God bless America! Photo credit: The New York Times

The first presidential debate was last night.  And rather than live-blogging it like every other blog on earth, we’d like to talk about where you were when you were watching it.  Samantha Jones once said, “I don’t believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties,” and that’s a philosophy we take to heart. (Except not really, ’cause we’re obviously Democrats like 80% of the students at Penn, haha.)

So, where did you watch the debates?  Below, a spectrum from coolest to most loserly:

Messianic: From Obama’s campaign headquarters.

Super Chill: At Smoke’s.

Endearingly Nerdy: With members of Penn Dems/College Republicans/Penn Parli.

Respectable: On your couch/in a common room with your friends.

Kind of Weird: In the nearly-empty cardio room on the second floor of Pottruck, while sitting on a stationery bike you weren’t even peddling. (This may or may not be where we were. Is this whole blog just an excuse to brag every time we go to the gym? Maybe!)

Pathetic: In your room, alone, while flipping to America’s Funniest Home Videos during commercials.

*By the way, the title of this post doesn’t make a whole lot of sense; it was intended to be a parody of those banners for frat parties that say stupid things like “18 to vandalize, 21 to scandalize,” as if any party would turn away nubile not-yet-18 pre-frosh.

It’s overcast, and it’s probably going to rain all weekend, and Penn sucks when it’s raining.  Locust Walk has really bad drainage, the wind tunnel eats umbrellas, those stupid rain boots girls wear are hard to walk in.  Life sucks!  Or does it?

There may or may not be a presidential debate to watch tonight. They only around once every four years, and there are only three, making them even rarer than Michael Phelps’s Olympic swims.  Suit up in your Penn for McCain/Penn for Obama gear and tune in.

Nights in Rodanthe comes out today, but it’s not playing anywhere near here, so go see Eagle Eye or some other crappy-but-probably-reasonably-entertaining movie at the Bridge. Sidenote: why is High School Musical 3 listed on that page when it doesn’t come out until October 24th?  Ugh.

And finally, our favorite thing to do when it rains is try to think of as many songs as possible involving rain, and walk down the street singing them like a crazy person.  Herewith, some suggestions to get you started: “Have you ever seen the rain?” (CCR), “It’s Raining Men” (The Weather Girls), “Blame it on the Rain” (Milli Vanilli), “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (Missy Elliot version).

You can stand under our umb-er-ella button anytime.