Worry vs. Donuts

12:47 PST: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Election Day blog. Yeah, a funny thing to do when I haven’t touched this thing in months, but what the hell. I’m coming to you from the desk of the Pacific Tradewinds Backpackers Hostel in San Francisco, California. Fun place. Since it’s pretty obvious what we’re pulling for here (No on Prop 8, Obama, fluffy kittens for every American), this blog will mostly focus on the character of people here in the Common Room chatting about the election and life. Ah, there’s the phone. Someone looking for a guest.

Of course, I’m going to be doing 4 other things while doing this, so if there’s no other updates… that’s why. 

RESULTS: None yet. Phooey.

Conversation: we’re talking about how SF will respond if Obama wins or loses. We’re expecting lots of parties if Obama wins, and if he loses… well, we’re preparing for some kind of riot. I’m no good at gun battles, so I guess I just got another reason to root for Obama.

2:51 PM PST: Still waiting for results… but the laundry is done, so no complaints there. 

The locals are planning on heading to a bar somewhere to watch the results come in - we don’t have a TV here in the hostel. 

It’s quiet, so I’m going to take this chance to call Lanny.

7PM PST: As things go Obama’s way, the common room is full of people checking laptops. Ironically, the people who are glued to their laptops most are people from overseas, eager to see how the USA decides this thing. There’s a lone McCain supporter among them; a Japanese woman who thinks that he looks “cooler.” I did my best to explain what Americans think “cool” means to her in Japanese, but I’m not sure if I changed her mind…

People are heading to the bar soon. Things are about to get a lot quieter here.

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