The Inauguration of the 44th President

Barack Obama is now the 44th President of the United States of America. He was sworn in around 11:00 o'clock Central Time.

Lol, right now we're watching him sign his name on some documents and the CNN people are complimenting his penmanship.

Previous to the compliments on penmanship, both Joe Biden and Barack Obama were sworn in, and Obama gave his speech. It was a more, let's say, harder speech than I've heard him give before. There were a couple moments when he got very, hmm, not really passionate, but sort of. Stern but passionate? Well, his voice got louder anyway.

As always, I really liked watching the people in the crowd. It was funny watching their reactions to the speakers.
At the start of the National Anthem, Joe Biden was taking pictures for one of Obama's daughters.
During the speech of one of the reverends, there was one guy sitting behind Obama whose eyebrow was jumping up and down.
After Obama's speech, one of the reporters was saying how she saw people crying and hugging each other, then they went to a shot of a scowling woman before quickly switching to a scene of cheering crowds.

Yeah, it's an exciting day, but you've got to find humor in everything.

A Person of Importance

Picture from: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear

Barack Obama was named Time Person of the Year for 2008. I can't really say I was surprised. There was so much publicity about him during the election season, he made some historic breakthroughs during his campaign, and his story is very compelling.
His election was exciting and uplifting for the country. Hopefully he can survive his first days in office dealing with two wars, global warming, and the economic slide.