Laurabelle’s Blog

I've been fasting for 39 hours now, and apart from getting a runny nose and stuff, I'm feeling fairly well. Hunger comes and goes. I had a mug of ovaltine yesterday evening, but that's the closest I've come to Real Food. I can stick it out until this evening, when Jeff and Alita are coming over to break the fast with me. It's great to have moral support.

Yesterday Jeff and my friend Kate (MHC '02) and I went downtown to a peace rally. This one was different from the ones I went to at Greenlake, not in purpose but in atmosphere. I was somewhat intimidated by the lines of police in riot gear, but I reminded myself that they were there for my protection too, and in fact absolutely nothing happened. It was a nice, peaceful peace demonstration.

I'm not quite sure why I've gotten mobilized over this issue. It's not as if there aren't other political issues that have fired up my emotions, and there have certainly been demonstrations before this week. I guess I'm subscribing to the philosophy of better late than never, but more than that, I'm demonstrating for my own conscience and for my own motivation, so that I remember not to surrender.