AR2008 roundup and shoutouts.

I'm relaxing for a bit in my hotel room. I almost said "doing nothing" but then I realized I'm watching women's soccer on TV, listening to Frightened Rabbit on my computer, blogging, drinking coffee, and chatting with Kittee. So....relaxing....but not doing nothing.

And I am almost positive the US lady who just got called for some infraction on the field just mouthed "motherfucker" on national TV as she argued with the referee.

I'll be heading out in a bit on the quest for presents to bring home, but it will be nice to have a little quiet time on the plane to process all the info my brain has absorbed in the past 4 days. Chad, Tim, Eban and I had a really good talk at dinner last night about some activism ideas. We talked about how primed Portland is for some huge AR victories, but we just need to mobilize the troops and get creative with what we are doing. I'm excited to get home and work on some ideas that came up. I don't usually get to attend any of the talks at these conferences, but the magic happens for me in having talks like the one at dinner last night, the ones I have at my table with folks, and the ones late night in the hotel bar. I'm always really inspired getting to speak with so many folks in a more informal, friendly way, than I am from seeing lots of lectures.

Wow! Helluva goal from Angela Hucles! 4 to 1, US over Japan right now.

A quick thanks to all the nice folks who I got to speak with at my table. Far too many to try and list, but thanks for all the kind words and support.

I was also lucky enough to get in chats with Kim McCoy from Sea Shepherd, Jenny Brown from Woodstock, Liz Pachaud from Farm Sanctuary, Erica Meier from Compassion Over Killing, J from Chicago ADL and Chicago Soy Dairy,  Ken and Leigh from Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe, Gary from Animal Writings, Ryan from VegBlog, longtime Herbivore supporter Dana, Andreas (yeah vegan parents!), Andrea from FARM, Susan (yeah vegan parents!) and so many others I'll feel bad I'm forgetting right now.

Below are a few photos I took. I always plan on taking a lot of pictures but we are in a big hotel with terrible lighting and no personality whatsoever, so I tend to forget to take the camera out.