My 100th post

[KNSinatra]

Wow, here it is -- 100 posts. In what? Less than a week? I'm clearly obsessed. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif I had a wonderful and surprising and honoring and extraordinary and astounding out-of-this world day today, so I'll give you guys the skinny for my hundreth...here it goes...

Disclaimer: My life is politics -- yet I purposley never discuss them on the board, because this is my escape from it. Yes, it's tempting to respond to all of the posts in the politics forum, but I refusehttp://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif. (It takes a lot of self-restraint, but I do!). Obviously from my profile, and picture with Georgie boy, it's pretty obvious that I'm pretty big into GOP politics. Doesn't sit well with a lot of people, but for the sake of this happy occasion (my 100th post -- not my day!) please be kind, gentle, and just humor mehttp://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

My day:

Without even so much as asking, or submitting any kind of resume, I discovered that I....

-Was appointed to a full-time national political office by the party national chairman.

-Am only one of 11 people in the nation to hold the position.

-Will have my gas, cell phone bill (up to $150/month) paid for me, and will make $3000 in the next 10 weeks up until election day.

-Am a national field director for one of the 5 most hotly contested races in the country.

-Will be flown to New Orleans and California.

-Now have franking priviledges (ie. if I get a speeding ticket, I hand it to the chairman whereupon he "takes care of it".

-Have 3 offices across the state, and can use whichever I want whenever I want.


And after being informed of all of that, I...

-Had someone actually volunteer -- no, demand! -- that they go out and buy me coffee
from Dunkin' Donuts. I, not particularly liking power, stuffed 3 dollars in their pocket, but found them folded neatly in my binder upon leaving.

-Was asked by the State Party Chairman to run for Congress in 2004 at the age of 25 (probably because of my last name, in a largely Italian district), in hopes of becoming the youngest Congressman (or woman!) ever elected...(my response was, "thank you but, hell no!")

-Had dinner with a billionaire at a great restaurant for a private party of 9 (including prominent national and state officials...and little ol' me). The billionaire is a Mormon Christian and was saying that when he tithes (gives 10% of his gross income to his church), the amount given is 8 figures.

-Had the billionaire and his wife decide that they love me (like me even more that the big wigs I was sitting with!) and want me to come spend time with them, and gave me, and only me, their home phone number to confirm that.

-Was offered several jobs after campaign season.

-Was told that if the campaign I'm primarily dealing with here in CT isn't what I "want it to be", they will set me up in an apartment in NYC, so I will do the same work, but for Lazio.

And thus...

-I am WAY out of my league!

-I am terrified, but can't publically admit it.

-Guys, I'm only 20...haven't even graduated yet!

-Feel like I'm way in over my head!

-Am honored, confused and ultra-flattered, but unsure as to how I go about resolving all of them in coherent thoughts!

-Have never ever ever been so truly terrified in my entire life.

-But happy to know that good people who deal honestly and who act by their conscience in politics ARE in fact recognized for their efforts once in a while....

wow.

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Has anyone ever seen the movie "Working Girl"? I feel like the secretary at the end, when she still thinks she's a secretary, and goes to get herself coffee, but is then stopped by *her* secretary. I was about to go outside to bring some bulky materials up to the office, but was promptly stopped by the Chairman who laughingly said "Kristin, WHAT are you doing? haha - THAT's why we have volunteers." Argh, and then people my age started treating me like some authority figure, and were being way too serious and polite with me....I couldn't stand it. After about 10 minutes of that treatment, I turned my back, inhaled a helium balloon, and answered a serious question that one of them asked intimidatedly with a chipmunk voice. I'm so bad at being serious -- really, as you can tell from my past 99 posts, I don't think I can go more than 2 sentences without cracking a joke. I know what's going to happen...I'm going to screw everything up by saying something sarcastically (it's just my nature, I can't help it), and end up being horribly misquoted in the New York Times and all other papers...I'm so petrified.

But happy that I've finally reached 100 posts!!!


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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck

[Boone]

Gotta make this fast or I'll be late for work. Here you go:

1. Congrats on the job and your 100th post (yes u are obsessed most likely a little insane but what the hell you fit in perfectly)http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

2. Relax you have a good head on your shoulder, yes sounds like a lot of reponsibility but as long as you use common sense you will be fine. I think you will do well, judging from the quality of your posts.

3. You are Italian. WoooHoooo!

4. Do not joke around too much. I know it's hard but if you truly love what you are doing then you can't be cracking a joke every 5 minutes especially this early in the game. To earn the respect of others is not an easy task and to accomplish it you have to start out right. The need to joke is usually a defense mechanism for when you get nervous so relax and enjoy the experience. Save the humor for the times you'll need it.

5. You are not going to screw up.

6. Good Luck!

Gotta go now.

