Archive for May, 2010

home again :)

Monday, May 31st, 2010

I’m back from tour with 8″ Betsy. We ended our ten day trip at Mondo Homo in the ATL. Photo by Casie Lewis Tour was amazing.  I got to see new places, make new friends, get to know my band mates on a deeper level, play music, and hear some really kick ass bands.

racial stereotyping

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

This has been on my mind for several days now but I haven’t had a chance to vent about it. A few weeks ago I was in a meeting when someone made a comment about everyone in the room being white. I don’t want to reveal too much about the conversation, not because it was [...]

voting

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Yesterday was voting day for Kentucky’s primary. I have been voting for ten years now (since I turned 18 and was old enough to do so). My parents always vote, and they taught me and my siblings that it is your civic responsibility to do so. I can still remember how I felt the first [...]

DIY or die

Monday, May 17th, 2010

My band is leaving for tour on Friday and I’m really excited! We spent our Sunday screen printing t-shirts, sweatshirts, and bags to take with us. All of the shirts came from the thrift store, and our lovely and talented artist friend Paula Zaglul made the screen for us.

random brain dump

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Life has been kind of overwhelming lately. I’ve been sick for over a month with strep throat that won’t go away. I’ve thrown away my toothbrush, taken out my lip ring, disinfected everything in the world, and still can’t seem to get rid of it. They drew my blood at the doctors office to see [...]

allied media conference

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

I’m super excited! My workshop proposal was selected by the allied media conference. It’s called Bless their hearts: Queer organizing in the American south. We’ll be working w/ folks on creating plans to organize queer events, alternative media, and consciousness raising groups in the communities. If you’re free on the weekend of June 17th-20th, you [...]

voces

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Noemi Martinez of Hermana Resist fame has completed the much anticipated third installment of her voices against violence zine. I am honored to have my piece, Mas vale tarde que nunca featured within it’s pages.You can read it online by clicking here, or download the PDF. xo, Ondine

it’s been a minute

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

It’s been over a month since I posted. I’ve had a ton of stuff going on. Plus I think I’m still trying to figure out how I want to use this website. Initially I thought it would serve as just an online art portfolio but then I started posting about non-art related stuff that I [...]