What do you expect tomorrow? Are you hoping for the worst or the

[babylonsister]

best? What do you want? I know who I will be celebrating, but shout out your anger.

And Maya Angelou just said that Hillary Clinton gave a shout out to women to support Obama.

Very cool.

She's such a nice woman. How's this for a sound-bite? "My country is growing up."

Her whole speech is a blessing.

[pinto]

1. I expect the usual events of an inauguration, coupled with the significance of our first

African-American President, a speech that may well be historic from the incoming Pres., and a whole lot of hoopla around town.

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, historic. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. The whole country and the world is caught up in this.

I don't have expectations, I'm observing triple the energy and attention compared to past inaugurations.

There are plenty of reasons, but just as the numbers who attended the events last year, and the greater media attention we've seen, this day is going to break all records, and I imagine that we'll hear one helluva speak by our president.

There will be some noises, too, of course, but these will soon be forgotten.

[babylonsister]

5. What did you say? Your moving avatar is reminiscent and annoying.

But I'm watching English/Brit Lit., 19th and 20th Century. On PBS.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Here, try this...

I don't have expectations, I'm observing triple the energy and attention compared to past inaugurations.

There are plenty of reasons, but just as the numbers who attended the events last year, and the greater media attention we've seen, this day is going to break all records, and I imagine that we'll hear one helluva speak by our president.

There will be some noises, too, of course, but these will soon be forgotten.

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[firedupdem]

4. I'm hoping for the best and not thinking about the worse. I am so

filled with emotion about tomorrow, I can't put it into words.

I decided to let my son stay home tomorrow and my husband took the day off. We will spend the day as a family watching history being made. I also rejoice in the fact that the President we elected is a uniter and not a divider. At the same time, I'm confident that he will follow through on the promises he made during his campaign. Those who decide to stay in the negative zone will be exposed in a big way.

:patriot:

[sohndrsmith]

7. I'm basically so moved that I don't think I really know how to

absorb what this really means - on so many levels. I want to write a meaningful letters to my daughters - like real letters using paper, ink, envelopes and stamps - because I want to give them something that they can read and remember in honor of this moment, this day.

I want to cry tears of joy - and I have been... makes me feel foolish until I realize how much this means to me - even if Obama isn't the great leader I think he will be. I am moved beyond anything I could have imagined, and it all started (for me) on January 3rd 2008. I cannot watch the beginning of Obama's Iowa victory speech with dry eyes:

"They said..."

Oh man, I can't even write it out if I want to remain composed. : ) The night was particularly special for me because I watched it with my then 73 year old mother (a Wellesley grad, like Hillary Clinton) who was far more politically astute than I ever knew. His speech sent chills down both our spines that cold night. I don't know if either of us had ever even seen him before... I learned as much about my mother as I did about Obama that night. I knew and respected her intellect, but it was a gift to learn something new about her that night. I will never forget it.

I really wish I was in DC in person - with my children and my mother... but I'm not.

I don't think I've felt the power and significance of being alive an present for a day in history (other than the birth of my children, which - sorry Obama, you can't hold a candle to either of those days) in my life. I was an infant when Kennedy was assassinated, and very young when we landed on the moon.

This is so much bigger - to me - than I really am able to grasp as of yet...