There’s an air of expectation floating above everyone’s heads, stirring even the leaves into excitement…

November 4th, 2008.

Everyone’s wandering around campus with excited looks on their faces, jabbering away about one thing and one thing only.  They’ve all got pins and needles; some people are optimistic and have a good feeling, others not so much.

We fucked up once, we can do it again.

But today is election day, and if Obama doesn’t win, I think I might cry.  And so will the rest of campus, except for the lone McCain supporters (I’ve met two).  And probably, so will the rest of America.  The world will hate us forever and ask themselves “what is America doing wrong?”.

Now, in reality, I don’t like any of the candidates. McCain picked that idiot Palin - she definitely doesn’t belong in politics; I mean, Christ, I can’t believe she thought she was actually speaking to Sarkozy for six minutes - and Obama’s speeches are reminiscent of Jimmy Carter’s.  ”Change, change, change, change” — change what? and how?  I have yet to hear an answer to both of these question at once (albeit, I haven’t seen all his speeches; so I have some blanks).

Most of the people I’ve talked to are preparing for a landslide. I’ve never seen any sort of excitement like this.  Back in Puerto Rico, we did pay attention to elections, both for president and our governor (more of the latter than the former), but never as intense as this.  It’s definitely different, and people give me odd looks whenever I mention that I’ve never watched the elections this closely for such a long time.  I mostly just paid attention on the actual election day and kept the TV on for a *very* long time.  

Let’s keep our fingers crossed everyone.

6:33 PM

I’m in the rather silent DoJo, streaming MSNBC Live Coverage and making massive amounts of cookies (and generally making a nuisance of myself).  I wonder why Florida is always under the “Too Close to Call” headline.

10:54 PM

After several hours of joy, screams, laughter, victory ice cream, and walking in on my friend having sex (ah), I post the news that all of America knows by now:

Obama has won the election by a landslide.

There’s parties everywhere, people still screaming and laughing.  Some of us can’t believe we’re this lucky, because really, the alternative was Palin.  If that doesn’t scare you, you’re either Republican or stuck under a rock.

Tags: feelings, observations, politics, Puerto Rico