Staying home with a six-pack and nachos? Hosting a wine-and-brie shindig for lobbyists? Desperately avoiding election coverage and watching Seinfeld re-runs? In a bunker with Dick Cheney at an undisclosed location? Designing your own Tim Russert whiteboard for the neighbors? Let's hear it.
Traveling. But once we touch down, my wife and I plan to plant ourselves in front of a TV, catch the Daily Show and the major news networks, and view armageddon from the comfort of a hotel mattress.
Great way to keep Ian out of this thread! If Bush wins, I personally won't get any, as I'd be too frickin' depressed to carry out any activity that would jeopardize putting another child in this godforsaken hell-hole where an idiot gets elected president. If Kerry wins, I'm partying in the street. And drinking a LOT. And crying tears of joy. And calling all my family all over the globe to let 'em know that, yes, help is on the way. During the coverage, I'll be biting my nails, eating comfort food. Praying.
My boyfriend, who is visiting from out of town, is leaving for home on Tuesday morning. He told me that he doesn't want to be anywhere near me on election night. He doesn't like it when I scream at the TV.
Will TDS be doing a full night of live coverage or just a short program? Regardless, I'll be at home watching the results with my wife. If it looks like a Bush win, I'll go to bed early. If it's close or a Kerry win, I may be up all night with my wife asleep in the other chair.
I'm flying into DC for a 2 day business trip. I'll have to vote in the morning. I'll be eating dinner (on the gov'ts tab) with colleagues at some fancy restaurant in Bethesda Tuesday night and then back to the hotel to prep for presentations the next day. No JS for me, more's the pity.
My TiVo says TDS will have a live one-hour show on Tuesday night, their Election Coverage Special or something. If only there were a way to find out more details, by looking it up somewhere, maybe it is published on a web site... wait, let me try something... www.comedycentral.com They have a link on the front page for this special. "Election Night 2004: Prelude to a Recount" -- 10 PM Eastern. No indication of whether it will be live all-night coverage, my TiVo says it's just one hour long but then has it repeated at 11 PM Eastern so it's possible it will be more than one hour of live coverage.
Not only is it election night, but I'll be spending most of the weekend writing the 2 papers I have due that day and studying for the midterm I have that day. At 5 pm Eastern time it will all be over...and I will proceed to get utterly shitfaced.
I'm flying in from Scotland to disenfranchise people in Oklahoma until the polls close at 9. Actually, I'll be drinking some scotch and checking the updates while I work on 2500 word paper explaining "why idealism in IR is so often associated with Kant." That said, if anyone has that paper left over from grad school and sends it to me, then I will fly into the state of their choice to disenfranchise W. voters.
if bush wins: wife and i will be planning for our move out of the states in 4 years (only 4 years because im sorta stuck here until at least then) if kerry wins: celebrating the fact that bush lost.
Well the day starts at 4 AM as I am placing Kerry signs at local polling precients (we don't trust the local Republicans). That will be followed by a few hours of sleep, then class from 9:30 to 12:30, then exit polling until 3, then "flushing" voters until the polls close. After that it will be drinking, lots and lots of drinking.
Win or lose, I'll be at the Cowlitz County Democratic party. Since I know drinking only exacerbates my mood, I'll drink only if it's a victory. I hope to have to call a taxi home that night.
I'm working the polls for the Democratic Party...playing whatever part I can, although miniscule, in getting Bush outta here. Suprisingly a fair share of undecided voters show up to the polls...maybe I can convince them to make the right decision...vote Kerry.
Dunno yet. We were given 3 choices and told to vote for 1. I think the chair of this shindig is keeping it a secret. They all looked good to me: Jean Michel (no website) something called Cesco Trattoria or a Lebanese Restaurant called Bacchus I no longer have any say in the matter, but do you know any of these?
Jean Michel is great. Cesco is run by Francesco Ricchi (his nickname is Cesco) and Roberto Donna. Great food. I've never been to Bacchus, but I've heard it's really good. If you go to Cesco, check out the wine list. They have a great selection of wines from Tuscany.
It's 1980 over again. I'll try the take one beer and go to bed early so I can get up in the middle of the night and still be awake enough to do my job on Wednesday routine. Foolishly, I've allowed myself a little hope it won't turn out the way I'm pretty sure it will, and so I'll have trouble getting to sleep.
Same here. I'll probably tune in and tune out just as soon as it starts going the way I'm pretty sure it will.