everybody!

Two years ago, while watching Japan's most contentious parliamentary elections in decades I remember telling my friends in Japan about Barack Obama, who had just announced his candidacy. They were interested but incredulous that America would elect a man with such a complicated background, so unlike the image of the US.

Well, in all the hullabaloo flying around today somehow I was most moved by the images of people all over the world celebrating an American election, and hopefully a newer, better chapter for America, and the world.




And as if we needed anymore reasons to like this guy right now, a major inside piece about both campaigns came out today, where Obama is quoted as saying:

"...we can't solve global warming because I fucking changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective."