I've never been starstruck before. I see a lot of bands and a lot of "celebrities." In fact, the entire idea of it makes me ill. We're all just people. To watch the way "celebrities" are treated- ick. So what if they can sing or act or play ball? Tonight, I went to see Barack Obama speak. *sigh*
It was amazing. The energy in that room... I'm exhausted and I lost my voice, and I can't even rest right now. I felt the power of his words when I watched his speeches, but to see it in person... I had goosebumps.
My mind is running a mile a minute, and I couldn't even give one single quote that got me standing up, screaming, and clapping. It was quite a workout, almost like going to a Catholic church, minus the kneeling.
I didn't get home until after midnight- I had to go almost an hour away, Obama didn't speak until after 9, and it took over an hour to get out of the parking lot. I missed the deadline on my finals. It was worth it. I emailed my professors and told them that. If I miss a few points out of it, oh well. I think this affects my future even more.
My plans for this weekend are to go do anything I can for the campaign. I'll be knocking on doors or making phone calls, whatever it takes. I was going to do that anyway, but now... I might get a little pushy.
I wrote another blog about being an Obama supporter any way I can. I have been wearing only one shirt for the past... two weeks or so. It actually has been washed a few times. I of course wore it tonight, even though I spilled coffee down the front of me this morning. I didn't have enough other dirty clothes to constitute washing, so I wore my coffee-stained "got hope?" t-shirt. A commitment is a commitment, even if it's one I made to myself.
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Still wearing the shirt, are you? Now that's committed.
It's nice to see someone pumped over a possible leader of the country. I'm still deciding who I'd like to vote for, so I don't have the same feeling. I missed a talk that went on in a nearby school with the Clintons. That would've been interesting...wish I'd gone.
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Mind Control is Easier Than You Think
So the candidates and the rest of the Clinton family and friends have been spending all their time between here and North Carolina. I would like to see Clinton speak. Today, I think she's having a friend speak on her behalf in Indianapolis, and if I remember correctly, Bill is somewhere in Indiana today. If my chosen candidate doesn't win the primary, I'm going to support her. (McCain scares the hell out of me.) I just want to know what I could potentially be supporting.
-Sonja :)
"Democracy works only when you vote. When you don't take the time to vote for the candidate you find the least offensive, you run the risk of electing the candidate you find the most offensive."
That's a good frame of mind to be in. I don't like how some people vote only for their party no matter what. Seems a little stupid, right?
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I don't claim a party. Every candidate is different and supports different things. I think I've only voted republican once, independent a few times, and the rest were democrats. It should be based on the individual candidate, not the party, and most definitely not the race or gender of a person.
McCain and Huckabee were the last two left in the republican candidates. Both scared the hell out of me. Huckabee wanted to change the Constitution to fit more biblical law. *ACK* I originally liked McCain more than Clinton, but ever since his "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" song... I don't want 4 more years of a power hungry, war happy president.
-Sonja :)
"Democracy works only when you vote. When you don't take the time to vote for the candidate you find the least offensive, you run the risk of electing the candidate you find the most offensive."