we voted!

did you?

looking ahead

I stayed home yesterday to watch the inauguration and work on a grant application. I also finished my Alpine shrug while watching the speech. It's currently soaking (it needs major blocking), so I have just this one photo of it, a little preview. Anyway, the inauguration. I can't remember having watched one before, though I remember the excitement of Clinton being inaugurated when I was in high school. The whole ceremony reminded me of a wedding, strangely. The introductions, the processions, the chatter about what people were wearing. Even lines were flubbed.
I actually thought that something would change at noon yesterday, but when I looked outside, it was the same. I say this because on election night at 11pm, my street was filled with cheers and gunshots, and though somewhat frightening, it was also very exciting. There weren't any cheers yesterday, just some woman walking down the median.

I found this photo on Facebook. It was taken by a friend of a friend, and seeing it made me rather emotional. He said that I can post it here, so here you go. I hope the love lasts. I'm afraid that our expectations are too high, that we can only be disappointed...

change

I can't really put into words how relieved I am with the results of the election. To be honest, I'm still a little numb.

At 11pm last night, watching a hoarse Jim Lehrer on PBS, we learned that California had gone to Obama and that therefore the election was being called in his favor. Almost immediately the screaming started, sounds of celebration from our neighbors. I opened the window and leaned out, watching cars honk at small groups of revelers. It was eerily like New Year's Eve, along with firecrackers and what might have been gunshots.

I don't have any photos. To be honest there wasn't much to see where we live; it was all auditory. But in Fort Greene, a neighborhood not far from us, the streets apparently filled with celebrants. Check out the photos on this blog. I especially like the one of people mobbing the bus.

I just found this video too, from Raulism on YouTube... Dare I compare this with the Phillies winning the World Series? Two miracles in two weeks? What can possibly come next?

vote!

Christopher and I got up early this morning to vote. He has to teach at 11 and I have to move some furniture for my show at 9:30. We knew we'd have to wait in line, and gave ourselves an extra hour for voting.

But when we got to our polling place we found this, which is bad enough. (4 years ago I waited an hour in a line that didn't even come out of the building) But then it turned the corner and went down the street. We came home. We'll both be home mid-afternoon, and hopefully the line will be shorter then.

(PS Check it out. Brownstoner linked to my photo!)

(PPS So did the Gothamist!)

some election humor

Because we all need to laugh now and then.

I can't resist

I feel very strongly about this upcoming election, but I also don't think that this blog is the place for me to rant or get too personal. It pushes people away, and that is not what I want to do on this blog.

So here's a little election humor, in case you missed it on Saturday.