Post election excitement

It's a new world today. We'd spent a few hours at our neighbors watching the results on TV. Maya their high school daughter kept coming down and comparing the reported results from the internet with those on TV. The electoral college count was different. TV was slower on the declarations, but TV had holograms of reporters and the Capitol in their studio. I don't think that was on the internet. When we felt tired, we retreated to our bedroom to watch McCain's concession speech and then Obama's victory speech. The faces in the crowds were very different at the two events. I also caught on Comedy Central, a Harvard Law Professor who had thought, when Obama graduated from law school, that he would make a great mayor and would be rescuing cats from people's trees. [insert laughter sound track]. At 11:00 Comedy Central pronounced Obama a winner in a pathetic drama between Colbert and Stewart, and I realized that I wanted main stream media's take. It is all history now. I had tears streaming down the side of my face watching. It was hard to turn off the TV as the celebrations from around the world were shown: Times Square, from inside the gates of the White House (CNN, that was a scarey view), Los Angeles, Harlem, places where in my lifetime the streets were filled with angry people rioting and destroying property. When we finally turned off the tube, we could hear celebrations in the distance through our opened window. It sounded like the local high school had just won their season's final football game. The new world is here.

This morning I couldn't help but turn on the TV and surf the channels. CNN rapidly bored me, I wanted to find a local channel. I was actually worried about the state of downtown Washington, but was relieved to see the young revellers who had celebrated their hard work for Obama until 3:30 am as a totally joyous event for their participation in history. The implications are just sinking in. Flipping through the channels brought me 4-5 hour lines in neighboring Prince Georges county where over half the county had voted by 3pm, and there was no line after 5pm.
Heard about swing states that went blue, including Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania. I heard some long winded Harvard Law Professor noting the hopes and expectations, and I thought back to Jesse Jackson's tears from the night before.

On the lighter side, even Marc is anticipating not having to bottle up his opinions about a whole range of things that have been going on at work that he now feels he can comment on. How will my work change? Probably not much. I still have to write proposals, review manuscripts, manage grant spending and reporting and do what I can to provide the young adults of the world with enough science and technology background to not return to the Dark Ages. And maybe bring some new knowledge into our conscience.

Now should I turn this into a health blog? I had my third cortisone shot of the year yesterday.
Postanteric bursitis. What are the risks of cortisone shots? Another research topic to pursue for another time. Atleast I can walk into work, which I couldn't do on Monday.