By The People: The Election of Barack Obama

Two posts in one day...crazy!

I just had to recommend the new documentary by Edward Norton called "By The People: The Election of Barack Obama". It was very well done and totally made me cry, again. (Seriously, I never used to cry, what is up with this??)

Edward Norton and his crew were given unprecedented access to the entire campaign, it shows the behind the scenes stuff we have never seen before. I especially loved the vigor and emotion from all of his young staffers around the country. Another cool moment? A glimpse into Obama's hotel room when the election was called for him and the reactions of all of his staff at that moment as well. (Including Plouffe, Axelrod, Favreau ect.)

It premiered on HBO last night, so catch it on re-runs if you didn't see it the first time around. Well worth it.

So my new resolution is to post more...

but I know that you have heard that before! To be honest, I used to post most of my blogs from work in any spare moment of downtime I could find. Now Blogger is blocked (as are all blogging sites) and I do not have the option anymore. When I get home from work the thought of blogging is usually the last thing on my mind!

My hope is to try to update this blog at least once or twice a week from now on, as there are many things in my crazy brain that are just dying to come out.

For now, all I will say is this: BOOOOOO Maine. Why is it that every time we take a step towards equal rights in this country it gets ripped right out of our hands? ::sigh::

On a lighter note, my sister turned 16 and my husband and I celebrated 3 years of wedded bliss. THREE YEARS. Holy crappola. That flew by.

And happy One Year since the day Obama was elected. He still has much to prove to all of us, but I will continue to hope that the change he promised will come. That is all we can do, right? (well besides call our senators and representatives ;) )



In posts to come: Our trip to LA with my sister, our anniversary trip to San Diego ect.



The Husband and Shannon outside of the Echo Park Time Travel Store aka 826LA (a writing workshop for inner-city kids)