history being made

11:15a

sitting in the dorm, tuned to cbs. waiting for the real stuff to start.

right now all the various important people are arriving. it's actually pretty boring.

i'm reading stories online. ces's is doing her housing application.

rather ordinary right now, if you ask me.

i can't help but think of the last time something monumental happened in my lifetime: 9/11, all the way back in 6th grade. i was in ms mcshane's english class, and there was an announcement over the pa that told teachers to turn on the news. and we watched the events unfold.

i remember later on in the day, in chorus. plenty of students had already been called home for whatever reason. and emily was trying to get in contact with her family because she had an uncle who worked in new york, or was on a plane, and i think her dad worked near the pentagon.

11:20a

george h w bush just came out with his wife. things are picking up!

11:21a

bill and hillary.

"i keep on forgetting he was here," ces says. and i just remember he was, and we went to that. and it was pretty awesome.

go history!

11:26a

obama's daughters are 7 and 10. if he serves a second term [which, you know, he totally will] they will spend their teenage years in the white house. amazing

11:31a

ces just left with jenny to go eat. but i'm not going anywhere.

jo pointed out that michelle's outfit is a gross mustard yellow. which it is.

obama is being sworn in on the lincoln bible, which i think is pretty appropriate.

11:35a

bush and cheney have emerged. cheney's in a wheelchair from straining some back muscles while moving. i find that oddly hilarious. since, you know, he's satan...

11:39a

biden, various important congress people...

11:43a

obama!!!!!!!!

11:44a

and so it begins...

11:53a

aretha franklin is singing "my country tis of thee."

11:57a

biden is being sworn in.

12:00p

apparently, at noon biden is officially the president because bush's term officially expired.

12:04p

HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!!!

12:06p

it's official: our first african-american president has been sworn in.

i took pictures of the tv...

he had some trouble talking, he was so nervous. it was... kind of adorable!

12:26p

what an awesome speech.