I-Day Is Here!
Yayyyyy Inauguration! It feels like Christmas!
So I know people would pay thousands of dollars to stay at my house this week. And that this is a once-in-forever historical moment. But as you can see from the fact that I am posting, I am not on the Mall. I just knew I couldn't handle the crowd. If a crowd is dense enough that I am touching other people 50% of the time, and big enough that I can't immediately get out, I get all claustrophobic. That crowd on TV looks insane, and I wouldn't get out of the city for hours. It gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. Thus I am watching the inauguration in HD from my nice warm sofa (even better than being there, right?). Don't worry, I'll be properly jealous of all of you that went down there when I see your pictures.
It's exciting just watching it on TV, too, even though nothing's really going on yet. Seeing the crowd really makes you feel how important and amazing this is to so many people in our country. I know he's just one man, I know our country is a wreck right now, and I know he can't fix it all by himself or quickly. I know it will be hard, after this initial emotional rush, to motivate our set-in-its-ways population (I include myself in that assessment, of course). But based on the influence he's having on our citizens right now, he just might be able to do it, with all of our help.
So exciting
(Also crazy exciting but super depressing: Galactica is backtica. But what the frak is going on??)
(Less exciting: water main break outside my house, we are losing water for the next hour or so. That's what I get for working from home.)
Stay warm and safe if you are downtown, and enjoy your inauguration day, everyone!
So I know people would pay thousands of dollars to stay at my house this week. And that this is a once-in-forever historical moment. But as you can see from the fact that I am posting, I am not on the Mall. I just knew I couldn't handle the crowd. If a crowd is dense enough that I am touching other people 50% of the time, and big enough that I can't immediately get out, I get all claustrophobic. That crowd on TV looks insane, and I wouldn't get out of the city for hours. It gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. Thus I am watching the inauguration in HD from my nice warm sofa (even better than being there, right?). Don't worry, I'll be properly jealous of all of you that went down there when I see your pictures.
It's exciting just watching it on TV, too, even though nothing's really going on yet. Seeing the crowd really makes you feel how important and amazing this is to so many people in our country. I know he's just one man, I know our country is a wreck right now, and I know he can't fix it all by himself or quickly. I know it will be hard, after this initial emotional rush, to motivate our set-in-its-ways population (I include myself in that assessment, of course). But based on the influence he's having on our citizens right now, he just might be able to do it, with all of our help.
So exciting
(Also crazy exciting but super depressing: Galactica is backtica. But what the frak is going on??)
(Less exciting: water main break outside my house, we are losing water for the next hour or so. That's what I get for working from home.)
Stay warm and safe if you are downtown, and enjoy your inauguration day, everyone!