Question #410 Election Day

posted November 4th by jake

What does your itinerary for the day look like?

If you’re answering this after November 4th, 2008: What was your itinerary like for election day 2008?

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  • 1 thadd // Nov 4, 2008 at 9:35 am

    I was up at 530 because I was too nervous about the election and couldn’t sleep. I watched CNN for awhile then reviewed my voting guide. Got some coffee at 7 and walked to the polls. Waited 45 minutes and took about 5 minutes to vote.

    I’m working now then going to get some beers and food with some friends at 4 and stay up until we have a president.

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “black word!”
  • 2 phil // Nov 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    1. Work
    2. Vote
    3. Watch news
    4. Cry/celebrate (or both if the CA props don’t go right)

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “I approve of this”
  • 3 feverishpoptart // Nov 4, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    I have a concussion, so I can barely think straight right now. I’m going to vote after work though. After voting I will go buy groceries, then come home and watch tv with a bag of ice on my head until a winner is announced.

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “props”
  • 4 dano // Nov 4, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    - got up at 5:50
    - walked to the poll, waited in line for five minutes, voted at 6:20
    - rode to school for an 11:00 class.
    - just got home 15:00
    -taco tuesday / election party at neighbors 19:30
    -homework 21:30-until i fall asleep

    Maybe I’ll watch Pineapple Express somewhere in there if I have time.

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “hooray!”
  • 5 tariann // Nov 4, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    6:30-7:15 eat cake and drink tea, pet cats; shower and get dressed
    7:30-8:20 wait in line to vote; vote!
    8:20-9:00 drive to Daly City DMV, get lost
    9:00-9:30 wait for number to be called at DMV, fill out forms; take eye test, get picture taken
    9:45-11:00 crunch dataat work
    11:00-12:00 label tubes for R&D group
    12:00-13:00 get taken out to lunch by coworkers for birthday. delicious!
    13:00-14:00 eat helluv cookies that Pav’s mom made. delicious!
    14:00-15:30 label more tubes
    15:30-present fuck around on the internet- too nervous to work…try to crunch more data inbetween looking at google reader

    future: 17:30-18:30 stop by my friend’s election party in San Mateo
    18:30-late: go to a bar to watch the returns…prolly Edinburgh castle

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “I approve of this”
  • 6 Tiffany! // Nov 4, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    My Schedule was as followed>
    -6:30-up, ready for class… don’t bother with
    coffee because you’re gonna get free coffee
    later
    -7:00- walk to polling place, stand in line for 25
    min. Still 17 peeps in front. Remember how the
    last three times you went there, you were the
    only person voting. Vow to vote after school.
    -7:30- Have Muni driver inform you that today
    NOT the 3rd but the 4th. Plead successfully.
    -8am-Study of Morphology class
    -9:30-hit ATM and buy Nov fastpass
    -11:00-18th c. Lit class.Discover that next paper
    due next Thursday is actually due this
    Thursday. Resolve to do later tonight.
    -12:35-Bard in Bollywood class
    -2:00-meet buddy’s lesbian linebacker girlfriend
    -3:00-bus to polling place
    -3:20-vote
    -4:00-stand in Starbucks; flash Ya Vote! sticker.
    Demand hardearned free coffee….
    Wonder if there is a Ben and Jerrys nearby
    -5:00-Grab GenkiCrepe and head home.
    -6:00-Try to work on paper, while craning neck
    in order to hear election info on TV in
    living room.
    -7:oo- Long for more free coffee and moan to
    self about the lack of Ben and Jerry’s in your
    fine hood.
    ……
    That’s the day thus far. I got invited to some RAD election parties… but I’ve gots too many papers. =(

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “kudos”
  • 7 hadas // Nov 5, 2008 at 8:18 am

    5 am- call from ACLU to get up
    6 am to 5 pm- volunteer at the polls against Prop 8. change at least 5 peoples minds.
    5-11 watch cnn/fox/daily show at neighbor’s house
    11-1 cheap drinks at the cha cha (bar) because of the election!
    1-2 re watch obama’s speech
    2 am sleep.

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “that’s what she said!”
  • 8 beth // Nov 5, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Well…as I had no itinerary (it was one of my well-deserved days off) here is what I did:

    8:30 – Finally got out of bed
    8:45-9:30 – Ate a marginally tasty b-fast at Hamburger Haven, (with crossword)
    9:30 – Ducked into Goodwill on way home, found a rad mirror/coat-hook combo for entry way of apt.
    10:00 – 6ish Laundry/house keeping/movies & CSI
    (3:00) – filled out absentee ballot & painted toes
    7:00 – Walked to voting center
    7:03 – Walked back home to get envelope for absentee ballots
    7:07 – Finally voted (no wait whatsoever)
    7:12 – Drank ginger ale
    7:30 – Watched election coverage and tried to stay awake
    9ish – Fell asleep

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “I take my hat off to the person who made this comment”
  • 9 jake // Nov 5, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    7:00: Woke up. Got ride home from my GF.
    7:00 – 12:00: Emails; balanced checkbook; read (Richard Dawkins’ The Ancestor’s Tale, if you must know); studied Spanish w/ Rosetta Stone.
    12:00 – 2:00: Researched CA & S.F. ballot stuff; filled out absentee ballot.
    2:00 – 2:30: Shower, etc.
    2:30 – 4:00: Went to City Hall & dropped off ballot. Got some candy for the GF.
    4:00 – 5:00: Accompanied GF to San Mateo where she’s registered to vote.
    5:00 – 6:00: Dropped by GF’s parents’ place.
    6:00 – 6:30: Back to S.F., to Nick One Million’s house.
    6:30 & on: Watched results, ate pizza, drank champagne when the time was right.

    current votes: 0 if this makes you say “kudos”

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