Fired Up and Ready To Go....

Well, not as pumped as I was last year, but that is mainly because I'm not feeling all that great this morning. I didn't sleep to well, and so I'm a little drained in many aspects...but that is besides the point.

I am getting ready to spend the next 4 days trying my hardest to get the Democratic ticket elected on Tuesday. This has been somewhat of a strange election, but the one thing that we can't do is to sit and do nothing. That is why over the next four days I am going to be knocking on doors, making phone calls, and doing whatever else it takes to make sure that Virginia moves forward.

Ten Thousand Words

This week begins what will be one of the busiest weeks of a my life. On top of school, I have to find a job. Part of me thinks that the logical thing to do will be to wait until after the election, but I feel that I can at least begin the search.

Also, this is the one weekend during the year that I can get about 5-6 hours a week and still be energized. I'll be Fired up and ready to go to turn Virginia blue again. To me, there is nothing more exhilarating than to spend those 4 days up until election day running around like a mad person working to get the people you believe in elected. The one thing that I hope and pray for is that it's not rainy on election day. Not only because it makes for a wet, cold day of spending about 12-13 hours in the rain, it will probably mean low voter turn out. Frankly, that's the last thing that we need.



let's bring this thing home and turn Virgina blue....on another note, let's turn the 14th House of Delegates district blue.

Post Secret

I've decided that I'm going to start to post my favorite post secret(s) from the Sunday Secrets. This first one has to be the greatest one that I've seen in a while. It's simple, yet deep.

This one is something that speaks to me right now, although this is an older post secret, I have to make sure that I'm not choosing a school just because of the name, but because it is where I need to be.


This last one is one from last week and why I like it so much, I'm not sure.

...and searching for reasons and missing the seasons...

On my way to Gretna to take my ACT this morning, I realized that overnight it seems that the leaves have changed to the most gorgeous colors. The wide array of golds, reds, oranges, and the last hint of green make me excited. As I sat taking my test today, it started to rain...and I was lucky enough to be sitting next to the window.

The sound of the rain falling on the tin roof of the building next to me and the amazing color scheme of the trees were simply awe-inspiring.

I am definitely making plans to just sit outside and enjoy the colors this week.

Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise

Tomorrow morning I get to do the one thing that I have hated about the past year. The ACT. I am not a fan of standardized testing at all, but I'll do what I have to do to get into college.

I have the urge to re-read Tuesdays with Morrie, so I've decided that tomorrow night I'm going to stay up and read it. It is one of those books that I can read over and over again and still learn so much from each time I read it.

I'm sad that tonight is the first Friday night that I haven't watched Real Time with Bill Maher, just because it's over for the year, not that it's really relevant to anything going on right now.

well, after this extremely pointless blog post, I'm going to bed.

Seek Up

These past few weeks have been crazy. School has me super busy and with everything else going on, I have no idea how I am finding time to sleep. It's ok though. The title of this post comes from a Dave Matthews Band song (imagine that) and I not only love what the lyrics have to say, I love the song in general. so enjoy:



it is not the actual version, it is just the first non-live version I could find. :)

The Looming Tower

I have recently taken the task upon myself to be more knowledgeable of the Middle East, and more specifically on Afghanistan. I am currently reading "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright, and it is one of the most informative books that I have read in recent months. I figured that I should kill two birds with one stone, and am going to write my literary analysis for my College Composition class on the book.

I read a piece of an article about why Wright titled the book "The Looming Tower" and in the fourth Sura of the Qur'an it says "Wherever you are, death will find you, even in the looming tower." For some reason, this line intrigues me.

On a different note, I feel like my admissions essay went extremely well. We talked on everything from music to the health care debate to Afghanistan to why I want to attend Swarthmore.

and on a much different note, these past four days we had Revival at my church. Not only has it left me with a greater sense of the world around me, but with a greater sense of who I am and of who my God is. There will more than likely be more to come on this.

Ten Thousand Words

Tomorrow will be one of the most important days of my Senior year. I have my college interview with Swarthmore College. I am currently sitting at my kitchen table and have just finalized my plans for my interview. Luckily I don't have to commute all the way to Swarthmore for my interview, it will be with an alumni, in the city of Martinsville, a place that I know rather well.

I was asked to choose the place where we had the interview, and I picked The Daily Grind, a place that, once again, I know very well. The campaign office was located above it last year, and then we moved across the street with the Obama campaign. So I'll be in a very familiar setting, which should help when it comes to calming my nerves, hopefully.

I'm ready for it though. I'm ready to go and rock this interview and get one step closer to my ultimate goal for Senior year: college.

organized chaos.

is something that I love. because that is two words that perfectly sum up politics.
in the past 3 days I have been back in the political game, but this time not the campaigning side.

Saturday night I attended the Pittsylvania County Democratic Committee Dinner. I got to see and talk with Tom Perriello, meet Steve Shannon, and talk with Seward Anderson (who I'm doing some campaign volunteer work with just now). It was great. I enjoyed it. I like being in a room with like minded people. hahaha

Sunday, I didn't do much political...although I persuaded my twin to drive me to Martinsville for the opening of Congressman Tom Perriello's congressional office.

Tonight we went to the office opening, and I got to see a lot of people that I just haven't seen in along time. So it was nice.

Tomorrow night I get to hit the debate scene. Which oddly enough is something that I love...there is no better way to see democracy battle than at a debate.

I and Love and You

The new Avett Brothers album "I and Love and You" is one of the best albums that I have listened to in a while. Like I did for the new Dave Matthews Band album, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King," I will pick a few of the songs that I really like and tell you why.

1) The Perfect Space - this song not only has amazing lyrics, but the sound is amazing too. One thing that I like about the album overall is that it shifts from the bluegrass sound and transfers to a more folk sound. There is a shift that occurs in the middle of this song that is mind boggling.

2)Kick Drum Heart - not only is this a great studio version, but it's a great live song as well. The drums in this song are amazing. I don't so much like the song for it's lyrical value as much as I just like the drums.

3)Laundry Room - this song is nothing more than lyrical genius. I don't even particularly like the melody, I just love the words. They leave me thinking.

Once again, overall...this is an amazing album. and I recommend that whether or not you are a fan, that you check it out.