Fri Dec 07 14:43:37Preliminary done, another vote for John Edwards: I finished my preliminary seminar about my research completed so far, and plans for the future. It went pretty well, and I am glad I have passed this milestone on the way to my Master's degree. I really feel like it won't be too long.
On another note, I think I convinced my classmate to support John Edwards. I think that brings my total up to six. I hope to have this kind of luck in Iowa. I feel like it is a fine line between expressing my beliefs and being too forward. But if people are willing to talk about politics at all around me, they better expect to hear me say John Edward's name at least a dozen times.
News about my campaigning got to a friend-of-a-friend, who thought it was really confusing that I was going to campaign for John Edwards, the apparently famous psychic. I really wonder about this friend's political aptitude. But I think he has been set straight since then.
Drew and I babysat for our friend's two year old toddler last night. She is so great; we like to dance, and so we were looking at cool videos on you tube of Natalie Merchant singing/dancing. (I taught her to say "Kelsi's Mom" whenever a close up of Natalie would appear).
She kept saying something that sort of sounded like "bye baby song". I searched just that in you tube, and one of the top hits that came up was "Bye Bye Baby" from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Marilyn Monroe. This did the trick; as she was quickly mesmerized. Drew thought this was a coincidence, but her parents confirmed that this was one of her top songs since they watch this musical at home from time to time. In any case, I was surprised how accurate you tube's search was for a two year old.
Fri Dec 07 14:45:16Preliminary done, another vote for John Edwards: I finished my preliminary seminar about my research completed so far, and plans for the future. It went pretty well, and I am glad I have passed this milestone on the way to my Master's degree. I really feel like it won't be too long.
On another note, I think I convinced my classmate to support John Edwards. I think that brings my total up to six. I hope to have this kind of luck in Iowa. I feel like it is a fine line between expressing my beliefs and being too forward. But if people are willing to talk about politics at all around me, they better expect to hear me say John Edwards' name at least a dozen times.
News about my campaigning got to a friend-of-a-friend, who thought it was really confusing that I was going to campaign for John Edwards, the apparently famous psychic. I really wonder about this friend's political aptitude. But I think he has been set straight since then.
Drew and I babysat for our friends' two year old toddler last night. She is so great; we like to dance, and so we were looking at cool videos on you tube of Natalie Merchant singing/dancing. (I taught her to say "Kelsi's Mom" whenever a close up of Natalie would appear).
She kept saying something that sort of sounded like "bye baby song". I searched just that in you tube, and one of the top hits that came up was "Bye Bye Baby" from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Marilyn Monroe. This did the trick; as she was quickly mesmerized. Drew thought this was a coincidence, but her parents confirmed that this was one of her top songs since they watch this musical at home from time to time. In any case, I was surprised how accurate you tube's search was for a two year old.
Update: I'm quite ashamed to report that I am unable to embed a youtube video.
here is the url of a video which is all the rage with my favorite two year old:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNKPYAJscs
Sun Dec 16 12:05:38Edwards is more electable, period.: As I've said from the beginning, Edwards is sure to beat any Republican nominee. Here is data:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-welsh/edwards-is-more-electable_b_76577.html
I'm preparing for my trip to Iowa. Turns out I will be in western Iowa. More updates soon.
(1) Wed Dec 19 12:45:23Chanukkah Party: Our Fourth Annual Latke Festival of Lights Party was last weekend. It is by far the hardest party of the year, as cooking potatoes takes a lot of time, plus all the prep work, plus the fact that people eat them really fast. But it was really fun; lots of people crammed into our house, and I got to use my new ipod for music (previous parties have not had music). We had nine guests under 18, and five of them under five years old. I was a little sad that some of our close friends were unable to make it, but others who couldn't make it last year came this year.
Here is a photo of some of our backyard lights with Lila's special Jew-vision glasses.
Wed Dec 19 13:30:19The Chronicle Surprises: The SF Chron has finally reported on the strength of John Edwards. Here is the article that has made my afternoon:
Fri Dec 07 14:43:37 Preliminary done, another vote for John Edwards: I finished my preliminary seminar about my research completed so far, and plans for the future. It went pretty well, and I am glad I have passed this milestone on the way to my Master's degree. I really feel like it won't be too long.
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