Lauren_LaPonzina's Blog

So here's a question for you.....let's say Obama is elected President of the United States. 

What do you think that will mean for the future of affirmative action? 

What a beautiful thing.  Only waited about 20 minutes.  My dad told me they don't have early voting at all in my home state of Maryland and that lines are expected to be as long as 6 to 7 hours on Nov 4th!

Makes a little bit of a wait for early voting seem like a piece of cake in comparison.

Have you voted yet?

I have a confession....

My little convertible was on its last legs....so I traded her in for an SUV. 

Yes, I feel guilty about driving a gas guzzler now.  But, they're so cheap these days they're practically giving them away!  I factored in the extra cost of gas over the next few years, and I still made out in the deal.

Besides, it was getting a little tough squeezing all my stuff, friends, boyfriend, and two dogs in my little two-door.

I promise to still use my eco-friendly grocery bag instead of plastic.  Girl Scout's honor. 

At UCF right now...waiting for former President Bill Clinton to arrive.

Hundreds turned out....very long lines....but luckily, not terribly hot today.  The crowd seems to be enjoying themselves.

Whatever your feelings on Clinton personally/politically, tough to deny he's a dynamic speaker.

We'll be streaming his speech live right on this website if you're interested....

A pretty cool 'day at the office' for me....

I'm at the airport right now, waiting for Senator John McCain to arrive.

I get to ride in his motorcade today to and from his town hall meeting at the Puerto Rican Association.

Lots of secret service security sweeps and checks and double checks.  My photographer will actually be right next to the wing of McCain's plane as he walks out.

Pretty neat stuff.

You can catch my behind-the-scenes reports about my day in McCain's motorcade tonight on Fox at 5 and on Fox 35 News at 6.

What are some of your favorite inspirational quotations?  I used to have one emailed to me every day.  It really helped re-focus me on the task/day at hand, keep my eyes on the goal, and helped drown out all the detractors.

I'll go first:

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." --Nietzsche

What are some of your favorites?

So what did you think?  Was it the defining moment the Democrats were hoping for from her? 

Did it "soften" her image as pundits thought was the objective?

Why do you think in 2008 it's still so important for a first lady to appear "soft"  while her hubby is fighting to look as tough on the issues as possible?

Why is a smart, educated, self-assured woman still such a threat to the average American?

Think she should get a "get out of jail free card? How should the authorities handle this one?

foxnews.com:

Lawyers in the U.S. are wondering how to deal with a weighty problem.

A woman is accused of killing her two-year-old nephew but prosecutors in Texas do not yet know how to get her to jail and court — because she weighs nearly half a ton.

Mayra Lizbeth Rosales, from La Jola, Texas, is bedridden and weighs nearly 1,000 lbs.

But she cannot get through her front door to be taken to jail and, later, court.

What irony, huh?

Three years of renting....no hurricanes hit Central Florida.

I buy a house....and BOOM! Hello Tropical Storm Fay!

Figures! Ha!

Do you watch this show? Do your daughters? What do you think about this?

One of the 14 girls who will compete on the new season of America’s Next Top Model – which returns to The CW on September 3 – is transgender. “My cards were dealt differently,” Isis, a 22-year-old former receptionist, tells Us Weekly exclusively in its new issue, on newsstands now. Hailing from Prince George’s County, Maryland, Isis identifies herself as “a woman born physically male.”

Will she be a role model? “I like to help people, but I’m here to follow my dreams,” she tells Us.The inclusion of Isis is being hailed by GLAAD president Neil Giuliano as “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television. “We applaud Tyra Banks and The CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible,” Giuliano said.