a year ago i was so happy in the afternoon and wearing a black hoodie

nutsnberries

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Wed Nov-02-05 01:41 PM
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a year ago i was so happy in the afternoon and wearing a black hoodie

it didn't quite turn out the way i thought
but hey,,, it seems like a good time to put the black hoodie on again.

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Fox Mulder

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Wed Nov-02-05 01:42 PM
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1. Hey! I wore one that day too.

I should probably dig it out since winter is comin'.

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Bunny

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Wed Nov-02-05 01:48 PM
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2. Me too! Here's my picture that day:

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nutsnberries

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Wed Nov-02-05 02:15 PM
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5. a picture of my

ballot! I wanted to have proof!
If black box magic happened and the results showed no one from my precinct voted for Kerry/Edwards I was gonna have PROOF dammit!

just kidding, sorta. :eyes:

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LaraMN

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Wed Nov-02-05 01:51 PM
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3. I had one on, too. Ironically, I threw it on this morning

because it was cold. I didn't even remember today was November 2nd until you mentioned it. Wow. One year ago; the last good day. :cry:

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eyesroll

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Wed Nov-02-05 02:03 PM
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4. It would be the last evening and night I'd spend in my old house.

I'd already requested election day and the day after off from work. I was expecting to work GOTV or something, but I ended up up packing and moving, instead. Things have a weird way of happening.

The night of Nov. 2, we shared a bottle of wine we'd gotten, ironically, as an anniversary gift. We cooked salmon. We watched election returns. We packed. We slept perhaps three, perhaps four hours.

November 3, I got the text message -- "Kerry Conceded" -- as I was barking orders at the movers, who were unloading my half of the stuff into my new apartment.

It took me a few days to be able to process either event. It was all very surreal.

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LaraMN

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Wed Nov-02-05 02:19 PM
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6. Ohhh, the words "Kerry conceded" really stung.

I didn't shed a tear until I saw them on my computer screen. Once I did, I called my husband bawling and cried on and off all day. It was very surreal, indeed.

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RubyDuby in GA

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Wed Nov-02-05 03:21 PM
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7. Ha! Same here!

I was fine until I heard those words then I had to leave work I was crying so hard. What a nightmare November 3rd was!

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geniph

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Wed Nov-02-05 03:29 PM
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8. Oh jeebus. Of all the anniversaries I didn't need to remember!

I was wearing my black hoody all day that day, in the rain, knocking on doors to remind people to vote, out sign-waving, checking the polls to see if our targeted folks had voted yet...

then the state Dems' party that night, which turned into a frigging nightmare...people were standing staring at the screens in a state of shock...then people started disappearing...we went up to our room in the hotel and started drinking in earnest, and my friend Gregg sat there in numbed horror before abruptly stating, "I'm not emotionally prepared for this" and heading home.

It's a good thing those 43rd-floor windows didn't open.

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crispini

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Wed Nov-02-05 03:38 PM
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9. I was working my polling place.

Man, that was a brutal day. 14 solid hours with the general public AND Republican "coworkers" who were deliberately being bitchy to me.

That night I went out with my fellow Dems. We had one bright ray of hope that we were able to cling to. Dallas County elected four Democratic judges and a Democratic Latina lesbian sherriff. And boy, did we cling to that victory because it was the one good thing that went our way that day. O8)

I actually didn't really bottom out until the concession speech the next day. I had taken the day off and just stayed in bed all day. :cry:

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deadparrot

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Wed Nov-02-05 03:49 PM
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10. I feel sick just thinking about it.

Once I saw things slipping away, I just curled up on my couch and bawled. Didn't sleep or eat. That was a bad, bad week.

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