inauguration stuff
i spent from sunday to wednesday out of the city.
a friend of mine invited a few of us to go down to stay with her family in alexandria, virgina, and go to the inauguration. out of the ten people she invited, i was the only person to follow through.
i’m going to be completely honest: i was shocked that no one else was moved enough to go. the only “inconveniences” would be a day or two off of work, and a bus ticket home. melanie;s dad was driving down on sunday, so getting down was easy. i guess in the end that fact that we were only two made manouvering the crowds and POORLY organized and labeled event itself significantly easier.
the event itsef was more characterized by its peacefulness, all of its attendents seemingly aware of the historicism of the moment. it was not a political event. it was a historical one. the attendants’ reasons were as varied and even conflicting as the people that Obama himself hopes to represent. but even as critical as i am of the wide spread belief that this one man will change the entire downward spiral of our government and our society, i could not help but BAWL from Obama’s first word to the end of his address. I sobbed like a baby, like the idealist that I thought I had outgrown in the disappointment of four years ago.
