superbad WAS on

for about 3 minutes, max.
*please excuse any misspelling and/or other egregious errors, sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry*

Did i mention there were young children on the bus?

we have chosen to watch 'superbad'.

democracy rox!

*please excuse any misspelling and/or other egregious errors, sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry*

the rest stop

We stopped at a gas station so that the driver could pee (and purchase vitamin water, evidently). And he locked us in. That's right. And we had to watch another bus full of obama volunteers get to go out and by starbucks.

And we have a "bus captain" named jason.

This is no last week.

At least i'm sitting next to lovely amy, so that worked out.

Now we are waiting for the other buses, INCLUDING the one that got out for starbucks!!!!!!!!

Arrrrggggghhhh!!

pete and repeat ...

so here i go again, just like last week, only different b/c its this week and i'm staying at a motel 6!

No anothony this week so i will also have a new seatmate who is bound to be less fun (sorry new unknown person). Anyway, let's go-bama! To ohio! Land of broken doorbells!!!

yeah, gary busey is a douche

but hes totes right about shout outs, they are super lame.

we came. we saw. we baracked.

last night was a great success! Thank you to everyone who turned and rocked out last night at the quarry house- we exceeded our $500 goal and actually had a pretty rippin' time, if I may say so myself. Big thanks to big pants for hammering a set that ran from originals to spirituals to originals. Also a thank you to jamie bloom for, and i am quoting AC here, "shredding (our) face(s) off" Eddie VH take note! Super-Ultra thank yous go to the quarry house for letting us hold the event, if you are ever in silver spring and need a beer and/or bite, please step on down, it will be more than worth your while.

embrace is like big hug?

according to the bush countdown clock, we only have a little more than ten months of this kind of wacky-talk so, savor the flavor people!
From this morning's press conference, I offer you the following tasty tidbits:
on cuba

let's say it all together now "owul" he is in full on BS accent mode here, cowpoke:

debate link wrap up!

so #20 went down smooth and easy, with barack consistently looking and sounding like he was ready on day one. Tom Shales points out that hillary comes off as less than presidential when she appears angry. In Slate John Dickerson argues that despite her best efforts, Obama is difficult to hit right now with his improved debating style and major mo. Overall, the Economist concurs with the conventional wisdom that they fought each other to a draw, which works out in Obama's favor at this point. Marc Ambinder's analysis of the body language is pretty brilliant as well.

and the world's smallest violin plays on

Wonkette gets it right (once again) in pointing out how awesome this debate moment is.

cinch it!!!

according to the newest numbers obama is narrowing the gap in OH. Is it attributable to the blessing/curse that is his eloquence or could it just be that easy to run against the world's most schizophrenic campaign?

clinton camp is both drunk and delusional

hilarious piece by dana milbank in this morning's post, combined with time's story Sunday really make it sound like the end is near. I am waaaaayyyyy too pessimistic to call it over, talk to me next Weds., but I do have to admit that I find something completely unfunny and totally tragic in hillz nose dive. The fact that she's chosen to get so negative is really the worst/saddest part- I mean just go out with your head up, girl. It's one thing to be humiliated by your philandering hubby, it's quite another to do it to yourself.

what you're doing this wednesday

rocking out with big pants for obama. be there, sucka.

don't go out like that

the word from drudge is that HRC's staff is circulating a photo of Obama dressed in Somali garb during a 2006 trip to Kenya. The inference is: look! he likes to wear terrorist clothes! 35 years experience! i'm drowning! i'm drowning!
I wonder if this seems at all crazy and totally hypocritical given a certain dressing down the former FL gave the obama campaign this weekend:


lame on you, senator clinton.

Update: Its wierd how offended everyone got i mean what are you ethnic costumist or sumfin?

no, you are not doing us a favor.

let me put it in context to make it a little more palatable:
just. go. away.

home

being back home in my own bed with my own dogs-

is

awesome.

g'night.

fed, 2 hours from almost home

cannot eat anymore fast/corporate food- the past 3 days have featured, in order of meals consumed:
pizza hut
wendy's
olive garden
mcdonalds
and just now ... burger king

its soooo less gross in print.

still rollin'

we are closer and closer to home, looking to stop for grub- i am meanwhile either very hungry or a little car sick and i need to wash my hands in a actual sink with actual soap and water desperately.

tired up! ready to roll!

we are now in motion.

sweet, sweet motion.

huzzah!

the help you called

has arrived.

pine tree towing roxxxx!

saved!

limited juice means no more cleaner movie, thank jeebus.

