Okay, some words - in list format because that's all I'm capable of right now:

1) I am so sick of hearing, talking and thinking about the elections. I am numb.

2) At some point, when the exhaustion and disillusionment wear off, perhaps I will write more about how I stayed up until 4 a.m. last night, flipping through the channels, calling Sarah and stressing her out, cursing Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings and Karl Rove and the et cetera, and laughing hysterically at Dan Rather's slow meltdown.

3) Dan Rather, y'all. Dan Freakin' Rather. He was the highlight of my evening, with his oddly timed mixed metaphors. My favorite: "This election would give an aspirin a headache". No, wait. My real favorite: (in reference to the GOP over D margins of victory) "In some of these states, they beat them like a rented mule". Come again, Dan?

4) Once I rest, once I process, and once I regain some semblance of hope in the face of this ... this thing I have no words for, I will figure out what the hell I am personally going to do. Because - mark my words - this time (not like last time, circa 2000) I will not let the opportunity to effect change in small, significant ways pass me by again. I will get involved if it fucking kills me.

5) Words from the Moveon.org email I just received, titled, "Because of you, there is hope.":

Although George Bush won by 3% nationally, we must remember that 55.4 million Americans stood with you and with John Kerry. You are certainly not alone. And a healthy environment, a strong and fair economy, good schools, domestic safety and the end of the war in Iraq are goals we all share -- red states and blue states alike.

Our journey toward a progressive America has always been bigger than George Bush. The current leg is just beginning -- we're still learning how to build a citizen-based politics together. But it's a journey our nation has been on for a long time. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice."

Today, we'll take a breath. Tomorrow, we'll keep moving toward the America we know is possible.

6) I'm pretty sure the Bachelor's on tonight. I am so all about a mind-numbing reality show right now.

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