Today was another field trip...luckiest kid in the class... Olivia's lesson today was about the immigration process. We witnessed 145 individuals become US citizens (2 of our friends specifically). I heard them all swear to denounce all other sovereigns, princes and the like. It was something. My three observations of the ceremony - (1) it was like graduation - no matter how many times you ask people to NOT cheer, they still will, and the announcer looks like scum asking them to hold applause till the end (2) its a contemporary ceremony not traditional - I was expecting some marching band music but instead the country song "I'm Proud to be an American" and (3) a greeting from Obama - just think of all the administrative hoohaw that happens with a new president! JR and I joke about the marketing expense of WAMU becoming Chase (signs, stationary, deposit slips...) the US government is no better!
Congratulations new citizens!
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