Presidential Debate

Man, I just haven’t felt like writing lately. I know there’s so much to say, and so much on my list of things to talk about, but something’s just holding me back. I’m going to forcefully give it a try.

I served a lot of people from the secret service today. That was pretty cool. They struck me as fairly normal people. Except for one of them. After interacting with a few of these guys, a question came to mind to ask. I’m not sure why this always happens, but I always seem to find the wrong people to get into a conversation with. I could have asked my question to any of the dozens of secret service guys that came through, but for some reason I questioned the most socially awkward one of the bunch. He was all quiet and shifty eyed. Of course I’m sure he had something to hide. He knew things. And he knew, that I knew, that he knew things. Besides, he had that little ear piece in. I kind of imagined him as a rookie secret service guy, being directed by a veteran secret service guy on the other end. I asked him how they determine who they work for. Given some people may have personal opinions about the candidate they serve. Before he actually answered my actual question with “we treat them all the same,” he said something about California, and if you like horse back riding they would be likely to assign you to work in Colorado. He just seemed a little confused, like there was someone telling him what to say. Then again, maybe I was confused, and he was just getting into my brain and stuff.

I was struck with a sense of reverence today. Senator John McCain was staying at the hotel behind the building I work in. It was just kind of cool having these people in town. Not the same as seeing just any celebrity, as I do on a regular basis. It’s different. I can’t explain. And I use McCain’s name just because he was staying right there. Not because I’m in love with him or something. It would have felt very similar if it were Obama too. And, he may have been more likely to come in and get a soy latte or something. Since he’s such a hip, young, culturally in touch, multimillionaire, Washington insider, politician.

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