Inaugurapocalypse--UK Edition

So I have a live feed going on my computer and BBC 1 is thankfully doing a special of the inauguration ceremony.

I'm slightly sad that I'm not home to take part in this big change. I was in Capitol Hill, at a bar, as the election results came in. It was one of those exciting moments I will never forget, and I just feel like today will very much be the same.

But knowing myself, I know I hate crowds and crowds of people. Metro will definitely have a million riders today, smashing it's previous record of 800k. But reading and looking at the pictures on the news and things, I'm glad that I am not there. I mean someone was hit by Metro at Gallery Place, probably due to the amount of people freaking taking Metro! They even closed the 14th Street Bridge to pedestrians! The mall has been closed since 9am I think, and there are just so many people Downtown trying to see history, as expected. So that makes me glad that I'm not there. God there are so many people!

BBC's coverage is just funny. So I'm going to watch and laugh. But I thought I would tell you all that I can watch it with no problems! Yay!

Update 4:55pm: BBC said Aretha Franklin is singing the US National Anthem. Actually, she's singing My Country Tis of Thee, which sounds like the UK National Anthem God Save the Queen. Silly BBC.

Update 5:44pm: Again, BBC makes another failed comparison of Obama to JFK. Really BBC?!

Update 5:46pm: BBC yet again interviews black people to emphasize the fact that we are breaking racial barriers. I think we get the picture. Let's show how diverse the US really is and interview other people!!!

Update 6:00pm: I like how the BBC is doing this hour documentary later today on Obama, and then casually mention that Obama's mother is of English and Irish decent! Haha!

Update 6:01pm: Finally, a very short blurb of the BBC interviewing people on the Mall, and it's not a black person!

Additional Notes On Obama 1/22/08
It may sound like I'm a bit of a racist, but I am not. As an American, I think that it is great we have elected an African-American. But I think mostly we elected the best fit man for the job, and he happens to be African-American. On Election Night, these three women said it best, "He's better than the other man, and he just happens to be black--it shouldn't be about race." (They happened to be African-American.)

I guess it is a big deal to the rest of the world that a black man, an African-American man can lead one of the most powerful nations in the world. And to me, I don't find it strange at all because Obama is the epitome of the American dream--there are many stories like this, but perhaps not to a grander scale. And I guess this isn't true for other "progressive" societies. So for me to hear the BBC dwell on his color became really annoying because Obama is so much more than that.