they're even celebrating in boracay!

today, on the beach in boracay, i saw this:

oliver, who had made it, told me he had done it to show how happy he and other filipinos were that obama had won the election. what we did on tuesday was a profound and amazing thing and i'm not sure we adequately appreciate that. seeing this on a beach on a small island halfway across the world today gave me a small taste of the enormity of this. we did good, guys! and we turned the fake americans into the real americans again. i can't even express what a relief that is.

fake americans prevail!

i have never been prouder to be a fake american. ever since i heard the news, i have had a lightness in my step and a song in my heart. in a celebratory mood, i bought mathilde some shoes that are one pair of only 500 made in the world (some skater brand from LA, starts with an "s," escapes me at the moment, i'm lame and old, so sue me EDITED:  it's Supra). and i bought myself this:

is that not just so extra cool? it will possibly also enable me to connect with my home planet when i'm on the road. :-) it will no doubt be fantastic (i'm trying to get off fabulous, i know i overused it) at the tangobaby cabinet meetings, tho' now we may not need her to be president in 2012 quite as much, because obama (i get goosebumps just saying his name) will surely have two terms.

seriously, watching just pictures, without sound, on CNN across the room in the club floor lounge, i get goosebumps all over my entire body..like on my feet as well...i didn't even know you could get goosebumps on your feet. i loved when clinton was elected, but have to admit that the joy i felt then wasn't anything like this. this is the beginning of a whole new and exciting era. i actually feel proud to be an american for the first time in more than 8 years (more than 8 because it was bush + the monica lewinsky crapola, when frankly, who wouldn't have done what monica did, given the chance (sorry, hillary)). can you imagine, living outside your country and wincing a little bit every time your nationality came up? i had actually recently been mulling over applying for danish citizenship. now it looks like i won't need to. i don't have to hide my passport in shame anymore when i'm in line in the airport!

i've been overwhelmed today by congratulations emails and SMSes. it's so exciting and wonderful. it makes me so happy that both my in-person friends and my blog friends have been so kind and thought of me on this historic day! i wish we could all simultaneously raise a glass together, wherever we find ourselves in the world and toast in celebration. we did it, my fellow fake americans, and i am so proud of us.

p.s. i'm going here tomorrow morning and i might be offline...just think of me, lying on the beach with a cocktail and celebrating the triumph of the fake americans! catch ya on saturday if not before.