This has been such a rollercoaster week. Purple prose aside, I really do feel like I have witnessed something momentous. I’m not an American citizen but I live in this country and, in any case, I think Obama’s victory is something that the whole world has a stake in.

To cut a long story short, I am very, very happy and very, very hopeful.

Here are some photos from the night. I started out at Rockefeller Center before the polls closed in New York and then moved to a friend’s house to watch the results unfold. After the speeches (and much weeping and jumping up and down) we took it to the streets and joined the jubilant crowds at Union Square. I hugged a lot of strangers.

Rockefeller Center lit up and ready for action

Tense and hopeful at our election party

Celebrations at Union Square (I was clearly too excited to hold my camera still!)

Yup!

It ain’t a party without saucepan music!

Happy voting everyone. May the force be with you.

I just saw this on Matt Dentler’s blog and I feel compelled to post it here too because Charles is so wonderful and his words are so stirring.

You’re supposed to send this video to 5 friends so I’ll put it here for the 5 people who read my blog! It’s an odd mix of earnest and somewhat funny but hey, it’s all for a good cause: VOTE!

Continuing with today’s politically-themed posts, I feel like it would be remiss of me not to post this clip from NBC’s Meet the Press where Colin Powell explains why he is endorsing Obama.

This is rather old news but I love this quote from Madeleine Albright after Sarah Palin misquoted her earlier this month:

“Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women.

“The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden.”