Snow in Pullen and Obama’s inauguration
Pullen in the Snow
Took a little walk to Pullen Park today. Everything was covered in snow, and it was around sunset. Awesome. Leah and I got there a little after the Design School official sanctioned snowball fight… so the ground was a little chewed up in places and whatnot, but nothing ugly at all. It was just a little traveled. Anyway, it was beautiful.
One thing bothered me though. I noticed the geese in the park honking around like they usually do, but they seemed slower and more desperate than usual. I wished I had some food for them and whatnot, they just seemed slow and a bit downtrodden. Then I noticed the indie kids a little up the guard rail. Yeah, throwing snowballs at the birds.
Birds!
Nothing irks me more than people being genuinely inconsiderate like that. I’m no PETA follower, but that’s a crummy thing to do no matter how you slice it. They’re just ducks, geese, coots, whatever. They’re not hurting you, and if you wing a snowball at them you could hurt them.
So I started making snowballs and actively looking at the indies (not the race, the horn rim kids and the ones with ironic shoes) down the way a bit. After about five good rigid pack iceballs were made, I noticed them noticing me. Then they left their snowballs and left the park. Go team. Not the most mature thing to do, but hey, ducks can’t make snowballs. It all evens out.
Seriously guys. I mean, throwing snowballs at a gathering of ducks on the one day we get real snow? It’s not as big a crime as the bright green/black striped hoodie one horn rimmed indie was wearing, but still. Go be jerks somewhere else. I’m sure it’ll involve Helvetica somehow.
Oh yeah. We got a new president today. That was pretty cool. I’ll leave the coverage up to everyone else, but I can’t get over how hilarious Obama’s expression is here:
Benediction for Obama’s Inaugural by the Reverend Dr. Lowery (5:14 in)
The way his smile fades into a frown tells me he wasn’t given an advance copy of this benediction. When white will know what’s right? How in hell is he supposed to react to a statement like that without people getting antsy about it? Some forums have already lit up with complaints about the statement. I just think it was an awkwardly worded blurb in a line of otherwise pleasantly rhymey racial inspirational phrases.
All in all, though, great speech from Obama, and largely forgettable speeches from everyone else. Oh, and Itzhak Perlman and Yo-yo Ma were amazing.
Pullen
Pullen at Sunset
I took a walk in Pullen Park today. It was sunset.
I’m really beginning to appreciate this place. I think I’ll be walking more and more around there, because it’s only about a 5 minute stroll from my apartment. It’s also a really great place to think, and to just enjoy the weather.
The weather’s been a lot cooler lately in the evenings, so I’m definitely looking forward to more of this.