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i took a sick day from work 'cause i didn't sleep well last night and i'm getting a cold and i just felt horrible this morning.

i spent the morning cleaning my house and wasting time on the internet. i found a few stories about an art collective near me that struggled a few years ago to have an open art space for anyone who wanted to perform. for 10 months they held poetry open-mic, gave open space to perform for everyone from solo folk musicians to teenage "hardcore" bands, let visual artists put on exhibitions, they put out a free poetry 'zine, etc... all for no profit... and the local government kicked them out of their space for a "zoning restriction" 10 months after they were already going strong. as far as i can tell they're no longer together today after struggling for a couple years to find similar space around here.

what does that have to do with anything, you ask... well, it doesn't have much to do with anything... except for the fact that it pissed me off and gave me a few ideas... now let's see if i have motivation to do anything with them.

then my mom came over to my house to get some stuff... and we ended up getting into another heated political debate that i'm still reeling from... i love my mom and it pisses me off to know that me voting only means canceling her vote out... i guess that's a start, though.

my head hurts more now than when i woke up.