Politics & Spirituality Confrence-Pasadena, CA

[tinfoil tiaras]

Ooh, it was soo much fun. I thought it was gonna suck, but boy was I wrong! Richard Rohr, Jim Wallis and Anne Lamont, amoung others were there. I met SOOOO many cool people my age and it was really awesome.

Comment & tell me if you were there or just whatever.

& i'm SOOOO glad to be back at DU!!! There were some browser issues that prevented me from posting for a long time...but im baaack now! :D

[JuniperLea]

1. Ok, well...

How about telling us about it?

:hi:

Sounds like a freaky combo!

[tinfoil tiaras]

2. Okay, I will

So I had to get up at an ungoldy hour to get to the Jackson "International" Airport and fly to Atlanta and then to LAX and all that jazz. Got to the hotel and shopped around at the awesome mall in Pasadea.

Then we went to the convention center place where we heard Richard Rohr and Jim Wallis talk for a bit. Then we went back to the hotel because we (my mom and i) were really tired.

The next day, we went to the same place and heard Jim Wallis talk some more. Then we had lunch where I sat with the under 30 group and met a lot of cool (liberal) people. Then we heard Richard Rohr talk some more and we had a 3 hour break

When we came back, we heard Anne Lamont talk (she was really funny and interesting) and then there was a reception and book signing where we got all 3 of them to sign books for us :woohoo: and we met some cool people from colorado.

The next day was a good one, in spite of some bitchy lady telling me my flash was distracting her. I met this uber uber uber x a million cool guy that lives in Pasadena but he's originally from connecticut. He was a big Lamont supporter and said he "personally knew Joe Lieberman" and that he was "just all about Joe and no one else" and that it "didn't surprise him that he was pulling this running as an Independent crap". Also, he wrote the first year of Law and Order SVU and currently writes for NCIS or something :cool:

That was basically it. I'm glad my mom dragged me along to go with her.

[JuniperLea]

3. Sounds like a good time!

But what was the talk about Spirtuality and Politics all about?

[tinfoil tiaras]

4. Um, it was just a bunch of liberal christians

talking about how they think the religious reich is nuts and stuff...i cant really explain it but it was cool.

[lisamay]

5. Where in Pasadena was this?

I'm bummed that I missed this, it would have been interesting.

Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed my hometown!

[tinfoil tiaras]

6. The Convention Center/Auditorium

The weather there is AMAZING. I couldn't get enough of it. But I had to return to the hot, steamy, humid south... :(