What a long day. I am now starting to understand why people say that Upper Division writing at UCI is the most dreaded class. Reading and responding to emails, studying, and work really teaches you time management. If you dont do it youre screwed. Anyhow, as i was watching television this morning before class and i caught a glimpse of an interesting video. It meant nothing to me initially but throughout the day i began to form an opinion on why it was a video of interest. We Americans, or so i believe, seem to revere individuals with large amounts of power, money, and fame. They seem almost like godly/not of this world figures. This can be seen in the current obsession over the rich and famous brought to us by such websites as TMZ and Perez Hilton. We obsess over their lives and, ultimately, are unable to relate to anything that we see or hear about them. The same can be said for how we view leading politicians. We do not view them as normal. We cannot relate to them at all. But, as the elections come closer, one candidate in particular has tried to show the American public that he is "just like us." He fills up his gas tank, he takes showers, and he even shoots some hoop. Here it is, Barack Obama, NBA prospect:
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