I actually had a really nice Sunday - playing Lord of the Rings Online for a few hours, then reading some Lord of the Rings Fan Fiction. I even assembled another bracelet for my future Etsy store and shoveled the driveway. I went to Target and made them richer and me poorer, but I now have some essentials that were desperately needed (like toilet paper - a true essential in my viewpoint).
Today is Martin Luther King Day and I can't help but feel that he would be so proud right now. Tomorrow we swear in our first black President, and I am thrilled with how far we, as a nation, have come in 150 years. That it took 150 years to get from slavery to the Oval Office is both a triumph and a tradgedy. It is a triumph because that road, from Lincoln to Obama, has been a long one. And a tradgedy because the basic recognition of the value of humanity, despite their exterior appearance, seems to be a hard lesson for mankind to learn. I'm not so sure we've learned that yet, but I am proud that we will have this President. He is educated, extremely articulate, and I think he will do us proud on the national and the international scene. I can hardly wait until the actual inaguration tomorrow.
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