barack the builder

can we fix it?

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could stand.
Martin Luther stood so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children could fly.

Rosa Parks sat so Martin L King could walk...
Martin walked so Obama could run...
Obama ran so all children can fly!

2 slightly different texts from 2 different black women i know, both who have a child... Nippy 1st @ 9:44am, then Josiah @ 12:59pm,

watched his speech just now, and it was good, although the bob the builder motif was a little distracting,

and it's true that an awful lot of hope is generated by this election,

and it has already become that much easier to see grace, or R as prime minister (josiah's & nippy's children), just because of the colour of barack obama's skin,

a huge change even just for that reason,

but i'm cautious, i remember tony blair getting to power and the hope that that represented for change, hope that was dashed in the end...

what can one man do against the way the world is?

but don't get me wrong i'm full of hope.... it's a great day x

really going to bed now, honestly

obama sure to win now, apparently, 207, 141,

my bed calls x

still up

and i'm still here a couple of hours later, it is looking good for obama, so hard to go to bed...

175, 76,

that's what the BBC projects, ohio has been called for obama by fox news, but the BBC is more cautious, but the people in the washington BBC studio are talking as though with ohio goes mccain's last hope...

will i go to bed soon? or will i wait for the 270 mark?

x

obama please

palpable excitement about the US election for once...

probably going to bed soon, and i don't really know whether the results on the BBC's website are real or not,

projected... kentucky to mccain, vermont to obama, 8, 3,

this map gradually turning grey as polls close in the east of america... but it'll be 12 hours or so before any real news emerges and another 12 hours before it's sure...

that's what i gather...

popped round to see L today with the harmonium and got to show her & S my primordial palindrome film, S used to be a director for the BBC 20 odd years ago and he had a couple of interesting things to say... L also echoed what spski has always said about my films place being more in galleries than cinemas...

interesting improvisation with L which could turn long term...

going to wait for one more coloured state on the map before i go to bed i think x