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chanter1944Quoth the Chanter at high volume, as the reality of her afternoon hit her like the proverbial lightning bolt:
"Holy crap! I just saw the president speak! In my city!"
EEEEEEEE!
Ahem. God dang, that was *cool!* I am so, so glad I went. And I am equally glad I didn't bring Bosco. He would've been overwhelmed, stepped on, or probably both, and that would've been shard-awful. But wow, what a diverse crowd. Thirty thousand or so people, black people, white people, everybody in between, languages and accents all across the spectrum - I heard one bloke who I'm pretty sure was from Nigeria, and one woman I'd have asked if she was English if she hadn't gone elsewhere before I could - wheelchairs, sign language users, and another sort of rainbow from the skin color variety... and that was just one rally! That was also one hell of a run-on sentence, but it stands anyway.
Lisa from the Whitewater forensics team went with me, and yes, we spent a few moments squee-ing and bouncing around at the joyful enormity of it all. I remember saying in response to her remark that the whole rainbow was represented in the crowd, "Of course it is, we're here!" Hey, the opportunity was there, and for once I took it. But oh my, the speech itself. We were both blown away by just how eloquent a person President Obama is. We agreed that he sounds like what he is, that is a well-spoken, well-educated man, where Bush sounded like a dork... and that's the politest thing we called Bush during that conversation, so yeah. I will say that Obama's giving the Republicans the keys back image was pretty funny from my end, considering. It still fit amazingly well, though. And there's a reason most people in Madison call Mayor Dave by his first name. Points for effort and courtesy trying to pronounce Cieslewicz, anyway. :) I can do it, but I grew up knowing two teachers called that.
Wheeeew. As I said to Lisa on the way out of Library Mall, that's one for the archives. Talk about living history, and I was smoosh in the middle of it. *beams!*
Jeez, I'm still grinning like a fool over here. :)
"Holy crap! I just saw the president speak! In my city!"
EEEEEEEE!
Ahem. God dang, that was *cool!* I am so, so glad I went. And I am equally glad I didn't bring Bosco. He would've been overwhelmed, stepped on, or probably both, and that would've been shard-awful. But wow, what a diverse crowd. Thirty thousand or so people, black people, white people, everybody in between, languages and accents all across the spectrum - I heard one bloke who I'm pretty sure was from Nigeria, and one woman I'd have asked if she was English if she hadn't gone elsewhere before I could - wheelchairs, sign language users, and another sort of rainbow from the skin color variety... and that was just one rally! That was also one hell of a run-on sentence, but it stands anyway.
Lisa from the Whitewater forensics team went with me, and yes, we spent a few moments squee-ing and bouncing around at the joyful enormity of it all. I remember saying in response to her remark that the whole rainbow was represented in the crowd, "Of course it is, we're here!" Hey, the opportunity was there, and for once I took it. But oh my, the speech itself. We were both blown away by just how eloquent a person President Obama is. We agreed that he sounds like what he is, that is a well-spoken, well-educated man, where Bush sounded like a dork... and that's the politest thing we called Bush during that conversation, so yeah. I will say that Obama's giving the Republicans the keys back image was pretty funny from my end, considering. It still fit amazingly well, though. And there's a reason most people in Madison call Mayor Dave by his first name. Points for effort and courtesy trying to pronounce Cieslewicz, anyway. :) I can do it, but I grew up knowing two teachers called that.
Wheeeew. As I said to Lisa on the way out of Library Mall, that's one for the archives. Talk about living history, and I was smoosh in the middle of it. *beams!*
Jeez, I'm still grinning like a fool over here. :)
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Date: 2010-09-29 08:40 pm (UTC)You're not still in the area, are you? *hopeful*
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Date: 2010-09-30 03:15 am (UTC)p.s. You got a bunch more icons! :-)
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Date: 2010-10-01 05:28 am (UTC)Eh, at least you were able to hear the speech and everything? There were a few minutes there when we were afraid we wouldn't get in either, but we just barely made it. Ten minutes later and we'd have been up Red Cedar, minus paddle. As for you being in the area, how long are you here for? I see coffee in our future, or at least I do if you feel like going? Otherwise there's a gallery night thingie at the pottery studio I've been hanging out at lately...
Yes, shutting up now. :)
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Date: 2010-10-02 07:22 am (UTC)I was mostly able to hear the speech. There was a lot of reverb going on, so it was a little difficult. Sounds like we were both lucky to get in.
My being in the area is sort of up in the air right now. I currently don't have a job, so if I find one that I like and can't commute from home, then I'll have to move. It would be awesome to stay in the Madison area. And I do like coffee, and sharing it with friends makes it taste even better. :-D
I'm looking at the comments and am realizing that the color fix that we tried a while ago didn't quite work. Instead of being in the comments section, the yellow is up top, on the bar with information on it. For example, the comment I'm replying to has "at 2010-10-01 00:28 (local)" in yellow.
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Date: 2010-10-02 10:49 pm (UTC)Ack, that blasted comment color fix! I truly have no idea what I'm doing there. I think it's going to be a matter of getting someone with eyes to mess with it until everything's visible. Blah.