Tuesday January 20, 2009 will forever be an ObamaNation!

In running with today's theme... (no I don't actually own a pair of these)




As we all know, today marked a very significant event in the history of world politics. Barack Hussein Obama, was inaugurated today as the 44th and first African-American president of the United States. I will spare further details, as I'm sure you've all heard it a million times on every major news network around the world. On that note, I find it particular impressive that so many non-americans tuned in to watch the inauguration ceremony, myself included. I, like many others, am very happy to see Bush leave. I also, however will refrain from blaming the worlds problems on him, since that has already been overdone, and as much as I dislike him, he didn't cause everything to go wrong, he just didn't help in the worlds problems. I confidently look forward to Obama's rein as president, especially since he's going into all of this at a very rough time. He will certainly be held in the spotlight if things get worse, which is unfortunate because he seems quite competent and may be criticized more then he should be.

The ceremony itself seemed to have gone decently enough and I'm glad Bush didn't make another speech. I particularly liked the short black guys speech (I can't recall his name), he had some good points, and just looked really cute. Obama's speech was good as well, most of which was nothing new, but enjoyable none the less. I wish him luck and am curious to see how things will unveil in these troubled times.

Now enough of my ranting, on to questions:

Tuesday, Planet: You would think that I would have at least thought about my own question in the week that it was posted, but of course I am thinking of this on the spot... My planet would be called "Καλή φορές", it means "good times" in Greek, and it would be cool because it would be a world without hate. That's not to say that it would be perpetually jolly and happy, I fully condone disagreements, but flat out hatred and the results of such are unnecessary.

Wednesday, 5 Years: Well hopefully I will be done school by then, and working as a teacher somewhere. I yearn to impart knowledge on young minds. Unless of course I continue on to graduate studies, which I am also very interested in. Also a settled down long term relationship would be nice too.

Friday, Event: This is a tough one, I would say coming out was definitely a significant event in my life, as was the year and a half following that. I learned a lot about myself and what I wanted to do in life. Much to my parents disappointment I dropped out of engineering and switched into physics. I can happily say that I'm very glad I made the choice I did. I'm much more passionate about this degree then I ever was in engineering and don't find myself second guessing the decision as I did with engineering.

Monday, Favorite Book: I'm not sure that I have a favorite book. I would say my favorite series to date would have to be Harry Potter (generic I know). Mainly because, I like that while reading it I can immerse myself in a world full of excitement and adventure that isn't so different then our own, aside from the obvious magic. That and I can read it again and again without it losing enjoyment.

My question, to wrap up today's theme, how do you feel about Obama as president? Do you think he will do a good job, or did you want someone else to win?