Prop 8 Protest Information Thread

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

So, do some of the LA folks want to plan a time for us to all take the Blue Line together from Long Beach?

THAT is a great idea! I need to put my car in the shop, so public trans is definitely the best way to do things. Can I give you $$ to drive me to LB, too?

Poor Lance has to help WOW-addicts that day, but gets out at 2:30, so if anything is still going on, he'll meet up with us then.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Sohrshah

Can I give you $$ to drive me to LB, too?

Sure. We'll probably leave about 8:20 to get to the Blue Line station. However, we're not planning on coming back to OC between the protest and party. We'll either hang out in downtown, or head back to LB and do something there until party time, if you'd like to join us. A Metro day pass is $5, so there are a lot of options for killing the afternoon.

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

NA - do you want to meet at the Willow station at 9?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

Yeah, but I am thinking Orange County. While I would like to be a part of the bigger crowd (both overall and LoT contingency), GD puts up a good argument that it might be better to voice my opinion in my own neighborhood.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Yeah, but I am thinking Orange County. While I would like to be a part of the bigger crowd (both overall and LoT contingency), GD puts up a good argument that it might be better to voice my opinion in my own neighborhood.

The fault in GD's argument is what it will (potentially) do for him and, thus (potentially) for you ... putting aside what it will add to the smaller Orange County Protest.

Let me 'splain ...


Last Saturday, I went to two protests. One was at the Mormon Temple. It was a small group of about 25. I was really glad I added to the number, because the small number of people made that important. It was my 4th protest of the week.

That night, I went to Silverlake. You'd think I would have been a bit jaded on my 5th protest of the week ... but the HUGE crowd was transformative for me. Experiencing the sheer numbers of people in support of this was nothing short of amazing ... and when I looked back on the whole march (or the portion visible to the human eye) from atop a hill at the end of the route, I almost cried.

It was a taste of I Have A Dream on the Washington mall. Yeah, not that big ... but the bigness was impressive and fantastic and so moving.




So maybe it's a selfish urge ... but I want to witness and be part of the the biggerdom.




There's nothing wrong with supporting your home town effort.

But if I lived in Fresno .... I'd drive down to L.A.


just sayin'

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Sure. We'll probably leave about 8:20 to get to the Blue Line station. However, we're not planning on coming back to OC between the protest and party. We'll either hang out in downtown, or head back to LB and do something there until party time, if you'd like to join us. A Metro day pass is $5, so there are a lot of options for killing the afternoon.

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

NA - do you want to meet at the Willow station at 9?

That sounds good to me! Lance should be coming up via car after he gets off work, so he can bring me home later, when you go to LB for your party!

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Sohrshah

That sounds good to me! Lance should be coming up via car after he gets off work, so he can bring me home later, when you go to LB for your party!

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Sure. We'll probably leave about 8:20 to get to the Blue Line station. However, we're not planning on coming back to OC between the protest and party. We'll either hang out in downtown, or head back to LB and do something there until party time, if you'd like to join us. A Metro day pass is $5, so there are a lot of options for killing the afternoon.

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

NA - do you want to meet at the Willow station at 9?

On second thought, I might have him take the train too, we're supposed to be going to RHPS that night...

[Gn2Dlnd]

We'll be subwaying it from NoHo. Cell phones at the ready when we arrive. I don't know the layout of City Hall, or the rally parameters, well enough to say to meet in a particular place. Keep your phones on, and we'll find each other.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

It's going to be very hard to find each other. I actually would recommend we meet beforehand in a slightly off-location place. Like, say, for a meal together on Olvera Street or something. This crowd will be larger than the first protest, I'm sure, and we couldn't find Tom until well after the rally. I'd really strongly recommend we have a meeting place and time if we want to be together in this.

[innerSpaceman]

There wasn't much luck with that at the first rally in WeHo, if I recall. And it took over half an hour to find Gn2Dlnd via cell phone method.


That's why I was soooo glad to find the Long Beach LoT contingent within 10 seconds, and find Gemini Cricket in the Silverlake Crowd within 30.


Anyway, I'll try to find some info about where the focal point of the City Hall rally is going to be. I intend to get there early, but I'm going to drive.



GD and CP, I understand your decision. I'll miss you, but Rock On for O.C. ... and we'll all compare Simultaneous Rally stories at the Tiki later.



ETA: If we go with LPSE's suggestion, I'm not sure that will work for me. I'm gonna get there early to be near the, um, stage or whatever. I'm tired of missing every "program" since the one in WeHo. Couldn't hear a thing at either Long Beach or Silverlake.

But I'll have the sign that's my current avatar, and that should make me kinda easy to find ... if all best laid mice and men fails.

[Not Afraid]

I'm so sorry I'm going to miss this one. I just don't see how I could do it and still pull off the party.