIONS OUTSIDE OF COLLEGE

STUDENTS, WHITE FOLKS, ETC.  THE FACES SHOWN

IN THE MEDIA ARE VERY WHITE THUS FAR.

THIS WAS LATER POINTED OUT TO ME TO

BE IRONIC.  I HADN'T GOTTEN IT AT FIRST.

(SHOCKING.)

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHY WEREN'T YOU HERE, BUNNY BANANA?

JAYE AND STEVE CAME OUT!

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM BOTH!

THIS WOMAN WAS GOING TO BE A HUMAN POSTER.

SHE WAS GETTING DRAWN ON BY ANOTHER WOMAN.

AT THE CORNER OF THE ROAD PEOPLE STOOD WITH

SIGNS TELLING CARS TO HONK IN SUPPORT.  IT WAS 

AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED 

WHILE DRIVING BY!

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!

EVEN MORE ABANDONED SIGNS.

CHARLIE TOOK THIS SIGN OUT OF THE PILE

OF ABANDONED SIGNS TO TAKE HOME WITH HIM.

EXCELLENT CHOICE.  I LOVE THE DRIPPY PAINT.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT EITHER?!

THIS WAS A GREAT SIGN IN SO MANY WAYS.

JAN BREWER, ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR, IS THE REAL LIFE 

VERSION OF CRUELLA DE VILLE.  NO JOKE, LOOK AT HER.

THE BEST SIGN WAS THE LAST SIGN I

TOOK A PICTURE OF BEFORE WE LEFT.

IT GOT WAY TOO HOT TO STAY STANDING OUT

IN THE SUN (ESPECIALLY IN LONG SLEEVES AND 

A SCARF FOR STU) SO WE WALKED OVER TO SAY HI

TO JANNELL WHO WAS WORKING A BRAND NEW

FARMERS' MARKET AT MAYNARD'S ALL MORNING.

THEN WE DEPARTED BACK TO THE NORTHSIDE.

☝☝☝

NORTHSIIIDE!