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Rug

lxpk — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:27:11 -0400

The Infoshop needs a great rug to tie the room together. Is there anyone who has one to donate?

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Calling Everyone About Thursday Potluck

lxpk — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:29:51 -0400

I called everyone about our potluck tonight. I should have done the calls Tuesday but better late than never!

The script:

"Hi there! I'm calling from the Santa Barbara Infoshop. I wanted to let you know that there's a potluck dinner party meetup at the Infoshop tonight at 7PM."

If they're not there and you are leaving a mesage, say "We hope to see you tonight!"

If they're there, ask: "Will you be able to make it?"

If yes: "Great! We look forward to seeing you tonight!"

If not: "All right well have a great night and we look forward to seeing you soon!"

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REFUTING THE ROOSTER

luis — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:45:35 -0400

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SBInfoshop.org Cards

lxpk — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:39:39 -0400

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SBRRFM Cards

lxpk — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:31:17 -0400

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Easter Egging Downtown Santa Barbara

lxpk — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:46:07 -0400

Last night someone distributed a first set of Infoshop easter eggs. Easter egging is fun!

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Create awareness about skinheads who are not racist, nor constantly angry

Taylor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:32:46 -0500

I completed a project at school to create awareness about my shaved head, and what that means to me. Here is the information that I used:

In the Book I read “Fight Club”, there are constant references to things we don’t need.

We think we need them, but in reality there is a world that we are not experiencing because of our inability to change, to renounce earthly thing’s.

Before cutting off his long hair, the Buddha said “These locks of mine are not suited to a monk.” Monks, in some Eastern religions shave their head as a symbol of renunciation of earthly things. Monks in many Western traditions have shaved their heads as a symbol of humility and submission to God.

Skinheads in England in the 60's shaved their heads as a symbol of solidarity with the working class. Some speculate that it was originally done to avoid getting hair caught in machinery, to avoid lice, or to make it harder for an opponent in a fight to grab hold of you. Whatever its origin, it became a visible symbol for a subculture.

In the book “Fight Club”, a group of characters in the book shave their heads in order to be a better fighter, to become cleaner, and as the author describes in the book, to become more at ease with the impermanence of earthly thing’s, like in eastern religion.

Based on my own experience over the last few weeks, I have received different critique about my now shaven head.
I have been asked frequently “Why did you shave your head? Are you a nazi?
When I have the time, I explain myself in detail.

I have a lot more energy with a shaved head, and my confidence level has increases ten fold.

What amazes me the most are the people that see me walking down the street, either cross the street with a look of fear in their eyes, or turn around and walk the other direction. They don’t see a smiling faced white man who is just on his way home from school.

At times I get a smile, but for the most part, people look at me differently, and my friends seem to have a more respect for me.

The Book commonly refers to the media describing men, and that over takes the opinions of most.

I am instituting change of perspective with my shaved head. In addition, I also experienced a situation where someone actually called me a skin head, to which I humbly laughed. I explained myself, laughed again, and then walked on. Did I change your idea?

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SATYAGRAHA

Taylor — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:13:23 -0500

I think that there aren't enough forms of thought that are based entirely about grasping the truth. Satyagraha, in Hindu, translates to "grasping the truth". It's what Gandhi was all about. I think we should create more awareness about this very subject.

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Stop E-Waste

Taylor — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:11:49 -0500

After doing research for the last week on the environmental effects of electronics waste around the world, I have taken it upon myself to create awareness about those effects, and what we can do about it to change it in our community. I will be posting articles, and phone numbers of people that should be called to create more change. Fight the harmful toxins with me!

Ethical Consumption

Infoshop Grand Opening Flyer

lxpk — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:51:57 -0500

I am going to complete the infoshop flyer for our grand opening.

I have some text to use and I need to get a copy of the myspace announcement to possibly use that too. It needs to be done ASAP.

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Procure Printer / Copier Paper

Agent Pugsly — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:44 -0500

Update:

B2B requests for donations of paper for a conservitive christian newsletter netted me all the paper I need at the moment.

I will always try and find more paper, but I got enough for my personal projects at this moment.

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A massive quantity of paper needs gathered. There will never in my life be 'too much printer paper' in it. If i ran out of closet space I would make a chair out of stacks of sealed printer paper so I could get rid of a peice of furniture and save some paper. Even when newspapers are downloaded to something or another there will STILL never be enough paper for me. I'm an insatiable beast.

Any good infoshop needs a semistable paper hook up. Paper costs are not to be underestimated when serious zine and flyer production is underway.

It is possible that a large enough quantity can be purchased to make it cost effective to just aquire it in traditional fashion (the internet) but generally large amounts of paper can be hustled up. Local craigslists are a good start especially if you can offer trades. Something fun like a super nintendo can net many dozens of reams of paper from a fun loving office worker who bought some overstock on company auction day.

GET PAPER.