...we stayed up all night watching the election results roll in. i haven't been up all night since... good lord, i don't know if i've ever seen the sun come up (still haven't, as it turns out, since these days it doesn't rise here before 8:00 a.m.). obama finished his victory speech at around 6:30 a.m. our time, and after reflecting momentarily on how somber and determined he seemed, we finally turned in.
8:30 p.m. - we started our (blurry) appetizer course. at 10 p.m., we dug into the homemade mac&cheese (with shredded comté, tomatoes, onion, and lardon - this was a night of straight-up comfort food), which fueled the second part of the evening. sadly, the pics were even blurrier than this one. it was delicious, though, and got us through a good couple hours of pundit-watching.
11:45 p.m. - hy vong is "hope" in vietnamese, which is interesting, because "change" is actually mi cang...
1:30ish - election headquarters chez barnes/peden
2:45 a.m. - mr. peacock meets mr. chocolate cake. one of these two didn't make it through the night...
5:00 a.m. - announcement of president elect barack obama. the joy we felt was only slightly dampened by our delirium. seriously, i was hurting at this point. it was really incredible, though, and totally worth the three days it took to get over. as they say here in france, "vive obama!"
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