Five Before Chaos

Long day of travel, but I’ve finally returned to the land of the sane. I heard about the Palin pick while in the airport. Our first MILF veep candidate. Great.  Does McCain not even know about the abuse of power scandal she’s in the midst of right now? Does he even care?

As I alluded to before, I didn’t go into Invesco. After trekking in the heat and waiting several hours, the heat was really starting to get to me in a serious way. Plus, I had my laptop with me and with the particular credential I had, I don’t think I could have brought it in. So I left, but not before eating some more Mexican food, that was conveniently nearby. I didn’t really realize how big this was until I saw it on tv and read the news coverage this morning.

One of the best things about the trip for me was seeing so many African-Americans that were just so damn proud and elated (especially the older folks). Regardless of one’s feelings about Obama, it really was refreshing, and dare I say inspiring to see the pride in the faces of so many who thought they’d never live to see the day where a black man would get the nomination. It was something deep. Real deep, and you knew it just from looking on their faces. They’ve been waiting for this for so long. You’d have to be a real asshole to denigrate that aspect of it and diminish their experience.

Part of me regrets not being in there. A big reason I wanted to go to this whole thing is that it is indeed historical. But on the way back, I did a good deed for a 16 year old kid,  who probably ended up having the biggest night of his life because of it, and I suspect that it probably meant much more to him than it would to me. So that sort of balances it out.

I still have the video of day 4 to put up as well as a few other things, but I need some decompression time first. I still have a hellacios week ahead of me with the wedding thing. Thanks for stopping by this last week.. my traffic was through the roof. I hope y’all found it somewhat entertaining. I had a blast, although I don’t think I’ll be seeking out a taco filled with pig stomach again any time soon.