This Love...

...is the kind I dream about.



I've watched this video three times in a row and I cried every single time. I feel so proud and, dare I say it, hopeful...It's simply beautiful and inspiring.

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With all the Obama Mania going on, I know everybody is Barak-O-Blogging right now. Being that this blog isn't a political one, I'll return to my regular topics after today. But first, I just have to allow myself to bask in the afterglow for a little while.

Today really did feel like a New Day. Since when do we get 75 degree weather in early November in Illinois? Never. It felt like the universe was trying to show us that this really is the dawning of a new era. I felt an energy in the air--it was electric. At a university where black people make up less than 15% of the population, it's easy to be intimidated. To want to fade into the background. But not today. Today, I wanted to be noticed. I walked around with my head held high. I looked my counter parts square in the eyes. I looked at them differently and they looked at me differently. I'm so proud right now. Proud of our new President. Proud of the young voters. Proud of the white voters. Proud to be Black. Proud to be an American.

My president is Black....Wow, I'll never get tired of saying that lol.

Barack Obama: Mr. President

AHHHHH, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????

I just had the most amazing experience of my entire life. Peep this shit.

This was my campus after Obama was announced President! I can't even express how amazingly beautiful it was to be a part of something like that. Over 1,000 students came together tonight and celebrated like it was the New Year. So freaking amazing. Seeing us all together like that made was such a surreal moment. Hugging strangers, cheering maniacly, chanting "Obama" and "Yes We Can!"--I was boo-hooing all over the fucking place.

Ahhh, I have no words. I can't even type right now....and I won't try.

WE made it happen guys!!!!