Tonight I’m going to The Portland Mercury’s Debate Club, which will cover the topic of Measure 49, the ballot measure that will apparently restore some of the land-use planning measures that were wiped out by Measure 37 two years ago. I’m basically pro-land-use planning so I’m leaning towards Yes on Measure 49, but I’d like to know more. This month’s Debate Club (the Merc has been doing one per month since the start of summer) will have spokespersons for both sides, pro and con – not all of the topics they’ve chosen have had that kind of representation, which I don’t hold against the Merc staff at all. In any case, I’m looking forward to it.
Debate Club starts at 7:00 PM, so between my leaving work and going to Rontom’s for booze and politics, I’ll likely be hanging out at Backspace in Old Town, and drinking way too much coffee. And possibly catching up on last night’s season premiere of “Heroes”, which I missed because I was catching up on the weekend’s season premieres of “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”. So busy I barely have time for television. Which is just the way I like it. But the “Star Wars” parody on “Family Guy” was kinda funny. I thought it would be funnier, though…
I still haven’t seen the season finale of VH1’s “The Pickup Artist” and don’t spoil me for who wins, please. I may not get to watch that one for another day or two.
This weekend I’ll be volunteering at The Stumptown Comics Festival, on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. Plus this week I need to bop around and put up some posters for that event. I’m hoping that I will meet some social geeks and have some fun. Barry, the organizer for the festival, promises via email that it will be “easy volunteering” – I’ll likely have lots of time for socializing in between my work duties.
I’m still filling in my social calendar for Wednesday through Friday… there’s got to be lots of stuff happening in the Rose City between now and then. Chime in if you’ve got something in mind… I’m open to invites…