Comments | beckaandzac: The times they are a-changing

beckaandzac

The times they are a-changing

Jan 20, 2009 16:46

I had a whole bunch of people in the last few days tell me it was really stupid to try to go into DC for the inauguration because it would be crowded and cold and I wouldn't be able to see anything and I wouldn't be able to get home. Well, SUCK IT. Because IT WAS AWESOME. AND IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT ( Read more... )

becka is hopeful, politics, public

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zooey_glass04 January 20 2009, 23:04:50 UTC

Oh wow, you were there? I was watching from over here on the other side of the Atlantic and I was weeping - it is an amazing, amazing thing to have been there for real.

*spins you round and round*

This is truly an opportunity for change. Let's seize that hope!

tobimonkee January 20 2009, 23:15:05 UTC

its awesome that you got to go and be there i was so tempted to try but deicded to stay home where its warm lol (watching the news now about how crowded the marc train was) but it must have been so cool to really be there

magnetic_pole January 21 2009, 00:06:19 UTC

Whoohooo! That sounds like so much fun. Wish I'd been there with you! M.

tsuki_no_bara January 21 2009, 00:40:05 UTC

if i lived down there i so would've gone too. history in the making, man. the fact that he inspires hope more than fear is tremendous.

Not naive kaellite January 21 2009, 01:45:19 UTC

Or if you are, you're not alone.

I'm with you. We finally have a leader who is more interested in serving the country than in serving his own ego (or big oil). Who will lead out of courage and conviction vs, fear and a 'daddy complex."

We were allowed to watch it at work and I am proud to say I was not the only one with tears in my eyes.