Mister Gone (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mistergone) wrote,@ 2008-03-28 15:43:00 |
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OMG OBAMA
So, Barack Obama spoke at Soldiers & Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh today. That's two buildings down from me, so it was pretty close. Tickets went fast so I decided to skip it. Still, my coworkers and I went to lunch, passing the hall on the way there. They were broadcasting the speech over loudspeakers outside the hall, so I heard just a tiny snippet.
My coworkers and I decided to stop and take some pictures "with" Obama:
We went and had lunch, and when we returned, there were folks waiting outside the back of the hall, so we figured Obama was coming out soon. So we waited. And waited. After a half hour, I spotted Franco Harris, an Obama supporter. As a huge Steelers fan, I got really excited and took a crappy picture of him. He handed out blue "Terrible Towels" of a sort, with the slogan "Here we go, America, here we go." I ran down to him, and then Franco Harris gave me an Obama Terrible Towel!
I wish I'd gotten a photo of him with me, but I didn't. My cameraphone sucks anyway, so no big loss.
Finally, after an hour of waiting, Obama appeared! I saw him for 20 seconds, and he appeared to me to be 2 inches tall. I took pictures of him!
So... the denouement of our long stand in the cold was utterly unimpressive, but hey, I got an Obama Terrible Towel, so that absolutely rules.
It was kind of one of those surreal moments when various aspects of my life crash together into an awesome situation. Work, politics and sports all collided to bring me this one item which represents my past, present and possibly my future. Wild.
So, Barack Obama spoke at Soldiers & Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh today. That's two buildings down from me, so it was pretty close. Tickets went fast so I decided to skip it. Still, my coworkers and I went to lunch, passing the hall on the way there. They were broadcasting the speech over loudspeakers outside the hall, so I heard just a tiny snippet.
My coworkers and I decided to stop and take some pictures "with" Obama:
We went and had lunch, and when we returned, there were folks waiting outside the back of the hall, so we figured Obama was coming out soon. So we waited. And waited. After a half hour, I spotted Franco Harris, an Obama supporter. As a huge Steelers fan, I got really excited and took a crappy picture of him. He handed out blue "Terrible Towels" of a sort, with the slogan "Here we go, America, here we go." I ran down to him, and then Franco Harris gave me an Obama Terrible Towel!
I wish I'd gotten a photo of him with me, but I didn't. My cameraphone sucks anyway, so no big loss.
Finally, after an hour of waiting, Obama appeared! I saw him for 20 seconds, and he appeared to me to be 2 inches tall. I took pictures of him!
So... the denouement of our long stand in the cold was utterly unimpressive, but hey, I got an Obama Terrible Towel, so that absolutely rules.
It was kind of one of those surreal moments when various aspects of my life crash together into an awesome situation. Work, politics and sports all collided to bring me this one item which represents my past, present and possibly my future. Wild.
