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monica

I am the funk; I raise everyday for the mass; tote my fist right up right against the fascists; desc

About Me

Reporters are just as corrupt as lawyers, so I think my transition to law will be quite easy.

My Interests

Too many for my own good. When my Mom said, "focus," I was thinking of what I wanted to do that night. I've been told I am a funny dancer, so I've taken up belly dance with the Red Tent. Now I have skills!

I'd like to meet:

I've got my main man, my Adam! But I'll meet you just for kicks.

Music:

Everybody deserves music, sweet music ... like: Lauryn Hill, Agent Ribbons, Ozomatli, Goapele, Common, Portishead, Animal Collective, Digable Planets, Nina Simone, PJ Harvey, Poe, Portishead, Rage Against the Machine, The Roots, The Beatles, Depeche Mode, Rufus Wainwright, Tool, Spearhead and Michael Franti, Wyclef Jean and Tori Amos

Movies:

Volver, Pan's Labyrinth, Edward Scissorhands, Y Tu Mama Tambien, V for Vendetta, Amelie, The Matrix Trilogy, Borat, Pleasantville, From Hell, Orwell Rolls in His Grave, American Beauty, Captain Ron, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snatch and Office Space

Television:

Nova (space shows) The Daily Show

Books:

I love reading but don't buy me a book, I'll probably exchange it ... former boss gave me a book and I said "Merry Christmas, Dad."SOME of my favorite authors, in no particular order: Arundhati Roy, Derrick Bell, Kate Chopin, Alice Walker, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Alexander Pope, Michael Pollan, Toni Morrison, Edwidge Danticat, Eduardo Galeano, Octavia Butler, Henry Louis Gates Jr., George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Leslie Marmon Silko, William Shakespeare, Duong Thu Huong, Daniel Quinn, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Howard Zinn, Kenzaburo Oe and Mark Twain

My Blog

Keepin it simple

I wanted to start my day in a positive light. Pass it on. What your hands do,it's your own eyes that 've seen.So, won't you judge your actions,to make sure the results are clean?It's your own...
Posted by monica on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:08:00 PST

working for the fish

So today I started my internship in the investigation's department at the Yolo County Public Defender's office. I thought rather than tell you about how awesome my day was (considering it's confidenti...
Posted by monica on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:56:00 PST

'Military plan against Iran is ready'

Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 10, 2007Predicting that Iran will obtain a nuclear weapon within three years and claiming to have a strike plan in place, senior American military officers have t...
Posted by monica on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:26:00 PST

Rufus Wainwright gives interesting interview about Tori Amos

first here's a little bio on rufus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_wainwrighthttp://www.advo cate.com/news_detail_ektid45327.asRufus Wainwright's rape in London as a teen was a troubling ordeal tha...
Posted by monica on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:21:00 PST

anonymous vet ends his walk for peace

BY MONICA KRAUTHThursday morning was the final day of the Veteran's Walk for Peace at the State Capitol. It marked the final lap of the approximately 3,500 U.S. troops remembered for their deaths, and...
Posted by monica on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:38:00 PST

i just went to the best fuckin protest ever

BY MONICA KRAUTHA Rancho Cordova fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was delayed three hours Thursday evening while the Sacramento County bomb squad investigated a ...
Posted by monica on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:27:00 PST

On Cindy Sheehan's Decision (repost)

Written by my friend, Stephen Pearcy:Most of us have heard the news about Cindy's decision to curtail heractivism and leave the Democratic Party. Understandably, Cindy's tired andextremely disappoint...
Posted by monica on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:52:00 PST

arg. back to the drawing board.

it didn't work out at that job. the attorney was a major dick so i quit. he knew that i was hired without any experience what-so-ever so he should have known that i do not know what an ex parte docume...
Posted by monica on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:23:00 PST

I quit my job and got a new one four days later

Monday was my last day at the Daily Democrat. No more driving to Woodland. Oh that makes me so happy. Tuesday I interviewed for a legal secretary position at a small law firm that deals with family la...
Posted by monica on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:26:00 PST

Great News! The global warming campaign is ahead of schedule

http://www.demockeracy.com/week22/winner1.htmlBY RON CRUZBrethren of the Illuminati Republican Republic,Great News! The global warming campaign is ahead of schedule.Good bye Blue States! We'll never...
Posted by monica on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:12:00 PST