matt

Yesterday was Obama's inauguration and we watched the inauguration ceremony at work. It was pretty cool and I'm sure the first inauguration I actually watched live and the first one I even cared about. As much as I liked Clinton, I never really cared about inauguration stuff. It was pretty interesting to watch. That being said, the parade was a snooze fest and the ball was completely dumb. Aside from the 5 minutes of dancing, the musical acts were dumb and un-necessary. It felt like I was watching the stupid musical acts that are pre-taped during New Years Eve.

Today I have to drive to the gym after work to cancel my membership. $40 per month per person is too much and I'm still in the first month window to cancel so I will and get a refund. Short of them offering me like $20/month deal, I'm gone. This weekend I'll swing over to Planet Fitness and try them out since they have a $10/month deal which is far more reasonable although I'm sure it will be a real dump.

Congrats to Eric and Cathy as Cathy's water broke this morning. It got me thinking about what if Marissa was going into labor this morning and it's really freaky to think about putting me in those shoes. Obviously if you're expecting a child, you have about 9 months to mentally prepare but I've never really thought about it before to that extent. I can't imagine the sort of different thoughts going through their heads. Anywho, congrats and good luck!

As you may have noticed Barack Obama was elected last night. Marissa and I watched the results on TV. Well, the TV was on while we were both on the computer and towards the end saw most of it. I don't really care for politics but last night was just exciting. I remember in the 2000 election being in the common room of our college dorm watching results and I've been kind of hooked ever since. Admittedly, it's a lot more fun if your candidate is winning. As many have noticed by now, this was a historic moment and I'm glad I witnessed it. We stayed up to see McCain's concession speech and honestly if he had spoken like that the whole time I might have been swayed by him. Any who, we have a Democratic President and congress and senate so finally things might improve around here. Considering Republicans have had their run for a while and all we have to show for it is a crappy economy and high gas prices....thanks a lot the so-called party of friends of big business.

To celebrate the Obama victory, work took us all out to lunch today at a Japanese teppan restaurant and it was pretty darn good. I have to say, I can get used to all these lunches we're getting at work. I definitely am part of a good thing here and I'm happy about it.

Song of the Day: Journey - Don't Stop Believing