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Love in the Time of McCain

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Well, it has been some time since my last post and I wasn’t particularly planning on posting again … however, I watched the Presidential Debate this evening at the Balboa Theatre down the street from my place:

… And am feeling quite civic at the moment.

Here’s how it went down … so I booked it out of work an hour early (Note to the HR Department: I got my make-up time pre-approved) and promptly started texting the homeys from MUNI:

After meeting up with Paige at home, we cruised on down the street and got in the theatre early enough to save some seats right up front:

Jesse promptly arrived:

… Followed shortly thereafter by Luke:

Needless to say, the experience was grand. Obama delivered brilliantly, and the crowd was inspirational.

Indeed, the city brought out the love in us all:

… So, what else is there to say? I am sure that it is off-the-charts easy to guess where my biases lay … I mean, for me – Seriously. Ahhhhhh. I am trying to phrase this somehow, but all I can think of is how dope Obama was when he promised to double the size of the Peace Corps. Bless his soul.

And, like any good San Franciscans, we capped the night off with some sushi: