1/3/2008

This is the most famous I’ve ever been

Filed under: — Aprille @ 9:56 pm

Holy crap, Elizabeth Edwards signed my blog. Thanks, Mrs. Edwards. You’re a class act.

The caucuses were fun but tiring. Obama won big in my precinct, which was nice.  I ended up going straight to Obama and staying there, for two primary reasons: I got a chair right away, and it also seemed like Biden and Dodd weren’t going to get their 15%, so I could save myself some work by holding still.

I took some pictures.

Due to posting those pictures on Flickr, I got a request to do a phone interview with Yahoo News. I called the guy, and he wasn’t quite ready to do it so he’s going to call me back. I actually said on the phone with him that I had Googled him and he seemed legit, then I said, “Oh, crap. I shouldn’t say I Googled a Yahoo employee, should I?” I think he forgave me, though.

Apparently it will work as an audio slideshow. They’ll show my pictures and have sound bites from the interview playing. Exciting! I’ll update this when I have more details. I fully predict that I will be talking fast and I’ll hate the sound of my voice, because that’s how it always is.

Also, my favorite mild profanity is clearly crap.

My new friend Elizabeth E.

Filed under: — Aprille @ 1:35 pm

Denny and I and some friends from work went to hear John Edwards today.  He actually had very little to say (“Remember to caucus tonight.  Be on time.”), but the best part was when he said, “My wife is here somewhere.  Where is she?” and this short woman standing immediately in front of us started waving.

She was very nice.  We all shook her hand.  Some lady also standing near us started telling her about her adult daughter, who died of the same kind of cancer Elizabeth Edwards has.  I thought that was kind of weird.  Like Elizabeth Edwards isn’t tired and stressed out enough right now; does she really need to be reminded that death may well be imminent?

John Edwards did impress me with his punctuality.  He got there right on time, even though he only talked for about five minutes.  It’s all got to be a huge whirlwind for all the candidates right now.  He looked older in person; on TV it always looks like he has kind of a baby face, but he looked kind of wrinkly live.  I imagine the intense campaign schedule would contribute to that.

Just 5 more hours until the caucus insanity…

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