There are so many interesting (or... rather, fascinating?) people in my life, and I don't even know how/when to talk about them. Unfortunately, all of my developments about those close to me have been put on hold. Last night, I volunteered for the Obama 2012 campaign, making phone calls to different homes. I now know of a fantastic way to study people: call them during dinner with a planned script and see what happens. I was bright and perky as always, and while some appreciated it, others did not. I got lots of responses. About 80% did not answer the phone (One voice-mail was a bunch of dogs barking to Jingle Bells). Those who did answer were not always in the happiest of moods. This, of course, is understandable. Though I was trying to be happy and keep things from turning into a debate (out of the 100+ people I called, only 3 said they would be voting for Obama) with all the Romney supporters, many people wanted to start a fight with me. My personal favorite was an 81 year old man who told me I shouldn't be allowed to vote until I'm 35 and can realize that Obama would be horrible (I did inform him that I, in fact, am unable to vote at all). Another favorite of mine was a woman who brought up gun control. I started to read her the paragraph all about what Obama will be doing with that, but halfway through she interrupted and went on a tangent about the Colorado Movie Theater Massacre. That was one of my favorite parts- trying to spit out facts about Obama while agreeing that it was a horrible event and that no president would ever be supportive of it. I was given a list of people's genders and ages to try to cater the conversation to things that they might be interested in. One of the most enjoyable people was a woman whose daughter answered the phone. I talked to the mom all about education and taxes, and the woman said that she had actually learned a lot from what I had told her. Even though most of the calls ended up with a voice-mail or me being harassed by strangers, I really did learn to get a feel for people over the phone in just a few hours.