I am so proud to be an American. This is a feeling which I had forgotten entirely before the elation of election night, which I watched all night until the results were called and I danced in my pajamas as dawn broke through my living room windows. Michelle Obama -- who I adore as much as her husband, for her brains, her sensibility, and her incredible beautiful hugeness -- could have been speaking for me when she said "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country."
I love the fact that Obama didn't shy away from the difficult messages. I love that he delivered that entire speech without defaulting to lazy rhetoric, without once saying "terrorism." I love his focus on the need to redefine our relationship to the world. I loved his call for responsibility: fiscal, diplomatic, and environmental. I just love HIM. I would take a job bringing this man coffee in the morning. For free.
On a less profound but equally giddy note, I also want to celebrate Aretha Franklin's amazing diva hat.
Yay!
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Hi Eva Star (love your name),
I'm friends with Tiffany and she forwarded me your blog. You have a brilliant way with words. I thought your Sarah Palin post was incredibly insightful, and this post about our president literally in some cases took the words out of my mouth. I'm coming to visit Tiffany in March, hopefully I'll get to meet you. I hear you're super cool and obviously it's true! : ) s (Sylvie)
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