11/04/08 - Obama, Chicago, My day

November 4, 2004

Making history? We'll just have to wait a little longer to truly see what will happen.

By now because of the press, the media, the conversations on the bus, the reactions of those who attended the Grant Park rally and voted, we recognize that November 4th 2008 was in fact a historical event. I mean, come on?

So on Tuesday, I decided to play photographer and roughly document my whole day. I wanted to document what was happening around me, even thought I missed a few things. I believe I had a pretty full schedule and the nature of my day took me around a different places in Chicago.

Here we go;

7.00am - I woke up.
7.45am - I voted and talked about politics with a woman who was very proud of her son because this was the first time he was able to vote.
8.30am - Arrived at the Belmont and Milwaukee corner, to work. Go community organizers! The first thing I was asked was if I voted.
9.45am - By now, I've been talking about international politics with the jornaleros for about an hour straight.
11.30am - I rode my bike to my other job but stopped to take some photos and to talk about politics with strangers at a Logan Square polling place.
1.30pm - I stopped to help a girl who got hit by a car on her bike, I stayed until the ambulance came then I walked her to the police car.
3.00pm - Arrived at the community center and ate a late lunch. I talked about Republican politics with my co-workers.
4.00pm - I opened the community center for the kids.
4.30pm - I watched some of the kids play twister.
6.30pm - I watched some of the kids play basketball.
7.00pm - I started a conversation asking the High School students "If you were old enough to vote, who would you vote for?"
8.00pm - Got on my bike and rode to a "private" party at the Chicago Cultural Center.
8.45pm - Eating Chinese food with friends before we go to Grant Park.
10.00pm ish - Left to Grant Park. Histoty.
10.01pm ish - Photos, photos, photos...
1.00am (Wednesday) - Sleep.

76 photos | 288 views

items are from 04 Nov 2008.