Shepard Fairey’s iconic blue and red Obama “Hope” poster. Though not an official poster of the Obama campaign, it’s likely to be remembered as one of the coolest and most popular campaign posters ever. Even French President Sarkozy has ripped it off . And now you can too. Thanks to Paste Magazine, all you have [...]
After getting about 2.5 hours of sleep last night, I am absolutely exhausted, and I have an Art History exam tomorrow. (I spent about half the night at a convention center outside of Florence with way too many Americans watching CNN and BBC on big screens and then the other half of the night refreshing [...]
So after two years of campaigning and all that jazz, Election Day in the United States has finally arrived. And I’m in Italy. Funny how things work. Anyway, how I made it through classes today without suffering a nervous breakdown, I have no idea, but I survived all the same. I hope to do some [...]
There’s always next time, right?
I love this video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo”
Prematurely lauded as the most important vice presidential debate in the history of the universe, last night’s “disuscussion” between Democriatc VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska largely fell flat. As many have pointed out over the last few days, this was Palin’s debate to win [...]
Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain decided to suspend his campaign and called for a cancellation (note: not a postponement) of his upcoming debate with Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama so that he could return to D.C. and help solve the financial crisis. (READ THE NEWS HERE) OK, I have several issues with this [...]
There are two people very close to me who are pissed off right now: my grandmother and my father. And no, it’s not because I’ve become rather fond of red wine. My grandmother and my father, who, mind you, rarely get pissed off at anything that is distant and impersonal, are royally pissed about McCain’s [...]
Will.i.am and John Legend perform “Yes We Can” For security reasons, I chose not to bring my iPod with me anywhere. To compensate for this self-imposed lack of tunes, I paid more attention to the songs played at the various events, mainly between speakers and underneath the announcer’s voice (who I swear announces for the [...]