4 posts tagged “barack obama”

New Arrival

Nevermind the fact that I feel like I just got run over by a dump truck, or that at one point while waiting for the inauguration to start I lost feeling in both of my feet because of the cold, or that I didn't have enough time to pore over the exhibits at the Newseum...

Just being there, within arm's reach of millions of people all celebrating a historic event, made this an amazing trip. I laughed, I cried, I shivered (a lot) and it was worth every penny, every mouth-gaping yawn of exhaustion, every sore-foot step.

Thankfully, my gloves did not prevent me from taking a ton of photos which you can check out on my Flickr. Once I figure out how to edit some of the video I took I'll upload that as well.

It was amazing and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

Jigga!

Tonight's Jay-Z/Mary J. Blige show was, in short, OFF THE HOOK. And this is coming from neither a hardcore fan of Jay-Z nor Mary. Jay-Z could've easily gone on to perform another hour and Mary sang with so much more emotion than what you get out of her recorded works.

It was also a very Barack-ing night. Spotted a few Barack t-shirt clad folks in the audience and there was even a guy standing with the regular bootlegged concert t-shirt sellers in the parking lot selling, you guessed it, bootlegged Barack shirts (I wonder if the guy was going to give any of the profits to the campaign... probably not). At one point during the show, with a large picture of George Bush projected behind him, Jay-Z started calling out, "Are you ready for change? Are you ready for change, Yay Area??" The picture switched to one of Barack and the crowd went up in an uproar with Jay saying, "This tour isn't sponsored by Barack Obama but it's supported by a free man who's ready for change." The crowd went nuts.

Excellent show... HOVA!