I met the vice president today!

How often does a person get to say that they saw the second most powerful person in the country, live and in person? Awesomesauce.

I waited in line today (first in line, though I dodged the news cameras fairly well) for hours and hours (and got baked -- oops, maybe I DID need sunblock), but it was worth it, 'cause seeing Vice President Biden speak in person was awesome. Rep. Murphy spoke, too, and he was cool, and so was Gov. Paterson, who's always a good speaker (funny AND memorized). But the highlight was definitely Biden, especially since I had the best seat in the house, no lie -- front row center! Biden and Murphy both made eye contact with me numerous times. Sweet.

The speeches were good, but the best part might've been at the end -- Biden came down to meet with everybody, and I got to shake his hand! He looked right at me, "and what is your name?" I told him, and he repeated it back to me, "ah, well, thanks for coming out today." I thanked him back, of course, and then he noticed the bumper sticker I was clutching in my other hand -- "got something for me to sign there?" I nodded, "yes, thank you!" and he took it and passed it back to a Secret Service guy who was collecting stuff for autographs -- I got it back at the end, after Biden had left the room and had a chance to sit down and sign everything. That was it for my brush with fame today, but still -- I actually shook hands with the vice president of the United States! That was pretty awesome. :)