And Another Thing
Jan. 20th, 2009 10:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyNot to self: watch out when expressing mild annoyance. Yesterday Mom declared she’d skip work and be home for the inauguration. “Great! You can wake me up!” I said, and went to bed.
Today I got a call from Mom at 9:55. Now, that's too bad she had to go to work, but I’d figured she could have called sooner. I was irritated and griped to my sister, who took offense personally and yelled at me, and then I told Mom I was a little annoyed and got “You’re a grownup. I thought you’d figure it out yourself.”
Asking a lot of an asleep person, I think. Oh, well. I got up, she got to see it, we're pals again, and I regret nothing!
Speaking of asleep, Obama is not the one unique politician who doesn’t bore the hell out of me with his speeches, even if he DID say "science" in a positive context. But his boringness is a good sign, because not once have I wanted to throw a shoe at the TV. I don’t think that’s been the case with a presidential speech for … oh, about eight years now.
(I know it's petty, but I just love to think of W watching the excitement and jubilation of the last few days--all the people talking about how this is historic and people are so excited and happy and how great this is gonna be--and just SEETHING with jealousy. "What's the big deal about THIS guy, anyway?" Now if we could just try him for war crimes ...
ETA: Okay, so I admit, we finished the CNN sentence when they said, "And now the transfer of power, when Barack Obama escorts Former President Bush to the East Entrance... " "And throws him down the stairs?" "Hell yeah!" "Picture it: Bush rolling down the steps, flung suitcase banging him in the head just as he's picking himself up ..." "'AND STAY OUT!'"
Also, apparently Obama has "great penmanship." My god! He's practically perfect in every way!)
Today I got a call from Mom at 9:55. Now, that's too bad she had to go to work, but I’d figured she could have called sooner. I was irritated and griped to my sister, who took offense personally and yelled at me, and then I told Mom I was a little annoyed and got “You’re a grownup. I thought you’d figure it out yourself.”
Asking a lot of an asleep person, I think. Oh, well. I got up, she got to see it, we're pals again, and I regret nothing!
Speaking of asleep, Obama is not the one unique politician who doesn’t bore the hell out of me with his speeches, even if he DID say "science" in a positive context. But his boringness is a good sign, because not once have I wanted to throw a shoe at the TV. I don’t think that’s been the case with a presidential speech for … oh, about eight years now.
(I know it's petty, but I just love to think of W watching the excitement and jubilation of the last few days--all the people talking about how this is historic and people are so excited and happy and how great this is gonna be--and just SEETHING with jealousy. "What's the big deal about THIS guy, anyway?" Now if we could just try him for war crimes ...
ETA: Okay, so I admit, we finished the CNN sentence when they said, "And now the transfer of power, when Barack Obama escorts Former President Bush to the East Entrance... " "And throws him down the stairs?" "Hell yeah!" "Picture it: Bush rolling down the steps, flung suitcase banging him in the head just as he's picking himself up ..." "'AND STAY OUT!'"
Also, apparently Obama has "great penmanship." My god! He's practically perfect in every way!)
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Date: 2009-01-21 12:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-22 09:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, perhaps we should send there somewhere they won't wind up RUNNING.