Preface: Any and all the nonsense I've tried to write the last few days for this week's post was simply a waste compared to what's happened today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. It felt like finally coming up for air after being forced underwater for nearly too long.
“Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause: the cause of democracy.”
The last four plus years have been more than rough. I'm ready for politics to be boring again. I'm hoping they move back to being as important and memorable as a routine dental visit. The dentist we go to here is fantastic and the entire staff is incredibly professional and kind. But still, the entire time they're digging around in my mouth with metal tools and scraping away the past, I'm outwardly pretending everything's fine while fighting off a blinding panic and choking on my own juices.
It's only fitting that I was at the dentist today during the inauguration. I sat there in that fancy robot chair with the dentist and his assistant on either side and the three of us watched Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take their oaths of office on my iPhone. The assistant was an older white lady who was in tears seeing the first woman being sworn in as Vice President. Yea, I cried too with this stranger who only moments earlier had her gloved fingers in my mouth. Good Lord, what a time and place to sit and pay attention as once again adults are back in charge.
Today, the work begins. pic.twitter.com/OqdALNJj4A
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 20, 2021
Bonus points too for a couple of my FilmSupply clips landing in the White House's "The Work Begins" video.
As for the previously scheduled nonsense I was writing for today, I'll try and polish that turd to post another time. You're not missing anything.