just when exploring the professional possibilities of my future gets overwhelming, cnn accidentally broadcasts democratic convention producer don mischer‘s mic and i am introduced to a career that apparently relies very heavily on balloons and confetti. how did i not already know that this sort of occupation was an option? nobody in the career development center ever said anything about balloons and confetti. wait, are there jobs that involve glitter? i can see a bright and lucrative future for myself in the glitter industry.
don mischer not only gets to be in charge of balloons and confetti, but he gets to say things like, “standby confetti” and “go balloons” and even “bring it!” and he gets to take it all quite seriously. but who wouldn’t? this is the democratic convention! the dems love balloons! and what’s a 100,000 balloons without 1,000 pounds of confetti?
“go balloons, go balloons, go balloons! i don’t see anything happening. go balloons! go balloons! go balloons! standby confetti. keep coming, balloons. more balloons. bring it- balloons, balloons, balloons! we want balloons, tons of them. bring ’em down. let ’em all come. no confetti. no confetti yet. no confetti.
all right, go balloons, go balloons. we need more balloons. all balloons! all balloons should be going! come on, guys, let’s move it! jesus! we need more balloons. i want all balloons to go, goddammit. go confetti. go confetti. more confetti. i want more balloons. what’s happening to the balloons? we need more balloons. we need all of them coming down.
go balloons – balloons? what’s happening balloons? there’s not enough coming down! all balloons, where the hell, there’s nothing falling! what the **** are you guys doing up there? we want more balloons coming down, more balloons. more balloons. more balloons…”
the rallying powerballad in the background, none other than van halen’s ‘dreams,’ and shots of a post-candicacy-acceptance-speech john kerry shaking hands in the crowd only served to intensify his desperate pleas. no wonder mr. mischer got so worked up. he thought he was starring in the 2004 convention edition of top gun! what a way to wrap up a four-day democratic blitz on boston and the us. my mom is still tearing up over alexandra kerry’s hamster anecdote.
quote of the day: “balloons? what’s happening balloons?” – don micher’s ‘what-up’ to his red, white & blue balloon homies
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