I Remember The Last Election

I was in Omaha. It was about half an hour before Steven Malkmus came on stage when Ohio came through for Obama, and it was done.  I remember driving to a friend's house to crash afterwards, listening to reactions from all over via the BBC via NPR, seeing the hipsters partying in recently 'gentrified' midtown neighborhoods and thinking that yes; this would all be good.  I remember reading Emma Goldman and engaging in some heavy petting with said friend.  I remember forgetting my cell phone in her couch, driving all the way back to Lincoln before I noticed, returning to a house with no one in it, and granting permission to myself to violate their sacred property so I could retrieve mine.  Then I had Asian for lunch at some place downtown and hiked across the brand new Bob Kerrey bridge.  We'll see what happens this year.  Things are a little colder all around.  We'll see.