Watched the Presidential Inauguration in a coffee shop today. Let me know where you were in the comments section. Like a lot of America, the cafe opted for a live feed from a website. To my dismay, there was too much online traffic which slowed the server. According to my received text messages, the oath was being taken while I was viewing Yo Yo Ma play, "A Gift to Be Simple". Although Barack's image was frozen, at least I got to hear him become president.
A new president! Woohoo! An African-American, and I'm not watching a movie! History, Baby!
I thought the commercial that followed was a little anticlimactic.
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I was in a corporate break room with several blond white ladies on the verge of tears. Yes, this THEIR moment.
Perhaps they hope it marks the end of white guilt.
I was at work. When I grabbed lunch, they had a TV on there as well, so I caught some of it then. I hear that he was there and people were excited, right?
Yeah, Obama showed up. I wouldn't say people were excited so much as laying golden eggs and shooting rainbows from their eyes.
I watched it via satellite feed on my work's training broadcast network - preempted for the inauguration, which is good since technically he's my new boss!
The best part was the neo-con bible thumper types in my office who have already been crying 'The sky is falling! SOCIALISM! SCARY MUSLIM'
My answer for them - cry more. Another said first thing in the morning - a good 5 hours before the official oath "This is still on?" Bitter much?
It was good to see a lot of folks come in the room to watch it with enthusiasm though.
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