The Complete Klutz
I was down at the Arizona capitol first thing this morning to do some live TV interviews on reaction to the Supreme Court DOMA decision (as Chair of Equal Marriage Arizona, which has a ballot initiative in the works to allow same-sex marriage, we wanted to get our initiative close tied to the story today).
Once the decision came down around 7:10 AM local time, the networks wanted an immediate reaction. I told them I needed to read for 5 minutes to make sure the decisions were what we expected (they were). So I leaned up against a palm tree to stay in the shade and read my iPad. Well, it turns out the tree trunk was crawling with ants. So as I began my live TV interviews, I could feel them crawling all over my back and starting to bite. I am not sure how coherent I was in the interviews. I am pretty sure the reporters were confused about my ripping off my jacket and shirt once the interviews were over. Maybe they thought it was some sort of Brandi Chastain celebration.
On a related note, having tangentially been involved now in the media rush around a Supreme Court decision, I found this analysis of the running of the interns quite entertaining.
