Confessions of a Keithaholic

[SaveAmerica]

I had not had a drop of keith for months and months until one September night when the New Orleans channel I was watching online stopped it's 24/7 local coverage of the holy terror called Katrina. I had my face pressed way too close to the monitor to see the small screen better but I heard him before I saw him - du du du du du (that's how those opening notes look when you type them out) and I freaked. It was a heart skipping, I haven't seen you in ages, get over here and give me a hug kind of thing. The local coverage had stopped for the first time in a week to make room for an hour of Countdown and what I heard from Keith brought tears to my eyes, it was like deja vu all over again; Keith finally being the one to say what we weren't hearing on the news, what's that called? Oh yeah, the truth. He was mad, he sounded just as mad as me. It was like an alcoholic walking open mouthed into a spray of bear, I had to have more. The next day for the first time since November 2004, I called up the cable company and asked them to hook me up with some Keith. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. That's nice. I have to say there's still not much else of quality on and since I only watch countdown and some travel shows, it's a really expensive fix but so worth it.

I haven't been posting here in a while, I've been spending spare time working for our county dem party but I thought I'd pop in here and say hi to the people who made me feel most welcome back when I first came to DU (When I found DU after the election I spent most of my time in the 2004 election forum learning more than I ever knew about how our government does things. The countdown threads helped me keep up with the show and someone <sorry I don't remember who> was sweet enough to give me a star after a 'hot dem candidate pool photo scavenger hunt'. Good times.

SaveAmerica

[gkhouston]

1. Hey, there! I remember you from ERD.

Welcome back. :hi:

I usually don't point out typos, but this was was serendipitous, "walking into a spray of bear". Bears, or Bay Airs as we call them around here, are featured so often on Countdown that I thought that "bear" for "beer" was a delightful slip of the fingers.

[SaveAmerica]

6. Ha, I didn't even see that!

It's a funny typo from a KOEB point of view but walking into a spray of bear sounds gross! Thanks for the welcome back everyone, when I wrote that this morning, it was how I felt (feel). Reading it tonight it's like reading the diary you wrote when you were 12 - what a sap! And to the person who gave me a heart - thank you, you made my day!

[RevCheesehead]

2. Welcome back, SaveAmerica!

It's good to see you again! :hug:

[SharonRB]

3. Welcome, SaveAmerica

I didn't know you back then -- I had just found DU myself right after the election and wasn't part of this group yet.

[Patsy Stone]

4. Welcome!

Drop in anytime, SA! :hi:

[crispini]

5. Ah! Memories of good times back in ERD.....

Pool pics! Post-2004 election trauma! Back in the day. Wow, I thought I was gonna lose it after that election... and KO was there. And you're right, Katrina was the same... and KO was there.

Good to see you again, SaveAmerica! Come by anytime... we'll leave the light on for ya! :hi: