trick or treaters for Obama
Trick or Treat, Part 2! I hope that we aren't being greedy by trick or treating this many times, but I really can't help it if every neighborhood has it on a different day. Today Trinity was a witch, neither of us felt like redoing the zombie face paint. She has a huge box full of dress up stuff, so she chose a witch costume and off we went. Anyway, I heart my neighborhood. Almost everyone was participating in trick or treat and those that weren't left out a sign explaining why. I also love it because it is strongly pro-Obama, by a ratio of roughly 90% to 10%. I am basing this both on the signs and the fact that I was wearing an Obama t-shirt and nearly every person handing out treats told me they liked it. Trick or treat canvassing, I like it! I find this encouraging because in 2004, I had that fake job collecting voter data, where I rode my bike around looking for lawn signs and was paid a quarter per sign, and in 2004, this neighborhood was almost evenly split. It was also really funny because we were halfway down our street and there was a couple sitting on their porch, and the guy says to me, "Hey, I love your apartment windows!" (I have an array of Obama signs and words in my windows, to the point I can't see out of them) and the lady says "And your shirt!" Of course I was like, "Oh thanks, I like your sign!" etc etc etc. It wasn't until I got a few houses away that I realized that I don't even know these people! I've never seen them or spoken to them before in my life. But they know exactly who belongs to psycho Obama apartment on the corner.
I can't go anywhere, as a matter of fact, without people talking about Obama. At the airport, people that know me bring it up because they know I am going to steer the conversation in that direction anyway, but people who don't know me use it as a conversation starter. Where they might say to others "oh, I hope we don't have another bad winter," they'll say to me "I saw Obama wrote a letter to Hoeksema" (speaking of which, Obama totally wrote a letter to my boss, questioning all the lay-offs, which won't do any good for any of us, but was cool nonetheless, since most people don't even know wtf Midwest Airlines is). A few days ago, a co-worker came up behind me and another co-worker talking about something else entirely, and I said "I don't think we're in trouble." She automatically assumed I was talking about Obama, and she said "Yes we are! We don't want our taxes raised!" I recognized the voice as a person who has been known to defend Bush. I don't like to argue with people at work about politics until I know how they react to things and know we can have a mature discussion. So I turned around and acknowledged her presence, and then said to Tammy, "Oh, Kristin is a Republican." Kristin took off running (literally). As she was almost to the door, she said "I'm not a socialist!" Then she opened the door, went out, screamed back at me "I don't believe in trickle up poverty!" and closed the door. Hehe, trickle up poverty, that's clever! So clever in fact, I'm sure she stole that from a stump speech or Fox News. And when I say clever, I mean both clever and stupid at the same time. I didn't follow her out, she seemed to make herself mad enough for one, but mostly because I keep it professional at work. I mean, even if I am tempted to flag McCain supporters for extra screening, I've never done it yet! My point was though, I wasn't even talking about Obama when she took my out of context statement and stormed off like some lunatic, shouting accusations of socialism at me! And then Trinity and I were almost late for school the day after the 3rd debate, because the usually quiet crossing guard we see every day stopped me in the middle of the busy intersection to tell me that her husband and herself were undecided until the night before, but now they were both voting for Obama! That is awesome, and I loved how she stopped me to tell me about it. She proceeded to go on about how excited she was about it for ten minutes, which is great. It's just that Trinity and I are on an exactly perfect timetable of waking up, getting up, leaving the house, crossing the street, running through the field, etc. It's a 20 minute walk (25-30 if you're slow). We've managed to do it in as low as 13, but we, at least I, prefer a more relaxed pace. You don't find coins in the street when you're running! But yeah, I get it! Obama is cool. I radiate Obama. I have become so obsessed that even when I'm not looking to talk about him, people do it on their own. If he loses though, I can never show my face at work, and now as it turns out even my own backyard.
After trick or treat, part two, we came home and ordered take-out from across the street and made some cool treat bags for Yesenia and Cameron (Trinity's BFFs) and then we read some scary stories. Tomorrow, Halloween parade at school!
my fave quote of the day:
Bob: If Obama wins, we're in trouble.
My Dad: Bob, we're already in trouble! And that's not a good argument since we'll never know if McCain will get us into trouble, because he's not going to win.
I can't go anywhere, as a matter of fact, without people talking about Obama. At the airport, people that know me bring it up because they know I am going to steer the conversation in that direction anyway, but people who don't know me use it as a conversation starter. Where they might say to others "oh, I hope we don't have another bad winter," they'll say to me "I saw Obama wrote a letter to Hoeksema" (speaking of which, Obama totally wrote a letter to my boss, questioning all the lay-offs, which won't do any good for any of us, but was cool nonetheless, since most people don't even know wtf Midwest Airlines is). A few days ago, a co-worker came up behind me and another co-worker talking about something else entirely, and I said "I don't think we're in trouble." She automatically assumed I was talking about Obama, and she said "Yes we are! We don't want our taxes raised!" I recognized the voice as a person who has been known to defend Bush. I don't like to argue with people at work about politics until I know how they react to things and know we can have a mature discussion. So I turned around and acknowledged her presence, and then said to Tammy, "Oh, Kristin is a Republican." Kristin took off running (literally). As she was almost to the door, she said "I'm not a socialist!" Then she opened the door, went out, screamed back at me "I don't believe in trickle up poverty!" and closed the door. Hehe, trickle up poverty, that's clever! So clever in fact, I'm sure she stole that from a stump speech or Fox News. And when I say clever, I mean both clever and stupid at the same time. I didn't follow her out, she seemed to make herself mad enough for one, but mostly because I keep it professional at work. I mean, even if I am tempted to flag McCain supporters for extra screening, I've never done it yet! My point was though, I wasn't even talking about Obama when she took my out of context statement and stormed off like some lunatic, shouting accusations of socialism at me! And then Trinity and I were almost late for school the day after the 3rd debate, because the usually quiet crossing guard we see every day stopped me in the middle of the busy intersection to tell me that her husband and herself were undecided until the night before, but now they were both voting for Obama! That is awesome, and I loved how she stopped me to tell me about it. She proceeded to go on about how excited she was about it for ten minutes, which is great. It's just that Trinity and I are on an exactly perfect timetable of waking up, getting up, leaving the house, crossing the street, running through the field, etc. It's a 20 minute walk (25-30 if you're slow). We've managed to do it in as low as 13, but we, at least I, prefer a more relaxed pace. You don't find coins in the street when you're running! But yeah, I get it! Obama is cool. I radiate Obama. I have become so obsessed that even when I'm not looking to talk about him, people do it on their own. If he loses though, I can never show my face at work, and now as it turns out even my own backyard.
After trick or treat, part two, we came home and ordered take-out from across the street and made some cool treat bags for Yesenia and Cameron (Trinity's BFFs) and then we read some scary stories. Tomorrow, Halloween parade at school!
my fave quote of the day:
Bob: If Obama wins, we're in trouble.
My Dad: Bob, we're already in trouble! And that's not a good argument since we'll never know if McCain will get us into trouble, because he's not going to win.