Comments on: Me and Barack

By: bloglily

bloglily — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:04:33 +0000

Hello DBD Writer — End of January sounds like a fabulous goal. Even if the deadline moves (as mine did — from July 15 to November 4!), it is good, I think, to have a date in mind.

Hey Ben. Thanks! It was great mailing it off.

Dear Pauline, It feels truly wonderful to be a citizen of this country, where for too long we were on such a difficult and tragically wrong course.

By: daybydaywriter

daybydaywriter — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:27:16 +0000

Great goal, Bloglily. I was planning an end of November revision finish for my novel, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. I think I might be able to do end of the year, or maybe end of January… Good luck on yours.

By: Ben Daniel

Ben Daniel — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:58:35 +0000

BlogLily,

You were right about Obama, now here’s to your novel’s completion. Can’t wait to see it in print.

Ben

By: Smithereens

Smithereens — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:51:21 +0000

Glad to see you back in the blog-world. From the point of view of a foreigner on the other side of the Atlantic, I can’t wait till you guys go vote and decide! We all feel the same excitement even if it’s not our president. I’ve gone to sleep yesterday night, knowing already that by the time I’d wake up things would have changed for the better!

By: bloglily

bloglily — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:01:46 +0000

Sandi — TODAY IS A HUGE DAY FOR YOU! Your book is out. Tomorrow, when he’s done counting the votes, Barack will be reading it. If he’s not, it’s only because it’s sold out because I bought so many copies of it on Amazon. Congratulations! I have more to say about this tomorrow. And believe me, I’ll be saying it.

Lucette, Every time I eat a piece of Halloween candy I have a huge, huge guilt attack because I’m eating the candy of my children, and they’re old enough to be really mad at me if they find out. So, shhhhhh. And thank you for the crossing of the fingers. It helps!

Yay Courtney. I hope your voting experience was a fulfilling one. And that you get a good sticker from you voter volunteer people.

Thank you Edwin — and, hey, nice avatar there.

To the polls indeed, dear Elizabeth. It’s a hugely important day in history and very exciting to be here as it’s happening.

Lokesh, as always your comments make me so happy! (And thank you for that link!)

Hey Lisa, It’s nice to be back. I miss blogging when I’m not around. xoxo, L

Why thank you, Ms. Marie. And happy Voting day!

By: mariegauthier

mariegauthier — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:00:05 +0000

Welcome back, Lily! I’m so glad your month was fruitful, it makes all this missing you worthwhile.

By: sandi shelton

sandi shelton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:19:42 +0000

Oh, both of these things are so exciting, Lily! Barack Obama AND your revisions being finished. And your book sounds just wonderful–delicious and interesting and populated with fascinating people. I can’t wait until Obama is really president–and I can’t wait to read your book! This is a sterling achievement!

By: lucette

lucette — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:23:36 +0000

Halloween candy is a wellknown and tested aid to writing (M&Ms are my drug of choice). I’ve got my fingers crossed every which way.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:30:07 +0000

I am so excited to vote today I can’t stand it. I was going to go in early but I have the day off and our city is requesting that if at all possible, to not vote during the morning and after work, so I will make my leisurely way over there in a few hours. I am SO excited. Go Obama!

By: Edwinek

Edwinek — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:34:54 +0000

Good luck with the good work. I hope you’ll have to finish very soon.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:34:06 +0000

Congratulations, Lily, and so good to see you back here!

I am wound up tight tonight, but reading your post has helped me relax and feel quietly (not smugly) confident.

As nasty as the opposition has been, I feel patriotic to have participated in this historic election, and to witness the sea-change, and I’m all weepy about it. To the polls!

xo
E.

By: yogamum

yogamum — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:31:00 +0000

I think that’s a brilliant idea. I may do it too — I’m doing NaNoWriMo so I should have 50,000 words by the end of the month. If I succeed, then wrapping up a draft by inauguration day should be doable.

If McCain is elected, all bets are off. I will be far too depressed to write anything.

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:02:10 +0000

Welcome back! You and Barack are indeed a winning combination.

I’m still a little on edge about the election. But then I remember the wise advice aliceacademic referred to in her comment to your Lipstick post, it’s here for anyone who missed it:

http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/05/political-pictures-barack-obama-chill-out-got-this/

It’s so, so tragic that Barack’s grandmother passed away on the eve of his triumph. But he will triumph. As you said, Barack’s singular achievement is, for the first time in a long, long time, to render the lies and smears ineffective. Smart is back.

Good luck to you both. Your success will be our success!

By: lalber

lalber — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:50:00 +0000

I love your hopefulness, and I love that you’re back!

By: bloglily

bloglily — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:33:57 +0000

That line on my ballot is about as dark as it could be made without ripping through the page. I have jury duty tomorrow, and I’m dropping off my ballot on my way there. What a day of citizen-duty, huh?! It’s all very exciting.