I moved to DC in 1992, just in time for the election that swept Bill Clinton into the White House.
12 years later, I moved back to Texas–just in time to see Dubya get handed four more years.
Tonight, once again in the DC suburbs, I got goose bumps at the almighty roar that just went up, five minutes after the polls closed in California. Car horns blaring, people cheering, and it feels like the world isn’t quite as scary a place as it was just ten minutes ago.
It’s been a good day all around. I just found out that an excellent local chain delivers to my complex, so I had a delicious pizza for lunch. Their salads are good, too. Whenever possible I prefer to support local businesses (restaurants, bookstores, games stores), so I was very happy to find this place.
The book I mentioned last week is still on the NY Times list, always exciting. Also, the Romantic TImes book awards nominees have been announced, and some titles I worked on have been nominated. I’m very happy for the authors! It’s fabulous that they’re getting recognized for their hard work.
::jumps up and down with glee::
I’m currently working on the fifth book in a series. It’s so much fun to be on board for a series and be able to see it through from the beginning. I feel like I know these people (the characters), and I think it probably helps the editing as well that I’m familiar with the characters and the settings, the back stories, all of that. I don’t know if it helps the author, or at least causes less trepidation, to hand over a book to someone who knows what’s going on, but I’m always excited when I hear that the next book is in!
It’s chilly here in Austin today, which means I’ve had a warm, purring kitty curled up close. Hard not to smile under such conditions!
I went to Trinity University, a liberal arts university in San Antonio, Texas, that is in the NCAA Division III.
This weekend, they played football against a school called Millsaps. Trinity was behind. Two seconds left in the game. The final play was a passing play that included 15 – yes, you read that right, fifteen – laterals and a touchdown to win the game.
Best part is, they’ve been nominated for this week’s Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the week! Funnily enough, the University of Texas is one of the other nominees, so that’s my undergrad and grad schools both present and accounted for 
If you’re interested, you can see video of this either at the Pontiac site or at Trinity athletics. It’s a pretty amazing play!
ETA: And now it’s on the Yahoo! front page (15 laterals lead to ‘miracle’ win). Things you never thought you’d see: when I went to Trinity, they won fewer than 10 games. And yes, that’s in all 4 years combined.
Everyone in my family reads, and even though we live all over the place, we often read the same things (the Economist being a big favorite).
I recently sent some books to a sibling (including A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which I recommend), and lo and behold, in return I received Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, by Paul Torday, and A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore.
I’m looking forward to reading them–once I get through the pile of manuscripts on my desk.
Ever have one of those days where everything that can go wrong does go wrong, and it’s just one thing after another, but somehow, through it all, you just don’t mind because you’re happy with your life and the people who are in it?
::sighs happily::