8:01pm Utah goes to McCain!! Jamison [Hyde Park, Chicago South Side]
8:02pm too bad. Karla [Provo, Utah]
9:02pm We can hear the screaming from our apartment. Jamison
9:04pm why aren't you out there? history being made. Karla
9:05pm We're going now. You had to have a ticket to attend the gathering at Grant Park. Jamison
9:07pm right. we're watching chicago on tv. Karla
9:12pm Obama! Dave [Philadelphia]
9:14pm [to Dave] america wins. Karla
9:16pm People screaming from cars, honking, declaiming from windows, setting off fireworks. Man just greeted us weeping. "We got a brother in the White House!" Jamison
9:17pm wow. i wish we were there. Karla
9:25pm Awesome, awesome. The air a buzzing humming field. Jamison
9:26pm wow. Karla
9:26pm Watching concession [McCain] projected on massive brick schoolhouse. Little kids, LITTLE KIDS, recording it on cellphones. Jamison
9:28pm take pictures! Karla
9:29pm Ame doesn't have her phone. This is amazing! Jamison
9:31pm i hope you have your camera though! Karla
9:36pm We don't. It's completely dead. We wasted the last three pix on Monopoly. But there will be plenty to look at tomorrow. Jamison
9:38pm love getting your updates. keep em coming. Karla
9:40pm Just noticed the old white haired man beaming beside me is a Catholic priest. Jamison
9:42pm where are you guys? Karla
9:44pm [to Dave] jamison is sending updates from the streets of hyde park. incredible. Karla
9:47pm At an outdoor Obama party in Hyde Park. Jamison
9:53pm Woohoo! Nicolle [SLC, Utah]
9:52pm president barack hussein obama Karla
10:05pm Yay Obama! How do you feel, Mom? Betsy [SLC, Utah]
10:10pm [to Betsy] jamison is texting from chicago. they're at an outdoor party. Karla
We then devolved to actual phone calls. I hope people remember this night later, when the inevitable disillusionment sets in. This is important. This is a tidal change.
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