Preppy is the New Hipster

I know its extremely cliche for graduate students to bitch and moan about starting a career, but I think it has been established that I am one chubby walking cliche. So I'm thinking of working for Barack Obama's campaign. Perhaps like volunteering in some state that I'll never live, and calling people and telling them to vote for him. Telling suburban people much he cares about the fact that their mother has incontinence, and he wants medicade to help deal with her peeing problem.

I think this would be a really interesting experience. Except I don't really care that much. Of course I care about who is president, and how that effects our foreign policy and my tax money and such. I do like Obama, but I don't know if I like him enough to lie to strangers about how great I think he is. I dont think I would be morally comfortable doing something like that. I do, in fact, have morals. Frankly, I would feel like comfortable working for a lobbyist group, to try and bypass the voters completely. That is much more my style. I dont know. I think, once again, it all comes down to the person that I want to be. I want to be a moralist, and a realist like BF. I think that I would be acting dishonestly to myself if I work for his campaign. But at the same time, I am not apposed to wiley career manuevering. I mean this comes down to working on the hill too. I dont think I have it in me. It is just way too much ass-kissing, too many people who didnt get the memo about pleated khakis and too many pantyhose. Its so not me, who am I kidding. Than what is me? Should I really just start a yoga center? Should I go work for JMG and teach little kids how to play squash? Should I try to work for a big company like AMEX and try to make money. I dont know. I wish I could write a book. At least I'm writing again. Even though it sucks. It will get better. I'm also hoping this Bon Iver cd gets better bc right now, I'm not so into it, but I think I'm only on track 3.