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You guys I am exhausted. HI DERE and company = awesome company for the State Fair.

Still watching post-Obama speech coverage. MSNBC had to cut Pat Buchanan off to go to commercial... Pitchfork Pat was gushing over the speak. Possibly one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Speech was AMAZING... but Pat noticed?!

RR - lol, I'll think about that laundrymat idea...

I should note that Pat is operating under 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' principles here.

You're undoubtedly right (he's no neocon, you can say that for him), but it was just so weird. I thought I was hallucinating from too much sun earlier today.

Also - Ned, I just saw your post on the Dem thread about thinking about the public transit system while watching Pat talk and went OOOOOOOOOH, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING! (yay, I'm finally Channeling Ned!)

must to leave for airport in <6 hours why am i still up?!

Ummmm... excited by the speech? The visual of all those people really got me. So did the picture I saw on my husband's iPod on the drive home; people standing in line for *six* miles to get in to the stadium tonight. Unbelievable.

I am going to get burned at the stake for this but I was uh how you say not so riveted? Maybe I can blame school.

Hahah, no need to apologize for that, T.

No worries; not everyone loves political speeches, punditry, and other nonsense. I love it way too much and actually fear it is some kind of disease. I'll probably watch a lot of the RNC next week even... as long as it doesn't make me super angry (ha, what are the odds, right).

Hope your first evening of school was better than expected, tza!

I'm about to make a second attempt at getting to sleep myself. Bah, insomnia!

Obama was indeed awesome last night. At the top of his game.

I was knitting his face for a tote bag while he spoke. Word.

i emailed my brother every ten minutes for two hours last night. the last email was "fuck fuck fuck" - basically saying how Obama had ruined his chances by giving a boring speech.

I talked to my brother this morning (actually about to hit the road to visit him!) and he said he had the same feelings, but...we both wanted the soaring rhetoric. What we got was policy. And it was the speech he had to give.

I look forward to the soaring rhetoric, because i'm a sucker for it.

I'm still madly in love with my potential President and his wife.

Obama speech was OK. Solid, and tangible, but not as inspired as others. Having said that, it was just the right thing, and he got the media talking about his challenge to McCain on foreign policy, and his identification with just plain folks, which is what he needed and wanted.

It's satisfying to watch a well-run Democratic campaign. Frankly, it's a relief. I feel positive about the general election campaign. It's gonna be a long slog, though, and it's gonna be ight.

That is until all the unexpected shit happens and I change my tune.

Sara I do love that stuff! I just... wasn't overwhelmed by the speech.

I'm with ya FBHAR - but well run? Well, the campaign.
I'm pissed about the trotting out of the Generals - and they left out the African -American woman General Admiral in the roll call - and the guy who spoke was so inarticulate - and Wesley Clark!
I kinda wanted to hear more from the military - they were treated badly, and that's not good.
I have given bad cocktail parties that had less gaffes than the DNC.

I will not go on about this on our nice chatty thread.

Anyway - I'm NOT visiting my brother. So I DON'T get a belated birthday lunch.
Which means I should fold the laundry and clean the bathroom - I was hoping to put both off until ...somebody else did them.

The only reason I would have kids (and it's too late) would be for the chores aspect. Small slaves, under my thumb.

This is probably due to the fact that my mother had us trained (Sara - are you listening)to bring her toast and coffee in bed. Then, one of us would practice the piano while the other did chores. Then, switch. (My two older brothers were gone - to boarding school).
Then we trotted ourselves out to the bus.

Kids these days, expecting breakfast SERVED to them. Sheesh!

Oh and we weren't allowed to watch cartoons - we kind of weren't allowed to watch television - so Saturday mornings one of us had to dust the entire house and the other one had to vacuum.
The weird thing is that my mom would be at the hairdresser, and my Dad was at the church - so we could have watched television, or just rebelled! But we actually did what we were told to do.

I'm making up for lost time, of course!

Omg step cousin who is border patrol guard talking about 'the illegals' and how sickening they are on the way home from airport. Ugh!

xxxp I'm a politics kook and will probably enjoy McCain's speech. I think it was the visuals as well as the OMG THAT HAPPENED that got me.

Does the Palin pick remind anyone else of Geraldine Ferraro? Or is that just me?

airmurchie - toast and coffee in bed?! If they'd just let me sleep, I'd be happy! No need to get the coffee maker out!

Okay, I just hung up on my Dad when he started going on about how the D congress has ruined the economy, not the last 8 years of Bushonomics.

He asked me who I was going to vote for NOW? Sorry, vote has not changed. Yay, Sarah Palin has a vagina! I didn't vote for Hillary in the D caucus, why in god's name would I cross over to the Rs when I think their policies suck?

I probably shouldn't be so crabby with my Dad, but I'm tired and sometimes I think he's profoundly dim about me.

i have an interview for the kids store scheduled for tues morning. owner sounds like a nice dude, business is focussed away from hard-sell and more on building reg clientele (more my style). pay will be shit (he's already warned me) but i'm not too fussed about that. just hope i'm not gonna have to work all thru the weekend and never get to hang out with jordz :(

also i am watching (on the tv) my first football game tomorrow! USC vs. .... someone.

also i might finally be able to meet this letterpress printer dude tomorrow.

also i am watching (on the tv) my first football game tomorrow! USC vs. .... someone.

You will discover it is a wimpy version of rugby. (Not that I am passionate about rugby per se, but still.)

RR - I'm crossing my fingers on good news all around on this possible job!

Have fun watching football. I've never loved that myself, but it did used to mean we got to eat popcorn at my house. Mmmmmm popcorn.

The only reason I would have kids (and it's too late) would be for the chores aspect. Small slaves, under my thumb.

Anyone squeezing kid out for hope of chore slave is going to be SORE disappointed. Me and my brother would be laying on the floor playing video games and couldn't even beg EACH OTHER successfully for small favors such as, "Get me some waaaaaaaaaaater." "No, yooooouuuuu get meeee some water."

Let alone that our mom had to read riot act to even get us to do something like empty the dishwasher.

(Apparently, tho, my youngest bro. who is the only one who isn't off at college. insists on putting away the dishes every time. He gets really angry iif someone does not arrange the cups and plates and silverware in his preferred order.)

He is turning into Monk. Beware.

I guess! He always says "goodnightloveyousweetdreams" to everyone before he goes to bed, which is really cute. But if you try and say a sentence or two after that, or ask him a question, he gets really frustrated and just starts over. "GoodNIGHTLOVEyouSWEETDREAMS!" And runs off to his room before anyone can ruin his ritual again. "But honey, did you remember to check your blood sugar?" "ARGH YES IT WAS 178 I TOOK INSULIN GOOD NIGHTLOVEYOUSWEETDREAMS!"

Aw.
My family seems to be obsessed with my sister and her husband, who are not even here. Middle child syndrome kicking into full gear!

Anyway here is a toast from my grandpa:
Here's to the girl up the hill
She won't but her sister will
So here's to her sister.

^he tells us this is a vintage from 1934!!

Also my parents always tried for the slave labor. So many summer mornings ruined by the URGENCY of a lawn that needed mowing before the sun was up too high. Ugh.

I have to say that I'm proud that I recognized my complete lack of parental instincts and acted - or not - on that. I remember having a conversation with a friend who is a parent, and saying that having kids can statistically lower your chances of developing breast cancer. She was like "Um - that's probably not a good reason to have children."

Plus I'm the best crazy aunt ever.

Will you be my crazy aunt? I need one that's not crazy in a bad way. I want a fun crazy aunt!!!

Stayed at John and K's way too late last night; so awesome! I will probably never catch up in terms of sleep, but it was worth it. And I did not kidnap Dan and J031 to force them to stay here forever, but it wasn't because I didn't want to.

Ed - if you're reading this, it was nice to meet you! I hope you got some rest before having to go back to the RNC beast...

By the time I got back down town I was all awake and stopped for a cheeseburger and malt at mickey's then walked back. Was stopped by a cop. My guys were still in the bar when I got there. I had a beer and then bed. Woke up naturally and rested. Dinner at the St Paul Grill tonight and hopefully meet some of you before/after.

Sounds like you had a good ending to your night; have fun this evening and I'll be watching for you on the RNC broadcast. Well, as much of it as I can stomach anyway...

3 hours to go, trying not to die.

No death, now. It is uncouth.

xpost Good to know you have discovered Mickey's Diner.

is (are you) Ed with the big dreadlocks Ed? I have been assuming you are.

is the RNC happening today? I might have to watch some of it. I have vodka and mixers.

Yup, that's me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotcommunist/2807308434/

have been here setting up all week. It starts on monday.

That's awesome! I will vote for you.

I'm curious about the conventions - I guess the party that isn't in office goes first, and then the incumbents follow?

I believe that the incumbent party gets to choose whether they go first or last. They usually choose last (presumably to get the "bounce" later, or at least have the opportunity to rebut the other party's convention).

Now if McCain had chosen Ed as his running mate, I might have considered casting my first R vote ever...

So it's like hopscotch.
I went first yesterday and I won.
Now I get to tell you when you get to go.

I don't even know where the RNC is happening. Hastings?

lol, St. Paul, Minnesota. But the proximity to Hastings is terrifying.

Why? Too many republicans?
At least they're all in one place. I'm nervous when they're roaming the countryside, making up stupid policies.

Well, that's true. At least this way we can keep them in our sight and avoid them if possible...

I think you should try to take all of their money.

Just point skywards. Or, better yet, direct them to a Republican butterhead display.
OMG turdhead Rove in butter would be the best thing ever. Cheney in butter! I would lick that.

Okay, I am now extremely disturbed. Licking even an image of Cheney under any circumstances seems like it could be courting post-traumatic stress disorder.

I don't know how to get the Republican's money unless I use my fancy Student Nursing Skillz. And that seems kind of unlikely.

I am watching high school musical for the first time with my cousin who has the entire thing memorized omg

okay, wow. That's a weird Saturday night.

I did laundry and now I'm going to go to bed. Because I'm exhausted, old, and pathetic!

oh BTW to the people that were here last night, while we were drinking it up the police were raiding a building about 5 blocks away in RNC related hijinks. GOOD TIMES.