Buy Or Don’t Buy

So, Obama has been President-Elect for a while now. Bush has been on his way out for a while. And… so…?

On Tuesday, Obama will become President. Haven’t we already decided that? So what’s so OMG about it? He already has the job. I don’t get it. There. Now you know my position on it. I’m the uninterested.

So get off my case people. I’m not a bad person. I certainly won’t be one the millions spending Tuesday night fighting the crowd to be part of the celebration. I have a strict policy on balls. If there is a ball and I’m not invited, I am not humoring the host by trying to go.

Things I won’t be doing to celebrate the inauguration:

• Buying the New York Times in advance to reserve a copy of the news that Obama was inaugurated
• Being searched or accidentally shot by the large amount of security
• After this, never ever referring to things being sold related to Obama as Obamabilia. (He’s our president, not a disease or stimulus package).
• Taking a day off… as you know… a holiday.
• Purchasing a celebratory compilation. Really? Wilco and Death Cab… I wonder who they are targeting with that one…
• Sitting in a Starbucks to watch a simulcast with strangers who I probably wouldn’t like if I knew them
• Caring about what bible verse he puts his hand on (I guess church and state/country will never be separate)
• Wishing I wasn’t missing a children choir performance. (I wasn’t out of grade school that long… choirs and student orchestras are always painful).
• Crying

Things I might be doing:

• Hanging out with people I like
• Drinking beer
• Eventually, enjoying Ben & Jerry’s Obama-inspired ice-cream flavor, “Yes, PeCan!”
• Watching it on the internet
• Wondering if Obama’s rhetoric during the campaign made me vote for something I didn’t really want.