TODAY WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME.

I'm not really going to do indepth reviews of speeches. that has been done by people far more knowledgeable than me. I will say a few things though. The music was awesome. Aretha was good as always. The arrangement by John Williams was interesting and well done. I bet it was even better live. Obama, while not as rousing as he can be, gave a beautiful and moving speech. I am excited & expectant for the next four (more?) years.

The folks I was house & pet sitting for (while they attempted the sardines-in-a-can Capitol Mall) arrived back in Baltimore earlier than they were expecting. They made CNN Sunday (Monday?) night. pretty cool huh? The dad got to the Mall at 5 am to stake out a spot (a very nice one too). Mom & kids tried to get to him 3 hours latter and were unsuccessful getting through the MASS OF PEOPLE. The last estimate I heard (at about 2:45) was 1.8 MILLION ATTENDEES.

oh and pins! I'm loving the various pins people wore today. I work as a waitress so I got to see a lot of them :) I have to go out and get my hands on one in particular. It was the number 44 laid out with all the previous presidents. Obama stood out in red. very cool!

also: today's Daily Show & Colbert Show need to be up online stat! I wanna see what they say about Obama's flubbing. which, ya know, I thought was oddly endearing. But I still wanna see their reactions.

I know I didn't really hear "How I Saved Roosevelt" from Assassins before the inauguration started. I didn't, I didn't, I didn't. It was something else. right?

To all you politically astute types -- pretty
interesting, huh?


Ronald Reagan - divorced the mother of two of his children to marry Nancy Reagan, who bore him a daughter only 7 months
after the marriage.

Bob Dole - divorced the mother of his child, who had nursed him through the long recovery from his war wounds.

Newt Gingrich - divorced his wife who was dying of cancer.

Dick Armey - House Majority Leader - divorced

Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas - divorced

Gov. John Engler of Michigan - divorced

Gov. Pete Wilson of California - divorced

George Will - divorced

Sen. Lauch Faircloth - divorced

Rush Limbaugh - Rush and his current wife Marta have six marriages and four divorces between them.

Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia - Barr, not yet 50 years old, has been married three times. Barr had the audacity to author and push the "Defense of Marriage Act." The current joke making the rounds on Capitol Hill is "Bob Barr...WHICH marriage are you defending?!?

Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York - divorced

Sen. John Warner of Virginia - divorced (once married to Liz Taylor.)

Gov. George Allen of Virginia - divorced

Henry Kissinger - divorced

Rep. Helen Chenoweth of Idaho - divorced

Sen. John McCain of Arizona - divorced

Rep. John Kasich of Ohio - divorced

Rep. Susan Molinari of New York - Republican National Convention Keynote Speaker - divorced

So ... gays are going to destroy the institution of marriage? Wait a minute, it seems the Christian Heterosexual Republicans are doing a fine job without anyone's help!