Inauguration

The election of Barack Obama and inauguration of the first U.S. African American president is certainly a historical event.  I thought the inauguration ceremony clearly represented the importance of the day and President Obama's speech was inspiring.  America has come a long way in the civil rights movement and with the election of Barack Obama, we have finally come over the prejudice and discrimination that so often represented the United States.  The music from legend, Aretha Franklin and the other musical performances were wonderful.  Also, the two million people that arrived to watch the inauguration and see the new President in the flesh, clearly represented the mood of the rest of the nation.  I did however, disagree with the decision to have a preacher speak at the ceremony.  We have finally united as a nation without the discrimination of race, religion or anything else and it is clear that church and state are to be separate.  This event, on January 20th, 2009, will go down in history.  I am excited to see what the new President will do and what will happen over the next four years.

Secrets secrets are no fun.  Secrets secrets hurt someone.  Secrets are bad and when I have a secret or hear a secret it is quite obvious.  I first avoid people who cannot know the secret, especially the person it is about.  I am not a good secret keeper so if I don't avoid the person of whom the secret is about, I will probably end up blurting it out.  I also feel really guilty if I have or know a bad secret.  The secret ends up being what I think most about and makes it difficult to concentrate and fall asleep.  In the end I usually tell the truth to someone and try to fix whatever the problem is.  Secrets exacerbate everything and can ruin friendships.  Secrets are no fun unless it is for a surprise party or gift.

New Year's Resolution

I make New Year's resolutions  every year, but never end up keeping it.  Sometimes I don't even make it through January, but I eventually fail every time.  This year my New Year's resolution is to not procrastinate.  I usually wait until the last minute to work on a project, or study for a test and I feel my work could be tens times better if I take more time to work.  Instead I rush through things the night before and pull out a decent grade, but with more time and concentration, I could do much better.  

To achieve this goal I am going to be more thorough about writing down my assignments.  Also, I am going to work on managing my time so I don't have to wait until the last minute to work on something.  This resolution needs to be a life change rather than something I promise to do and only end up doing the beginning of the year.