Finally! Congratulations President Obama!
Jan 20, 2009
Wow! What an important day! Goosebumps all around! I’ll be honest and say I didn’t really think of Obama’s race. I voted for him as a person and someone who I wanted to be President, regardless of his color. But, after today, I finally see the historical part and how much it’s affecting so many people in wonderful ways, and it truly gives me goosebumps!
This is what I did all day long. Sat on my tushie at work and watched the inauguration stuff. My company provided a live feed all day long through C-SPAN, so I was a happy camper. I doubt anyone got work done, though!
Do I regret not going to the inauguration since it’s next door? No. It was surreal enough, just being in my office with the live feed. And, as you can see, it was CAPTIONED, WHOOHOO! And, hell, I don’t want to fall onto the metro tracks like this woman did. About 30 children were lost, taken to local police stations to be claimed. Nor did I want hypothermia. My local metro station was filled with tour buses and police. I went to the inauguration concert on Sunday, so that was good enough for me. Heck, Obama was about 5 blocks from me!
Some thoughts about today:
I thought it was completely cute that Malia, the oldest daughter, was taking pictures with her cute blue camera. Surely, she’s in a whirlwind herself.
Obama’s speech: AWESOME! To whoever wrote his speech, let me give you a kiss! I ought to make a separate blog about the speech. We’ll see if I get to that!
The parade was a complete FLOP! It was estimated to start at 2:30, but was mega delayed! It got dark, colder, and people just started going home while the parade just went on and on for what seemed like forever! There was barely anyone in the bleachers or sidelines by 6pm. AND GET THIS. That white box Obama and his wife was in? ENDED UP EMPTY TOO, with the exception of the Obamas, Biden, and a few others. How pathetic is that? I bet everyone in the parade was disgusted and just wanted to quit, but then again they are LIVE ON TV! How exciting? The Obamas on the other hand looked very bored. I bet they felt their bed was calling for them. Obama, come to bed, I know you’re pooped!
Obama’s going to bring everyone together. I Know he has a lot of work ahead of him, a lot of expectations to fill, challenges, and of course it’s not going to happen overnight. I’m proud, but Michelle Obama looks prouder than anyone.
This is a new beginning. President Obama and Vice President Biden, welcome to Washington and best wishes!
January 20th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
5 blocks from you?! Intense. Lucky you, I wish work had provided a live feed. Now I’m home and catching up on everything through the tv/internet. President Obama *shrieks* is plastered all over the news. CHEERS! P.S. A lot of people are saying the parade really was a flop. Yikes!
January 20th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
according to the news, obama wrote his own speech.
January 20th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Obama’s speechwriter is a 24-year old college graduate.
Seriously.
January 21st, 2009 at 10:18 am
to ck– that kind of sucks.. but can i kind of live in the illusion that he had some part of what he was going to say??
January 21st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
CK – yes, Obama has a 24-yo speechwriter (me envious!!), but I suspect he wrote a large part of his inaugural speech himself. The article I read about the speechwriter back during the election basically said that he feels very “in sync” with Obama, and I doubt Obama would have gone out there and basically been able to recite it mostly from memory if he hadn’t played a heavy part in the writing and rewriting of it.
January 25th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I agree with Hilary. Even though Obama’s speechwriter is only 24 years old, i don’t think he just chose a random speechwriter.