#inaug09

I watched today’s events on my laptop, on CNN.com, which was partnered with Facebook, and made watching it more interactive, I suppose. Realtime status updates from my friends? Oh joy. Oddly, though, we had CNN on in our room, but I preferred listening with my headphones. At least on the web version, Wolf Blitzer wasn’t talking during the “Air and Simple Gifts” performance.

I was particularly struck by this line of Obama’s address:

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

Obama is such a powerful writer and orator, and that line just invokes such amazing imagery. I’m also quite excited about the new white house website. It has a BLOG! And you can follow the white house on Twitter? God Bless Obama for embracing technology.

Edited: January 20th, 2009