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hellosunshine
11/07/08

In reply to This Week, Yes We Did
That picture and that first bullet point. THE CRYING IS GETTING RIDICULOUS, PEOPLE.

Tonight while I was napping, Boyfriend put up the NY Magazine Obama cover and a small printout of the Shepard Fairey Hope poster. These will suffice until I can get my authentic Presidential Portrait and put it up, 1960s-Catholic-gramma-style. (Where do I get one of those, anyway?)
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Claire Buoyant
11/07/08

@hellodarling loves president obama!!!: Shepard has an update for you:

Re: the portrait -- here is Obama's official Senate portrait: [obama.senate.gov] -- it has a link to a large-sized image that you can print out. I assume there'll be a similar Presidential portrait once he gets into the White House.
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hellosunshine
11/07/08

@Claire Buoyant: Thanks! I went on whitehouse.gov to see if there's one of Bush (so I can find it when Obama's in office (!!!!!!!)) but couldn't find one.

@sarrible: Boyfriend's a graphic designer, he's pleased as well :)
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Crabby Cakes
11/07/08

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I haven't cried so much, for so many reasons, in years. They are so many emotions surging through me and I cannot believe we're bearing witness to such a historic moment.
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pax
11/07/08

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And Barack picked his foxy chief of staff, too:

[community.livejournal.com]

I'm linkspamming a tiny bit since this is the second time I posted this, I grant, but I fear it will be lost in yesterday's Rahm thread. Go at it, ladies.
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pax
11/07/08

@paxetaurora: Also:

[mine.icanhascheezburger.com]
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I want my Pepsi Throwback back!
11/07/08

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Guys, he said in a news conference that they are getting a shelter puppy... because "they are all mutts, like [me]". That made my mom cry when she heard that.
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hellosunshine
11/07/08

@citnos: Yeah, my entire office (mostly guys!) was watching that and all of us let out a collective "AWWW!" when he said that!
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

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OMG, this story made me tear up again:

VIENNA, Austria - She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American.

It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning, a few hours after compatriots clamoring for change swept Barack Obama to his historic victory. I was on the phone, and the 20-something Austrian woman seated in front of me overheard me speaking English.

Without a word, she turned, pecked me on the cheek and stepped off at the next stop.

Nothing was said, but the message was clear: Today, we are all Americans.
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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@Kilotwat: I will never forget the day I went to the Mexican consulate in support of a friend arguing for dual citizenship status. There were times when her job required her to travel overseas, and she and her work felt it would be much safer to travel under a Mexico issued passport than her US one. (This was after 9/11)
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serreca
11/07/08

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Corgi all the way!!!
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Penny
11/07/08

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And also, Prop 8 passed. NOT trying to take the wind out of happiness sails. Just saying.....
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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@Archetype: CA let me down. We used to be the wacky freedom state. WTH happened?!
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

@Archetype: Connecticut overwhelmingly voted down a constitutional convention to ban gay marriage, validating a state supreme court decision that just came down. That's something to celebrate. Something to hope for everywhere. Something to work towards.
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jessicarabbit
11/07/08

@Kilotwat: Yep! I am occasionally proud of my state. Usually when it comes to reproductive issues and women's healthcare, but they surprised me with this one!

I got to vote NO on that one and did my best to spread the word.
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

@jessicarabbit: I'm proud of your state! Now, please, at the first chance, get rid of Mr. Lieberman!
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will_this_dissertation_ever_end?!
11/07/08

@Kilotwat: Thank you for making my night just a little bit more hopeful. :) It's true. And I really needed reminding.
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

@will_this_dissertation_ever_en...?!: I don't want to understate the awfulness of passing prop 8 in California. That's the state with the most gay marriages and the most gay couples! But... In the long run, president Obama is going to appoint Supreme Court justices that will benefit gay rights (and all other kinds of rights) in a thousand ways that go beyond California. Electing Obama could be the first step in legalizing gay marriage for all Americans!
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
11/07/08

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I haven't been this happy in 8 years. Who is keeping the official countdown to "Bush out" day?

