32 years, 7 days, 15 hours, 34 minutes

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Around 10.20ish pm I noticed I had voicemail, so decided to check it-- wasn't really expecting any sorts of calls tonight, of all nights-- and there was a loudly, tipsily enthusiastic message from rhiannon76... something about

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[innostrantsa]

If I could, I'd come up to your house, hug you tight and swing you around in a dizzy circle of JOY. *beams*

And you go on and feel it all you want to. FEEL IT GIRL! 8D

[mhaille]

Dear coworkers who informed me that America "just wasn't ready" to elect a black man, and I had to accept that:

UP YOURS.

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*see icon for depth of agreement in its most virtual if not literal sense*

*agreement especially in the case of... That One*

you see wut i did thar? heeheehee*

[_boxinghelena]

I cried during his speech. Today I can say I am proud to be an American. For eight years I couldn't say it because I didn't feel it!

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Isn't it AMAZING?!? We can have that pride and dare I say, our humanity.

Still weepy on and off today, too... all those pictures of joy and celebration not just stateside, but around the world. Seriously, world.wide.jubilation.

It's like... we may not ever see something like this again. Still boggles the mind.

[rhiannon76]

I am so elated and proud and relieved and hopeful and I'm really glad I got to share that news with you. *love*

So much has been said over the entirety of the presidential campaign re: race, and how black folks are this huge monolith who only care about the race of a candidate, as though we're still the ignorant, savage children so many white Americans think we are, overtly or behind closed doors. I thought, and still do think, that that sentiment ignores the institutional race privilege that, to this day, our country refuses to address-- for how many times has anyone bothered to talk about white political candidates, and the votes they garner, in the same way?So well said, Q. NPR and one of the news stations I was watching last night did talk about some poll that asked whether race was the primary issue in the voting decision, and which candidate the people that answered "yes" voted for. I don't remember what percentage of people said that race was their primary issue, but of them, more voted for Obama than McCain, but the

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*double love* There isn't anyone else I could think of that I'd have wanted to hear the news from more. Thank you so much.

Turned on NPR after celebrating with you and N. and man oh man, that victory speech... went though so.much.tissue. Even just reading it... goddamn. Actual human beings are getting inspired to go out and serve in their communities. How incredibly amazing is that? And isn't that what real live honest-to-gosh PRESIDENTS are supposed to do?

Sasha and Malia TOTALLY earned that puppy, yo. Wonder what they'll get? *puppy!squee*

The news people didn't dwell too long on the story, though-- it was as if they knew they had to talk about race a bit, but were too scared to dig deeper.This is something that I ranted to my poor therapist about on Election Day... thank FSM our appt. schedule'd fallen out like that. We as a country have got to start talking about this poison, even if it gets uglier than it already has (and lemme tell you, I've already heard a story today that tripped my WTF-meter to 11.) What's the

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I don't disagree with the sentiment, broadly, but on balance I've heard and read far more over the last few weeks about white people only caring about a candidate's race than I have about the same issue amongst black people.

Besides, the statistics apparently show that it's really old people that are the problem. Damn those old people!