tomorrow…

top ten reasons conservatives should vote for obama

to my conservative friends…

hero

i vividly remember meeting this american hero of mine at an east st. paul mexican restaurant.

fr. francisco and i were having breakfast when he walked in. we both stood up to greet, thank and shake the hand of senator paul wellstone. here was the man who taught me to be proud of wearing the label of liberal american. the label that stands for the ideal of freedom and justice for all.

thank you paul! we do miss you. i wish you were here today. cheering on and helping all of those folks working hard to get out the vote for barack.

in honor of you senator wellstone, we hope history will be made in a few weeks. we wish you were here to see it take place.

It’s easier to be a liberal today, to be a progressive, to be proud. But there was a time when it wasn’t. When liberalism in defense of peace was mocked, and moderation in service of imperialism was praised. In those days, it was hard to be a liberal. It must have been hard to be Paul Wellstone. He never showed it, though. He liked to quote Marcia Timmel. “I’m so small and the darkness is so great,” she said. “We must light a candle,” Wellstone would reply. He was ours. Would that he was here to enjoy the dawn.-ezra klein

maker faire…

a nice perk to being in austin this year…

too drunk to dream

thank you to my dear partner lina for introducing me to the magnetic fields and stephen merritt. it was a beautiful show. i didn’t shoot this but i was there and witnessed it live.

el cristo peruano

el cristo peruano

Originally uploaded by luna lopez

taken with my new nikon with a little help from picnik… i’m going to try to stay away from editing these photos and just work with the camera settings, lighting, etc. stay tuned.

the booksies

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Originally uploaded by luna lopez

enjoying my new nikon!