Al Gore Is My Hero!

I LOVE Al Gore, and I got to go see him talk about his new book The Assault On Reason tonight!! It was at GWU's Lisner Auditorium and was sponsored by the bookstore Politics and Prose. It was awesome! I agreed with everything Al Gore said, he just makes so much sense, unlike most politicians these days. Some jerk stood up and started yelling things out at the top of his lungs during the Q&A session. Stuff with about as much credibility as "Al Gore smothers babies!" Grr. Luckily, he was escorted out by security people, but he made me really angry. Anyways, since we had to leave after my parents got home from work, we ended up getting there right before it started and thus were in the last row. I was worried that since we were so far back, I wouldn't be able to get the book signed or get to say anything to him (They were calling people up by rows.) But Gore, as super awesome as he is, signed every single person's book. So I actually got to meet him! SQUEE!! Basically, I said "Thank you for everything you do," and he responded "Thank you! Thats so sweet! Thanks for coming out tonight," to which I responded "No problem." It was all of two seconds long, but it's something I can cross off my "Things To Do Before I Die" list, which consequently doesn't yet exist.

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