Ah, that shiny new-President smell!
Jan. 22nd, 2009 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
His first executive order: Close Gitmo, ban torture.
I feel like I'm waking up from a very, very long nightmare. With one flourish of his pen, millions of Americans are beginning to recover from the oppressive sense of shame the Bush administration's international shitbaggery has brought on us all.
Me? Well, I've been sleep-deprived for four days straight, and I'm just beginning to recover from the oppressive - but FUCKING JOYOUS - exhaustion.
By my calculations, me and a bunch of my Chicago homies walked from RFK stadium to the Washington Monument and back on Tuesday - and not by the most direct route either. I'm guessing, counting all the meandering, it was in the neighborhood of 10 miles. This on two hours of sleep after shaking it in thrift-shop formalwear at the Big Shoulders Ball (we all wore Chicago-flag lapel pins!) Remember, our hotel was in Baltimore. We drove there and back after the ball. ><
For the inauguration? We stood by the Washington Monument in the cold wind, jumping up and down on our toes to catch glimpses of the nearest jumbotron, which was not very near. But the sound system was good, and we heard everything - down to Roberts flubbing the oath, OMG, passive-aggressive much? (Remember, Obama voted to not confirm him!) The crowd? All roughly two million of us? Like Grant Park times 10. Confused, cold, tired, frustrated - and so, SO incredibly joyous and kind to one another. Even the police and military herding us around couldn't wipe off the grins. I'm still wearing mine. I'm exhausted and achy and I caught a cold, but I would totally do it all over again and again and again.
Thanks again to
lillithj and her hubby for the hospitality, the kitty and puppy love, the rides to and from the Metro station, and the awesome Mexican food!
Also good news? My parents have wireless Internet now.
I feel like I'm waking up from a very, very long nightmare. With one flourish of his pen, millions of Americans are beginning to recover from the oppressive sense of shame the Bush administration's international shitbaggery has brought on us all.
Me? Well, I've been sleep-deprived for four days straight, and I'm just beginning to recover from the oppressive - but FUCKING JOYOUS - exhaustion.
By my calculations, me and a bunch of my Chicago homies walked from RFK stadium to the Washington Monument and back on Tuesday - and not by the most direct route either. I'm guessing, counting all the meandering, it was in the neighborhood of 10 miles. This on two hours of sleep after shaking it in thrift-shop formalwear at the Big Shoulders Ball (we all wore Chicago-flag lapel pins!) Remember, our hotel was in Baltimore. We drove there and back after the ball. ><
For the inauguration? We stood by the Washington Monument in the cold wind, jumping up and down on our toes to catch glimpses of the nearest jumbotron, which was not very near. But the sound system was good, and we heard everything - down to Roberts flubbing the oath, OMG, passive-aggressive much? (Remember, Obama voted to not confirm him!) The crowd? All roughly two million of us? Like Grant Park times 10. Confused, cold, tired, frustrated - and so, SO incredibly joyous and kind to one another. Even the police and military herding us around couldn't wipe off the grins. I'm still wearing mine. I'm exhausted and achy and I caught a cold, but I would totally do it all over again and again and again.
Thanks again to
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Also good news? My parents have wireless Internet now.
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Date: 2009-01-22 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-22 09:47 pm (UTC)and she says, "Honey, hate to break it to you, but..."
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Date: 2009-01-22 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-01-22 10:49 pm (UTC)I'm soooo glad you had a good time! It would suck if the only people weren't inspired by the whole day were they ones who were actually there!
As my little guy has been saying for months now...
OBAMA!OBAMA!OBAMA!
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Date: 2009-01-22 11:59 pm (UTC)You might like to see this.
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Date: 2009-01-23 12:25 am (UTC)*grins wider*
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Date: 2009-01-23 01:45 am (UTC)I honestly think that Roberts screwed up accidentally because of the "Oh shit" look on his face, but it could have been a passive-agressive thing. We wanted to put a bag over our heads when Cornyn held up Hillary's confirmation, but all is well now. It's hard being from Texas sometimes, but I tell you what, even my conservative colleagues were taken with the speech. I think the hope is contagious to some.
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Date: 2009-01-23 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-23 08:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-24 01:03 am (UTC)Speaking of Roberts' flub, certain factions started immediately doing what I knew they would do - say "he's not really president!" Oh my freaking hell, people, get over it already.
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Date: 2009-01-24 05:49 pm (UTC)And I kept wondering:
When the TV stations kept cutting to people in other cities watching the Inuguration -- New York, Atlanta, LA -- why did they never show footage of Chicago?
Rhetorical, I realize.
Do you have pictures that will be posted eventually?