hanging out with Obama

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the only organized activity i have in my life is the time i spend hanging out with obama. last week my dad and i made some phone calls for the campaign at HQ on monroe st. we cold called people and asked them who they were supporting for prez, and then tried to convince them to support mr O. of the 60 calls i made that night, only about 12 people picked up and only 4 of them weren't nuts.

i liked bothering people so much that i went and did it again on saturday and again this wednesday. on wednesday i brought PhD Patrick with me to keep that mac connection live (we graduated together). on saturday i also went door to door registering people to vote. i signed 8 people up, including one former felon who thought he would never be able to vote again.

the (volunteer) work is actually pleasant- it reminds me of my days recruiting and running people for experiments in the psych lab. no matter how funny they respond, i'm just keep plugging along.

so tomorrow morning i am gonna wake up and help Obama out some more.

• listening

1 in 3 things that thefader.com posts
plus a lot of Public Radio International :Social Entrepreneurship
would be thrilled to find some more schtuff

• reading

still Feingold.
plus theselby.com
also some brookings.edu

• watching

lost and for the first time,
arrested development.
and it's football season, so that's a plus.

• news

really what is there to say here? no news is good news.
i'm getting my resume ready and then we'll talk

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