I suspect no one is looking at my blog tonight. Their eyes are pealed to the television as they watch Barack Obama and John McCain battle over the fifty states. I just got off the phone with a friend who multitasked talking to me while being glued to her televsion screen.
I won't say who I voted for, lest I alienate some of my readership, but I will say that this election has been exhausting for me. As an avid reader, I subscribe to many magazines: everything from Time, Newsweek and the Economist to Latina, Self and Oprah. I feel like the only thing I don't know about the candidates are their shoe sizes. And I suspect I could open up my Marie Claire and possibly sleuth out that last tidbit.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worst, I heard that there were dolls. Yes, little Sarah Palin and Barack Obama dolls are out there ready for dollars if not your votes. Can I just say that I look forward to tomorrow morning with total gratitude? Finally, we'll know who finally won the longest election I've ever suffered.
Aliza Hausman is a first-generation Dominican-American Latina Orthodox Jewish convert or “Jewminicana” who discovered she was born Jewish of Sephardic Jewish Turkish ancestry post-conversion. She is also a writer, blogger, educator & speaker. This blog chronicles her thoughts on being Hispanic & Jewish, focusing on identity, Judaism, Jews of colors, Latinos, diversity, race, ethnicity, conversion to Judaism, culture, multiculturalism, illness, disability, books, films, news & more….