The morning after
We in the political world are the most busy around election time which, in New York, happened to be this past Tuesday. The primary was mostly a remarkably lackluster affair. There are about 3 million registered Democrats in New York City and less than 500,000 of them voted. Which personally I view as a rather pathetic number, but not all that surprising.
I spent the day trekking to different areas of the city -- shilling for one candidate or another. I visited The Upper East Side, Sunset Park, Kew Gardens, Jackson Heights, Midtown and Forest Hills. It was a long and disgusting day, very sweaty and very disorganized. Most people were miserable -- I tried to connect with the average New York City voter, to be hung-up on, told to fuck-off, laughed at, mocked, grunted at and puked on. (Okay, nobody puked on me)
I don't really blame the lack of enthusiasm by the average voter -- I should have taken the day off!
I did go to one Victory party for a candidate that raised over 1 million dollars for his campaign. Bossman also showed up -- he lazed around all day watching reruns of 80's sitcoms, I kid you not. The place was jam packed with your usual assortment of political cock-suckers! (figurative and literal) I had been working for weeks on this guy's race and he won easily and raised over a million dollars!! I had been up since 5:30 am, and barely slept at all the two nights before.
Nevertheless, at our fancy East Side victory party, there was a cash bar. So I reached into my wallet and ponyied up 9 dollars for a Scotch on the rocks. (Do I complain about the cost of drinks too much?) A little love for the hard work would have been appreciated. I drank too much and realized by the end of the night that I had spent a weeks worth of Glue Sticks for some lousy Victory party. The best choice I made all evening was brown bagging a 24 oz Miller Light on the way to the party.
This blog has been on a depressing streak, loyal readers (both of you) I'll try and pick up the enthusiasm in a day or so.
Tomorrow's Friday -- maybe I'll leave early.
For the record, I went 1 for 5 on Primary Day with one walk. There were 6 races I didn't vote in one of them, lost 4 of them and won one of them. (finishing 4th of 4, 3rd of 6, 2nd of 2, 2nd of 2 and 1st of 10)! I also made two plays at second and was charged a bogus error when the shortstop forgot to cover second on an easy double play ball.
I spent the day trekking to different areas of the city -- shilling for one candidate or another. I visited The Upper East Side, Sunset Park, Kew Gardens, Jackson Heights, Midtown and Forest Hills. It was a long and disgusting day, very sweaty and very disorganized. Most people were miserable -- I tried to connect with the average New York City voter, to be hung-up on, told to fuck-off, laughed at, mocked, grunted at and puked on. (Okay, nobody puked on me)
I don't really blame the lack of enthusiasm by the average voter -- I should have taken the day off!
I did go to one Victory party for a candidate that raised over 1 million dollars for his campaign. Bossman also showed up -- he lazed around all day watching reruns of 80's sitcoms, I kid you not. The place was jam packed with your usual assortment of political cock-suckers! (figurative and literal) I had been working for weeks on this guy's race and he won easily and raised over a million dollars!! I had been up since 5:30 am, and barely slept at all the two nights before.
Nevertheless, at our fancy East Side victory party, there was a cash bar. So I reached into my wallet and ponyied up 9 dollars for a Scotch on the rocks. (Do I complain about the cost of drinks too much?) A little love for the hard work would have been appreciated. I drank too much and realized by the end of the night that I had spent a weeks worth of Glue Sticks for some lousy Victory party. The best choice I made all evening was brown bagging a 24 oz Miller Light on the way to the party.
This blog has been on a depressing streak, loyal readers (both of you) I'll try and pick up the enthusiasm in a day or so.
Tomorrow's Friday -- maybe I'll leave early.
For the record, I went 1 for 5 on Primary Day with one walk. There were 6 races I didn't vote in one of them, lost 4 of them and won one of them. (finishing 4th of 4, 3rd of 6, 2nd of 2, 2nd of 2 and 1st of 10)! I also made two plays at second and was charged a bogus error when the shortstop forgot to cover second on an easy double play ball.
posted by Prosnit at 10:06 AM
1 Comments:
Shouldn't have been an error. You can't assume a double play.
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