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SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc aka I'm on hiatus is a 26.35 year old boy, has been a member since October 1, 2007, has scored 14348 submissions, giving an average score of 2.15.
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  Nov 05 '08 by SoulfumeInc        87 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
Last Night in Grant Park!!!
Hi!

I took some pictures from Grant Park last night during the historical event that has taken place.

They're Here!!!

What were you doing last night when they announced the results?
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bace
bace on Nov 05 '08 at 9:44am
Yeah I was.

Most polls in Canada showed that about 80% of us wanted Obama as president. So it looks like a lot of us were happy with the result.
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:47am
lol mullmuggins, its all good, im a man. i can admit when i get a little teary eyed.. :)

awesome bace! i thought that might be the case in Canada
radiostaticstar
radiostaticstar on Nov 05 '08 at 9:48am
i had just flipped to msnbc and they were counting down the west coast, and suddenly it flashed on the screen and it was sooo quiet for so long as they jumped back and forth from different location shots, then suddenly you could see it ripple across the crowd in grant park. it was amazing.

it was the longest silence from commentators i'd seen on tv this whole election...
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:48am
but uhhh yea....i totally had some dirt in my eye.

*sniffle*
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:49am
yea RSS, it was pretty intense to see the enormity of the crowd on the monitors
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 9:50am
at first when msnbc made the announcement i was just like, "awesome..." but then as they slowly started to show reactions from across the country and across the world, i couldn't stop smiling.
radiostaticstar
radiostaticstar on Nov 05 '08 at 9:51am
it was cool, i was watching the results all day, and when they showed the first people entering the field and all the people lined up to get in. incredible how fast it all filled in, it really was impressive...
mullmuggins
mullmuggins on Nov 05 '08 at 9:52am
I bet when you are an oldie you will be telling your grandchildren about being there - must have been quite an emotional experience.
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:53am
i know what you mean tracer. im not a hugely political person, but just watching everyone's reactions and seeing how happy some people were was really infectious
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:53am
yea i'll never forget it
Rachel Ray Gun
   Rachel Ray Gun on Nov 05 '08 at 9:54am
I'm uploading a pretty sweet video from the rally now. I'll post it once it's up on youtube.
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 9:59am
awesome Rachel! toss a link in here
Hellpanda
Hellpanda on Nov 05 '08 at 10:05am

Here's a shot of the insane
crowdage.

and another
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 10:07am
wow great shot! was that everyone leaving at the end?
Hellpanda
Hellpanda on Nov 05 '08 at 10:07am
whoops,this one

Rachel Ray Gun
   Rachel Ray Gun on Nov 05 '08 at 10:19am
Here you go. Youtube decimated the image quality, but you can still kind of tell what's going on :)

Click
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Nov 05 '08 at 10:29am
I totally should have been there, I go to school an hour away! It didn't hit me until I was watching his speech, I was like OH!
Hellpanda
Hellpanda on Nov 05 '08 at 10:29am
yeah that was the crowd leaving. Biggest I've ever been part of, and I just came back from Tokyo a couple weeks ago...
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Nov 05 '08 at 10:30am
what an amazing speech btw
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 10:33am
cool Rachel! you had a really good spot huh?

yea Sean, definitely biggest crowd I've ever been in
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 10:34am
aw yea Rooster, it was an amazing experience
Rachel Ray Gun
   Rachel Ray Gun on Nov 05 '08 at 10:40am
i got an unbelievable spot! i had no idea i'd be able to get so close with the crowd being as big as it was, but I got there early enough I guess.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 10:43am
as a jew, i will now refer to our president as baruch obama

*puts on tefillin and tallit and pretends to be a practicing jew*
jenraskopf
jenraskopf on Nov 05 '08 at 10:45am
Gah. I live in a major city and I spent last night being really sick.

But I was thoroughly cheered by voting for the winner for the first time since I was old enough to vote! Yay!

And now I'm eating chicken soup! Yay!
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 10:46am
In November's gusty gale I will flop my flippy tail
And spout hot soup-I'll be a whale!
Spouting once, spouting twice
Spouting chicken soup with rice
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 10:49am
how early did you get there rachel? we didnt come til 9:00 and it was sooooo packed

ha tracer, as a fellow jew, i will join in your pretend practicing of jewishness

sorry you were sick jen, sounds like everything is on the up and up though :)
Rachel Ray Gun
   Rachel Ray Gun on Nov 05 '08 at 10:51am
about 6
jenraskopf
jenraskopf on Nov 05 '08 at 11:09am
Yeah, if I'd had to be sick AND lose, it would have been worse.

I love Really Rosie. Except I had soup with noodles.
jenraskopf
jenraskopf on Nov 05 '08 at 11:12am
Gah! Brian! I got discriminated against after I voted! We live in a mostly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood and had stopped into a kosher dairy restaurant to pick up a to go menu, and this guy started talking to us, and then he freaked out when Elisha touched me, and then freaked out big time when he found out I wasn't even Jewish and told me I'd be destroying 3000 years of cultural heritage if he didn't end things with me.
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 11:16am
yea, good thing it wasnt a double bummer

yikes @ kosher dairy dude
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 11:19am
haha wow, orthodox jews are cuh-raaaaaaazy. and i know from experience: all my first cousins are orthodox jews.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 11:19am
though they wouldn't have freaked out over that
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Nov 05 '08 at 11:20am
oh wait, i forgot elisha is your boyfriend. hmm...they would've been upset, but they wouldn't have said anything to you.
jenraskopf
jenraskopf on Nov 05 '08 at 11:22am
Well, mostly the guy talked about me to Elisha, while I was standing right there.
mezo
   mezo on Nov 05 '08 at 11:29am
...I was watching The Family Guy when my mom called and told me Obama was elected. I said "cool" and got another beer.
mezo
   mezo on Nov 05 '08 at 11:30am
Grant Park looked radpants.
My BFF in a stadium at Birmingham Alabama said there was a rap mosh pit celebration.
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Nov 05 '08 at 12:00pm
aw dang Mezo, no rap mosh pit in Grant Park, but yea it was supa-rad

Family Guy and beer. Also another good way to spend an evening

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