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SUCH RELIEF
Nov. 7th, 2012 07:29 amI went to bed when the Great Narrative* had passed its climax (which, amusingly enough, happened as the local CBS station I was watching, noodling about local issues, mentioned that NBC had just called the election for Obama) and woke up to find that we also now have legal gay marriage in our state (go Maryland! Also Maine, but I don't live there). (We also approved the weird redistricting, which did finally get Roscoe Bartlett (R-Old and Crotchety) out of office in the Wessex of MD, but is otherwise stupid. But so it goes.)
There is a weight off my shoulders I didn't quite know was there. Unfortunately, it did nothing for my knee, and I still have a migraine and an annoying early-rising cat, but still, YAY.
*I think in narratives, okay? This one had just enough tension without tilting over into tedium (2000, anyone?), and the joyful near-predictability of seeing swing state after swing state fall into Obama's camp was rather like the feisty and independent heroines in a romance novel tying the knot with worthy partners. (I would say, in A Civil Campaign, but that this certainly has not been. But Miles&Ekaterin=Ohio; discuss.) There were little personal notes for me: my mom unfortunately lost her race for the NH state house (but all results there otherwise positive); my son personally guaranteed Obama's win in Pennsylvania by switching his registration. *g*
All right, so we are still dealing with a gridlocked Congress (my sleepy brain went to "dreadlocked" first. That would be much more entertaining) and Romney may actually have won the popular vote, which is going to get all his supporters chanting "no fair!" in amnesiac chorus. (President Al Gore adds his dulcet tones to your litany.) But this much is over, and oh thank God no more robocalls.
ETA: Also, "Castle" was awesome. I couldn't watch election returns ALL night.
There is a weight off my shoulders I didn't quite know was there. Unfortunately, it did nothing for my knee, and I still have a migraine and an annoying early-rising cat, but still, YAY.
*I think in narratives, okay? This one had just enough tension without tilting over into tedium (2000, anyone?), and the joyful near-predictability of seeing swing state after swing state fall into Obama's camp was rather like the feisty and independent heroines in a romance novel tying the knot with worthy partners. (I would say, in A Civil Campaign, but that this certainly has not been. But Miles&Ekaterin=Ohio; discuss.) There were little personal notes for me: my mom unfortunately lost her race for the NH state house (but all results there otherwise positive); my son personally guaranteed Obama's win in Pennsylvania by switching his registration. *g*
All right, so we are still dealing with a gridlocked Congress (my sleepy brain went to "dreadlocked" first. That would be much more entertaining) and Romney may actually have won the popular vote, which is going to get all his supporters chanting "no fair!" in amnesiac chorus. (President Al Gore adds his dulcet tones to your litany.) But this much is over, and oh thank God no more robocalls.
ETA: Also, "Castle" was awesome. I couldn't watch election returns ALL night.
