I gave notice today. I'm leaving to go to go to Wall Street. I'm going to stay there. This is an occupation not just a protest.
I'll be honest, I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know if this is going to be some short one off that gets shut down after a day. But what I do know is that I'm going and I'm staying.
I told my dad that I gave notice and he freaked out a bit. Not because of why I did it, but because I did it. In a lot of ways it really was a terribly bad decision, but as far as I'm concerned I didn't really have a choice. Something has to be done and this is the best thing I know to do.
I don't really have a lot that I can say right now, but I feel like there's a lot that needs to be said. I'm doing this for a lot of reasons, the most obvious is because there is clearly something wrong right now, and the traditional ways of dealing of it aren't working. Protests are ignored. Voting can work a little, but given the amount of money in politics it only has a limited effect. But occupation seems like it can work, or is at least worth a try.
.I'll do a couple of updates before the occupation and once it begins I'll do regular updates from Wall Street. If anyone wants to help there are people who could use help getting to New York. I found out last week that two of my neighbors are trying to get there and they can use help. If you can help them with a ride or a plane ticket that would be great. I'd like to start a fund of some sort to help people get out there and help support us while we're there, but I have no experience with that at all. Any help is appreciated.