Remember, remember the fifth of November...

First off, Happy Day After Election Day! Last night, I was awake when they announced both Ohio & New Mexico... around 3:30am my time. I slept quite peacefully after that! Of course, this morning when I woke up, my TV was still on... and the first thing that I saw was the MARGIN by which Obama won (in the electoral college...) which was pretty amazing. Then I got on my computer & looked at specific results for NM. And was extremely pleased when I figured out that the ENTIRE NM delegation (in DC) is going to be Democrat for this session! Wow. Way to go NM. I am proud! Hopefully that will be good.

Unfortunately, not everything went the way that I wished... CA voters were very disappointing in the vote on Prop 8, especially in comparison with the other issues that they voted on. I have to say, I am proud of all my friends & other supporters of NO on Prop 8 on an outstanding campaign. They worked tirelessly (I know from all the emails that I received) and truly deserve a lot of credit. I hope that sometime in MY lifetime, that can come up for another vote... and do much better.

On a slightly different note, tonight my friends and I watched V for Vendetta! It was a great movie to watch, especially after the election! It is a movie that you can both watch just for fun or to actually get something out of it! It really brings up the question as to WHAT IS a terrorist? The government considered V to be a terrorist, but in my eyes, he was just doing what he thought would be best for the country... and really, isn't that what we all do every day? I love that they point out that any terrorist group/organization stops being that group/organization and becomes an idea... and you can't KILL ideas... only people. It's such a powerful movie & I'm glad that I could watch it in such great company!

Now last night, I went with some other awesome people (actually, mostly the same people) to see Swan Lake (Schwannsee) as performed by the Russian National Ballet! It was a wonderful ballet- quite beautiful in fact! The only really disappointing thing was that there was no orchestra... it was just a recording. But it was still really awesome!

On Sunday, I went on a bikeride (by myself) down south of Salzburg. It was probably the most amazing thing that I have seen. I rode about 5 km down towards Hallein & in doing so, got pretty close to the real foothills of the Alps. It was really cool because it is TRULY fall here (unlike CA, which kinda skips fall & winter). All the leaves were changing and the trees are about half bare... making for a wonderful ride along the Salzach!

More exciting news: 1-my parents are coming to visit! I can't wait to show them around Salzburg, the city that I have come to love soooo much! and 2-I got a package with Kraft Mac & Cheese in it today! That was pretty much the best thing ever! I might have to make it for dinner tomorrow night! :) It was quite suprising because Mom said that they weren't going to send me a package. It was like Xmas or my Bday... except in November. Maybe a "November suprise" if you will... ;-)

I do believe that it is time for me to hit the hay... I didn't sleep very much last night (I place that blame with President Elect Barack Obama...) and I have had a loooong day... I love that I don't have class on Thursdays until 3:15, although tomorrow I do have a midterm... in German...

:)

Pictures:
1- Electoral Map 2008! (check out NM!)
2- Well, you can read, can't you...?
3- V.
4- Schwannsee
5- Kaiser Franz Josef Memorial Park/pond fountain thing in Fall.
6- Salzburg from one of those foot bridges
7- President (elect) Barack Obama! :)