Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so very thankful for my husband/my 2 beautiful boys/my nana/music/wine/shelter/sushi/michelle & barack obama/ american express/michael jackson/my laptop/dhp/my friends old & new/my car/ cheap gas/Los Angeles and the ability to live here/you/ reality t.v./ my pointing finger/carol's daughter/ fresh laundry/philosophy/ smart water/ Target/Trader Joe's/ chamomile tea/broccoli/i'm just thankful to be here/ Kanye West's new cd. LOVE LOCK DOWN makes me want to scream really really loud in my car and jump rope and take off in an airplane and run really fast pull my hair AND YOUTUBE!!!

thoughtsandthings... 11/10-11/17 I'm a junkie.

This is not a political blog.
My goal was/is to talk about all things.
But right now I have an addiction and it is
all things...Obama.
My favorite shows have all been replaced with CNN.
I must have all magazines that feature an Obama, ANY Obama on the cover.
Press conferences interest me now.
I want to know who the President Elect is picking for his cabinet...
what his next plan is going to be.
what he's doing...period.
This is not a political blog.
But please bare with me.
If it's Obama I have to have it, know it.
I'm a junkie.

a mini thought...

The Obamas visited the White House today
for the first time as President and First Lady Elect.
Witnessing he and Michelle standing there
sophisticated and radiant next to the Bushes
on the front lawn was breathtaking.
I am still wrapping my head around this victory.
I often catch myself just smiling and shaking my head in awe.
And saying quietly to myself 'Barack Obama is the President'.
Obama looked so cool. He walked with a purpose.
He looked like he was supposed to be there.
And seeing his brown skin against that White House
was poetic.

thoughtsandthings...11/3-11/10 the election...an exhale.

They say that you should never discuss politics or religion.
And though, I've always known that I truly understand why now.
What I've learned most during this process is that you
really don't know anyone.
You only know the bits and pieces that they choose to show you.
This election has brought out a side of some of my friends
that I wish I hadn't seen.
You should never judge anyone by whom or what they vote for.
But I don't know how to separate the person from their choices.
If you're voting to take away gay & lesbian marriage then
you're discriminating against others.
And this makes you not cool.
If you're living from check to check,
and you want better healthcare, and better schools
and the right to choose and you voted for McCain,
then in my opinion you have an issue with a black person
becoming your president.
Which makes you scary and really not cool.
I have friends that said to my face that they didn't
like McCain/Palin but voted for them anyway.
(They told me later that they just couldn't bring themselves
to vote Obama. wow!)
And that's okay. This is America. And you have that right.
Race being the issue is what makes me sad.
I'm naive.
I just assumed that if we vibed well and you got me
and I got you
that we thought alike.
that we shared the same views.
Some of me is conservative, but most of me
is pretty damn liberal.
I believe in justice for all and doing to
other people what you'd want done to you.
I admit that I'm stunned at how strongly we
debated, discussed, and argued over this election.
But I'm okay now.
Because it's over and it went my way.
And even though the McCain supporters
and the Yes on 8 people may not think so...
having Mr. Obama as our president went thier way too.

It's a New Day...

Jumped up and turned on CNN this morning.
Had to make sure that Barack Obama is REALLY the President!
And he is!
I slept so well last night.
And I woke up with this ridiculous grin.
It seems like the sun is brighter.
I can hear the birds chirping in the hood.
Strangers are smiling at each other and giving one another a pound.
I even danced with a security guard at the bank.
The great thing about it all is that noone is even saying anything.
We all just KNOW what it is!
Ran into a McCain supporter at the post office this morning. (I knew by the stickers on her car.)
She looked at me. (I, too, had stickers on my car.)
I looked at her.
And I couldn't help but grin.
I wasn't being fecicious.
I was just elated!
I'm not sure that she was too happy.
It could just be me reading into things.
But I still wanted to tell her that everything is good.
That the sky is the limit.
That this is a great thing.
That America looks so fly around the world right now.
We finally look like we've caught on...like we get it.
I wanted to tell her to smile
cause it's a new day.

Mr. President!

We did it!
Yes we did!

3 days and counting...(the kitchen sink)

'Obama's a marxist,a socialist.'
'His aunt is here illegaly.'
'He's just gonna spread the wealth around.'
'He pals around with terrorists.'
They are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at my man.
And it's not going to work.
What they don't know that I DO know is
that this thing is bigger than you and me and Barack himself.
This thing is spirit.
You can't see it with your eyes
You can't touch it with your hands.
You just feel it, believe in it
and know it's there.
You just feel it, believe it
and know that it's there.