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hello world. things are slow at work and i realized i haven't blogged in a few days! so no worries - i'm back. after a quiet and brutal bout with sickness (as is usual everytime my life slows down to much) i got back on my feet yesterday to see dodgeball. it was good for what it was - and i support lance in his quest to become mainstream (i guess), although i did enjoy the days when i could be a lance/tour fan and not be trendy . . . tonight i'm off to a showing of Orwell Rolls in His Grave, showing at AFI Silver - and free - thanks to Mitch Biersner and the good people at AFI who hired him!

and for all you political nerds . . . did you miss part of the convention? were you forced to work during obama's amazing speech (like yours truly?) or do you just wish you could re-live those moments over and over again? Well, thanks to Apple (who, with this move, have cemeted all my future business and justified my past dedication) you can download the speeches for free from itunes! so all you have to do is download your FREE copy of itunes from apple.com, and you can listen to bill, barack, and the johns all you want! (and yes, apple is fair and balanced and will be offering the same service for the other kids in a few weeks - which may be good for something to laugh at - or if you need something to get angry at while you're at the gym . . . )

kerry and bush were in the same town in iowa campaigning the other day - literally 3 blocks from eachother. kerry was holding a serious economic policy town forum, while bush had pretty pictures taken next to a river . . . i'm not saying this is indicative of how the two men will govern (i wish bush only took pretty pictures next to large bodies of water and didn't have us unilaterally attack another country) but the media took notice of the coincidence and reported over and over again what the two were doing. i'd rather my president like economics over corn.

no one has posted anything on the message boards - i am thinking my earlier beliefs that this was read by more people than my dad were wrong . . .

did you ever meet someone and realize that they are another person you know, only like 8 years older?

ok - so i'm here - with everything you've been wanting to hear! but before i get into the convention - has anyone seen the village? i did - and i don't mean to make everything political - but can it be a coincidence that the evil character are red and the image of purity and innoncence in the film wears blue? just saying . . .

so the convention was fabulous - busy but fabulous! we spent most of fri and sat getting everything ready for the week - getting organized, handling the rsvps that were still coming in - all that good stuff. we had an office in the hyatt in boston so we had a copy machine and computers - the whole deal. you can be incredibly organized, but with things like this it seem that it never matters - things go to hell no matter what.

sunday we had our first event - but i was a member of the stay-in-the-office crew - so i got my fill of cnn that night! it was probably one of the least excitement filled nights there - but that was ok.

monday was the most exciting day for me! every morning we did ticket pick up in the morning - which wasn't the world's most exciting thing - but thanks to free copies of the times and dunkin donuts coffee we managed to survive! each day seemed to go by so quickly - i can't even remember what i did the whole time - but monday night i got into the convention. angie and kirstin didn't want to stay for bill - so i got in. to get into the fleet center one needed a credential. there were several levels ranging from podium passes to yellow passes that only allowed you into the perimeter area of the fleet center. we were lucky enough to get green credentials (special guest) so we got seats! we actually found seats on monday night - which was a feat cause most people had been there since 4 - when it opened. we got there at like 9:15 and it was packed. i got to see bill and hillary and it was amazing - as i'm sure everyone's heard by now - bill did an incredible job. you just feel like he's talking to you - he's amazing. and while i loved bill i was saddended that our best speaker in the democratic party had just walked off the stage and the rest of the convention would be downhill. how little did i know . . . after the speeches we headed down to the floor to see if we could meet up with a friend - but ended being able to get onto the floor - which was a total thrill. we hung around for probably an hour after everything had ended and watched all the newscasters file their evening stories - and for me, the poli comm nerd that i am - it was so exciting to be in and amongst the stars of news world. and if that doesn't do it for you - i also saw ben affleck!

tuesday was more tickets and office work - more stuff i can't remember - the speech that night was obama, of course. however - did anyone see dean? i thought he did a terrible job. his speech was chopy and just a mess in general. i had issue with him, gore and lieberman - they all did this "well gosh, i wish i was standing here under different circumstances" thing - which i thought was tacky. anyway - obama was amazing - which i told him when i saw him early in the morning on fri at logan! i think that between obama, edwards and hillary we are set.

wednesday i got back into the fleet center for edwards - who was the other speaker i really wanted to see! a friend of mine had friends in the credential office - so we got passes to the premiere club - which had free drink, free food and an awesome view! i thought that elizabeth edwards did just a great job - everyone says that she is a huge asset to john - and i saw on wed night just how true that really was. we were just in awe of her. but then when john came out - good god. the whole crowd went just insane, me among them. it was incredible. and edwards totally lived up to it. i am continually amazed by him and his family.

thursday was also hectic - and i already posted about kerry's speech - so you can read that.

but now - for a novel new aspect of my blog . . . felt like i left something out? want to hear more about something else? use the comments box at the top of the page! start a new thread about teresa's speech - or iraq - or anything! this isn't just a blog for me, but for us :) aid in this huge grassroots effort and reach out to your fellow democrats.

seriously, this election is about participation - start small and practice your stump speech here - and then start passing it along to everyone you talk to! please!

ok, done for now. honest.