November 2008 Election

Well, my Nov. 4th started off with a hitch. Since I am registered as an absentee, I got my ballot (ahem *yesterday*) but I wasn't worried because I'd been told by CA that I could drop off here in CO. Turns out that isn't true and I got to spend about 3 hours on the phone today trying to find out what to do. Fun fun BUT I got to vote and that's all that matters.

So far, I've been using major news sources like MSBC.com and CNN to keep track of what is going on. CNN is particularly good because I don't have to be in front of the computer and refreshing the page to hear what's going on. MSNBC.com helped when I was supposed to be studying so I had the T.V. on mute...but I could hit the refresh page and cheat a little.

I did find a cool website that's hosting a "live blog" - Computer World - Election 2008 . I like how for a lot of the posts they give a short blurb and then a link to the story (if they pulled it from somewhere else). And it's updated pretty frequently. I like reading about what's going on around the country.

My other "non traditional" source was PBS.org, which posted more of a "who won what" when states were declared.

I started off my evening joining friends at the Cable Center, where we watched CNN on a HUGE screen. There were snacks and door prizes and everyone seemed to be having a good time. After awhile, the group went their separate ways and I headed over to a friends house for more studying and news coverage.

I cannot believe how early the announcement came in. One minute we're working on a presentation thinking that we'd have plenty of time to get this done and then we could watch politics, and the next we're seeing the OBAMA WIN'S THE PRESIDENCY stripe across the screen. Definitely distracting!

I spent the day keeping up with friends and family back home via IM and text messaging. My friends were doing the same, every so often picking up the phone to chat about a swing state or sending a text message. Among the people I was with/spoke with, phones were definitely the communication of choice.

All in all, it was one memorable day!