Andrea Wilson Woods' Blog

I have been in limbo ever since Anderson Cooper announced that Senator Barack Obama is now President-elect Obama. I couldn’t bring myself to watch Obama’s speech or even McCain’s concession speech. I have slowly tapered myself off my nonstop-CNN-Fox News-MSNBC obsessive television viewing because even the best pundits are running out of things to say.

I find myself yearning for magazines and books and realize just how much I had stopped reading because I was too focused on the election. What was one of the most historic elections of our time may also become one of the most historic elections of my marriage. My husband and I weren’t happy with either ticket so we separately decided to write in a candidate—different people of course. (The day we vote for the same person in a presidential election, our animals will start speaking perfect English.)

Election night was quiet at our house. We knew our candidates couldn’t possibly win. We knew by 8pm that Obama had won. We discussed the local propositions, which we mostly agreed on, but the results were still being counted when we went to bed. We were surprised to discover that Prop. 8 passed while we slumbered even as Obama celebrations continued in West Hollywood.

Elections are supposed to be invigorating, but last Tuesday, I felt as though I was walking through a fog. I could see clearly; however, the fog pervaded my senses and made the world around me seem dull. Luckily, I had mailed my ballot weeks before. As the election results appeared on the TV screen, I watched without any care as to who was leading. Not caring—being that indifferent—is worse than hating someone (under certain circumstances).

I don’t remember ever feeling so dispassionate during any other presidential election. I guess I didn’t drink the Obama Kool-Aid.

AWW — XoXo

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