Tags: tutorials, Barack Obama, president, inauguration, hope
Date: 20 January 2009 19:31:43
I rushed home straight after tutorials (which of course went fine) to watch the inauguration of President Obama - the first time in my life I've dropped everything to do that. I arrived home towards the end of Rick Warren's prayer, went for a wee and found I'd missed half of Aretha Franklin, and then sat glued to the screen for the next hour. What an amazing spectacle it was - I shed a tear or three, and I just loved the guy who gave the benediction at the end! I'm sure Obama won't be able to fulfil all the huge expectations of him, but that's because of the enormity of the mess he's inherited rather than a statement of his ability or lack of it. I feel very hopeful tonight for our world.
And in other news, I only have 36 hours of tutorials left EVER. Not that I'm counting or anything.