Where's the Jewelweed When You Need It

I think I may have poison ivy for the first time in my life. I guess that's what I get for saying last week that I'm not allergic to it. It's a tiny little blister, but not a blemish, not a bug bite, not a chigger...definitely poison-ivy-like. Now I need to find a plant book so I can go identify some jewelweed tomorrow--it's suppose to cure the irritating symptoms.

In other news, I think I'm a libertarian socialist--to be even more precise: an eco-libertarian socialist. It sounds like I've gone so far left I'm going back right. And in a way this is true, but the "libertarian" part of this political philosophy isn't the US right-wing uber-free-enterprise libertarianism, but more of the European version based on free-creativity: the right to the highest level of individual freedom within society, not the right to the highest profit at others' expense. I'm just now getting into reading up on these political ideals, so this declaration might change, but as a libertarian socialist: that's okay! Now, to read some Chomsky soon: he's a libertarian socialist too! (at least according to wikipedia).

And in even further news: I think I'm voting for Dennis Kucinich. More on this as I work through more information.