This ‘n’ That

First, since I am a well-brought-up and well-mannered CrankyBeach, credit where credit is due.

Kudos to John Kerry for not dragging this out to ridiculous proportions, and for being a bigger man than Algore was 4 years ago.

A huge THANK YOU to the good people of Ohio. You know who you are.

Last night was a blast. Ith, Nin, Eclectra and I met over at VRWC HQ (that would be Ith and Nin’s new home) for hot dogs. Ith’s brother and one of Nin’s co-workers joined us. Then we walked over to Fred’s, where he and Jim were holding down the fort, for either the victory party or the support group, depending on how it turned out. Nin made great inroads in Fred’s scotch supply while Ith and Eclectra worked on the red wine. Eclectra and I between us killed off most of a bowl of caramelized popcorn (I swear they spray that stuff with Addict-o). Ith and Nin kept running upstairs to check the computer, while the rest of us chewed our nails in front of the TV. Nin told the story–I kid you not–of two co-workers who had actually said, “I’m too busy to vote today. I’ll go vote tomorrow.”

Some highlights:

–When they FINALLY called Ohio and moved Bush to within 1 electoral vote.
–Ith standing up and doing an uncannily accurate imitation of John “My Little Pony” Edwards with his dorky-looking repeated fist-pumping.
–Everyone discussing with great glee what Te-RAY-zuh must be doing right about then, i.e. soiling her Depends.
–The pronouncement, agreed upon by all, that the one thing that could make victory even sweeter would be the announcement that Michael Moore had been found on the floor, his head having exploded after he heard Bush won.
–Ith declaring that she was NOT going to go off quietly into victory, she was going to GLOAT, because we STOMPED the libs but good and we will grind them under our feet! (Whew! Remind me not to ever get on her bad side!)

Ahh, Victory Wednesday is sweet.