I never left the house today – couldn’t. I don’t think an election has ever made me feel so ill before. But now that I think about it I was feeling pretty ill for the months leading up to the election. Now it is over, and it feels good to have it over. Even though the bile is still there in the pit of my stomach, perhaps a ration of Gatorade is on the way.

So what do we do now? First I want to say, I don’t hate the other half. I don’t understand why their choice was so appealing to them, but I also understand that they have regular lives and jobs (for now anyway) and families (hopefully all safe and sound and not between 18 – 30 years of age,) and that they were doing what they thought was necessary to protect these things. Hating the other half would probably be what our government wants, also I really hate hate. It just eats you up in the end. If I am going to get eaten, I want to be eaten by too many bottles of wine and too many late nights. I prefer a tastier way of getting eaten.

Often times when you ask an Italian a political question, they just shrug. They have a very distinctive way of shrugging. Like “well, what can I do?” Today, all of us on the other side have to shrug and say, well, we did the best we could, and now it is time to move on. No better place to start, than home.

Speaking of home, MY home… Donna Frye, our “write-in” candidate for mayor, is WINNING. Now this gives me hope for the future. She has a constant furrowed brow, is totally honest, and owns a SURF SHOP. It is beyond cool and sort of helps aleve the gloomy reality of four more years.

And now a lyric from the new Delgados song, “Now and Forever” for all those who threw positive energy into the universe.

There was a time when we’d sit on the ground
Never look up from the down that surrounds
If we fail we won’t fall
Are you ready to call
Now and forever

OK I’ll stop being corny now, but even though things have not changed, and probably will get worse, things HAVE changed, and will also get better. Eventually.

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