Aaron S. Harrison
This entertaining, raucous romp through the treacherous political landscape is one of 2008's best books. Warning: If you're a liberal, you might wanna look the other way. Aaron Harrison uses hilarious anecdotes and brilliant narrative to describe an event in his life which will shape him for years to come. He journeys throughout the landscape of political opinion and ignorance and comes out with this masterpiece of humorous non-fiction.
Along the way, he meets interesting characters. Not fun, friendly people, but people whose idelible ignorance will be relayed throughout generations of Harrisons. Be it the archetypical college liberal or the utterly inept boss, this man has seen it all.
It's not just people that makes this journey hard. Aaron has to work through one of the worst natural disasters in Iowa history: The 2008 floods.
Aaron Harrison is a student at Drake University, in Des Moines, IA. He has been writing for ever since he read his first comic book. That book was G.I. Joe #117, and he is forever thankful that Larry Hama picked up the pen and made Cobra Commander look cool. He has a wife, Rachel, and hates pets.
I am working for the Iowa Democratic Party, stationed in sunny Des Moines, IA. I am not a Democrat. I am, however, worth $14 an hour, so let’s just have that out in the open right now. I do not particularly care about politics. I’m just a college student who would much rather focus on less superficial things, like video games or Dungeons and Dragons.
Regardless, I needed a job for the summertime. I looked high and low for something that was easy, high-paying and short. Not to brag, but I am hugely overqualified for any typical wage slave job. My mind works too abstractly for things like that. As believable as it is, that took out about 95% of the typical college kid jobs off the market. Unlike most English majors, I have far too much pride in my intelligence to be forced to remember that the customer is always right.So, I needed a job where I would have a considerable amount of freedom to do what I please. My beautiful, lovely wife was very instrumental in this process. She loves to find jobs for the both of us, especially if it’s easy money. This job pretty much qualified. $14 an hour for three months to go around and get doors slammed in my face? Please and thank you. Let it be known, from this point on, that my wife is very pretty and smart and the sole reason for this entire thing. Just so you know.
