SUCH RELIEF

[hedda62]

I 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.

Comments

[philomytha]

Yay indeed! Mr P has insomnia and put the radio on at about 4am here, and I woke up long enough to hear the phrase 'Romney's concession speech' and then went back to sleep again quite comfortably.

In other news, have a rec for a fascinating (and very Illyanesque) PoI fic: http://archiveofourown.org/works/556688

[hedda62]

Thank you! Will finally get to the fic later, after much CVA-reading and only a little napping, alas, today.

[mmegaera]

And Washington state (re marriage equality). Don't forget us!

Miles & Ekaterin=Ohio? That makes my brain hurt.

And, yes, Castle was awesome. But you're the first person on my FL to even mention it [pout].

[hedda62]

Yes, Washington! I just hadn't got the final results this morning yet.

And I suppose there were distractions in the way of Castle discussion, but it was genius. "That Josh Whedon show," ha.

[bloomingpol]

I must say that other than a bit of hurt feelings that didn't last long, I am not very upset about losing my race. Dems gained 117 seats (we have this enormous 400 seat House), I think, to go from under 100 to 217, with a few recounts pending. Gained 6 seats in the Senate (24 seats) to 11. And a possible recount might make it 12-12. The pay for any of the 424 seats is $100 a year plus mileage. And the GOP made a mess of the state's finances, so the next budget will be a real pain.

I will happily sit on snowy January Wednesdays imagining the guy who beat me driving to Concord, while I drink my coffee in comfort and surf the web. And we got two women in the US House, one being Carol Shea-Porter who is my all-time favorite public servant, and a woman governor. And Obama. No, I am really not at all upset.

[hedda62]

Glad you're fine! and it is a wonderful result for NH.