Today I feel great.  I finally received credit for the work I’ve been doing at the ACLU for the past two months.  Sitting down with the director, I unveiled my new website design, and she was quite impressed.  Also, it seems that I’ve potentially saved the organization roughly $2000 that an outside firm wanted to charge for basically all the work I’ve done.  She even hinted that should more work need to be done, she may approach me, but this time on an hourly paid basis!  This is good.

As for my promise to post about the DNC, I’ll attach for your edification a picture of the protest pen by the fleet center (compliments of the ACLUM.)  However, being downtown three of the four days, I must say that disruption was minimal, and the protests in general, not too overwhelming.  The only group that has really made a good show is Falun Gong.  They have one particularly moving exhibit on the common showing on one side peaceful individuals meditating, and on the other mock scenes of abuse, all with fake blood and brusied faces.  Plus they are all wearing bright yellow shirts and handing out a ton of literature. 

As for the other causes, organization seemed much more ragtag.  Of course there were the few anti-abortion nuts (one lady had enlisted the help of her 8 year old sons..) but it was no big deal.  I’m a tad dissapointed the protests were not more vocal.  Perhaps the choppers overhead, police, military, armed guards and every other law enforcement agency put a chill on peoples’ activity.  Or, perhaps people just don’t care enough to protest.  Or, perhaps anarchists should not have been designated the unofficial organizers of the protests….

No job yet, but 1/2 the world has my resume – if you’ve got a job for me, let’s talk – if not, just listen.

~Matt