OBAMA (1-20-09)

While I used my first blog entry to let my audience know more about myself and my interests, I will be using my second entry to talk about a very important event that occurred yesterday. Yesterday, or January 20, 2009, is a day that I will truly never forget. I may forget the actual date itself but I will remember the actual events that occurred that day regarding the inauguration of Barack Obama. Being a democrat and a supporter of Barack Obama, I was really anticipating seeing him actually get sworn in as president. I believe that he is going to make a big difference for the United States and will hopefully solve some of the problems we have been experiencing. But now I will get back to my actual day yesterday. At about 8:45 in the morning, my roommate woke up and turned on the coverage of the inauguration. I was really surprised about this because he did not have class until 11:00 and I didn’t have class until 10:00. Both of us had talked about waking up early to watch some of the coverage but I was surprised when we actually did, considering we are a pair known for sleeping as late as possible. Although I woke up and technically watched it, I was very out of it so therefore there are very few details that I would be able to give regarding that part of my day. After that I had class from 10 to noon. I came back at around noon and it was pretty disappointing to see that I missed the inaugural speeches. After getting to my dorm, I watched the video of the speech on YouTube. In my eyes, this speech was not as good as the one he gave in Chicago directly after being elected in November. However, that does not necessarily mean it was a bad speech. The speech really reached out to all different types of people. It reached out to the black community, the poor and struggling, the middle class, as well as many other types of people. After watching the speech on You Tube and going to class, I felt that I had watched enough on the election. After 5:00, it was much less interesting anyways. At that point they were showing coverage of the Inaugural parade and showing the family in the White House. To conclude my entry, I’d like to say I’m happy to see Barack in the White House and I’m looking forward to seeing the change he will bring.