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I'm so nervous about the election I honestly don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight. I'm vascillating between the certainty that Obama will win and the fear that he won't. I honestly don't know what I will do.
I went out with friends tonight to play 2 friendly games of kickball. I had signed up for the league a few months ago and then it turned out that I was assigned every Monday to work and couldn't play on the team. We're pretty pathetic- after last years 1 win season our motto was "go for 2." We were halfway there going into tonight with a win garnered off of a forfeit a few weeks ago.
As luck would have it I was canceled from work today so I was able to play, and on a night when we had a double header no less! The first game was intense. We lost 8-0 and the team we played was... less than sportsman like. They were talking about running people down in order to get runs and in general behaving like douchebags. Why would you get ultra competitive about kickball? And when you're winning 8-0 on top of it? Douchery plain and simple. The second game was great- we actually won in extra innings and it was really enjoyable. It didn't hurt that the team we were playing had imbibed heavily pre-game. But hey we take our wins where we can find them (ie drunks and forfeits).
On the way home I had a very informed and educated discussion with my friend C about the upcoming election. With a few exceptions, I've found that my RL friends are just not politically engaged. So it's been nice to find since moving to Chicago that my friends are a lot more informed and willing to discuss politics with me. Also there are a lot more Dems in Chicago than NW Florida. (But I figure that's a given.)
Ok. Let's all cross our fingers and toes that Obama wins, and if you haven't already please please PLEASE GO VOTE.
I went out with friends tonight to play 2 friendly games of kickball. I had signed up for the league a few months ago and then it turned out that I was assigned every Monday to work and couldn't play on the team. We're pretty pathetic- after last years 1 win season our motto was "go for 2." We were halfway there going into tonight with a win garnered off of a forfeit a few weeks ago.
As luck would have it I was canceled from work today so I was able to play, and on a night when we had a double header no less! The first game was intense. We lost 8-0 and the team we played was... less than sportsman like. They were talking about running people down in order to get runs and in general behaving like douchebags. Why would you get ultra competitive about kickball? And when you're winning 8-0 on top of it? Douchery plain and simple. The second game was great- we actually won in extra innings and it was really enjoyable. It didn't hurt that the team we were playing had imbibed heavily pre-game. But hey we take our wins where we can find them (ie drunks and forfeits).
On the way home I had a very informed and educated discussion with my friend C about the upcoming election. With a few exceptions, I've found that my RL friends are just not politically engaged. So it's been nice to find since moving to Chicago that my friends are a lot more informed and willing to discuss politics with me. Also there are a lot more Dems in Chicago than NW Florida. (But I figure that's a given.)
Ok. Let's all cross our fingers and toes that Obama wins, and if you haven't already please please PLEASE GO VOTE.