Question #460 Inauguration Nation

posted January 20th by jake

Today is Inauguration Day. Barack Obama will be sworn in as the forty-fourth President of the United States of America.

How will your day today differ from an average Tuesday?

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  • 1 phil // Jan 20, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I brought a radio to work and hope that I will hear some real talk.

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  • 2 beth // Jan 20, 2009 at 10:06 am

    I watched the inauguration at work, in one of the offices upstairs. I didn’t start “working” until just right now – which is an hour later than usual.

    Also, a co-worker brought in some delicious breakfast foods for everyone and I was shouted at by a bus driver, which is quite extraordinary – they usually are very nice to me.

    Both the b-fast goodies and the verbal confrontation are different from my average Tuesday.

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  • 3 Natalie // Jan 20, 2009 at 11:04 am

    1. I got up an hour earlier than usual to watch the inauguration speech. Anyone who knows my love of sleep can appreciate that this is a serious show of patriotism.

    2. I have to go set up a projector and screen so that all of my coworkers can watch the rebroadcast at noon while we all eat free pizza.

    3. I have a new blog to read now. This went up one minute after the swearing in.

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/change_has_come_to_whitehouse-gov/

    Nicely done, Barack.

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  • 4 Joe // Jan 21, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    My day was the same as normal tuesdays except I kept trying to get myself caught up in the “OMG my world is totally changed now” feeling it seemed like we were supposed to have.

    When that didn’t work I spent some time trying to fake it when I talked to anyone on the subject.

    I then spent more time than I normally do dwelling on what an average/average-bad president JFK was.

    I did feel some glimmer of hope at the end of the day when I listed to Obama’s speech which was a good one.

    I guess “the ground has shifted beneath [me]” or some glassy-eyed crap like that.

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