Where in the Midwest WAS Aakash?

Please see my last entry (which I just NOW published! #fail #epicfail!!)...

Those Midwest trips that I've been to (and which I got some video and photos) are:

The MOCR 2010 Convention in Springfield, Missouri, the weekend before last (April 9-10th).

Here is a Twitter-'log' of sorts... The marked Tweets are pertinent to this class, because video/media from them was taken (or they were @ the instructor! :-):

http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11898163611
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11898412174
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11898922352 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11899002604 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11899338706
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11900543212
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11904252352
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11910400941
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11918507184
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11918610039
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11922313667
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11924179082
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11924383151
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11929625240
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11942898553
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11943062337
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11944807669 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11944953092
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11947839396
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11948058587 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11948058587
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11949284313
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11951105603
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11962223209
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11964445056
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/11967556874


The ICRF 2010 Convention, in Chicago, Illinois, this past weekend (April 16-17th).

Although: On Friday night, I got to see Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (a future presidential candidate!) in Lake County, IL. [There is an interesting story about this; Maybe later ;-]


The Lake County GOP Gala, with MN Governor Tim Pawlenty, and the ICRF 2010 Convention (in Chicago):


http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12279421830
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12297573559
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12301651169
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12301935636
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12302067351 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12318243589 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12318840052 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12319745691
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12323682695
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12323682695
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12328367279
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12329441359
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12329567573 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12329777139 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12331017803
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12331813555
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12357923922 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12358769769 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12360502163 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12361494417 -
http://twitter.com/AakashRaut/status/12361522120 -



Note: Sorry if this seems pointless - It's in large part to help me, as well!!


As we are having a work period in this class right now (it's our April class meeting this evening!), I need to (now that I've gotten the blog up-to-date, though clearly have a LOT of progress to make, insofar as the assignments!) figure out this iPhoto & iMovie, etc... stuff!!

Where in the Midwest is Aakash?

Put my plan here...

Note: While I saved this draft post (planning to outline this plan :-) weeks ago, I am typing and publishing this entry, while in our April class meeting... Right now, it is Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

In the last class meeting, for this course, we watched the famous "Where the h*** is Matt?" viral video.

The instructor went over iPhoto and iMovie, and explained how to use these, to "create a stop-motion video" (Assignment #7). [Note: Looking at that assignment now however, I see that we're to do this, "...from still images"!]

I am planning to travel, throughout the CRNC Midwest Caucus states, for my current position, and my potential candidacy, this summer. I thought therefore, that I'd do a scaled-down (MUCH, much, much, much... scaled-down!! :-) version of that "Matt" video, with clips from my Midwest travels.

Events I'm scheduled to be at include:

MOCR 2010 Convention (Springfield, Missouri)
Friday, April 9 - Saturday, April 10
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=372168568239

ICRF 2010 Convention (Chicago, IL)
Friday, April 16 - Saturday, April 17
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=265848353595

WICR 2010 Convention (Madison, WI)
Friday, April 23 - Saturday, April 24
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=336089036058



At this point (as mentioned above), I've already been to 2 of these 3 events, plus an additional tangential one, this past weekend, while up in northern Illinois. I'll be posting a new entry now, with those updates (and link to some pertinent Tweets!).