So when I last wrote, I was getting ready for the election party. It was such a crazy night!! There were a good 30 people there at 1:30 am, and by 4 there were probably at least 40. We all just hung out, watched Fox News, played Election Jeopardy, 2 boys had an election themed rap battle, and at 5:15 am they brought us bagels and spreads. At 6:00, when
Obama's victory was announced, the room exploded with cheering and crying. It was such an amazing moment (given that 114/116
Nativers voted Obama). I stayed awake to watch Obama speak (7 am Israel time), and then had to get on a bus at 7:50 to go to school for the day!! I slept through every single class, but my teachers didn't really mind because they all knew that we had stayed up all night. Wednesday night we all hung out for a while and then went to bed.
Yesterday I had normal classes and then football practice. After football I went out for FroYo with Becca and then we hung out for a while. At 1:30 am there was a small Nativ party themed "Too Soon", where people dressed up as things that it is too soon to joke about, for example Hurricane Katrina, lots of Nativ inside jokes, etc. I was Heath Ledger, except I didn't really put on much of a costume, I just told people I was Heath.
Today I woke up late and went to the shuk. I got a pomegranate, a mango, 7 oranges, a challah, and a persimmon. Now I'm having some cereal and skyping with my mom.
Shabbat Shalom!!
-Sarah
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So I am going to comment due to popular demand. The election party sounds like a lot of fun. Campus here pretty much stopped on Tuesday because of the election. We had an election party in my Math of Voting and Elections class in the morning. Then, on Tuesday evening, there was a huge projector screen set up on the field with CNN on. I hung out there for a little bit initially, and then I watched the rest of the election in the ZBT house. FOX 5 News Atlanta was at the huge party on the field as well as WB I believe. It was ridiculous on campus when the winner was announced. People were honking their car horns and everything. I think a lot of people drove over to the Ebenezer Baptist Church after the winner was announced. That church is less than five miles from campus and is where MLK belonged. So pretty much, it was crazy here...(I'm not saying who I voted for...). Everyone was exhausted the next morning since most people went to bed at 2am and a lot of people didn't show up/were late to classes.
That's pretty much it for Emory...I am spending Shabbat in the local community this weekend. Shabbat Shalom!
SJ, I had an amazing conversation with Adjoa the morning after elections. After we hung up, she texted me the following: "We, the United States of America, are saying to the rest of the world ...WE ARE UNITED and WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS to be self-evident that all men are created equal! Newly Elected Pres.Barack Obama adds strength & unity 2 a country which was once divided! Hugs Adjoa
I'm typing this here so you can share in this history making moment. Shabbat Shalom and Love, Mom
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