COPIED from a friends post.. They still need volunteers (only about 40 people showed up) so if you thought you missed out on your opportunity you didn't.

Volunteers needed Sunday @ 9 AM: PSU Park Blocks
From the organizers:

Iraq Body Count Exhibit @ PSU
Sponsored by Students for Unity
9:00 am SET UP, Sunday March 9th
(meet in front of the library)
WE NEED 200 VOLUNTEERS TO SET UP THE EXHIBIT!!
There are 124,000 flags within the Iraq Body Count Exhibit. Each white flag represents at least 6 Iraqis killed, and each red flag represents 1 American killed in Iraq as a result of the 2003 invasion. The purpose of the Iraq Body Count Exhibit is to raise awareness of the number of people killed in the Iraq War.
The Iraq Body Count Exhibit has been displayed in Colorado, Oregon, California and Washington. Please go to IraqBodyCountExhibit.org for more information.
http://www.iraqbodycountexhibit.org

I have some stuff I'd like to get rid of.
A papasan chair, and a couple other 70s chairs, one is like a yellow barstool with a back and the other is an orange fabric and wood chair that needs some love but is a cool shape.
All of this for free!
I also have the remains of a vintage store that closed, lots of dresses and accessories (clutches, hats, scarves, belts) that I kind of just want out of my apartment.
Do you know a high school drama club that needs some costumes? Anyone need belts? Purses? I have so much stuff, I am thinking about just putting it outside with a free sign or on craigslist, would anyone want any of this stuff? Want pictures? Let me know, I'm home with a cold but also eager to get this stuff out. PLEAAASEEEE!!!!

OH! Also books!
book:
whimsy cat books
feel better books (self help) (and I'm all self-helped out, but if you just went through a bad breakup or want to learn how to be a sneaky woman...)
art books from different countires (singapore, germany) and monet and other watercolor books too
random novels
lots of books with big pictures that I was going to use for a project but never got around to it!!

sell:
I also have japanese fashion magazines that I'm willing to SELL to someone for like $2-$3 a piece.
katanas, 2 different sizes, $15;$20
amaaaazing!!!

as I go through my apartment, I'll keep updating this, so stay tuned!!

current state: busy

DP'ers, I have a question for you. I live in Saint Johns. Yesterday, at around noon, I was out for a walk. I was at the corner of Saint louis and Seneca, aiting for traffic to clear. A pickup passed me, heading towards the bridge. I started to cross and noticed the pickup make a u-turn so I hurried to finish crossing. The next thing I knew, the truck was coming right at me. I put my hand up, in a futile attempt to get this guy to stop. I was not successful and was struck by the driver. Both he and I estimate that he was going about 20/25 mph when he hit me.
My injuries include a broken left collarbone, a broken large toe that will require surgery to put in pins and ligament damage to my left knee. I am also very sore.

I was crossing at the corner and was under the understanding that traffic is supposed to stop for pedestrians at a corner, even if it is not marked as a crosswalk. We got the incident report and it shows that the guy was not cited.

How is this going to affect how the insurance company deals with this? The driver and I have the same insurance.

This is a somewhat silly question but it's in earnest. Call me socially inept (and you'd be on to something) but I don't know how to meet new people. This is probably because I went to Reed College so I spent most of my recent lifetime in a library. But now I don't go to Reed College and even though I've given myself several months to learn the ropes of "real life" things just aren't clicking socially. Are most people hermits and misanthropes living alone with few if any friends? I once read we are "social beings." I have a few roommates, but as they are still in school they're in the trap I was once in: spending god knows how many hours in a library and only occasionally coming out for air. And I think all those hours stowed away in the stacks kept me from getting acquainted with Portland because I was entrenched in Reed. So friends, I ask you, what do people do in this city? How do you meet others? What do people do together? I am human and I seek other humans to interact with.

current place: SE Portland
current tunes: Poor places - Wilco