Month: November 2008

It’s over! It really happened! And WHOA, Obama is suddenly AHEAD IN INDIANA. I’m starting to get teary.

Three hours later: Good grief. Still waiting on final results from Indiana. But with more than 99% reported… we’ve so got it. I’m so proud. I have to call my Grandma.

Five hours later: Well, CNN may not have called it, but 538.com did. INDIANA GOES DEMOCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 44 YEARS! I wouldn’t have guessed it at all. I was telling people all day that I considered it a moral victory just that it wasn’t a blowout. (After all, Bush did carry the state by 20 points in 2004.) I’m so happy to be wrong, and I’m so, so proud to have been part of this. It would’ve been easy not to bother this year. It was tempting to say, “My vote won’t count anyway.” The cynical voice in my head told me that absentee ballots are rarely matter. But you know what? 23,000 of us Hoosiers made the difference. We did it. Way to go, everybody! Somewhere my great-grandpa Tony is smiling.

There are a lot of people in the office still recovering from yesterday’s Melbourne Cup revelry. Myself included.

What Kevin said. Yup.

EEEK! I want the neverending edamame-popping toy!

WAIT, what? I could’ve voted at the US consulate? I didn’t know that! Oh well. At least I know my vote – despite costing me $12 to send – definitely got there in time to be counted.

BEST. PHOTO. EVER.

Rob has outdone himself this time. I think this is honestly my favorite photo ever taken of the two of us. I really need to have it blown up and framed, I think.

“OH MY GOD! HE’S DOING A FULL-ON MICHAEL JACKSON ROUTINE! YOU’VE GOTTA SEE THIS! OH MY GOD! HE’S DOING THE MOONWALK! THE LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE GUY IS DOING THE MOONWALK AND HE KICKS ASS! THIS IS THE FIRST PERFORMANCE WHERE HIS HAT IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE! THAT ROCKED SO MUCH!”

Yeah. That was me yelling to the Snook. Needless to say, I thought tonight’s Idol rocked. Wes doing the moonwalk was the most kickass moment since Dean Geyer did that backflip. Everyone else’s performance was just utter crap by comparison. Wes is walking away with this thing!