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Courtneyyy · 15th Feb 2009, 08:39 PM

Obama is going to be talking at my old high school on Wednesday. Monday morning at 10:00 they are giving tickets away first come first serve. I drove past it a few minutes ago (9:30 PM) and there are already people waiting in line. So I'm off to spend the night in my old high school parking lot for 12 hours to hopefully get a ticket to see Obama on Wednesday.

I'm so excited!!!!!!!

I'll give an update when I get home tomorrow morning!

biisme · 15th Feb 2009, 09:03 PM

Wow....congratulations!!! I hope you get a ticket!

beckyg · 15th Feb 2009, 09:24 PM

Yeah! Good luck! I hope you get a ticket!

kaster · 16th Feb 2009, 12:43 AM

:O SO jealous!! thats amazing, try to meet him and tell me what it was like

He's so cool.

Courtneyyy · 16th Feb 2009, 11:09 AM

I was number 166 in line and there were 400 tickets!
I slept maybe an hour and a half on an off on the asphalt of the parking lot. It was so freaking cold, I thought my feet were going to fall off.

When I left this morning (around 10:30 AM) there were at least 1000 people waiting in line. Probably only 400ish stayed the night.
This morning I got my picture taken by one newspaper and after I got my ticket I got interviewed by another newspaper.

Here's my golden ticket!

RaRa · 16th Feb 2009, 11:24 AM

That's so awesome! I'm jealous, and I don't even like politics!

xD

TheRoof · 16th Feb 2009, 01:38 PM

wow that is something. Philip Petite (the man who walked between the Twin Towers) came to our school few weeks ago. it was really interesting.
i love when famous people come to schools to do whatever-it's really exciting!

sdc91 · 16th Feb 2009, 02:14 PM

Awesome! I got to see him speak in Berlin with a bajillion people, but that'll be cool to be in a room with him with a relatively small crowd.

Whoa, I just saw "Man on Wire" 2 nights ago. It's a documentary about Petite's twin towers feat. Coincidence.

15th Feb 2009, 08:39 PM	#1
Courtneyyy ColbieMarie Full Member Gender: GIRL Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Mom, brother and close friends Location: Flagstaff, AZ Age: 23 Posts: 975 Join Date: Jan 2009	Obama at my high school! Obama is going to be talking at my old high school on Wednesday. Monday morning at 10:00 they are giving tickets away first come first serve. I drove past it a few minutes ago (9:30 PM) and there are already people waiting in line. So I'm off to spend the night in my old high school parking lot for 12 hours to hopefully get a ticket to see Obama on Wednesday. I'm so excited!!!!!!! I'll give an update when I get home tomorrow morning!

15th Feb 2009, 09:03 PM	#2
biisme Call me Katie Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Ask me and I'll tell you. Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island Age: 20 Posts: 8,119 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Obama at my high school! Wow....congratulations!!! I hope you get a ticket! __________________ From BIG problems to little problems, from broken hearts to broken shoelaces, I really do care. Feel free to PM me anytime about anything. I want to know.

15th Feb 2009, 09:24 PM	#3
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: Obama at my high school! Yeah! Good luck! I hope you get a ticket! __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

16th Feb 2009, 12:43 AM	#4
kaster Slogan slag <3 Full Member Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 267 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: Obama at my high school! :O SO jealous!! thats amazing, try to meet him and tell me what it was like He's so cool. __________________ This is how it works, you're young until you're not, you love until you don't, you try until you can't. You laugh until you cry, you cry until you laugh and everone must breathe until their dying breath.

16th Feb 2009, 11:09 AM	#5
Courtneyyy ColbieMarie Full Member Gender: GIRL Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Mom, brother and close friends Location: Flagstaff, AZ Age: 23 Posts: 975 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Obama at my high school! I was number 166 in line and there were 400 tickets! I slept maybe an hour and a half on an off on the asphalt of the parking lot. It was so freaking cold, I thought my feet were going to fall off. When I left this morning (around 10:30 AM) there were at least 1000 people waiting in line. Probably only 400ish stayed the night. This morning I got my picture taken by one newspaper and after I got my ticket I got interviewed by another newspaper. Here's my golden ticket!

16th Feb 2009, 11:24 AM	#6
RaRa We we we so excited Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 21 Posts: 7,439 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Obama at my high school! That's so awesome! I'm jealous, and I don't even like politics! xD __________________ Do you think about me now and then? Do you think about me now and then? Oh now I'm comin' home again Maybe we can start again

16th Feb 2009, 01:38 PM	#7
TheRoof True Blue Full Member Gender: genderqueer Orientation: I like who I like. Location: NY Age: 20 Posts: 1,452 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Obama at my high school! wow that is something. Philip Petite (the man who walked between the Twin Towers) came to our school few weeks ago. it was really interesting. i love when famous people come to schools to do whatever-it's really exciting! __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. -Diane Arbus-

16th Feb 2009, 02:14 PM	#8
sdc91 Coop d'état Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Berlin, Germany Age: 21 Posts: 1,607 Join Date: Nov 2007	Re: Obama at my high school! Awesome! I got to see him speak in Berlin with a bajillion people, but that'll be cool to be in a room with him with a relatively small crowd. Whoa, I just saw "Man on Wire" 2 nights ago. It's a documentary about Petite's twin towers feat. Coincidence.

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