I managed the catch the last 10 minutes or so live in the auditorium of my research building where most of the scientists in the building were gathered to watch Obama's speech at noon. Very sweet speech, more forceful than his acceptance one from November. I was tearing up only five minutes into it 'cause I always get so emotional when he brings up ( Read more... )

Found this meme... somewhere, I can't remember. All it tells me is to list actors, show a picture, and describe what you've seen them in. I'm just doing five because if I do any more, I tend to get really, really indecisive. @_@

( In no particular order... Minor spoilers for Batman Begins, I suppose. )

I feel stupid, I didn't realize Obama's Inauguration was going to span FOUR days and started TODAY. I was wondering what all the fuss was about when I kept seeing something about an Obama train.

But anyways, YAY OBAMA. :D If I had a car and enough guts to go out in the frigid weather, I would've driven to whatever pit stops your train is making ( Read more... )

Bush gets a shoe thrown at him on live international TV when he makes a surprise last-time visit to Iraq. O_o D00d.

And I'll try to stop failing about not being on the web soon, though the neighbor's internet still only works on and off and I just went to the library to get some books to relieve my boredom. Man, I haven't been to a library in ( Read more... )

This is what America should be like all the time. :3 (I'm assuming this happened during Obama's acceptance speech.)


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And laugh a little. ^_- Some random funny political posters I found while surfing the web and jumping around people's albums on Photobucket.

My fave:

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Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama
Election Night
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

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Full Text (as prepared for delivery):
( If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. . . This is for the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory. )

CALIFORNIA, FAIL. T_____________T

I commend the 48% of you that tried to shoot it down. And Apple Inc. and Levi Jeans and all the companies that showed their support for gay marriage. *SIGH*

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In the words of my research professor, "Stop looking at the polls, it's unhealthy!". BUT I CAN'T HELP IT. D: *refreshes every 3 minutes*

Feel free to ignore. This post is purely for my records so I can relive all the moments of this day in the future. Why? Because I'm a geek and this is the first election that I've really cared about and am old ( Read more... )