*holds breath*

Part of me doesn't want tonight to end.

I'm hoping Obama wins, of course, but...it's been so disappointing the last two elections. At least tonight, there's still the hope that he'll win, you know? And with it the hope for a better tomorrow that might come. Tonight the world is still full of possibility, without the harsh reality of a loss - or, if he wins, without disappointment, for how could he possibly live up to the expectations of change he carries with him?

I'm one of those people who can hardly watch gymnastics or ice skating: the crushing of dreams that a split-second fall brings is too terrible to watch. But I do watch, however difficult I find it, between fingers laced over my eyes. Because when people succeed...it's the most amazing thing in the world.

please win please win please win please win...