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5th Annual Anarchist Picnic

August 2, 2009 in Entertainment, Family & Friends, Media, Photographs, Pittsburghian, Politics with 3 Comments

Yesterday was POG’s 5th Annual Anarchist Picnic in Pittsburgh, PA. We had fun, though I didn’t find it as enjoyable as last year. I guess mainly because the location changed and it seemed like fewer people came out.I’ve got a few pictures for you though…

group photo

group photo

the future belongs to the daring

the future belongs to the daring

I just got hit with a water balloon thanks to Elijah!

I just got hit with a water balloon thanks to Elijah!

water balloon fun

water balloon fun

more water balloon fun

more water balloon fun

Elijah getting ready to launch a balloon

Elijah getting ready to launch a balloon

Tragedy struck shortly after the water balloon fight…Elijah was headed off to go play with the other kids again and he stepped on a bee. Somehow, I just knew that’s what he had done. I ran over grabbed his foot and used to my finger nails to tweeze out the stinger without squishing the venom sac and forcing more into his foot. Then, without even thinking about it, I sucked as hard as I could on the spot and spit to get out as much venom as I could. No big deal you say, but I am allergic to bees…like hand me an epi-pen or I’ll die allergic to bees. It’s been around 18 years since I’ve been stung by a bee and I have no idea how I might react.

Elijah ended up in pain a bit, but no swelling and no other ill effects. I had a numb mouth, lips, slightly tight throat and a really fuzzy head. No one went to the hospital, no one died and we learned that Elijah isn’t allergic to bees. As for me, well, if getting a little venom in my mouth can cause the reaction that it did, then I don’t think I want to get stung any time soon. Unfortunately, we did have to leave before the piñata fun, but we were able to raid the piñata for a couple goodies for the ride home — no one likes to see a sad/hurt child.

Here’s our moments of fame from local media…
KDKA Channel 2
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Channel 11 News came out, took some pictures & filmed a bit, but apparently we weren’t “radical” enough for them to put us on the TV

 

Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning

July 13, 2009 in Education, Media, Radical Unschooling with 0 Comments

Just added a link to The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Education (JUAL) to my sidebar under “Educational Freedom”. I wanted to quickly post it here for those who might not browse my sidebar often.

Here is a link to the newest issue.

 

Sweet Eldridge’s Ghost

July 9, 2009 in Entertainment, Family & Friends, Media with 0 Comments

William and I are in a movie…short film. It can be found here. William is Lotus and I am behind the counter in the coffeeshop.

 

Graffiti in Bellevue

July 9, 2009 in Craftiness, Media, Photographs, Pittsburghian with 3 Comments

Just posting some pictures of the mural work Andrew Carver did in Bellevue, PA @ Affogato.















 

Nemi Does It Again

July 3, 2009 in Entertainment, Media with 4 Comments

For those of you who don’t know, I am a HUGE fan of Nemi. I especially like it when she has something to say about children or being a child — she is afraid of growing up, despite the fact that she is an ‘adult’. In so many ways Nemi and I are alike. I admire her ability to sum up a person in a short little ‘talk-bubble’. So, here’s the most recent strip of Nemi. Click on the picture to enlarge it a bit.

You can find Nemi in the Metro every day or have it sent to your blog/news reader via this feed.

 

Catching Up

November 28, 2008 in Media, Photographs, Radical Unschooling, Unschlog with 0 Comments

What happened? I was here and then I went away. What has happened in over the last month and a half?

I have decided to take you on a magical media tour, but have broken it up over a few posts, so as to not break any browsers out there!

Let’s begin, shall we?

First, there was playing in the rain


Playing at Arsenal Park with our friend Keira




There were creative endeavors and some dancing on the table

We ‘indexed’ a city. This was especially fun, because if the streets were drawn close to the same width on each card, then you could mix them up and ‘rebuild’ the city in a new way every time.




catching up part 2 is on its way…

 
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