Election Night 2008

After my first full day of work at the clients office I was really happy to finally be home. Turned on the TV and watched a bit of the election and realized that they were filming down at Times Square and Rockefeller Center.

The Rockefeller set up is pretty awkward and always crowded so I decided to walk down to Times Square. It was pretty quiet ... everyone was really focused on watching the two large screens. A few teenage yahoos were next to me ... was I that annoying when I was young? Chances are I am still that annoying sometimes.
Cheers started as results began rolling in and NBC & CNN cameras kept the people entertained with the possibility of being on TV.
It was a little tense during periods of the night and then there was chanting and a little bit of booing when McCain took a state. I couldn't take it anymore - these teenagers were driving me bonkers, they were making some of the most ridiculous comments, clearly they didn't understand the importance of this election. Anyhow, I decided to move to the other side of the street. Just as I got there CNN moved in and had the camera on the crowd I used to be a part of - SNAP! Were they waiting for me to go? Oh well, I looked like crap anyhow ... the air quality in this city is killing me and my eyes are always blood shot!

The crowd counted down to the polls closing on the west coast and then on all the screens it read that Obama had won. Everyone went CRAZY - like New Year's Eve crazy! They were running around hugging each other, everyone had their buddies on the phone and some were even crying ... I am a pretty sensitive person so yes, I had tears in my eyes too ... the emotions were running so high it was hard to keep it in. Every cab driver was honking and yelling out their windows. So glad I decided to go down there to watch it all happen.

After about 15 minutes I decided to head home and watch the speech from there. At one point I muted my TV and could still here the speech from Times Square. The honking and celebrating lasted until about 2am (or at least that is when I finally fell asleep) but I didn't mind.