Catching Some Shut-Eye
Zzzzzz
…. Silver, sparkly shoes…. *sniffle*…. oppression and injustice…. *itch*….. ….. the world really, really loves me….. *shuffle*….
Eh? Whassat?
Just a few minutes more, Mom, then I’ll get up, promise…
Thus was Michelle Obama’s train of thought as she lightly dozed through Edward Kennedy’s funeral, missing the social event of the millennium so far.
A terrorist-supporting killer the man may have been, but falling asleep at his funeral?
That’s just plain rude.
Michelle can be forgiven for being a little tiredy, though: she had, after all, just got back from an energy-sapping vacation.
And please don’t tell me that she was deep in thought or prayer -- that ranks alongside your grandparents claiming that they were just resting their eyes (and trying to catch some flies while they’re at it).
Plus, I’ve so been there. But, er, not at a funeral. I’m Catholic, not hugely devout but more committed than many, and one time at church I just could not help falling asleep. You know how it is: your eyes flicker before shutting, your chin starts to meet your neck and then -- the biggest tell-tale sign of them all -- you snap your head back in a sudden and really obvious I-wasn’t-asleep-oh-no-not-me kinda way.
Only to then promptly repeat the whole routine over and over, until you either give in or start pinching yourself, neither one of which is exactly normal behavior in the house of the Lord.
But, as ever with the Obamas, look not to their actions but to their words, as what does a person’s deeds really tell you?
Really?
PS -- Kennedy’s passing was good for something, young girls and waitresses aside: my traffic got a small bump! Thank you, Ted!
PPS -- Jeez, my “PS” has belatedly given me a slight twinge of guilt (no wonder Kennedy got so far). It’s not that I’m glad that he’s dead -- that would be horrible. It’s just that I don’t care. Better?
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September 1st, 2009 at 20:33
C’mon now, ‘Crat, she was actually looking down her nose at the priest.
September 1st, 2009 at 23:03
Agree with skiri above, I don’t think that Michelle was dozing – she was merely looking down upon the priest, a.k.a. one of the members of ‘mean America’.
September 1st, 2009 at 23:07
Track – Have you been by LCR lately too? There was a lively debate over my Czar post, check it out. Wow!
September 2nd, 2009 at 03:47
Apparently not a proud day in the life of Mrs. ‘O’….
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:27
24 aides and not one of them bothered to help her….