Quite the Week - Part 1

to open, i'd like to apologize for my brief sabbatical away from this blog. though i'm glad that my readership has remained at a constant ONE (so whomever you are, thanks for checking up on good ol' huspot). but there has been a whirlwind of activities surrounding my life this past month, but i shall focus my particular attention on this past week or so.

with nam making her second visit of the summer, it brought a great amount of happiness to my typically monotonous day of school and bumming. the only downside was that i had to start up working again the week she came...good thing i was recruited back at NACHC for this fall, which meant i had some pull in dealing for half-days that week...too bad on top of work, i still had school to hold me back.

but not to worry, this first part of the recap will have a topic point of interest. having decided to strongly and more actively back a presidential candidate in Barack Obama this year, i decided to partake in one of his rallies that have drawn so much attention.

and i'll tell you this, his stage presence and oratorical prowess definitely meets up to expectations. though he gave his stump speech, just being amongst the thousands that were there to hear it live has quite the feel to it. i've always been an obama supporter, and after hearing him speak...i've never been more secure in that decision. i have securely been "obamatized".

BUT...thats not all...nam and i were lucky to be situated perfectly on the rope-line, which means we were nicely positioned to shake hands with the next president of the United States.

my hand briefly appears...but when you see him do the reverse handshake, THAT'S MY HAND HE SHAKES!! (oh yeah, and he shook nam's hand too)

and in case you never get the opportunity to see him in person, here is a bit of his speech that i got to capture on my new camera (thanks nam!)...