Linkin B'logs: Yes We Cry and Even Other Stuff That Happened This Week....

11/10/08 - By Nina

The thing that has surprised me the most this week (aside from the fact that my candidate actually won), is the sheer volume of tears I have shed.  I see Malia and Sasha walk out on stage, cue tears.  People dancing and celebrating in the streets of Kenya, tears.  A video of a woman voting in Selma, tears.  Even the talk about what type of puppy to get and the answer of needing to balance their desire to get a shelter dog with getting a hypo-allergenic dog and more tears.  In fact, several times my daughter has looked at me confused and asked 'why are you crying Mommy'.  To which I answer - 'because I'm happy about Obama.' 

I am sure this makes absolutely no sense to her.  I myself am somwhat confused about my seemingly endless emotional response to this election.   I'm assuming that at some time in the next 4 years I will stop crying thru presidential press conferences but if not, so be it.  I'll take emotion over apathy any day.  Being that this was the first election I voted in as a mother I guess its all par for the course.  I also blubbered thru the Big Apple Circus last week because it was my daughters first cotton candy and introduction to clowns so maybe I need to partially chalk it up to George Costanza's famous line "it's not you, it's me".  And, in the end, isn't that what Obama keeps telling us,
“All of this happened because of you, we just made history.”   And, here come the tears.

As for linkin blogs, keep reading for my top tear-jerk moments
of the past week and even other stuff that happened in the news like the second recorded virgin shark birth, the not so virgin news about Sex and the City Movie Part Two and more...

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My top 5 tear-jerk moments:
1.  The victory speech. 
2.  Barack Obama's Flickr slide show of election night
3.  CNN video of Obama's family in Kenya celebrating
4.  NY Times video from Selma AL
5.  And, for some reason, the NYT Magazine article that hearlds the begining of the post-baby boomer genearton had me tearing up

Oh, and if you want to cry your way through the Big Apple Circus, which I highly recommend, be sure to get the Metrocard discount which saves you $10 a ticket.

Contemplating Virginity.  Scientists confirm the second ever case of a virgin birth in a shark, the not so virgin Sex and the City girls are planning another movie and the Motherlode ponders whether TV can make your teenager pregnant (research says yes).

Economic Revitalization.  Do your part for the economy and go shopping.  The Daily News reports about the upcoming season of sample sales.  Or, stick with free stuff, Move On sends out a free Obama sticker designed by Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic HOPE poster to anyone who will give them their info.