My vote is for a greyhound of course. You can't get puppies, but a rescue grey as First Dog would be totally awesome. Imagining a grey racing through the White House makes me smile.
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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@Gretchen: Rescued greyhound is an all around win. Not only do you give a loving dog a new home, you get a pet that can wear out the girls during chase.
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@Kilotwat: You always find the most awesome pics. Love that first one.
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cuteasabutton
11/07/08

@Kilotwat: Beautiful. Stunning. Congratulations again President Obama and America! I bought my commemerative Time issue today. It made me so happy.
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Kilotwat
11/07/08

@rose.of.many.thorns.colette: I lurves it, too. But the last one, it exerts gravitational pull on the strings of the heart organ. Obama just looks so relieved and at peace. Well deserved.
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Crabby Cakes
11/07/08

@rose.of.many.thorns.colette: @Cuteasabutton...does not suffer fools gladly.: @Kilotwat: You can get that first one as a commemorative sticker from moveon.org!

Servicey!
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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@Crabby Cakes is SOLID AS BARACK!: Yay! It will go with the WaPo I beat someone over the head to get.
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the.bleach
11/07/08

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I was born in 1983, and I have to say I think this is definitely the best week the country has seen in my lifetime.
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I, Zombie Normal
11/07/08

@the.bleach: I was born in 1970, and can't remember a time when I felt so proud of and connected to my nation. And my folks were, gasp, socialists.
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RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee)
11/07/08

@the.bleach: 1972 here and if you'd told me when I was 8 or so that I'd live to see this day, I would've asked what was being smoked in the pipe.
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hellosunshine
11/07/08

@the.bleach: DITTO!!!! (1984 here)
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/07/08

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BEST.

WEEK.

EVER!
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CloudsInMyCoffee
11/03/08

In reply to Body Image, Beauty Mags And The Biggest Loser: An Interview With Valerie Frankel
I just did my first marathon last weekend and did really well, better than I expected. I was so happy about it until I got the pictures emailed to me -- I look huge and grossly pale in all of them! I don't want my concern over the way I look to override the pride I feel in my body when I run. It fucking sucks.

I'm also trying to rid myself of the sneaking suspicion that the man I was seeing decided it "wouldn't be right" for him to date me because I am a size 8/10 and he is hipster skinny. Maybe not? Maybe because he's 11 years older than me and we make each other really fucking angry sometimes? Bleh.
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ellaesther
11/03/08

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Oh my goodness. I keep reading this and re-freshing and replying and not working and then reading this some more. I keep tearing up, I keep thinking about our baby girls, I keep wishing - I don't know what. That I could make it all better, I suppose.

I hope Jessica's post and all the commenting is healing. I hope all this talking and truth-telling and listening is healing.
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labeled
11/03/08

In reply to Body Image, Beauty Mags And The Biggest Loser: An Interview With Valerie Frankel
In other news, I don't know that I've felt the age gap as strongly on Jez as I do within this thread.

We are one diverse group, ladies.
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theorchidthief
11/03/08

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I don't know if anyone will get to this comment but it will make me feel better to type it. I was just telling my BF this weekend how my family gave me a "piggy" placemat when I was a kid and I was always the "pig." Meanwhile I was rail-thin as a child. I spend so much time beating myself up about my body now. It is CONSTANT. My therapist has asked me several times to keep track of these negative thoughts but I can't even begin to imagine how I would do that.
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ellaesther
11/03/08

@theorchidthief: I got to it, too!

Maybe just start by making notes over the course of, say, an hour -- just one hour, and maybe not writing down the thoughts themselves, but just make a tally mark each time you have one. And then stop the clock and stop the counting. Because I can totally imagine that just the notion of having to think about it that closely could be overwhelming.
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