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I try doing this every year, although last year didn’t exactly work due to the morons who allowed the Iowa Caucus on January 3rd (seriously, 10 days after Chirstmas?, give the candidates and their staff time to spend with priority #1 – their families).

So, here is the big list of things of this year.

• Finished the Richardson campaign in early January.
• Moved in a very convoluted matter back to the east.  I stopped, in order, with all my stuff in my car, Las Vegas, Chino, Orange County, San Diego, side trip to Mexican border, Los Angelos, Santa Cruz (via PCH), San Franscisco, Park City Utah, Boulder CO, Des Moines, Detroit with a side trip to the Canadian border, Atlantic City.  Then after two days, I got bored, so I drove to Redding via NYC, to Boston, then back to AC.
• Moved into an awesome place in an awesome neighborhood.  Plus, in the first time since my second year of college, I had ceilings that I couldn’t accidently hit with my head.
• Started a great hybrid job, working for Democratic GAIN and Mission Control.  Basically, I help the professionals in politics, and send mail asking voters to employ politicians who employ my friends.
• Restarted GSPM.  Took three classes over the summer.  Got an A in Polling and Law of Politics, and a B+ in ethics.  Guess that says something.  Only two more classes left so I can finish my 15 class program over 4.5 years.
• Started Kickball. Mayhem insues.
• Lost 10lbs.
• Go to Austin for Netroots Nation.
• Went to the 5 year reunion for my high school.  Find out most folks went into financial services, one week before the September crash. And I thought politics was the unstable industry.
• For the last week, go back to the great state of Connecticut to help purify New England.  Mission is accomplished. Jim Himes is going to Congress, unseating the last Republican left in America.  Overall, my firm plays a part in 14 of the 26 Democratic house pickups in 2008. We also sent pieces with bullet holes in them to hunters in support of Obama.  Among other things.

I’ll probably add to this list.  But it’s been a great year for me personally.  Onto 2009!

Uncategorized 2008, Democratic GAIN, GSPM, Himes, kickball, Mission Control, road trip, travel, year in review

So now that the campaign is over, I’m going on my first real vacation since the summer of 2005, where I abused the now-bankrupt (but totally awesome) Independence Air free flights on Tues/Wed/Sat (gee you wonder…), and drove around rural Maine.

While my car (and me) are the West, I figure I should go exploring before the next job. Also, it is every American’s obligation to go coast to coast in my opinion. So, here is my “route” home.

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General game plan:

1/10: Wheels up from NM to Vegas with the 815 crew
1/10-1/13: Vegas.
1/13-1/14: LA
1/14-1/15: San Diego (Dad is running a food show. Yum.)
1/15-1/18: LA, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, depending on where I can crash
1/18-1/19: Sleeping over at San Francisco
1/19-1/20: Travel to Salt Lake City
1/20-1/21: Travel to Boulder, CO/Denver
1/21-1/22: Travel to either Great Bend KS (aka, damn smack in the middle of nowhere) or eastern Nebraska
1/22-1/23: Crash in IA (sleep. not like into tree).  Not sure where.
1/23: Stop in Chicago.  Depending on what folks are up to, either crash in Chicago or Pittsburgh.
1/24: Stop in Pittsburgh for the grandparents and my cousins.  Arrive in Atlantic City that night.

Of course, there could be snow storms, parties, job stuff, or other things that’ll move this all around, but thats what its looking like.  If you are on the route, let me know.

I’ll try posting updates from the road.  (Thank you iMT!)

Wish me luck.

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