NOTE: This is effectively a draft of the post I want to put up. And even the post itself will be pretty rudimentary. I just don’t have much time. I’ll put this up now & fix it soon HOPEFULLY. ALSO: I wrote most of this last night, but I haven’t proofread this at all… I gotta get back to work….

Reporting…. from….. Ohio…. sooooo….. tired…… must. focus. type.

Ok kids -

So I’ve been meaning to blog from freezing Ohio, but I’m just working too hard and am too fried to think of anything coherent to say. This is one of those “you’ll think about it when it’s over” times in my life. Mostly I’m just working my ass off, trying to use my powers for awesome.

So given the lack of coherent narrative structure, I’m just going to drop you some notes: I really do want to capture some of this moment & I know that some of you have been wondering what I’m doing & how it’s going…:
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 14 - Declaring that it was time to “set San Francisco aside,” Senator Amandeep Jawa said Monday that he would temporarily stop living in San Francisco to travel to Ohio to help forge an electoral-vote victory for Barack Obama.

“America faces an historic crisis in our political system,” Jawa said in mid-afternoon remarks to reporters in Cupertino. “If we do not act, every corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.”

“We must campaign as Americans, not as San Franciscans or Buckeyes, and campaign until this crisis is resolved,” Jawa said, urging other Californians to join him in volunteering in other states.

“This is a time to rise above locality for the good of the country.” Jawa added.

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Seriously, unlike John, I’m actually suspending something to go work on something. I’m headed to Ohio for the last 3 weeks of the campaign to volunteer for the Obama campaign in Columbus.

The polls are looking good for the moment, so maybe this will be unnecessary. But I was optimistic in 2004 too & that was the greatest suckage of my political life. So I’m going. Wish me (& the country) luck.

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Whilst I’m away, please pass Prop H here in SF & pass Prop 1-A at the state level, but most of all defeat the heinous Prop 8 at the state level. I luvs me some gays and some civil rights! (If you want my political recommendations and voting slate, drop me an email. I’ll be sending it out soon.)

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Please Please Please Please consider donating to Yes on H, or No on 8, I did. They both could use the money and are righteous.

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If you’re interested, I know a lot of folks are volunteering in Nevada on weekends for Obama. I highly recommend it! Others are making phone calls to other states. Please help out! Two words: President Palin.

FlashDance 17 was this past weekend and was fabulous! It was a little smaller than usual (were people gone for the 3 day weekend?) but no matter - it was super fun! The location was GORGEOUS - right along the water under an almost full moon with a stunning view of the Bay Bridge and our fair city. The weather was perfect, and no one hassled us for noise…

Also, I was REALLY happy with the playlist. I struck the exact right amount of new stuff and old stuff for my own preferences . I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did:

• Flash - Queen
• Hella Good - No Doubt
• Don’t Stop the Music - Rihanna
• Billie Jean vs Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Michael Jackson vs Indeep) - UPDATES SPIN
• Stronger - Kanye West
• Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
• Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
• American Boy (feat. Kanye West) - Estelle
• Dance Wit’ Me - Rick James
• Milkshake (DJ Zinc Radio Edit) - Kelis
• Lucky Star - Basement Jaxx & Dizzee Rascal
• We Don’t Stop - Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Hung Up - Madonna
• Electro Jugni - Swami
• Bucky Done Gun - M.I.A.
• Boyz - M.I.A.
• Pon de Replay - Rihanna & Elephant Man
• O.P.P. - Ultimix Mix - Naughty By Nature
• Callin’ Up the Pieces (BMore Remix) - Party Ben
• Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
• Mercy - Duffy
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse
• Upside Down - Diana Ross
• Shadows - Honeycut
• Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
• Livin’ la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
• The Girls - Calvin Harris
• SOS - Rihanna
• Walkin’ Out Yo Girlfriend (Unk Vs. Avril Lavigne Vs. Toni Basil) - Lobsterdust
• You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
• Don’t Stop Believin’ In Planet Rock (Journey vs. Afrika Bambaataa) - A plus D

All in all it was a simple, uncomplicated, fun FlashDance! Thanks everyone - can’t wait for November’s!