The plan is to head to DCA (Reagan National Airport) to pick up out other friend Ethan. This is a start of what will be a long day. By the end of it, our patience will be tried and as well as our endurance to the elements.
I will be making periodic updated throughout the day and I will also be trying to capture much of the experience on video.
I’ve been to the Lincoln Memorial several times — often playing tour guide to those visiting DC — but never really stopped long enough to think of all the history that has taken place on it’s steps. Yesterday, we were watching the free pre-inauguration show, which took place on the same very same steps.
Some of the biggest names in politics and entertainment were sharing the steps that King did 46 years before. It definitely brings another perspective to the monument and the man it remembers.
Today, Soledad O’Brien interviewed a few people who were in town for the inauguration who were also in town August 28th, 1963 to hear Dr. King speak. Some say, King was the Moses and Obama is Joshua generation. Continuing with the bible reference, some have even said from the death of King to the election of Obama represented 40 years of walking in the wilderness and it now is time to see the promise land. I’m not sure if I’m ready to go *that* for with it, but one thing is for sure, I will be in DC tomorrow to share in the experience of history.
A couple years ago, I made a “tribute” mix to MLK … it’s actually more a commentary on freedom. It’s a bit long (about 10 minutes), but check it out when you get the chance.
I will be making updates within the next couple weeks, including my inauguration experience so stay tune!
Anyway, my parents found some old video footage of us from way back in the day and my dad got this little video camera for Christmas. So putting the two together, some of this footage ended up on you tube! Below is raw footage of my short-lived career as a child rock star. We were it back then, but then my brother and I started to have creative differences and the pressure got to me … I gave it all up!
There was one particular instance where I was having a chest pain and after I entered my symptoms in webmd I was told that I may have a heart attack and that I should see a doctor ASAP!!! I went to the doctor’s office and they did x-rays and even one of those AKG thingies that monitor your heart and they came up with nothing. It could have just been a strain in the pectorals.
I’ve also self-diagnosed myself as having ADD … it makes it easier to explain my constant absent mindedness!! There is another “disease” that I have which isn’t even documented in webmd so I had to come up with a name for it myself. It is called the Post Vacation Laziness Syndrome or PVLS for short. It’s really a serious condition in which the victim becomes extremely unmotivated to do *ANYTHING* after coming back from “Holiday”. This usually can last anywhere from 1 to 7 days and in extreme cases the victim may never recover!!!
The important thing to note is that it doesn’t matter what the person was doing during vacation, it’s more the fact that they were away from the daily routine. For instance, sometimes my vacations are pretty busy … often I don’t really ever just rest and relax but that’s all I want to do when I get back from vacation. The cruise that I just went on was different in that I did a lot of laying around on the beaches and chilling in the hot tub but yet I the symptoms of PVLS were still exhibited on my return.
I’ve been so lazy that I meant to type this up yesterday and am just now getting to it. I have to setup a website for my family to upload pictures to and I still haven’t even gone through my pictures to upload yet!!! It’s a shame really. With all my “research” I’ve found no cure. What usually happens I get so tired of being a bum that I finally snap back into reality. The perpetual fear is that one day I may never snap back!
