Right now I'm at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. It's INTENSE man. We got here Saturday night, and we're here until Friday. It's been a growing experience for me. I am still surprised at the things I've faced, but it's been good for me personally and professionally.
A few highlights. Sunday Night we got to go to the NDI Opening Reception and hear Howard Dean, Madeline Albright, Nancy Pelosi, Ken Wollack, & Mr. Stanford speak. Also, Sunday was quite possibly the most stressful day of my life. LOST IT at the end of the day and called my sweet husband to wake him up at 2 AM his time to cry to him. I love that guy.
Monday was relatively stress free. Still worked super duper hard, just knew more what to expect. Went to some panels, listened to some great speakers. My favorite was Katty Kay. She's just so cute. (BBC News Correspondent). I think my other favorite quote had to do with the public not supporting a VP nomination for Hillary for fear of having three presidents in the white house, and America can hardly handle one. Haha, funny News Man.
Also, on Monday, while running an errand, I saw this:
That would be the riot cavalry. Most of the riot police ride on trucks around the city all day, just waiting to surround protesters. These guys were coming in AFTER the riot police to clear out the crowds that stopped, trying to figure out who was protesting what, and why the riot police had their sticks out like there was a war to be fought. Ahhh, the safety precations we take for free speechers. :)
Mmmm which brings us to today. This morning I got to see Bill Clinton speak on a panel with the former presidents of 10 other countries, introduced by Jack Staley and Madeline Albright. It was quite an amazing experience. Here, I was about 20 feet away from former Pres. Clinton. Later, I was 5 feet away.
Then comes the best part. Went to pick up some credentials, which happened to be inside the Pepsi Center. And since I was there to pick up the credentials, I got to run down with one of the passes just to get a glimpse of it all.
Ironic, the words on the stage at the time of picture taking. (Seth pointed that out....he loves it and said he's pasting it to my checkbook). But Seriously, like 20 feet from the podium? Kind of crazy and unreal! (I can honestly say I NEVER once thought in my life that I would set foot inside a convention, but it was still awesome)
Mmmm so then I walked past the CNN booth and Wolf Blitzer looked at me. Seriously, we made eye contact. He wears a lot of makeup for TV. But so does Anderson Cooper, and on TV they both look normal, so I'm not going to complain.
SOOOOOOOO, anyone who made it through this post deserves a prize...a little random, I know. But hey, that's what blogs are for, right?? Can everyone pray that I make it until Friday??
4 comments:
Jane, you're AMAZING! I know you'll make it until Friday. And wow, what a WONDERFUL opportunity you get to have. Most people would never dream of being at the democratic national convention (and some don't even want to). Have fun! :)
Whew! I made it! What's the prize?
You'll make it to Friday... and when you do, there's a prize* for you!
What a great experience! Enjoy!
(* Your prize may or may not be the same as my prize, resulting in no net prize for both of us.)
Luke is very jealous of you being there. That's an amazing experience, you'll make it through, don't worry. You should go to the Daily Show while you're there, aren't they filming in Denver this week?
I thought of you the whole week and wondered how it was going! Too bad we didn't get to see you, but I know you were probably uber busy the whole time!
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