North Carolina has officially been called for Obama as of now. It is very nice to be living in a blue state again.

My one thought ever since Obama's acceptance speech has been: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!

I went to see the Nine Inch Nails show at Greensboro Colliseum last night. It was visually a very stimulating show, although I mostly knew the older songs since I only ever owned Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, and The Downward Spiral, and those on vinyl, which I got rid of a few years back when my record player gave up the ghost. I have not kept up with Trent Reznor's career since then. But it was still a very interesting show, and I would consider purchasing Year Zero, which I heard some of last night. I did enjoy hearing "Hurt", "Head Like a Hole", and "Terrible Lie" a lot, and even "Closer", which I remember back in the day thinking was Reznor selling out. I felt a lot older than the crowd, though, and also more detached. My angry days are mostly behind me.

The one thing that I could perfectly agree with is what Mr. Reznor said towards the end of the show [paraphrasing a bit since I don't remember all of it verbatim]:

"Why am I so happy tonight? Why am I so happy, aside from being here in Greensboro?" (Insert wildly cheering crowd.) "I think it's because tomorrow, we might actually be making a change in this country. [...] I apologize to all my die-hard Republican fans. But now they know how I've felt for the past 8 f***ing years."

Amen. Here's hoping that today begins a new era - the Obama era.