Well, we applied for the apartment.
Guess we’ll just see what happens…
Simply Me
My name is Charles, Seattle, 25. I'm a serious travel junkie and avid Couch Surfer, I have a degree in Hospitality Management and currently work at the front desk of a hotel. I have a passion for Traveling, Politics and the NY Mets. I have about 100 favorite bands. My favorite show because it is amazing and so addictive is The West Wing and Doctor Who. This is mostly a travel related blog with some politics, shows and randomness sprinkled in. I'm also one of the sweetest guys you'll ever meet. Seriously ask my followers, if you need to talk, or just someone to make you smile let me know.
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2017 Plans
Feb/March: Move into our first real apartment together.
May/June (??): Get married.
Sept: Hit 2 years at my job, start working from home once a week!
Every month: Races!!
Signed up for..,Plans for remaining months:
- January: Phoenix, AZ Rock N’ Roll ½
- February: Austin, TX ½
- March: Hot Chocolate 15k
- April: Bend, OR 1/2
- May: Chicago Spring ½
- June: Snoqualmie Valley Run ½
- July: Foot Traffic Flat (Portland) ½
- August: Iron Horse ½ or SMA 10k, both in WA
- September: Bellingham Bay ½ again
- October: Maybe something in Canada…
- November: Maybe Seattle ½ again
- December: Maybe San Diego Holiday ½ again
Goals - hoping I can blow both of these out of the water. If I do what I did in 2016, I won’t have an issue -
- Read 24 books
- Run 1,000 miles
This is the legacy of white supremacy.
Obama, Clinton (aka, non-white men) have to be overly accomplished and flawless to be adequate in the eyes of society at large.
This is racism.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
- President Theodore Roosevelt
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.“
- George Orwell
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.“
- Mark Twain
New study: Voting barriers suppressed non-white and young voters in the 2016 election
- In key states, including Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin, millennials had to fill out provisional ballots in outsized numbers.
- That’s according to research funded by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s foundation.
- The survey found that efforts to erect obstacles to voting had a “disproportionate impact on non-white and younger voters.”
- Nearly one in four millennials polled had to vote with provisional ballots — usually as a result of a question about eligibility
- That’s compared to just 6% of Baby Boomers and 2% of the older Greatest Generation.
- “The poll suggests ways that the voices of people of color and younger voters have been effectively suppressed.”
- Issues arose for millennial voters and people of color both in places with new voting restrictions — a result of the Supreme Court gutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act — as well as those without.
- Technological obstacles often played a role, as in Michigan, where there were reports of widespread voting machine failures. Read more
(via micdotcom)
