a good day

so today, p, z and i went down to the national mall and witnessed, with two million other people, the inauguration of our new president. good for us that barack obama is who we chose to represent and lead us.
we were at the wwii memorial, nearly two miles from where the action was. but we were in a huge crowd that stretched another mile behind us, i'd guess.

mr. obama's speech was amazing. i watched it on the jumbotron, and heard it echoed down the mall with a few second time lapse.
hurray for better times.

here's a picture of aretha franklin singing (from way back where i stood). she almost made me cry, and her hat is sweet.