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About last night

Julia and I watched the election results with Beeman, Kirsten, and Driscoll over at Emma's place.

I was surprised by how early things were called for Obama — I'd forgotten that presidential elections don't always go late into the night or require haggling over voting irregularities. Or that they don't always involve deep disappointment.

Julia and I decided to walk home, since it was a nice night. We talked about the election, the past, the future — all while listening to cars honking on Belmont and Hawthorne. Here's a video of what we saw:

What an interesting night.

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Written by: sarah

Written at: 12:37 05 Nov, 2008

gah!!! that video made me SQUEE all over again!

ok, well, that's not exactly true, cos i don't think i've *stopped* squeeing all day.

 

Written by: Robert

Written at: 13:36 05 Nov, 2008

That's pretty amazing.

One question though -- where was the crowd control? There's a fine line between "exuberant" and "totally out of hand".

 

Written by: autumn

Written at: 13:46 05 Nov, 2008

the highlight of my evening was the dance of joy performed by my offspring at the announcement of the outcome. it involved jumping, spinning, arm-waving, squeaking, giggling, mid-air toe-touching, and falling down. it pretty well reflected my own feelings, but i was pinned to the couch by too many cheese enchiladas.

 

Written by: Todd

Written at: 13:53 05 Nov, 2008

Robert, I'm pretty sure they were largely obeying the traffic laws, given that they only crossed (okay, mobbed) the street when the light changed. And all within the crosswalk, more or less.

 

Written by: amar

Written at: 14:10 05 Nov, 2008

pretty awesome night, i must say. so strange to feel pride/optimism/joy like that. then in the morning i heard prop 8 (ban gay marriage) & some other shit passed. this country, it's always 1 step fwd 2 steps back. but no matter how you look at it, last night was all about dancing in the streets.

 
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