Let me tell you a little story about a goofy ol' worldwide bank that you might've heard of: Citibank.

It's Friday night, I'm having drinks with my comics instructor, the illustrious (pun intended) Tom Hart. I go to pay for the drinks with my Citibank debit card, hooked up to that silly li'l thing I like to refer to as my "checking account." The bartender informed me that it wasn't going through, which was a bit of a surprise… I have a tempestuous relationship with my dough, sure, but I should be able to eek out $20 for cocktails.

Logged into my online account, where a very bright red font did its job of getting my attention: I was overdrawn by four thousand dollars. Hmmmm. I quickly ran through the past week: yes, it'd been an insane week with lots going on, and yeah, there were a coupla fuzzy spots in my memory, but I was, um, pretty sure that I couldn't have spent all the money in my checking and my overdraft and then still have been overdrawn by… let me repeat… four thousand dollars.

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Drumroll, please… I went and got myself a dog! Please meet and introduce yourself to Ms Izzy Louise:

Her story: She was rescued by the super awesome folks over at Rat Terrier ResQ from a backyard breeder in Texas. Which means, pretty much, that she spent the first three years of her life in a cage outdoors, and has had to overcome incredible obstacles. Thanks to the love and patience of her foster mom, Jacki, she's done just that, and is slowly adjusting to life with me in Brooklyn. As I type this, she's snoozing on the window shelf I built for her next to my desk. It's a dog's life!

There are a bunch of ways you can keep up with her progress online, if you're into that sort of thing– I'll be posting more periodic updates in my own accounts, but here are her locations online:

• Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/izzylouise/
• Updates: http://twitter.com/izzylouise
• Dogbook, on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/dogbook/profile/view/5218571
• Dogster: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/902462

The otherworldly-ness of last night can't really be described, but I blogged about it over on AlterNet. More thoughts and candid observations to come here once I get some work done and have a chance to process it some more. Right now, all I remember is that I was the only one wearing jeans. Sorry, Mom!

I could go on and on about the month that I spent in Berlin, especially the week that I was traveling around with my mom — we had an absolute blast! Instead, tho, I'll direct you over to my Flickr collection of trip photos, conveniently sectioned off for your browsing pleasure. Enjoy!

Hey y'all! I'm here at Personal Democracy Forum I've got a Nokia N95 (thanks, Micah!) and I'm gonna be running around all day talking to folks for GRITtv. Watch live!

(If I'm not on live, then it'll just show a white screen… look at older clips here)

It's been a wild ride since I got back from Berlin, happily so– I've been knee deep in local activism (Union Square: Not For Sale), attending and speaking at conferences (Media Reform), seeing friends what seems like every night of the week (I love my tribe!) and working on those comics, as ever. I'm going to be posting my Berlin pics later today, but in the meantime, here's some visual highlights from the last month:

posted Sun., Jun 22, 2008 at 12:29pm

tags: activism • birthday • coney island • Friends • media reform • mermaid day parade • music • ncmr • new york howl • Pictures • save union square • travel

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I'm baaaaaack.

• filed under Personal News, Pictures

I'm back on the ol' Brooklyn couch, and it feels pretty good to be home. Not to say that I'm not already pining away for the sweet blossomed air and generous spirit of Berlin! Along those lines, check out my new project documenting some thoughts from the trip: http://chachawhereareyou.com/

posted Tue., May 27, 2008 at 6:32pm

tags: berlin • brooklyn • chacha • travel

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	National Conference on Media Reform (warning: mostly silly pics of Canadians here)
	The New York Howl played at Southpaw
	We were flyering in Union Square again this week
	Winnie had a birthday
	We went to the Mermaid Day Parade and helped out with the effort to save Coney Island

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	>> They only call it 'Class Warfare' when you're fighting for the bottom 95% of the population. (via @JohnFugelsang @mkoshark) — 2:36pm via Twitter
	@heathr yes please! I won't be over till this eve-- 140party to start. (Working on deadline and also need nap, zzz) — 2:31pm via Twitter
	So awesome-- @nerdette crocheted me this scarf! Hee! http://flic.kr/p/7KcT14 — 2:15pm via Twitter
	Shared 2 photos. — 2:15pm via Flickr The love affair continues... So awesome-- @nerdette crocheted me this scarf! Hee!
	Moving my stacks o' luggage to camp out at @nerdette's digs for the next set of days, yay — 1:57pm via Twitter
	@Mlsif if you meet Juliette, tell her she also has fabulous taste in faux fur jackets. :-) — 10:41am via Twitter
	My @ignitenyc talk is up! Go watch: "What Would Kermit Do?" http://bit.ly/bt7jlD — 10:33am via Twitter
	The love affair continues... http://flic.kr/p/7KehJ3 — 9:59am via Twitter
	RT @foglio: And thx to @NurtureGirl, I have a mashup of Sister Christian/Don't Break My Stride mashup stuck in my head. /cc @jennifergiroux — 9:54am via Twitter
	Thanks to @foglio, I *still* have "Sister Christian" stuck in my head. — 8:56am via Twitter

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