So this one time, the best campaign in history lead to President-Elect...

OBAMA!!!!

Okay, so I'm a little late. But Tuesday night was amazing.

I can't say I was excited- the excitement had been looming all along, the main sentiment I felt was relief; a huge sense of relief poured over me when he got Pennsylvania and Florida. Sometime soon after that I realized he had won because Washington, Oregon and California would undoubtedly be blue, but when NBC flashed PROJECTION: SENATOR OBAMA WINS ELECTION, the entire bar I was at in Quito erupted in shouts and screams and delight. I had been so worried. I've read an incredible amount about this election, and knew he had been quite favored in the polls, but didn't trust it until I saw it. There could be the race or experience factor, his supporters not actually going out to the polls, some crazy America-style corruption... who knows. But everything is fine and I hopefully will not have to hear or see Sarah Palin for a long time. McCain Reitrement '09.

I went to a bar with 4 friends (1 fellow Obama fan, 3 McCain supporters) and drifted over to another group of foreigners I didn't know after awhile and ended up staying with them the whole night, partially because I wanted to get to know them and partially because I really wanted to be around some liberals. As horrible as it may be to say, I don't think I can respect anyone who voted for McCain in this election. And that is a fault I have, because I am clearly too thick to be able to understand that view, but I just can't. At all. When I asked one of the girls today why she supported him, she said she just agreed with more of his policies. When I asked which ones, she couldn't give me any answers. How can you not be able to say one thing to support the candidate of your choice? [If any of my conservative friends are reading this, please don't be offended. I know I am a judgmental Democrat, and I've admitted it to you. So there!]

I am quite excited to be staying in Quito this weekend, because I've traveled the past 4 weekends and I need a break. It is exciting to be able to sit in my room and write this and not have to worry about packing and getting on a night bus in a few hours. I only have 6 and a half weeks left here, which is crazy. My bar of soap is running out, but I refuse to buy a new one because I travel so much. That's how cheap I've gotten.

I'm still not sure about classes for next semester but I will post when I know. There are some awesome choices, I have eleven I want to take!