Update: Still Stuck On the Bus

still being forced to 'experience' the cleaner.

argh.

seriously.

they are making me watch this:

help.

overheard on the bus

"super size me: I love that movie, I didn't eat mcdonalds for like a WEEK."

someone call me a cab plz k thx.

roadside 'mergency

the back tire (yes, the one directly beneath our seat) just 'sploded all over the highway. thank goodness for my the loyal readers- please call help immediately.

my seat mate, anthony, insists that i liveblog him. As he is my partner and we are in desperate straights i will comply:

Anthony , in no particular order:
-breaks out in song when the mood strikes
-has the moves
-looks super smart/fly in his glasses
-is a filmmaker/recent berkely grad
-will not tell you how old he is
-has a boo in chicago
-and is hot and stuck on a broke down bus in eastern OH

upon reflection

so, a brief description/reflection about/on this trip:

The bus trip was organized and paid for by the volunteer group dc for obama. this weekend, as the races really starts to focus on OH and TX, our single bus of 50 was dispatched to support the local campaign offices. Next weekend an additional 4+ buses will be sent to cover the state through the March 4th primary. The bulk of this weekend's DC volunteers are in their 20s, but there are a fair share of older folks, 30sumfins, and even a 11 year old kid (he is hilarious, and the only other person that brought a psp). Everyone was super friendly from the start, as we gathered waiting for the bus in DC people were introducing themselves, joking around, etc. Its been extremely chill ever since. I have to say that the actual jobs we have to do, largely canvassing and phone banking, are not in and of themselves fun. The camaraderie goes a long way to making them tolerable, that we believe really strongly in what we're doing makes up the rest of the distance and the trip has actually been fun.



Maybe i just feel this way b/c i am filled w/mcdonald's coffee and heading home-

Rest

So our motley crew of 50, split between the Y and the Holiday Inn *Express* lays down for a well earned nap. We are one big exhausted family who, after stepping out of our comfort zones all day, has earned the grace that only uninterrupted shut eye can bring.

Word came late that the church visits are called off, so we'll leave for home @ 9- as much as i was bit hesitant about the whole worship angle i was actually looking forward to it- that said, getting home before sundown will be solid.

sleep now, though.

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZ

Fat and Happy

I have eaten, i am dranking, and i will be sleeping soon- there is nothing wrong w/ cream, cheese, and pasta.

and, um, margaritas are good, too.

reeeeeaaallllyyyy gooooood.

Further Update: WE ARE MOVING!!!

breadsticks, you are not ready for me!!!

Update: still waiting on the driver...

I am beginning to think that he does not care about me.

fired up! ready to ... wait around for the bus ... again

so, i am so excited about the olive garden but the driver is downstairs at the phone bank EATING- dude, we are ornery, hungry, and desperately in need of alcholic bev- mutiny is inevitable-

Olive Garden For Dinner!!!

Why is this exciting for me?!?

Could it be the breadsticks????

Phonebanking Is ...

reminding me of the summer i spent telemarketing for clean water action:

great cause

shitty job.

Sample of the reactions i've received to date:

"I told you! No Africans Live Here!"

About 45 "she/he don't live here"(s)

(unintelligable)

"he's deceased"

etc. etc.

and, yes, and the hang ups are awesome-

Soooo Much Knocking ....

ok, so its been 6 solid hours of going door to door and i am sooo done- people have generally been super nice but i am completely done. The last neighborhood we hit was adjacent to OSU and replete with stoners- and people who still live/raise their family in a stoner college neighborhood.

Afterwards, noone was free to get us (the local volunteers are providing transport) so we had time to try and shop for church shoes for tomorow- (i brought one pair of sneaks, which are not, evidently, church appropriate) the only places available/open were fetish shops and as much as i would love to show up for the lord in 9" clear lucite fuck-me platforms, i'm thinking my sneakers might be a little more "mainstream" ....

All The Doorbells in East Columbus Are Broken

So we have hit about 35 houses at this point at least 85% of which have doorbell buttons that do nothing- so we're doing ALOT of knocking instead. The area is overwhelmingly working class so many folks are at work, those at home are either fired up for our guy or they're all HRC- no real unfriendlies as of yet, the guys we are working with ran into an ardent huckabee supporter (?!) And I'm a little jealous ...

My canvassing partner, Anthony, knocks like the cops- i, on the other hand, knock like a delicate flower taptaptap

Correction

The office is in a strip mall, not a strip club, still ghetto though.

Columbus Obama Sattelite Office May Double As Gentleman's Club

I have never wanted a camera phone sooo badly- trust me, from the outside this place could either be a bath house or a strip club-

OMG textnical problems!!!

Ok- apologies for my ineptness- i prematurely sent the last post- ok, to resume, this bus could just have 'bus' written on it and it would look less anonymous- the other thing was: what is express about the holiday in express- they DO have continental breakfast so i may be trading in the Y for an actual hotel next week- ok more posts later- w/out technical probs, promise!

well, maybe not promise, but try!!!

WE HAVE ACHIEVED BUS!!!!!

Ok, so the pampered elite who spent their night in the holiday inn express* have rejoined us on the bus- and we are fired up and ready to wait for the people taking one last pee at the Y. A word about the bus, it could not be more generic, it is just a giant white vehicle- it is so undistinctive that it could just

Live Blogging My Columbus Canvas

After a salubrious night on the floor of a Columbus YMCA the 30-odd DC volunteers are fired up and ready to go- but there is no bus, as of yet so we sit, occasionally marvel at the fully automated bev dispenser and wonder where our promised donuts are- and, speak of the pastry, they have arrived- so your fearless blogger is out for breakie-fast: more later.