[possum37]

KNS> Sounds like you've got it made! And at 20, nonetheless...hmmm - are you dating anyone? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

Look at it this way. You're 20. *20* for Chrissakes. A lot of people might live their whole lives without acheiving what you've just done. If something happens and it falls to pieces, hey, you've had a *wonderful* experience, and have memories to treasure the rest of your life. But chances are, knowing of you from what I've gleaned from your posts, that things *aren't* gonna fall to pieces, that you're gonna excell at your job, and overall have a wonderful time doing so.

Don't be hard on yourself. And don't change who you are!!! So what if you joke every 5 minutes...if you didn't, you probably wouldn't have gotten to where you're at now. Heck, if your joking around was such a bad thing, the Mormon dinner folks wouldn't have


-Had the billionaire and his wife decide that they love me (like me even more that the big wigs I was sitting with!) and want me to come spend time with them, and gave me, and only me, their home phone number to confirm that.

Just be you, KNS...and all will be well. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif


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My knob tastes funny.

[mthrlangl]

Dear God! I'd definately say that was a wonderful day. Congrats. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif

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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin

[JHowse]

Congratulations!!! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif

[spidergoolash]

i knew from your first posts that you were special http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif keep on the same path and don't change a thing! and forget running for congress - we need a woman for president. if you keep going the way you're going, you'll be our next!

p.s. when you become president, can we work for you? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

alien could be v.p., aaa could be your personal chef, dan could be in charge of the pentagon, and me? i don't know, but i'll think of something http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[Diesel]

Oh goody. I get to control the information! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/naughty.gif
spiderg> You could be the press liason. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.

[spidergoolash]

rotflmao http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[liltaz]

WOW congrats! I'd also like to work for/with you when you become president.

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"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

- Woodrow Wilson

[spidergoolash]

yay al http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif and i hope you know that you are now nude in the story of us thread http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[JHowse]

ROTFLMAO!!! A scandal, already? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif That is funny. I say everyone in the top 25 gets in on KNS's cabinet! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

[spidergoolash]

maybe we should let kns decide http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif this oughta be good ...

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[KNSinatra]

Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement and support! It's funny...I meddle in politics because I love them. That is, I love politics -- but despise the politics OF politics. I never do things to "network" or "rub elbows" like far too many people I know in the business. Rather I say what I mean, and mean what I say, regardless of who I piss off. It's so refreshing to me to know that honesty and integrity is still a desired value within the party, and politics in general. Thanks especially, Spiderg and Poss, for implying that in your responses.

...But getting back to the real issue at hand...so you wanna know what you're all going to be up to upon my inaugeration as the first female president of the United States, eh? Well first of all, JHowse, I'd maybe consider your suggestion to appoint the top 25 to my personal cabinet, but being that I'M not even in the top 25, I think it would be somewhat...hypocritical and would make me feel pretty inferior by my sub-par soup status. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif But, as a pure result of your soccer ball avatar, I'm thinking you're going to wind up as my secretary of agriculture. Why? you may ask...well, all soccer players can spot bad grass conditions a mile away. You're going to have to make sure all of the farms stay in tip-top shape! Now, doesn't that sound like 8 years of fun fun fun?! Thought so! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif As for you, Boone, your bullet-through-the-head avatar just screams out (in pain) Secretary of Defense. Enough said! Except for the fact that I didn't think my being Italian would come as any big surprise....you know... being a "Sinatra" and all. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif Mthrl, as our nation's new Secretary of Education, you're going to somehow brainwash teachers into not brainwashing their students. A difficult job, but someone has to do it. AAA, of course I'm going to need a personal chef, but suggestions on cuisine are always welcome from the new FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Director, Spidergoolash. Make sure that all of that hummus, tabolule, baba ganoush and other fine veggie products all pass your personal standards! Taz, you're a tough one...I never thought I'd appoint anyone who was a self-avowed liberal http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif But what the hell, I can make an exception -- you are now director of transportation. Anyone who can actually manuever herself successfully through Long Island traffic is good to go in my book! (I'm origionally from Nassau county, by the way -- Lynbrook to be precise). Now Al, Al, Al....you are the designated Secretary of Energy. Sounds as if you and your golden briefs exude enough voltage on their own to power the nation! Diesel Dan, you will be my Secretary of State, and I'll tell you why. Because of the simple reason that whenever you're caught in a tough position in your foreign affairs dealings, you can candidly and calmly just respond "On a long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero", whereas others might panic and be driven crazy not having all the right answers at all the right times. Being that you possess the one answer to just about every question one can ask, you're my man for the job. Now as for my good friend Alien, who I met at the tender age of 15, and who is now hearing me talk about my upcoming presidency, you -- I will be SURE to appoint immediately as the director of the CIA. You and your conspiracy theories...I might as well endow you with the ability to either confirm or disprove them, shouldn't I? You dig up those roswell files, and all of the other things contained within the federal government's "alien soup" of its own, and let us know the hard facts ASAP. Juicy details included (I always wanted to know about that metalic/liquidy tin foil stuff that was apparently witnessed at the site...who knows, maybe that's what Al's been wearinghttp://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif). And last, but certainly not least, hey Poss..how does the VP seat sound to you? Just be sure not to fund raise at any Buddist temples...that whole "seperation of church and state" thing is there for a reason.

