I spent my election night at a very very exclusive party with excellent snacks and company. I'm not one for big parties, but I gotta say the Stranger's pictures of Seattle celebrating, happening very close to where I was, are pretty amazing:
Here's more, and more, and more, and more, and more, and more.
2. I called it first
I don't just mean my post from 4 in the morning on election day, I mean after Obama won Ohio. Once that was called, I added Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii to Obama's electoral vote total, and he was over 270. I texted everyone and declared him the winner, even though the networks weren't yet. (Mark Halperin and Nate Silver were right there with me.) My uncle replied "don't jinx it til after the votes are counted," and an ex suggested "don't set yourself up for heartbreak". To both of them I said, and say, I didn't spend the past 20 months obsessing about this election to say ignorant shit. I called it. Just saying.
3. I broke my toe last night
Walking from the kitchen to the couch, I caught my besocked right pinky toe on the coffee table, and heard a light *snap* that sounded like the knuckle cracking. It hurt no more than it ever does when you stub/catch your toe on a coffee table. An hour later, it looked like this:
Fuck. It actually looks worse than this..
4. I've seen already that a lot of die-hard conservative types are just freaked out about President Obama. They are terrified of the direction the country is going in, helmed by a man whose values they don't share, a man they don't respect. To them I say: SUCK IT. NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FELT FOR EIGHT LONG FUCKING YEARS. GET USED TO IT. It's my turn.
5. My pal Kerri lives in Chicago. Here is our exchange this morning:
me: how was it last night? tell me about it
Kerri: dude, it was incredible. Very surreal, very peaceful, excitement but not the least bit chaotic.
me: really? go on
Kerri: (which is precisely what Mayor Daley wanted the world to see as he's trying so hard to have the Olympics here in 2016) So youthful, and so diverse. We had tickets so we got in the ticketed area. Had a sweet view of Jumbotron. Lots of dancing around like idiots. Albeit, very happy idiots
me: :D
Kerri: Chicago was prepped (trasportation wise, security wise) and it showed.
me: so great!
Kerri: Besides, everyone was just so happy.
6. My ex-girlfriend Suzanne, born in Germany, is now going to apply for U.S. citizenship, thanks to the election of Barack Obama! I hope she gets to vote for him 2012. I'm so proud.
7. My good friend Danny, when he said to his 2-year-old daughter last night "We're going to have a black President!" got this from her in response: "Can I open it?" (I had to think about that one for a second before I got it too.)
8. Dino Rossi refused to concede last night because he's a bitch. He finally did early this afternoon. He managed to criticize his Governor in the process anyways, because he's a fucking partisan douche. Want to get a Republican elected in Washington state? Don't nominate a religious nut. Thanks.
9. What the hell am I going to post about now? I have deleted a bunch of political site bookmarks already. (Felt good, actually.) I will probably post less frequently, and when I do it will be about music or funny things I encounter, I imagine. Don't stop coming back. Either way, it really is time for me to get a farking job.
also <<===10. In conclusion
- The ubiquitous Mark Halperin grades the major players of the campaign in a must-read summation.
- The world reacts.
- It took a Bush to give us an Obama. Think about it.
- Sarah Palin's tears = priceless. Now go far away, you ignorant cow.
- Proposition 8 in California is still too close to call (so far)..
- Fuck you Ted Stevens, you corrupt piece of shit.
- In spite of what everyone says, I thought Michelle Obama's dress last night was ugly. There, I said it. Sorry.
- I want to know what my friends were doing last night! I'll be asking for stories when I see them in person.
- Ralph Nader uses a racist epithet to make a not-racist point. Gee I wonder if he's too old to fathom the changing times, and how outdated he is? Step aside, old man.
