1st Presidential Debate '04!!!
So the past few days i have really started to get annoyed at the fact that the 1st pres debate was gonna be on our campus here in miami. there were fences everywhere enclosing us like prisoners, and we have had to wear our id badges everywhere to prove we should be here, and the parking inconvenience as well... but to be honest, after tonight, all those little inconveniences seem trivial.
It was soo much fun having soo much going on here!!!
first of all, free food, good food too!!!! all over the place!!!!
next, if you were watching any of msnbc's hardball this evening around 8:00-9:00 with chris matthews, there is a very good chance you saw me!!!
We got some signs, "Unidos con Kerry Edwards" yeah spanish, but come on, we're in miami remember... but we were the only 3 people with those signs. so if you saw that sign heald up by a girl in a blue polo... that girl was me!!!! we weren't behind chris matthews, but we were behind Ron Reagan and behind the 2 other guys at a different time!!!
but it was soo cool, we got to see/meet Al Sharpton when he was talking with chris matthews.
oh, and i can't forget the cnn stage with Anderson Cooper!!!! yes, you read that right, we met Anderson Cooper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was surprisingly really friendly and talkative.
then during the debate they had these HUGE screens up in the UC patio which is a huge space they loaded with tables and chairs and of course FOOD!!!
but since we were messing around with the MSNBC people until 9:00 when the debate started we coudnt get a table. it was crazy packed out there, but luckily we each grabbed empty folding chairs and scooted up to the main big stage and had an awesome spot!!!
the debate was really fun too!!! the majority of the people out there were KERRY FANS!!!! well it seemed like that because we were cheering a hell of a lot more than the bush people, but come to think of it, there really wasn't much for them to cheer about. well the first 6 times he mentioned kerry's flip flopping thing they cheered, but i think they even got sick of that.
GO KERRY!!!!
and then after the debate concluded we got a little airtime on cnn's something behind wolf. but we didn't stay there long at all because the music was starting over across the lake.
Jill scott, who i had never heard of before, started off the music for "rock the vote" right after the debate. it was good, jazzy. unfortunately, we missed most of her stuff running around all the security people and across campus to get around the barricades to where she was playing.
following her was Vanessa Carlton, who did a really good job i thought. it was a relatively small audience, well what i could see, but people were all over, up in trees, around the lake, everywhere. but she was really cool and personal talking to us (the audience) a lot in between her songs. and she played a lot of her new songs and some of em were really good, so maybe she's not just a one hit wonder... but she did finish off with " a thousand miles"
all in all, it was a really fun evening, unfortunately a late night though, and a shower was definitely needed after a night out in that humidity... and of course, i've got to be up in less than 4 hours for practice!!!! but im not complaining, i love it!!!!!
GO KERRY!!!!!
It was soo much fun having soo much going on here!!!
first of all, free food, good food too!!!! all over the place!!!!
next, if you were watching any of msnbc's hardball this evening around 8:00-9:00 with chris matthews, there is a very good chance you saw me!!!
We got some signs, "Unidos con Kerry Edwards" yeah spanish, but come on, we're in miami remember... but we were the only 3 people with those signs. so if you saw that sign heald up by a girl in a blue polo... that girl was me!!!! we weren't behind chris matthews, but we were behind Ron Reagan and behind the 2 other guys at a different time!!!
but it was soo cool, we got to see/meet Al Sharpton when he was talking with chris matthews.
oh, and i can't forget the cnn stage with Anderson Cooper!!!! yes, you read that right, we met Anderson Cooper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was surprisingly really friendly and talkative.
then during the debate they had these HUGE screens up in the UC patio which is a huge space they loaded with tables and chairs and of course FOOD!!!
but since we were messing around with the MSNBC people until 9:00 when the debate started we coudnt get a table. it was crazy packed out there, but luckily we each grabbed empty folding chairs and scooted up to the main big stage and had an awesome spot!!!
the debate was really fun too!!! the majority of the people out there were KERRY FANS!!!! well it seemed like that because we were cheering a hell of a lot more than the bush people, but come to think of it, there really wasn't much for them to cheer about. well the first 6 times he mentioned kerry's flip flopping thing they cheered, but i think they even got sick of that.
GO KERRY!!!!
and then after the debate concluded we got a little airtime on cnn's something behind wolf. but we didn't stay there long at all because the music was starting over across the lake.
Jill scott, who i had never heard of before, started off the music for "rock the vote" right after the debate. it was good, jazzy. unfortunately, we missed most of her stuff running around all the security people and across campus to get around the barricades to where she was playing.
following her was Vanessa Carlton, who did a really good job i thought. it was a relatively small audience, well what i could see, but people were all over, up in trees, around the lake, everywhere. but she was really cool and personal talking to us (the audience) a lot in between her songs. and she played a lot of her new songs and some of em were really good, so maybe she's not just a one hit wonder... but she did finish off with " a thousand miles"
all in all, it was a really fun evening, unfortunately a late night though, and a shower was definitely needed after a night out in that humidity... and of course, i've got to be up in less than 4 hours for practice!!!! but im not complaining, i love it!!!!!
GO KERRY!!!!!