Less than a week now until the election. Even with Barack Obama leading in the polls I am still extremely nervous. I am going down to Virginia on either Saturday or Sunday to help get out the vote. I have posted a few videos.

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The first is a video about an old man getting to meet Obama. It pretty much made me tear up. Watching three generations of people work together in support of a candidate instead of against him is extremely inspiring. This is the most important election of our lives.

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This video is his 30 minute prime time ad that he ran today on television. His live speech at the end is particularly worth watching, but I hope you will watch the whole thing.

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This third video is specifically for my Virginian friends. It is a little primer on making sure you are prepared to vote on Tuesday. For any of my New Yorker friends who are leaving town to vote in a swing state, make sure you use an ID with the address of where you are registered to vote. If you have a New York ID but you are registered to vote in New Hampshire or something, bring your Voter ID card or your pass port, not your NY State ID. You don’t want to get turned away. And anyone out there, who is telling themselves that he is going to win anyway, or that NY is Blue anyway so why bother voting, don’t think that way. We need to give Obama a mandate. He needs to win the popular vote and win big. Philly friends, PA is a closer race than you think. DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE. Take off work, volunteer, and help make this world a better place.

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Oh, and lastly, Republicans who read this blog, consider staying at home… I need health care. Thanks. Or at least watch these Errol Morris interviews with Republicans and Independents for Obama. Morris is one of the greatest documentary filmmakers who has ever lived, and one of my favorite directors on the planet. His videos are sensational…

So I haven’t taken any photos in two days mostly because we are in the midst of this CMJ into Halloween thing and I am not sleeping and I am getting sick.  That being said I did go out tonight.  I saw Nick and Nora which was just insane because every single location in the film I have been in.  I spent almost the entire movie just looking for my stickers (I think I saw two, I need to get the DVD).  I then went to see some comedy and saw Eugene Mirman and Jessi Klein.  I talked to her for like 30 minutes about the election.  That was good.  After an earlier conversation today with my college roommate who told me he was “undecided” it was good to talk to someone as obsessed with this election as I am.  She’s also really cute.  I then stopped into Annex for Joey Nova’s 40th birthday which was sort of insane.  (The fact that he is 40, not the party.)  Then I went to AK for my friend Nessa’s birthday.  The Real World cast was there again.  I didn’t take any photos this time but I did talk to Chet for a bit about his media drama and it was suggested to me that one of the most attractive females on the cast is actually a transvestite.  Then it was on to Happy Endings for a few minutes and then home.  Anyway, none of that is very exciting, but was mildly exciting was the super villain the Joker beating up a homeless man… or something to that effect.

Between Annex and AK I was walking up Ave A when I see a skinny guy with his face made up to look like the Joker.  He was yelling at what appeared to be a homeless man to give back his money.  I thought this man might have mugged the Joker, but it did not seem to be very successful.   As I walked by someone pushed someone and then the Joker took off his jacket and put up his dukes like he was a boxer from the 1880’s.  The homeless man did the same and they started swinging wildly at each other.  No one came near connecting.  I really thought the homeless guy was going to beat this dude silly, but it appeared as if neither was going to do any damage.  After a few more wild misses the Joker tackled the other guy into a fire hydrant and began punching haphazardly at the man’s face screaming “GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!” After about 10 punches to the face the man on the ground started saying “I’ll give it back! Stop! Stop!”  The Joker let him up for a second only to flip him over and start punching him in the back of the head.  After I realized he was not going to stop I started to walk towards them to break it up when he let the guy up.  The guy was pretty dazed, but considering he took about 30 punches to the head he doing pretty good.  He started to take money out of his pocket which totaled two dollars.  Then he kept apologizing and, get this, they actually hugged.  The 70 year old toothless crackhead who was watching the fight with me came up to me and said “Can you believe all that was for two dollars!” And started cackling mightily.  I laughed with him for a minute and made my way up the street.  As for my best guess to what happened, the Joker had a girl with him who he said was his wife at some point during all this.  I think he may have given the guy two bucks, and then the guy said something about his wife, he demanded the money back and it was on… but that is pure speculation.  I have no real idea what happened, but it was fucking amazing.

I wish I had my video camera, because I would have been able to post some crazy ass Bum Fights style shit, instead of this video…

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One of the questions that questionable pollers ask is which candidate would you rather have a beer with.  Well I don’t drink, but any man who can mention pie 15 times in 90 second without sounding like a complete lunatic has my vote.   I am a key lime man myself, but this country is all about diversity and I am pretty comfortable supporting a candidate who would support a wide range of pies all the way from coconut to sweet potato.  Well meow, God bless America.

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Okay here is the video from Good Morning America. I will post about the experience and the fall out when I wake up in this same post. I am just going to update it. I’ve been up 24 hours, must sleep a bit…

Update:
Okay.  I am awake.  The other day I got a phone call from Good Morning America while I was at work.  They wanted me to come in that day to shoot something about the cheating video on You Tube.  My boss let me leave for a few hours, but I had to come in early yesterday to make up for it.  Anyway, I coincidently was wearing the sweater that I had on in the video.  It was probably the first time I have worn it since then.  I also hadn’t shaved in a few days so on the way to the studio I bought a razor and a hoodie from Duane Reed.  I then shaved in a Starbucks bathroom homeless style.  I got lost on the way to the studio due to bad directions, so I was running and when I got there I was thirsty and sweaty and my hair was a mess.  I thought they would have some sort of stylist or something, but they didn’t even give me a mirror so I just sort of pushed my hair down which is why I sort of look odd on TV.  Anyway, they interviewed me for like 10 minutes and aired about 5 seconds.  I figured they wouldn’t show much, but it was even less than I expected, but they did show a lot of my video which was cool.    I am not sure why I went on, when it was clear that I am a bad guy for teaching kids to cheat, but its not every day 5 million people watch you do anything, so why not, good story.  My mom was not pleased with this response, but what can you do?  She was even less pleased when my fundamentalist Christian aunt saw it, but what can you do?  Such is life.  I have gotten a bunch of hate mail from it, but mostly positive stuff.  Anyway, watch it, it’s pretty silly.  I’ve been emailing with the girl in it, and she’s doing something for CBS next week and has gotten even more hate mail than me!  I hope nothing bad happens with her, she’s young enough that this video might get her in trouble.

Oh yeah, the video was posted on the main page of Yahoo.com all day yesterday too… Jeez.. If only it mentioned this site some how, I might have some traffic.  Honestly that is the most disappointing thing is that all this exposure has done almost nothing for my traffic… Sigh…  Make me feel better, if you have a blog, link to this!  Or not…  I am going to go finish season 4 of Weeds.  The very late photos from Wednesday will be up before midnight…

Just one week left in NYC…

REGISTER TODAY!  NOW!

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I was in DC and VA this weekend.  Got back, went straight to work from the bus station, then straight to my friends birthday party, then I got into a big fight with her because I am a fucking asshole and now it’s 6 AM and I am going to sleep.  I have photos from the trip and fun stuff coming soon.  In the mean time enjoy this:

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Good Lemonade, great movies.  A legend died yesterday at age 83.  Paul Newman was one of the forefathers of competitive eating.  Newman’s record of 50 hard-boiled eggs stood for many years until Sonya Thomas ate 65 eggs in under 7 minutes. Bad ass motherfucker who even looked in a sun hat.  You will be missed.

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I have to work so I am going to miss them… but why watch the debates when you can watch Hockey Mom the movie…

Holy shit I wish this were real… Of course I mean the movie, if Sarah Palin becomes president I carve my own head off with a hockey skate.