WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEEKAYYYYEEEEYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Could Biden's mama be any more freaking adorable? No! No, she couldn't!
LOVE HER.

Woke up this morning to a whole new world and it feels great. Last night my cab driver, who was originally born in Africa (he did not specify which country) but has been a citizen and eligible to vote for 10 years, told me that this was the FIRST election he ever voted in. The FIRST. In TEN YEARS. He told me that was because this was the, "first election where I ever cared and felt like I mattered."

I must say that McCain's concession speech was so beautiful. I truly was moved by his words and how (dare I say?) classy he was. His audience, however, did not manage to get on the classy bandwagon. They fell short by 2 letters.

They were ASSY.

Because they BOOED. Seriously, people? Seriously? McCain is up there talking about how we have to focus on unity and bringing everyone together, how it is time for unification, and you're going to boo every time he mentions the president elect's name? Seriously people? Get it together! This was not the election for Student Body President at Bayside High. This was not Zack Morris challenging Jessie Spano for Prez because he wants to be able to miss school to go on the trip to DC. This was not the appropriate time to boo.

It was totally immature, it tainted McCain's wonderful speech, and it was disrespectful to both McCain and Obama. Those people should be ashamed of themselves.

I would just like to point out, however, that Obama's supporters applauded for McCain multiple times when he was mentioned in the acceptance speech.

Ok...enough. I am totally over the moon and feel a weight has been lifted off of the shoulders of the world. It is not looking good at all in California right now, which is completely devastating, but I am going to try and hold on to some hope until they have counted every single vote.

KEEP HOPING.

Please keep your fingers crossed for CA and Prop 8...it isn't looking good right now.

I am off to bed and am so proud of what our country has done. I will never forget tonight, the people I was with, the folks dancing in the streets in the East Village, my taxi driver who almost wept with joy as he drove me home, the list goes on and on...

Change has arrived.

GOD BLESSED AMERICA.

Even before Barack Obama was elected president Tuesday, he had already changed one life - right here in San Francisco.

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Seventeen-year-old James Kessler, a junior at Stuart Hall High School, is battling a rare and deadly sarcoma form of cancer.

He had only one wish: to meet Obama in Chicago on election night.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation contacted The Chronicle, which forwarded James' request to the Obama campaign. Not only did campaign officials say "yes" - they did him one better. They phoned James' mom on Friday to suggest that her son immediately catch a plane to Henderson, Nev., where Obama was speaking the next day at a local high school.

After the speech, James was invited inside a portable classroom for a private chat with Obama.

"Unbelievable," said Jean Kessler, who tells us that Obama spoke to her son as if there were nothing else going on - talking about their families, James' hopes for attending college and more.

Finally, before posing with James and his mom for pictures, Obama reminded the teen "to dream big."

"And if this goes as we hope," Obama added, "we need to get you to Washington to my inaugural."

Then, for James, it was off to Chicago, where he was given a prime spot near the likes of former President Jimmy Carter and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

"It was all I had hoped for," James told his tearful mom.

-SF Chronicle

THIS IS IT.

Today is the day. Please, please, please, please go and vote. I beg you.

Be prepared to wait in some lines and bring rations with you so you can keep yourself happy during the wait.

I spoke with an 86 year old woman in Florida yesterday who had tried to vote early, but couldn't stand in the lines that long without a place to sit or her heart medication. So, she is going back today with her own lawn chair and bag of meds. If she can do it, so can you!

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

PRESIDENTIAL SKILLZ.

TAG, YOU'RE IT.

SarahSouth tagged me, and since she is my sissy from another missy, I will obviously respond. Plus, as pointed out on her blog, this is a good break from my current state of election hysteria.

I am required to list 6 random facts about myself:

1. I have done the flying trapeze 2 separate times in my life; both were outdoors in a forest.

2. If I were stuck on a desert island and could only take 2 albums with me, I would take the Big Chill soundtrack and Carole King's Tapestry...most likely.

3. While I was living in Jamaica, I climbed the highest peak in the country on a trek that started at 2:00am. We were above most of the clouds, reached the peak right at sunrise, and could see Cuba from the top. It was perhaps one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

4. I've always wanted to be a published children's book author and used to write books constantly when I was a kid.

5. I once sang in a gospel choir that opened for Maya Angelou when she spoke in San Francisco. Yes, I am a white Irish girl.

6. I didn't lose my first tooth until I was in first grade. They had a chart in my kindergarten class and everyone else got stars because they had lost teeth and I never did. My mom bought me books about other kids who hadn't lost their teeth yet (I think there was one about a little bat??) and they made me feel better. I ended up losing one of my front teeth and the adult tooth didn't grow back in FOREVER. I looked like a little witch because I also had a perm...that I brushed. I looked deranged.

Now I am tagging:

Larkita

JUST DO IT.