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By kate, April 15, 2011 7:16 am

So, yeah, not to boast, but the Hip Hop Conference was pretty awesome.

I got to meet Rosa Clemente (a-mazing), Skim (a-mazing).

On the tees & behind the panelists is the amazing Lady Justice that Neil conjured up for the Conference. Can we all just admit that Neil is a genius? She is inspired by my prof Pamela Bridgewater.

This panel, Law(lessness), (In)Justice and Legacy of Hip Hop Music and Culture, was amazing. By far the best law school panel I’ve ever attended. R-L Moderator: Dekeera Greene, WCL grad. Panelists: Rosa Clemente, Hip Hop Activist, Former Candidate for Vice President (Green Party ‘08); Leila Steinberg, activist; artist; organizer; founder Alternative Intervention Models; former manager of Tupac Shakur and founder of The Microphone Series, an artist development workshop; Mora Namdar, 3L WCL, activist and organizer on issues and youth movements related to political and human rights in Iran, founder and Editor- in-Chief of AU National Security Law Brief.

These amazing women hit the issues from police brutality to racism to COINTELPRO. It was amazing to listen to them, and for the panel not to be specifically “women’s issues,” but as experts and intellectuals on a grand scale.

Another highlight for me was this performance by Gabriel Teodros. In a brilliant rhyme he called out “pseudo liberals afraid of the real conversation,” ahem, 1/2 of my school.

I also got to meet Head-Roc a local DC hip hop activist. He is an artists who has been very involved in the D.C. Statehood movement. Go New Columbia!

I really want to recommend the film Beyond Beats and Rhymes to you, internet. We watched it during the lunch break at the Conference. It’s about misogyny and homophobia in Hip Hop music. It is really amazing. I highly recommend it, but it’s not suitable not for little ones… as the music videos they highlight are pretty horrific (hence, the point).

That’s right. We hit ALL the issues.

My vicarious street-cred has increased exponentially by just attending this conference, but if you are interested in knowing how my closing remarks went, you can pretty much just watch this video:

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By kate, March 26, 2011 5:11 pm

Since we are going to Costa Rica this summer, we are trying to sublet out our place for the summer (we have always had the goal of living in the same apt. for one calendar year & have yet to reach it).

If you know anyone coming to DC this summer, let them know that all of this amazing glory could be theirs for a measly $1,300 per month (once they start looking for places in DC, they will realize that that is cheap).

Our front door.

Kitchen.

Neil’s study/gadget nook.

Dining table & Jim Kelly Indian portrait.

Living room.

No, I will never get rid of this couch. It is the best couch of all time. Ever.

Entryway.

I love this skinny table. Neil says, “what’s the point of it?” I say, “if you have to ask that, you will never know.”

Poster from my mission & rug from Mexico.

Bedroom.

Yet another large guilded framed piece of artwork (thanks to my dad) & our Sleep Number bed. These are amazing. Seriously. *insert Kate’s Sleep Number infomercial*

My side table.

I bought it at Unique Thrift & painted it & bought some really fancy Monarch handles for it at Anthroplogie.

They were expensive, but remind me of our trip to see the Monarchs in Michoacán, Mexico.

Kate’s favorite item, Neil’s most loathed item.

Neil hates tea candles. I love them.

The view.

Yep. We pretty much live in the Metro stop. This is the view from our door: Vienna Metro.

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By kate, February 25, 2011 11:57 pm

We are on our way home from dinner with some friiends and for at least half the metro ride home Kate played angry birds and wouldn’t give me a try.

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By kate, February 5, 2011 4:42 pm

Here’s a pic of a bunch of students from my school on a field trip to the Inter-American Commission downtown DC.

I am in the back in a green dress.

Don’t we look all official & lawyer-like?

As you can tell, being a lawyer is non-stop-fun. All party. All the time.

I am hoping to work at the Inter-American Court this summer in Costa Rica. Now that will be fun!

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By kate, November 21, 2010 6:32 pm

Is that sentence correct?

English is so lame sometimes.

I mean, seriously, two words that have the exact same pronunciation with 1 letter difference & different meanings?

Lame.

Here are some shots of Neil & I playing with his new camera & having a capital time at the Capitol.

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By kate, September 18, 2010 7:33 pm

This.

and

This.

Let the hilarious times roll.

PS I think I need a custom Princess Liberty dress made out of dollar bill cloth, for this. Don’t you? Something along the lines of  a mix between this and this.