As some of you know, I was a television production major in college (among other things). One of the things that was drilled into us during our four years of study was the power of the media. I vividly remember a professor setting the exact same two minutes of video to two different soundtracks, and how astounding it was to see how our perceptions of the piece changed based on the music that was played.

Although I am somewhat less than thrilled with the Democratic choices I face in the primary tomorrow, I had decided to vote for Clinton. I saw this video over at RevDrMom’s place, and the power of it was amazing.

I’m still voting for Clinton. But I really want to intern under Obama’s media director.*

*I know the campaign claims it has no connection to it. And they may not. But if I were running a campaign media team (which I am not) this is just the type of piece I would come up with, hand off to someone else anonymously, claim ignorance of its origins and then exploit the hell out of . Or, if some one else had actually managed to pull this together without me having to have spent money, I would still exploit the hell out of it. Either way, you can’t convince me that the campaign hasn’t had some hand in making it as wildly popular as it is.

I’ve noticed that when I head into the store with just A in tow, I get lots of smiles, oohhs, and ahs. When I have both kids, people try to steer clear of us. The little old ladies glare from a distance, and no matter how the kids try to charm the checkout clerks, they refuse to relent and give the kids a smile.

On Friday C got his first pair of glasses. And when I took both kids to the store today I got lots of smiles and “Oh, what adorable kids you have! They are so well behaved! He is just so CUTE!” They got extra stickers at Trader Joe’s, and a slice of cheese from the deli clerk at the grocery store.

My children behaved no differently than they ever do, but for whatever reason the addition of glasses to my son’s face make a world of difference.

If I had known it would be that easy to make friends with the little old ladies, I would have bought him a pair of frames three years ago.