she is a lesbian, radical feminist, cat lover, bibliophile, non-smoker, unitarian universalist (though she doesn't go to fellowship on a regular basis) and in the process of becoming athletic again. she dreams of being jeanne d' arc and swooping in and saving those that need saved (though she'd rather not be burned at the stake). she is a loyal friend who will do anything she can for those she loves, but she can flakey sometimes when her depression flares up. she is a loner. a southerner self-transplanted to the pacific northwest in 1998 and now believes that it doesn't rain enough here. she's known for her honesty, she can't help it, its the only way to be. she is 4'8" tall, and round. she has natural blonde hair and she also has blue eyes. she is very intense. she hates small and large crowds, she prefers the one on one or the one on a few. she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, though she would like to see more of the world than what she has seen so far (a good part of the continental united states) and she very much wants to be a mother. finally, she has huge crushes on alix olson and carolyn gage (these are from a far).

after 2.30 the anarchists led a group from the rally down to high. this had been known since the beginning of the rally at the courthouse. there were cops standing in front of them. i think they were told to disperse but i'm not sure, because the cops weren't very loud in their orders. they also did not tell anyone where to go as far as dispersing. the peace monitors did what we could to let people who were going down there to let them know about the police presence. i saw someone from sfp and told her what i was telling everyone else, she said that she'd do what she could about keeping the people around her settled down. i later saw her involved in drumming at the stand off with police at 7th and high. the crowd eventually turned around and marched up 7th to pearl. it was there that things got heavy. the crowd at the plaza turned their attention from what was going on on the stage to what was happening in the street. i was told later that one of the anarchists ran to the stage 2 times and grabbed the microphone. i wasn't told what this person said. there were a group of police in full riot gear. in front of them were police cars who came down 7th towards the crowd gathered in the street with their sirens on. there continued to be a stand off in the street. at some point a group sat down and linked arms. the cops in riot gear came down and shot whatever they shoot at 2 people. they arrested one woman who i heard later was just trying to cross the street. the crowd from the plaza by this time was very focused on the action in the street. during the time down at high street it sounded like the organizers did everything they could to bring people back to the plaza. but this time anything like that was futile and breakdown of the stage area started, i think around 3-3.10, because there was fear of tear gas and rioters breaking equipment. anyhow, back to the street. the police came down and started arresting people who were sitting down and locked arms. they also had a group faced with their whatever guns at the crowd on the plaza. the crowd was yelling at the police. there was still a group of people lined up along 7th watching this, and on the sidewalk across from the plaza. eventually the police had whatever guns pointing at the crowd along 7th and those on the sidewalk opposite the plaza. the crowd continued to yell at the police. the police arrested everyone who was sitting and linked arms. the police continued to point their whatever guns at the crowd. the crowd began to get on the sidewalks, the police continued to point their whatever guns. eventually the police got in their wagons and left. all this was over by 3.27 (as i checked on my cell phone).

and on a personal note. i am rather ticked at the anarchists for doing what they did. i don't believe that those who were the leaders organized the march off to protest for peace in iraq. i believe that the main ones usurped our event for their own agenda. i am also angry at the police. they were not loud in their directions, they did not have to come at this group in full riot gear, there was also no need for their whatever guns. i personally witnessed one woman being very upset, i myself was almost brought to tears by their actions and i know another woman was too. my distrust of them only continues to grow. i don't know what can be done about the anarchists vs the police, i just wish it wouldn't happen at events calling for peace, because neither group shows a willingness to be peaceful.