Pre-Halloween Saturday

Continuation... Saturday I canvass all day (shift and a half) in the west side, running between houses and totalling 257 doors... whew... who knew canvassing could be such a workout? I think the most successfull part is the door-to-door apartment work talking with folks who otherwise might not have voted. The suburban middle-class house part is mostly bad addresses and kids at college.

When I return to the office, there are all these barcode printing problems and my great expectations of a fabulous halloween are numbed. We do eventually make it to State St.- WI halloween hq- but we're in our street clothes and sober, a most dull combo for such a night of madness and absurdity. Some people have really innovative political costumes: there's a gang of guys with sandwich boards cut out in the shape of swing states, about seven in all, and there's a guy with all the degress of fear- code green, yellow, orange, red, etc.- on a big sign on his chest, and of course there are many bush and kerry characters, and a gang of "undecided voters" with question mark t-shirts. The night ends at a Mexican restaurant with burritos and good company, but not much in the spirit of all hallow's eve. The pre-party pink slip dress-up show that Natalia and I had the night before will have to suffice.