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saturday in the park with alexr
May. 25th, 2008 02:41 amMaybe it's time to move on from Atlanta.
Alternatively, I could get on a real-people sleep schedule so I can be more sociable. Doing my running alone at night, past the bars and clubs with people laughing and drinking, this probably isn't helping my mood.
Today I helped register people to vote with a bunch of Obama volunteers. There were about a dozen of us, largely named Alex (really), and we wandered Piedmont Park and the surrounding area with clipboards and voter registration forms. I found like seven or eight people who had just moved, or for whatever reason hadn't gotten set up yet. There are a surprising number of people who think they can't vote because they were convicted of felonies, but apparently, post-probation, you're good to go.
Also, one woman explained about how she's been victimized by experimental energy weapons mounted on satellites, bizarre drugs, organized crime, and government microchips implanted in her body. Doctors have been mischaracterizing her situation -- and that of those many with similar problems -- as schizophrenia, she related. She came across as really smart and well-spoken and functional... just deeply convinced that there's this giant conspiracy out to get her.
A few of the voter-signup volunteers went out for lunch afterwards: Jenn, who's a social worker, and David, an aerospace PhD student from gatech. The whole group was really nice; I'll probably go help out again.
Alternatively, I could get on a real-people sleep schedule so I can be more sociable. Doing my running alone at night, past the bars and clubs with people laughing and drinking, this probably isn't helping my mood.
Today I helped register people to vote with a bunch of Obama volunteers. There were about a dozen of us, largely named Alex (really), and we wandered Piedmont Park and the surrounding area with clipboards and voter registration forms. I found like seven or eight people who had just moved, or for whatever reason hadn't gotten set up yet. There are a surprising number of people who think they can't vote because they were convicted of felonies, but apparently, post-probation, you're good to go.
Also, one woman explained about how she's been victimized by experimental energy weapons mounted on satellites, bizarre drugs, organized crime, and government microchips implanted in her body. Doctors have been mischaracterizing her situation -- and that of those many with similar problems -- as schizophrenia, she related. She came across as really smart and well-spoken and functional... just deeply convinced that there's this giant conspiracy out to get her.
A few of the voter-signup volunteers went out for lunch afterwards: Jenn, who's a social worker, and David, an aerospace PhD student from gatech. The whole group was really nice; I'll probably go help out again.
