Inauguration 2009

It's amazing how personal circumstances can influence memories. As I have stated before, I have attended every inauguration since I have lived in DC, and I will continue to do so. I attended last week's event, and it was amazing. I have never seen such a mass of humanity anywhere, and the only thing I can liken it to is an evacuation of a city after a nuclear attack. I have been to the World Series, I have been to NFL playoff games, and I have seen big crowds. But this was not a big crowd, this was a mobile metropolis. I cannot do justice to the experience by describing it, you saw the pictures on television of the crowds, just imagine how all those fucking people got there, and then how they left. I have never seen or been a part of anything like it.

However, this inauguration will not go down as my favorite. Although I worked for Obama, although I attended the convention in Denver, although I cried when he won, the inaugural experience was not on the level of Bush's 2nd. That is still my most favorite and special. It's a January 20th thing, you wouldn't understand.

Meow. And I miss you.