Picking up from last time –
Leading up to Hillary Clinton’s signing, I’d thought about what time I needed to get there to make sure I’d meet her.
Originally, I was of the mindset that I’d need to go the night before and camp out. After all, she is Hillary Clinton. How would it be possible that there wouldn’t be a thousand people out all night to try to meet such a powerful, wonderful, brilliant woman – and hopefully the next President of our country?
Then, since she’d been doing some other signings, I read online about what was happening elsewhere. It seemed like a not inordinate amount of people were waiting all night – like if I just got there in the early morning I’d be okay.
One article tore my heart up when it said the Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber drew larger crowds.
Nothing against entertainers here. I’d certainly wait in a crazy line to meet Chris Kirkpatrick. (He’s from Nsync, if you’re wondering (and I totally adore him).) 5 years ago, when he was still alive, I would’ve absolutely waited a week outside for Michael Jackson if he were having an event like this and that was the only way to meet him.
So, I’m not acting like I’m any different from the average American who loves her entertainers – but come on! She is Hillary Clinton! She should be getting as large of a crowd as anyone on the planet!
Hillary.
Rodham.
Clinton.
Anyway, I called Barnes and Noble a couple of days before the event. They said the official line didn’t open ’til 5am. They did warn me that people would probably start their own line on 3rd Street in the middle of the night. But they reassured me that if I got there at 5 when the line opened, chances were good I would meet her.
I definitely thought about waiting all night, and would’ve been more than willing to do so. But I thought, “if it’s unnecessary, then there’s no point. I might as well get my sleep and such and be somewhat coherent and okay looking (or at least more so than if I’d spent the night on the street) when I meet her.”
So I set my alarm for 4:15am.
This is where I’ll pick up tomorrow.