We’ve also had a government wherein we’ve dismantled so many things that would put stopgaps on things that have gone really out of control. And I think that what is being proposed by Barack Obama might actually put us in a different head space. I’d really like that. I’d like to see better things happen for the United States. I’d like to see us become better people. I’d like to see us find our direction. But I know — and you know — that the next year or two are gonna be a bitch. Not just because the financial markets are in deep trouble, because the banks don’t want to lend money, because it ruins their status quo.

It was explained to me; I don’t think I could explain it to you righteously, but it made sense when I heard the explanation. Basically, the bank is sitting because they’re not below what their paperwork should say and they’re not above what their paperwork should say — they’re right at their paperwork mark and they don’t want to move from that.

Also, the housing market has to come back to realistic levels so people can actually afford to do the things that they want to do. If you want to buy a house, that is reasonable; you should be able to do that in this country and still feel like you’re moving forward. What’s going to happen in the banking industry? Nobody knows. What’s going to happen in the housing industry? Nobody knows. But what we do know is that it’s in the toilet and that it’s going to be there for a while. Is it going to get much, much worse? I’m afraid it is. I think it’s going to get much, much better though because Barack Obama can’t help himself but say, “This is what’s happening.” You know we all talk about transparency, but we can only handle so much transparency.

I think if we knew everything that was going on most of us would be bald, or most of us who are female who don’t have alopecia would be bald. In any case, I look forward to these next four years. I look forward to this magical day of the swearing in. I would have loved to go to some of the balls, but you know what that requires. It requires getting dressed, it requires putting on makeup, it requires being around lots of people wearing lots of perfume, which drives me crazy. It requires a lot of work to go and be gay and happy and fantastically fabulous in Washington. So I’ve decided that my best bet is to be gay and happy and fantastically fabulous right here, in my house with my cat and my better half and all my friends who are not going to Washington. We might even crack a bottle of champagne and do a little dance ourselves. But who wants to put that out there? You know, I’m a very subtle kind of girl.

In any case, cross your fingers, take a positive moment and say, “It may not get better immediately but we’re on the road to something brand new, and hopefully it will be better than where we are, right this moment.”