I got sick on Wednesday. I came home from work and went to bed.

I dreampt that it was Nov 4th and I was closely watching election results. Obama was way ahead. With about 30 seconds to go numbers for Obama and McCain both started rapidly going down (I was watching a couple of lines line on a chart being extended in real-time). As the election finished up, the lines had almost crossed, but I looked closely and it seemed that Obama's was still slightly above. Someone on the radio said something about McCain.

I was up the next morning and went to CNN's website and they had a big blue star next to McCain and the words 'projected winner'. I was like WTF. Then I went and checked Obama's website to see if I could find out what was going on and there was no information there. And I realized that I had forgotten to vote yesterday. I started getting really mad and threw a plate across the room and it landed loudly but non-destructively in the left side of the sink (I was in my parents' kitchen). Then I was at a lunch table at Memorial and my mom was there and a bunch of other people and I was yelling and screaming about what a huge disappointment this was, about how after all these years of craptacular leadership and governmental ineptitude we had a chance to do so much better and we blew it. I was pounding my glass into the table with every statement and accidentally hit my mom in the elbow. I was like 'oh crap are you OK?', because I hit her really hard. She just smiled at me though, and said she was fine. These people were all being very patient with me.

I woke up and was still sick but I realized Obama hadn't lost the election yet and I was filled with hope.

Later I got better and went to work on Thursday and Friday and actually got work done. Now I am making a totally sweet doom level thing and eating popcorn and drinking green tea.