Well, thats the tentative roster...any comments, questions, complaints? Bring em OOONNN!


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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck

[Al]

Congrats, KNS. Wow, you did have a really nice day. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

Hey, I just realized...I too, passed the 100 mark. Yippee. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif

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" I'll take 'the-rapist' for $200, Alex "

[Boone]

http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif Woooo Baby! Don't you worry Madame President I gots my finger on the button! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

Gotta love them Italian Girls!

[KNSinatra]

Now Boone, do remember that "I was bored" never constitutes an adequate excuse for pressing that button...


otherwise, enjoy! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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[KNSinatra]

Poss, can't beleive that I missed that comment that first time around on my read-through. Am i single, hahahah. Actually, for past 5 months I am, and have been. Amazing...my boyfriend of 4 years leaves me for a nasty, aimless, absolutely stupid girl who is the word "disgusting" personified, and just when I think that I am shattered, my life starts to get better than it ever has been before! Really, I don't think I've ever been as happy as I am now, and have had the best summer of my entire life! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif

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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck

[KNSinatra]

P.S. Hey Spiderg....Is spider goolash infact a vegetarian dish? Hmmm....sounds to me like you're breaking the rules a bit http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

[possum37]

The Vice-Presidency? Woo-hoo! Damn, I rule!

Originally posted by KNSinatra:
Poss, can't beleive that I missed that comment that first time around on my read-through. Am i single, hahahah.

You didn't see that? Aarghhh...story of my life, good-looking Italian girls completely glancing over me...and mom would've been so proud of me, too.

Such is the life Poss leads - his Italian half compelling him to find a good Italian woman to tame him - his Polish half completely messing things up. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif


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My knob tastes funny.

[Diesel]

Yikes! You made me a diplomat?!? I'm not much of a politician, but put in the right situation, I could be (good for you if you get the joke).


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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.

[JHowse]

Ouch, Dan. Starting another Scandal? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/tongue.gif Anyways, I'll take the Ag job, even though I am more of a techie, but I can somehow marry computer systems into an fully automated farming process. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif

[liltaz]

liberal...me? roflmao

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

- Samuel Butler

[spidergoolash]

http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif spidergoolash is hardly a veggie dish <gag> i must confess, i still eat chicken a few times a year and turkey on the holidays http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/embarass.gif that makes me *not* a vegetarian, but i'm working on it.

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[Boone]

Can I be our first lady president's gigolo? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/kissy.gif http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif



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[spidergoolash]

okay - that's it - i want to see a picture of you - *pronto* - buster http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[Boone]

Would you now? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/kissy.gif

[spidergoolash]

yah, i think you owe it to the inquisitive members of alien soup to post your picture http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[Boone]

http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif Inquisitive...hmmm...or Interested? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gifhttp://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/naughty.gif

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"To each his own."

<font color="#000000">[Edited by Boone on August 31, 2000 (edited 1 time)]</font>

[spidergoolash]

just inquisitive http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/shy.gif

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"

[Boone]

http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif well I'll see what I can do.

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"To each his own."

[KNSinatra]

VERY inquisitive...after all, this is MY giggilo we're talking about. I know my politics, so of course I caught the joke, DD http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif Uhh...thank you? What do I say to THAT! http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif Spiderg, chicken and turkey on holidays?! Now, that in and of itself is why you're getting coal in your stocking this year, missy! (Any persistent soupster knows that I'm obviously just kidding -- after all, I'm the one that posts about tri-annual beef cravings). JHowse, feel free to apply your techie skills to the ag department. Maybe you could build a better cow, or something along those lines. So that my craving only hits once a year? And Poss, this Italian gal didn't overlook you -- she's just a lazy reader every once in a while http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/tongue.gif 'Twill never happen again, dear. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif

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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck

[monsieurjohn]

well, i haven't been online in 2 days, but i'd just like to say that that's quite a day. very impressive. very, *very* impressive. very, very, VERY impressive. wow...

what's my job? can i be the jester?

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[KNSinatra]

Well....let's see. To have a court jester, one must have a court. I don't have *that* type of court, but I DO have a Supreme Court. How about Supreme Court Justice appointee after Renquist steps down? I mean, if that's alright with you... http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck

[monsieurjohn]

too much power, methinks

*evil chuckle*

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