So i volunteered at bumbershoot on Saturday and Monday. and the turnout on Saturday was really good.. i was only there for a few hours but while there i got to talk to a lot of people and got a lot of hand outs off of our table! i think that this was a really good way to get the word out about PSO! it seamed that a lot of the people where really interested about joining in on the contest.. ether that or they just wanted a free bracelet. either way they now know about us and some one will ask where did you get that bracelet (whether they where interested or not) and they will say they got it from bumbershoot and continue on saying what i was repetitively yelling for a good couple hours straight! gladly enough i don't have to continue yelling (it starts to hurt after a while), at least at you guys because since you are reading this you already know about PSO! anyway my feeling on the whole thing is that we need more! more posters (more variety) more volunteers to pass the posters and other info out! we need t-shirts, and really strong voices. i think that yes this is a really strong start but that's what it is, a start. (i have no Patience so don't mind me). i feel that since the summer 3 weeks of PSO meetings ended it feels like everyone else is falling apart! not saying that I'm not doing everything or even half but that's the problem.. i love talking with people i don't know.. i love being the center at all times.. but PSO is a team, i know that summer is coming to an end and school is literally tomorrow for some people including myself, and it is hard to keep up but i had signed a contract that i was going to be committed to PSO, i am not fulfilling all of the requirements on the agreed form (with keeping up with blogs and comments) but i feel like Chris and i where the only ones putting up a fight (between the PSO council) we are sounding off you guys! this is it! this is what we have been waiting for since we started this program! since that first day in the interview! we are the working gears in this operation we have to stay together and work together! i feel like i was abandoned at bumbershoot. Props to Chris who came the days he could and kudos to the adults who went as well. i don't know how day 2 went but day 3 was a complete blow to the face. there was me and john (he is editing the PSO advertisement that will go on channel 22) i showed up i got my friend it (so he could keep me company) and john's girlfriend shows up and since he had been sitting there a lone for a very long time i took over the booth and sat for another couple hours, yeah i wasn't bouncing and throwing fliers at people like i was the first day but there wasn't much to throw at for one.. yeah people came up and asked questions but only a couple every 10 or 15 minutes.. i don't know anyway i end up staying there until around 7 and john leaves with his girlfriend after switching a few times for food and what not.. and i end up not knowing what to do with all of this stuff.. i am the only PSO person with in sight.. i just broke the tent down and stacked every thing in a neat pile in the corner.. most of that is not because of the lack of volunteers, but the fact that i was on my own for.. i don't know half the day.. and i felt Cinda pathetic.. anyway I'm not hear to crash the idea I'm actually trying to make it a point to really make time in your schedule to commit to PSO.. there where plenty of things that i missed out on those to days, not saying i regret it but on Sunday instead of going to bumbershoot i went over to Bellingham to check out western u. and it could have been a full weekend trip if more people where helping out Chris and the other adults at the booth.. anyway i want to see more events around with our faces on and i want to see more of your faces not only because this is something you signed up to do but also because i haven't seen any of you guys forever!! i miss you! i got to chat with Chris for a good while which was fun but you guys i feel like all left behind and stuff! you know you want to and you know you can!! all you have to do is sound off!! ~naomi (p.s. bumbershoot really never amazed me.. so spending several hours watching people spend money and telling them about something i care about was fun, so overall it was probably a 3 star experience out of 5 being the best in the world!!)

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