I hate that this is going to be a quick post simply because I know i'll never get around to actually writing this the way I want to. :-(

Now, everyone knows i hated the celebrity that Obama was getting and the over-obsessed talk about race but i need to say: WE HAVE A (half) BLACK PRESIDENT YA'LL! and i will admit, i nearly cried when someone said, "Parks sat so King could walk, King walked so Obama could run, Obama ran so our kids could FLY." As a people... as any people, as the American people, we have a role model-- we have a family man, we have a religious man, we have a well-spoken intelligent man, we have a man of mixed race, that represents the diversity of this country, we have a man who has hope and spreads that hope to all of us. WE CAN FLY.

and as he says... THIS IS FOR EVERYONE! to see how he has gotten young people involved, has gotten every race interested and excited, has started to bring this country together and realize that we're all in this together is cause for celebrity. it is. maybe not being on the cover of every magazine and the subject of every talk show, and the idolization of millions of "fans", but it absolutely is. not only has he made history and showed minorities that they could really do anything, but he is bringing a fresh face to politics and to the nation.

Yes, voting for him was a risk. Yes, he can twist truths with his words. Yes, his intelligence is above the general population and maybe he can't understand "real people". But wouldn't we rather risk failing to achieve greatness instead of settling for comfortable mediocracy? Wouldn't we rather have someone who has power over language enough to compromise, to make himself and our nation likable? ;-) lol.

What can I say? I'm ecstatic to see what his presence as the head of our nation will do for us internally as well as for our diplomacy. He has so much riding on him, and an insane workload that will be presented to him on day negative 100. haha. GOOD LUCK PRESIDENT OBAMA! it should be an interesting 4-8 years.

It's crazy how my grandparents grew up not being able to sit in the same seats, go to the same schools, live in the same neighborhoods as white people without being harassed, potentially arrested, and always, always treated as inferior while my grandkids won't understand this concept of inferiority and segregation because it will seem ridiculous to think that they would not be considered people, too. or at least people with the same rights and needs.

i.love.it.

Now, this is not how i wanted this entry to go. for 3 weeks, i've been wanting and needing to talk about the religious confusion that i face on the daily, and only say a congratulations for Obama and for the people. but obviously, that's not what happened so the religion will have to wait. don't want to overwhelm ya'll.