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You have to understand, one of the main reasons I watched the TV series 24 was because of Dennis Haysbert portraying an African American seeking the American presidency -- in a campaign that's his to lose. I believed that Haysbert would be the only African American US President I'd ever see in my lifetime, even though (or perhaps especially because) he was fictional. Further, whenever one of Haysbert's Allstate Insurance TV commercials would come on, I'd gasp in exaggerated hushed tones, "Oh--the President!"

The only other time I'd seen a reference to an African American President was in the very little-remembered 1980s comic book title, Thriller.

And so tonight, watching Barack Hussen Obama win the election to become the 44th President of the United States of America is purely amazing, just amazing.

So in September of last year, I wrote to Brian Andreotti of the Music Box Theatre and told him about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sing-A-Long that the IFC Center in New York was doing--an audience sing-a-long to a screening of the musical Buffy episode, "Once More, with Feeling"--and asked him, "Any chance of this taking place at the Music Box??" Brian wrote me back the next day, saying, "I love the idea. I'll check it out." And so this week the Music Box Theatre will be having that Buffy Sing-A-Long as one of its Friday and Saturday midnight movies!

Aaron really enjoyed that episode, so it's kind of fitting that this "Once More, with Feeling" Sing-A-Long will be premiering on Friday night. Friday would have been Aaron's 37th birthday!

So I'll be there at the Music Box Theatre at midnight (and maybe Saturday night, too; I haven't decided). It's definitely something to sing about :>!