Thursday, November 6, 2008

This Tongan's for Obama...

Yup...I know I've been slacking real bad on the blogging. I've resorted to commenting on other people's blog while completely ignoring my own haha...well, after the type of week its been, I think I've gotten a renewed sense of pride and it kinda started with this shirt.

We were given these blank shirts at work for free (I work stock at the Gap haha) it says "Vote for ______" and it was up to us to fill it in or decorate it as we saw fit and then wear it during work on the 4th. Some had very profound things to say, others saw it as an opportunity to yet again be their funny clever selves and put some stupid thing on it...whatev haha...anyway, I brought my shirt home and could only think of the most obvious thing to put on it! Plus, after finishing it I just thought the painting itself said enough about my "vote for" so I chose not to write anything in on the blank. So here I was at home, painting my shirt and watching the analysts go back and forth over why Obama would win, What McCain needs to do to win...blah blah blah...I was thinkin as long as my dude gets in office (and at that point, it seemed inevitable) I'd be a happy man...

That night (Nov 4th of course) though, several friends and a very close anonymous cousin of mine kept texting back and forth about how big that moment in history really was! I had family from Australia and New Zealand hittin me up on facebook and myspace cheering for Obama! how crazy is that?! This momentous event seemed to give so many in the world hope as to what our future could potentially hold...

yes, it is a lot of pressure to pin on one man. But with the way this guy's been handling success, I can't help but feel that things are only gonna get better. To quote a tv dude if you will...

"Obama approaches success like a golfer who expects to drive a hole in one every time and actually does it or a batter who points at center field before smacking a home run there and then wonders why you're so surprised"

I'm not sure if I heard that on tv or the radio but I heard it and was like...yesss! thats him! hahaha. Basically, I feel confident that he'll do some great things for this country and I am so happy and grateful, as I'm sure many of you out there are, to be alive to have seen that day and to be here for his administration...yep, its gonna be a long road like our President Elect said, but we'll get there...slowly but surely...we'll get there

til next time then

nofo a

7 comments:

'Anapesi Ka'ili said...

love the blog and love the shirt!!!

Will said...

well done on the shirt bro! Speaking of this look/design, I seen a mashup done that was Obama x The Joker that was nice! Here's the link: http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/barack-obama-teams-up-with-the-joker-for-new-t-shirt/4928

Once again, well done on the shirt bro!

fantastic said...

Man, that anonymous cousin. You must be the rough. haha :)

I want my Obama shirt too please!!!

Sione said...

That shirt is hella cool! Man, I think Obama's got so much on his shoulders now that I hope people realize that things aren't going to be fixed in an instant, but that it's gonna take a lot of work to undo all the damage that has been done to this country for the past 8 years... It was such an historic and memorable evening, November 4th, and leading to what we're seeing as hopefully a much better time for this country now!

fantastic said...

pleaseeee i beg of you. please update and give me a new post!!!!

Will said...

yeah for really ^^^

fantastic said...

you know what day it is!!!! last day of finals! update PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!