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August 29, 2008 | Filed under: Whoopdie Doo
“Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.” ~E.L. Konigsburg
I’ve been home for all of 20 minutes and the second I landed and started to drive home I bought the largest bottle of Shiraz-Grenache I could find and when I finally stepped into my apartment I poured 24 fluid ounces of Shiraz-Grenache into a Nalgene. It’s been that kind of week.
I have so many stories to tell you all from the past week all of which involve my heart beating ferociously in my chest because of the overwhelming need to scream in the middle of 16th street. I’m pretty sure I’ve hit every single emotion this week and now I am in dire need of a very long nap. I am officially fried. And if I could write a sentence without my brain feeling like it was about to explode out of my eyeballs then I would. Photos are still being uploaded and processed and the ones from Thursday night are the ones that turn me into a big gooey mess of tears and pure joy.
I will tell you this though; when I took the photo below, when that moment happened when Jill Biden told her husband of the special guest and Barack Obama came out, the entire Pepsi Center erupted in an exploding cacophony of whoops and cheers. That is when I turned to my mother and said: “Holy fucking shit. This is almost as awesome as an orgasm”.
And that, my friends, was my week.
SO says:
I haven’t been reading your blog for long. I’m loving it and your Obama updates. I worked on the campaign against Palin, that she won two years ago (with no experiance against a two term gov/two term mayor). Are you on the campaign? I have stuff (not suitable for comment boards) I’d love to share it. She just shouldn’t be taken for granted is all. AAAAAAAAAh freaking out.
maggie, dammit says:
I saw him speak in Wisconsin. It was utterly goose-bump-inducing. And that was a year ago… I can’t imagine what being in his presence is like now, now that he’s so close to the finish line.
(wait — is it wrong to dump massive volumes of wine in nalgenes? Curious. Hypothetically.)
Sarah says:
I love that you know to put wine in a Nalgene bottle. It’s really the best thing ever.
Maria says:
It must have been the most wonderful experience. I’m so jealous. I saw him speak here when he came and it was one of the best days I’m my life, I mean I was euphoric.
I can’t wait to hear all about it.
vague says:
Wow! That must have been an incredible trip! I’m so excited that someone I “kind of know,” even just via your blog, got to go see it all. I’m just so thrilled about everything that’s happening and is, surely, about to happen in the coming months. EEEEP!
Suebob says:
I’m so glad you got to be there. I thought about you a lot and told people “Oh, yeah, I know a BUNCH of people that are there…” I wanted to be cool by association.
When he talked about it being 45 years to the day since the “I Have a Dream” speech, I cried and cried. Oh my.
Alison says:
I’m pretty jelly that you got to be there. Your photos are great!
Also, I’m so glad you can say such things to your mother! Heh.
ML says:
Also so proud of myself that I kinda sorta know somebody that was there. I can’t be a good mother, have good hair and keep abreast of politics. Shame, shame on me!!! Proud of you for being a liason between ‘them’ and us real people. Now fill us in!!!
Kaui Hemmings says:
So cool you were there! I liked reading your updates–a refreshing, candid perspective. I went to the same high school as Obama. Big woop, but I can’t help myself from telling everyone that:>
Auds says:
I’m so envious. And those are wonderful shots!
ali says:
watching on tv was a little orgasmic for me. i can’t imagine what it’d be like to see it live! in person! although being with.my.mother. would have kept me tame i’m sure. heheh.
Dagny says:
I am so envious of your past week. Thank you for sharing.
Ellie says:
Those are amazing shots! I get made fun of from my family for getting so excited. It’s nice to see others who share in how I’m feeling. I saw Obama in a gym in Lynchburg, VA last month and got goosebumps. To be in Denver for the extravaganza…… I can’t imagine!
amanda says:
I forget that not everyone lives life with the capacity for this kind of passion. (Can we swear here?) Right fucking on!
Hang in there for the trip back to earth. The pictures are incredible. Enjoy the vino - chin chin!
Suzanne says:
Thank you! The twittering, the pictures, all of your words remind me of being back around the beltway. I’m in a political vacuum where I live now. I loved seeing those comments throughout the convention. (the Kennedy and Oprah comments? Nearly had a laptop shower!)
My husband was looking through the Flickr pictures and asked “Was she that close or is her lens that powerful?” I’ve been looking at your pictures for a year or so now, and I told him you’re a fantastic photographer, but I suspect that you were darn close for all of those shots.
I should send you a good bottle of wine or two for sharing and letting some of us live vicariously.
Jacquie says:
Ach, be still my heart. I love me some Barack, but the best part of this story is that you can mingle sex and the good curse words when you talk to your mom.
Kristabella says:
Since I got the chills and misty-eyed watching it on TV, I can only imagine.