I can't get work done - so i'll tell you about my experience of voting in a garage w/ cranky oldies
ok I isolated myself for 4 hours in my house today before I go out tonight so that I could get WORK done - I have DONE NOTHING! NOTHING! I thought well since I don't have a TV it will be EASY to get work done with no distractions. I WAS WRONG. I have CNN streaming on one computer and MSNBC on another - with the nytimes blog up and checking out twitters and blog updates - 20 tabs open do diff sites. I CAN't WORK I Can't WORK - so I might as well not work for the rest of the hour and make pictures of animals voting and add cheesy designs to my photos.
So in the suburbs - people go to garages to vote! who knew? I thought it was just churches and schools and libraries. I was hoping it was in their house so I could take pictures of their furniture. As I walked up with adriene, I was treated VERY rudely by the women running my local voting center. She said you NEED to put that camera away, please delete that photo - NOW - I want to see you delete the photo! It's not in my persoanality to fake it - I really wanted to say you could've told me in a much more calm manner -but of all days to keep my mouth shut - this was a day. I wanted my VOTE to count. So I "pretended" to delete my photo of their garage. I understood her point - it is illegal and people do use cameras - like the minutemen - to intimidate people from voting. so technically yah I was doing something illegal. But my intention was to say WOW I'm being an active citizen! she could've just told me much more calmly.
Then I was told by another old lady- "please cover your shirt up" I was wearing my "migrantes 4 obama" shirt - she treated me as if I was wearing a tube top with my double D boobs hanging out. . oh well - I understand - just would've been nice to not be treated as a criminal. We only freaking VOTE 1 every 4 years - it's not like I HAVE THE RULES memorized!!!! Old cranky ladies. But they didnt' deter my at all! As you can see in my previous posts, I take a video of me marking my vote for obama! You can the rest of my photos here!








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