1.8 Million

Hello! I'm eating peach Greek yogurt as I write this. Just thought you should know. My computer's finally getting organized which is a maaajor relief and really a delight as I am finding more and more pictures I didn't realize I had. It's like turning your attic upside and going through your childhood again, except in this case it's not my childhood and let's face it, looking at forgotten albums on your desktop is far less poetic than the attic scene. Still, I thought I should do something with these poor, abandoned photographs, revive them in a strange way. I have massive amounts of them, of course I didn't plan on posting them all, just a few relevant ones. I actually think I might do one more article like this. Anyways, these pictures were taken both on the night before the Inauguration of president Obama (YES WE CAN!) and on the day of the Inauguration. Not only did we celebrate the most anticipated Presidential Inauguration of all time, but we also celebrated one of my best friend's birthday. Wicked deal eh? We stayed at a friend's house who lived downtown (15 minutes away from the Capitol by car), we had to get up at five in the morning, one because we had to WALK there, and second to avoid missing something. The toughest of us stayed awake the whole night and at 5 in the morning, on Tuesday the 20th of January, there we were with our winter boots and army coats marching towards what was the biggest event in American history. It took us a long time to get there, it seemed like forever and on top of everything I think it was the coldest day of the year. We had tickets so we weren't far from the Capitol and we saw the Swearing-in Ceremony annnd the Inaugural Address. The whole thing BLEW my mind; you could smell the hope in the air (and hot dogs) and it felt like we were in the 70's or in Woodstock. We were among the 1.8 million people who attended the Inauguration and hell, I was tired and I couldn't feel my toes (my whole body would be more precise, just sayin') but I wouldn't change the experience for anything.