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[remindmeofthe]

So I have this thing where I cry much more easily over fiction than reality. Why? I don't know. I suspect a lot of people do the same. Anyway, today this translated rather hilariously into me merely misting up during President Obama's inauguration speech, and then twenty minutes later on the bus having to all but restrain sobs over Billy Shipton as I watched Doctor Who on my Zen player. Priorities, my tears ducts has them.

Today was the first day of classes, which I was a bit put out over since I wanted to watch the inauguration, but the class I would have been in during the swearing-in ended early because the professor wanted to see it, and they had places set up everywhere to watch. I got to the spot on the Gorham campus just in time to see (well, hear, it was very crowded) President Obama have difficulty retaining sentences in his short-term memory long enough to repeat them, which, seriously, I just wanted to pet him. It was very adorable. superior knowledge of the Constitution, which is very slightly less adorable but far more useful. So I watched that and most of his speech before I had to run for the bus back to the main campus, then another class, then I hung around the campus center watching the set-up they had there until I got too cold and had to flee. And now I am in the much warmer computer lab with the CNN feed running.

Awesome new classes (Spanish and Shakespeare so far; one more today and one more tomorrow), awesome new president (other thing I am restraining myself from: typing "President Obama" fifty times in a row. I would be crying properly by the end of it), and awesome new way of entertaining myself on the ride between campuses. This is a good day.

(President Obama.)

(President Obama.)








PRESIDENT OBAMA.

Comments

[timeofnoreply.livejournal.com]

Hee. :-D

[cacopheny.livejournal.com]

I was SO geeking out happily over seeing the little name thing under Obama as he was talking say "President Barak Obama" instead of "President-Elect". It was so awesome XD

Also, I found it adorable, too. Kind of like... the poor guy's so overwhelmed it's actually happening, he can't talk right :B It may just have been that it'd been a long morning, but that's how *I* interpreted it XD

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

Some early birthday present, huh? :D

[vivien]

Aaaactually, the Chief Justice screwed up the wording, and President Obama was pausing to say "Um, no, that's not how it goes." I thought he'd just been overwhelmed by the moment, too, but it was Not His Fault.

[isaysimplewords]

*too lazy for LJLogin is a sad state of affairs, indeed*

Yes, I discovered that after the entry. Hence the strikeouts. *g* I could just fully remove it, but sometimes that seems like cheating.

(Also, psst, Bela's last tag has a seriously unfortunate typo you may want to attend to.)

[vivien]

Gah, thanks. My head is literally splitting in pain, so I will fix and go to bed to try to make it better.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! (gives you cake and ice cream)