Inauguration Day...Otherwise known as More Politics

Today the 44th president of the United States of America was sworn in.
Mom had told me that I probably didn't have to worry about my friends getting obsessed over Obama's victory or McCain's loss today. And for I minute, I almost believed that, maybe, I would go through the day without having to trudge through any politics.

Boy, was I wrong.

It started with the girl who came to school in all black. When I asked (full of tact and politeness of course) "Hey! Did someone die or somethin'?" She responded that it was inauguration day, and she was mourning that our nation was going into "The Dark Ages".
It continued with the class optimist who came in almost in tears. (Partially because of Obama, and partially because he had forgotten his homework.)
There was one kid, who shall remain nameless, was ranting and raving about Obama and how terrible he was. Eventually I asked them to tell me what was so bad about him. They stood around, with brilliant insights like "um" and "er" and "ah" and eventually said "Because he's Obama!" and left.
We watched Obama and Biden get sworn in at school. For a while we watched it on a channel that had no commentary...and then we switched over to Fox.
And that was pretty disturbing.
After hearing about how the menu for the Inagural lunch was the most fascinating bit of news today, we got to see some incredible technological know-how, as one commentator said, "Now this should be a shot of the inside of the White House" and ended up showing us some helicopter that he couldn't quite identify.
I am not making this stuff up
We also watched Obama's speech.
And I thought it was pretty impressive, actually.
And maybe, Obama will have enough supporters that he can inspire America in ways that have not been seen since Reagen was president.
And...maybe he'll be another George Bush.
All I know is: Today is today, and now is now, and if I keep thinking about the future I'm going to forget to brush my teeth and get in trouble.