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irenejericho

Reflections on Inauguration

Jan 21, 2009 07:49

I went. I had to. I had to see it with my own eyes, had to stand there with my heart in my mouth as history was made. And I'm so glad I did.
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acousticdryad January 21 2009, 15:21:21 UTC

Thanks for sharing this. I was watching from work all day :D

irenejericho January 21 2009, 15:30:42 UTC

My pleasure :D

johnny134 January 21 2009, 16:53:25 UTC

I'm so glad everything worked out for you, and that you had a good time. I guess your part of an historic event now huh? I wish I had the courage to do things like that. (I'm a touch Agoraphobic) I think it would have been a good story for the grand kid :)

I hope he can make the changes he wants to make and that this truly is a new era.

Blessings to you.

irenejericho January 21 2009, 16:59:34 UTC

Yeah, if you tend toward agoraphobia it would probably have been a bit much...

mocuirdhgalla January 21 2009, 17:15:17 UTC

It was so incredible. The waving flags looked like a swarm. It was beautiful, and breath taking. I can only imagine what the energy there was like.

I cried and cried and actually lost my breath when he began taking his oath.

You guys looked amazing! I am so glad you had wonderful neighbors to share it with, but then again, how could you not? This is "our" America!

PS there was this one older gentleman whom the cameras kept going back to. He appeared to spend the ENTIRE day at a salute, with tears dripping off his cheeks. Layers of clothing appeared and disappeared, the shadows changed, but he was there, in his salute. It was beautiful!

irenejericho January 21 2009, 17:36:38 UTC

It really was awesome. I'm glad you didn't risk your spoons, though, especially for the getting-home part. There's no way we could have kept your right leg touch-free.

seraphbriar January 21 2009, 21:54:52 UTC

Completely apropos of nothing this post is about, a friend of mine is interested in making a small batch of home mead and I mentioned I knew somebody. Do you mind if I give him your e-mail address? (He is kjatar on my friends list, and I know him from my martial arts days immediately after high school. He's a very nice guy.)

Re: inauguration. OMG. I was crying and watching with my hand over my mouth the whole time. I made mortiseraphim drive with NPR on as we went to his parents' place to watch the inauguration and parade. It was so completely amazing and astounding.

irenejericho January 21 2009, 21:57:40 UTC

Sure thing :D I need to do another mead-making workshop sometime soon ;)

yojimbob January 21 2009, 23:49:54 UTC

Yes. You do. :P

yojimbob January 21 2009, 23:57:39 UTC

Apparently, there's a potential problem with Obama's swearing in. It's easily rectified, fortunately. The chief justice said the wrong words. Close, but this kind of thing gets pretty exacting. So the Oath Obama took, while the same in meaning, wasn't the specific Oath of Office. I'm sure they'll get it all straightened out, but it could be a mild problem if someone really wanted to push.

irenejericho January 22 2009, 02:26:45 UTC

Let's hope no one's got their head shoved ~that~ far up their ass...