apocalypsos | I'm still saying, "WTF?!"

'Cause, seriously, I've never voted for the winning guy before. I'm still a little dazed. Voting works? Who knew?!

That said, I don't expect perfection. I don't expect Obama not to do things that'll make me cringe or say things that'll make me roll my eyes or screw up. It's guaranteed he's going to fuck up something eventually. It's not going to be all teddy bears and unicorns with rainbows shooting out of their asses, especially considering the crappy state of the country he's being handed.

I'm registered Independent. I always register Independent, because as much as I lean ridiculously heavily Democrat and have yet to vote for a Republican I want to remind myself to give both sides a fair look. The problem is that since I started voting in 2004 (I really didn't start getting interested in politics until after Bush started fucking things up, alas) there hasn't really been a Republican candidate who's made me feel even half as hopeful that their actions might help me and others as much as Obama does. I always walk away from most Republican interviews and political ads and the like feeling as if if they thought they could afford to ignore a poor single woman like me, they would. And God forbid I mention being an atheist. Or loving my gay friends and family members and wanting them to have equal rights. Or that while there's almost no circumstances in which I'd get an abortion I'm sure as hell not cruel enough to close that option for any other woman.

All of THAT said, that's fucking adorable.