Update

I'm at work (!!) so this will be a quick one.

There's still an overwhelming amount to say about ACA/ACV, but I figure the earlier on I try and describe what I'm doing the easier it will be.

I have a list of projects for the next 12 weeks:

1. Start the uber-experimental 'Friend-to-Friend' program by calling ACV members one Anchorage voting district at a time. Have some folks come in, serve some pizza, and provide lists of other voters in their district. When voters are ID'd, offer pens/paper/postage and have them write a letter to say they should join up with the ACV. Apparently, a similar endeavor conducted by the Oregon League of Conservation Voters was beyond successful and demonstrated that when friends ask friends to vote/join, they usually do. Hence the name.

2. Coordinate with Sue, who is in Juneau, to design an ACA brochure. ACV already has one. I am in the thick of InDesign as we speak...the nice thing about an internship is that not only do they get me to do internship-y, college kid stuff like design pamphlets, but they give me the time to learn how! My respect for Parsons grows exponentially along with my frustration with myself/Adobe. Still, I'm not doing too badly. My great success this morning was figuring out how to change the background color.

3. Write up fact sheets: most notably, and most intriguingly, about the Alberta Tar Sands (ownership, energy usage, gas usage, net carbon emissions). These are a big deal already and will be only more so depending on how the natural gas pipeline deal goes through. This might end up being what I ultimately write my paper on, seeing as I'll be doing a whole lot of research and it is within the same vein as what I had intended to write anyway.

4. Write newsletters! Update website! Blog?

In other work news, tonight is the Tileston Awards Ceremony and I am wearing heels. That I borrowed from Karen. Who has invited me to see the Sex and the City movie on Saturday with her and a group of friends.

Additionally, marathon training is back full swing now that certain Achilles tendons have stopped whining. And the weather is perfect. STAY TUNED!