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vulgarweed) wrote2009-01-22 03:23 pm
vulgarweed) wrote2009-01-22 03:23 pm
Ah, that shiny new-President smell!
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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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
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.
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and she says, "Honey, hate to break it to you, but..."
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