Tuesday, January 20, 2009

That Ray Stevens song about sitting up with the dead comes to mind.


So, it is officially THE big day. And, here I am at two in the morning, refusing to miss any of it. Watching live coverage of absolutely nothing on CNN.com and listening to NASA-tested and recommended mattress infomercials in the background, I feel so aloof. I just can't attach myself to the feeling or proper emotion that a day like this particular inauguration day should bring. Perhaps, then, a siesta is in order. Clearly. I just keep trying not to commit any grammar offenses that will only truly embarrass me later.

Do you think that Barack Obama is wrestling the same anxiousness at this very moment? After eight years of language misdemeanors, should he be worried that the office he will take is cursed by a vicious and toothy grammar-butchering monster (the same savage thing that infected 43)? Like a noxious stench or a highly-communicable disease, will it hang around? Will it take him down? Or, does it go back to Crawford with its host?
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. BetteJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM

    I'm excited too.. and now the moment is upon us. Biden is about to take his oath.

    But on to more important matters: Edward Cullen is my boyfriend, so it works out quite nicely that you like Carlisle best. We could double date, but I'd rather be Alice than stupid Rosalie any day. You totally called that one.

    ReplyDelete
  2. CroíJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    Glad you enjoyed the day ... I enjoyed reading about Pascal's Wager.
    I really get the euphoria I saw on TV today on the level that this day was historic from an African American perspective; it would be like having an Irishman become Prime Minister of England - but I don't get it from a political standpoint. I am very leery in that regard.

    It's kind of like how it was with me and Russell Crowe, everyone adored him in Gladiator and said what a phenomenal actor he was but I felt that ANY actor, given the huge epic spectacle of the film, would have received the same accolades and that the film carried the leading man to fame and adoration. However when he did A Beautiful Mind I decided that he was, in fact, a very talented actor indeed.
    So today was Barack's Gladiator moment for me ... I'm waiting for A Beautiful Mind though ...

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)