Right, so there are at least a hanful of things one can confidently proclaim only one day into the JSA program, even if "My Generation is Wasting Away" isn't one of them. Which, thankfully, it isn't.
1) One thing I can confidently say about this opus so far is that time is at a minimum. Although it's only just one a.m. here, my body is acting like I've never slept in my life. Oi. But enough about that.
2) I can also say this: BUTTON VENDORS ARE CRAWLING OUT OF THE WOODWORK. You wouldn't believe the number of new and exciting Obama button designs I've seen after one day. Perhaps more interestingly, many of these vendors simply walk around wearing a sandwich board completely coated in pins. More on this later.
3) Passes onto the DNC floor are not as easy to come by as you might think. Although the instinct for all of us has basically been "beg, borrow, or steal," we've yet to come up with anything. Apparently this election is going to be historic. Or something.
4) Tucker Carlson really is a jerk. I'd always suspected it, but had been swayed to give him the benefit of the doubt because I dig people who wear bowties. However, a quick burst of activity at MSNBC's makeshift convention center confirmed my suspicions: Tucker shunned a crowd of eager onlookers and handshake-hopefuls. Also, as one of my fellow JSA members pointed out, he's, er, not his usual fighting weight. The girls of my group suspect depression drowned in Ben & Jerry's.
5) Free WiFi is spotty. While I assumed that, as part of the intensive swarm of media-related city reworking, Denver would be Wireless ready for miles straight, apparently this is not the case. While attending a DNC kickoff Watch Party, I found several "blogger zones" complete with couches...and wireless connections. However, the sponsors for these zones (such diverse groups as MSN and Cingular) did not spring for the free connections. This was an especially unwelcome shock for a man who introduced himself as the Credential'd Watch Party Blogger. His job was, apparently, to blog about the Watch Party. You know, the one without WiFi. Er, good job, guys.
6) Being someone who sings outside of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co is a job I would never, ever like to have. Although their street team gets to ride Segways, so that's a possibility.
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Poor Tucker. First his show gets cancelled, then he drowns his sorrows in Ben and Jerry's, then he gets smacked down on Morning Joe today by Mika for complaining loudly about his earpiece not working in the middle of her delivering the news! "I can't hear anything!" "Can you hear me, because I'm on the air right now!"
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