A Nightmare on 10th Street......

More canvassing.... Today we (me and D, from the first entry, who is really quite an amazing guy - I think he was just chatty and making small talk on the plane) canvassed a street of spooks though, which made our day much more interesting than yesterday. Lots of condemned houses, half-way houses and crack houses on 10th Street.
We walked up to one house, knocked on the door. "Hello, are you X?" Response: "uheeerr eeeee uuuuuhhhh oooooddddoooo." He motioned for us to come inside. Apparently he was trying to tell use something, but neither D nor myself speak the language of Sloth, from the Goonies. I really wanted to try my Chewbacca impersonation and even possibly say "VOTER BOOTH!" or "KELLY LOVES VOTERS!" in my attempt to speak Sloth. Alas, I didn't want to freak out D or Sloth's black cousin, so we left.
Another interesting house, which looked partially condemned, belonged to an older white male (very rare on the street). The front door was opened and it was apparent that he has some sort of hording disorder. Old newspapers, boxes, etc. were piled high in his house. Very old. Well, WM (white male) was working in the yard. We walked up and tried to talk to him. He looked at us and said "uh, Hi" and body language indicated we weren't so welcome. Suddenly a dog popped his head out of the rolled down car window and was barking like a freak and growling - a bull terrier/something mix. The owner watched as the dog proceeded to jump out of the window, run toward us bearing teeth, barking and growling. The owner laughed as the dog chased me off and D actually stood between me and the dog, ready to kick the dog in the head if necessary. As the dog chased us off his property, the Republican laughed and yelled "BYE". He knew who we were with b/c we are wearing t-shirts with VOTE FOR ----- on them.

One woman, who is voting for Kerry, told us her friend is voting for Bush because Kerry is for same-sex marriage and if he has it his way, they will be teaching people about gays getting married in the elementary schools, spreading the gay agenda. She also said her friend thinks Kerry is pro-abortion and wants to kill babies. She asked for our advice on how to convince her friend to vote for Kerry. I took a big breath, gave her the corrected spiel that was slightly skewed but completely accurate as far as D and I were concerned.

There is a group member who is different than the rest of us. We'll call him K. K has a major problem reading social cues. He's came down from a midwestern state. He plays fantasy games on the computer. Some people "yell" at him and say "don't bring politics in this town - no reality in this fantasy." He lived at home during college. He's about 23 or 24 but looks over 30. He's just.....bizarre.

Tomorrow is the wake-up-at-the-ass-crack of dawn day. We have to be at headquarters at 6:45am for poll visibility. Texas has early voting that starts tomorrow. Woo hoo!!