Yes yes, oh god yes we can
Nov. 5th, 2008 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenThe mood at work was celebratory. There was actual spontaneous high-fiving. It was hard to stay focused what with the remaining excitement, the exhaustion of staying up late, the crash of coming down off of the excitement high, and so forth. Plus we all wanted to sit and talk about how we'd spent the night before (common phrase: "And when FOX NEWS called Ohio for Obama I knew something amazing was going on") and how awesome the election had been.
It's a definite contrast to 2004. I was dork enough that I actually - happily - wore purple today to represent our red and blue working together. Big change from 2004 where I felt like I'd jsut found out that the entire country hated me personally. (Not that certain pockets aren't still qualifying for that, CALIFORNIA WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, but still) I wore red, white, and blue on election day and felt happy about it.
The line for voting was longer than it was in 2004. I checked back on my notes from 04 and the line then (same polling location) had bunched up upstairs but once down the stairs it went out the door. This time it was bunched upstairs, went down the stairs, and then wrapped around the downstairs 3 times before the door.
There's so many things to see and read today that make you tear up. But as much as I got weepy yesterday it didn't really fully hit me until I was driving home from work. I think because that was the first time I could sit alone with my thoughts and not have to think ahead to work or where I had to be. I was listening to my upbeat mix via my iPod and Everything is Everything ("After winter, must come spring...") got me sobbing. In the best way possible.
I now close this out with the oh so true words of my Older Brother: "[A]fter the last eight years we've all earned a new puppy."
It's a definite contrast to 2004. I was dork enough that I actually - happily - wore purple today to represent our red and blue working together. Big change from 2004 where I felt like I'd jsut found out that the entire country hated me personally. (Not that certain pockets aren't still qualifying for that, CALIFORNIA WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, but still) I wore red, white, and blue on election day and felt happy about it.
The line for voting was longer than it was in 2004. I checked back on my notes from 04 and the line then (same polling location) had bunched up upstairs but once down the stairs it went out the door. This time it was bunched upstairs, went down the stairs, and then wrapped around the downstairs 3 times before the door.
There's so many things to see and read today that make you tear up. But as much as I got weepy yesterday it didn't really fully hit me until I was driving home from work. I think because that was the first time I could sit alone with my thoughts and not have to think ahead to work or where I had to be. I was listening to my upbeat mix via my iPod and Everything is Everything ("After winter, must come spring...") got me sobbing. In the best way possible.
I now close this out with the oh so true words of my Older Brother: "[A]fter the last eight years we've all earned a new puppy."
