the transmission mission

we decided on option one. the new transmission won't be in until tomorrow.

for the interim, we hitched a ride to stillwater with this awesome girl named beth (she used to hitch and train hop, too!). we hung out with marshall's family a bit, mostly eating things and watching other things (My neighbor toturo! so cute!), and spent a little while dumpstering goodies ( a game called gnip gnop and a few posters) that we distributed among marshall's siblings. we also saw Bobby Seale speak about the Black Panthers (he founded them). We rented Steal This Movie afterward. It was way tough.

While we were there, i found a link to getting a grant from PBS to help with travel expenses. We applied for a grant, and I am (at this very second) waiting for them to call me back. Check out the link - you apply for a grant, keep a blog, and interview three people of your choice. Total radness.

We'll be interviewing people in New Orleans if we get the grant. We decided to make that the first leg of our trip. Our plan right now is to try and get the transmission in the car by Friday, head out on Saturday, and start volunteering with the Common Ground Collective (also a link) on Sunday.

Things are pretty good. We miss the kitties and are maybe getting a little antsy. But the antsy-ness will pass.

Safe travels to you.
-j and m

hhhoooly crap! our interview just went super well! they're going to review our application tomorrow and then get back to us. yay!!!!!!!!!!