Tears of Joy

Just the right words, Marisa.


We saw CNN call it live last night, but I really like this clip (which I didn't see until like 2am) of Jon Stewart making the call:



And where did we watch CNN? Well, the Showbox was full to capacity (!), so we watched at Neumos. Also full to capacity. That's right, we were in a packed rock & roll club watching CNN. What an incredible night!

Anyway, here's a blurry shot of the crowd:



Speaking of crowds, the party went pretty late into the night. I guess some of the Neumos folk marched downtown to join in the celebration near Pike Place. We ate a crazy late dinner and went home to look at the web, but here's a taste of what was going on downtown:



What about our neighborhood? Can't find embed code, but try this clip from King 5.

[Update 10:28]
Here are a couple of videos of Capitol Hill, courtesy of jseattle at capitolhillseattle.com:







Speaking of partying in the streets, how cool is it that downtown Lawrence was almost as wild after the election as after the Championship? Woo!


But as I said, we went home to see what was happening online. Here are some screen-grabs I especially liked:

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And then they called Indiana for Obama! Incredible.


Also celebrating: here's Wilco's page from this morning:

Thanks, Rodrigo, for pointing that one out to me!


All right, one more from the Times:

The words at the end of the night



But my own personal favorite? Hands down, it's the Stranger home page: