Impulse

The net seems very still in the aftermath of the election. My morning blogs were rather thin (boingboing had half it's usual daily volume, as did several others). CNN and the New York Times haven't bothered updating their election pages with the final data. Michaelmoore.com and moveon.org are showing yesterdays news.
I think this is where the word dumbstruck comes from...
My friends, however, are not mute. One of my friends called to tell me that she's going to publish an open letter to the world apologizing for our country re-electing Bush. Old friend, Jay Babcock - editor of Arthur Magazine - will be spinning at Amoeba in LA. In his own words: "Let's move this culture forward, on whatever scale we can do it at, and let's have a good time doing it." I couldn't agree more.
I guess I'm a bit struck dumb as well. I saw it coming. Now that it's here, the thought of four more years feels like a bad dream - that I'll encounter some friend on the streets who will tell me it's not true.
Oh well. As I said, Kerry's loosing means he wouldn't have been effective in office - especially since congress is even more right-wing now. Guess I'll start looking forward to 2008.