...tonight, I'm finding it hard to sleep

At 3:00am on a Tuesday night, I, Monique Liston, Queen of Beauty Sleep, can not remove herself from this evening's events. Tonight, as I partied with my Spelman/Howard/Morehouse peers, I saw the CNN Electoral projection change from 207 to 290 at 10:00pm EST. Barack Hussein Obama, son of Kenya, was elected president of the United States.
I can not take this moment as a surface level moment of victory, because I do not believe that is what it is. I can not take this moment lightly, because most definitely it means more than some can fathom. My mind is wrestling, creating a war of ideology in my own head, about what this day, this election, this presidency means to me. From today, till January the country will be in political limbo. Bush has all but disappeared from the major news media outlets, Obama has to create his cabinet, and two months is a long time (not in history, but in the present).
I claim this moment as inspiration. I cannot deny that his attempt at the presidency is admirable and can definitely (I pray so) inspire people. Not just to become successful as defined by this economic and political system, but to become people of admirable character, conduct, and emotion.
I do not want to sound like a sore McCain supporter, because, however blunt this may sound, if I didn't vote for Barack, I would write in my own name for President of the United States. I do not believe that the American system of democracy is perfect, I do not believe that in this country ANYONE can do ANYTHING they want to do, I do not believe that Barack Obama is a superhero, savior, or anti-Christ.
I do believe that black people have a lot of community building to do, from the inside-out before any type of revolutionary change (which is what is needed) can be achieved. I do believe that within the next four years, very little will change on large-scales due to Obama's position. I believe that more than anything I want him to envigorate the population, and I will say THE BLACK POPULATION, to seek all the opportunities to educate themselves, to take the opportunity to define themselves and their place in the world on their own terms, and to become better stewards of God's gift of humanity.

.... confusing. I know, my mind at this time is racing a million miles a minute... I just had to get a little bit of that off of my chest.