Oh my god.
Who knew? Even I was slightly doubting myself when I left for Camp Casey this morning - I had tried to convince myself that I could get an interview with Cindy Sheehan, but I knew it wouldn't work.
Here's the story. I got there, hung around, one of my friends from last week got married at Camp Casey 1, and I tried to get to Cindy. I found out that Cindy was gone, so I hung out at Camp 2 waiting for her. I called the PR person to see if I could get an interview (she wasn't the most helpful, but she tried), and she said she would try.
Before I even saw Cindy, another person came out -- the man who plays the president in the West Wing. I caught two pictures of him, and that was that. Back to that later.
Cindy came out, and everybody was treating her like a rock star, and I tried to catch her attention. They went through a catholic service to honor 20 fallen soldiers, which was beautiful whether I'm Jewish or not.
When Cindy left the stage, I caught her attention for long enough for her to grasp my hand. I was disappointed, to say the least, and continued to follow her. She and whatshisname Sheen went and did a prayer over Casey Sheehan's cross (I have a picture -- I'll post it later). I got pictures of them praying - I followed closely enough to get right in front of everybody for photos - and I'll publish them later.
Then, I grasped Cindy's hand yet again, and continued to follow her. Everybody else followed Sheen. I took the opportunity to march right up to her and ask one question - What message would you like to send to teens nationwide?
Her answer? I'll tell you as soon as I get the clip. But she gave me a good 20 seconds of her time on that question.
Then, my dad had us go down to the peace house for the last time to get dinner. He had actually cooked the pasta, garlic bread, and sauce. We walked into the kitchen, and who should we find but Sheen?!?! Eating my dad's dinner! I got three videos of him - in the first one (I'll post later), he speaks about how women have greatly contributed to the war. In the second I just set the camera randomly. And in the third, he says hello to Ben (Goodman)! I knew that you liked him. Haha.
All in all, this trip was BEYOND successful.
Here's the story. I got there, hung around, one of my friends from last week got married at Camp Casey 1, and I tried to get to Cindy. I found out that Cindy was gone, so I hung out at Camp 2 waiting for her. I called the PR person to see if I could get an interview (she wasn't the most helpful, but she tried), and she said she would try.
Before I even saw Cindy, another person came out -- the man who plays the president in the West Wing. I caught two pictures of him, and that was that. Back to that later.
Cindy came out, and everybody was treating her like a rock star, and I tried to catch her attention. They went through a catholic service to honor 20 fallen soldiers, which was beautiful whether I'm Jewish or not.
When Cindy left the stage, I caught her attention for long enough for her to grasp my hand. I was disappointed, to say the least, and continued to follow her. She and whatshisname Sheen went and did a prayer over Casey Sheehan's cross (I have a picture -- I'll post it later). I got pictures of them praying - I followed closely enough to get right in front of everybody for photos - and I'll publish them later.
Then, I grasped Cindy's hand yet again, and continued to follow her. Everybody else followed Sheen. I took the opportunity to march right up to her and ask one question - What message would you like to send to teens nationwide?
Her answer? I'll tell you as soon as I get the clip. But she gave me a good 20 seconds of her time on that question.
Then, my dad had us go down to the peace house for the last time to get dinner. He had actually cooked the pasta, garlic bread, and sauce. We walked into the kitchen, and who should we find but Sheen?!?! Eating my dad's dinner! I got three videos of him - in the first one (I'll post later), he speaks about how women have greatly contributed to the war. In the second I just set the camera randomly. And in the third, he says hello to Ben (Goodman)! I knew that you liked him. Haha.
All in all, this trip was BEYOND successful.
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