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No, I can think of something much harder than waiting one more day.  Think four more years of republican leadership bullshit.  Despite the sick, nervous feeling in my tummy, I’m confident that Barack is going to pull this election out.  Collectively, Obama has run one of the tightest campaigns I’ve ever witnessed.  No flaws, no major flubs.  Insane grassroots volunteerism, of which I am proud to say I participated in, that really did help make his campaign.  I’m so proud to see such a brilliant, upstanding, strong character running for president.  Gah! I can hardly stand it! Patrick and I have not yet voted, though.  Originally I wanted to wait until THE day.  It felt exciting and official, not to mention that I was flat out worried about early voters getting screwed or lost in some sort of invisible shuffle.  But now, now that the time has come, now that I’ve got less than 24 hours left to wait, now that there is NO OTHER choice but to vote on election day, I’m nervous as all get out! What if I have to stand in line for 6 hours and Patrick is late for class? What if I’m in a car crash and can’t vote?! What if, what if?! I’m just being silly, I know.  But until I’ve pressed submit on that little screen (after reviewing to see that Obama is highlighted, of course.), I’m going to be freaking my freak out.

This Friday is also a long awaited Drinking Liberally meeting.  Actually, I guess I should mention, Drinking Liberally is a National political discussion group (http://livingliberally.org/drinking) for which Patrick started an Athens, GA chapter this summer.  I can’t remember if I’d actually made a post since we started!  This Friday, though, will be our first meeting after the election.  Though we’re all positive that we’ll be celebrating the best possible outcome, we’ll be drinking and conversing either way. Please join us if you’re interested!

I’m back from Mexico and busier than ever! As of late, one of the things keeping me and Patrick busy is the new Athens Chapter of the national organization Drinking Liberally.  In short Drinking Liberally is:

An informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits
while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher.
Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place
to talk politics. You don’t need to be a policy expert and this isn’t a
book club – just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent
frustration and hang out in an environment where it’s not taboo to talk
politics.Bars are democratic spaces – you talk to strangers, you share booths,
you feel the bond of common ground. Bring democratic discourse to your
local democratic space – build democracy one drink at a time.

Our chapter has recently changed its meeting venue from The Max Canada. Starting on Friday, July 18, 2008 we will be meeting at Little Kings Shuffle Club. We will continue meeting every first and third Friday of the month there.  The meeting time has also changed from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.  We hope that this change will make the meetings a bit more accessible and allow more of you to join us at DL!

On a side note, the reason we are changing venues was very eloquently described by Patrick on his blog. I second his suggestion to the bar tender on Wednesday afternoons at The Max Canada to “Go Fuck Yourself.” (The opinions contained herein, as well as on Patrick’s blog post which is linked above, are personal opinions and in no way reflect any sort of official communication either on behalf of Drinking Liberally, Athens Chapter nor on behalf of the national Drinking Liberally organization.)