i spent time researching politicians handwriting.
after the whole inauguration business, president obama sat down, and started signing a slough of official papers, with his LEFT HAND.
now, left-handedness has always been a point of contention within my family. being usually atypical as we are, 4 of the 6 members are left handed. only the twins are righties.
and the rest, as they say, is a left handed history.
we have a coffee mug that is lined with a chorus of soft bears raising their left hands while the cup proclaims "lefties do it right!" and my ehtire childhood was full of general pro-left handed jargon. as a rightey, i was discriminated against. see....atypical.
i can clearly remember one of the first classes in architorture school: "who in here is left handed?" the professor said. most of the class raised their (left) hand. the professor went on to say that left handed people are generally more creative and that's why most famous architects and artists are left handed.
damn. disadvantaged at birth.
the subsequent 5 years of education has been spent making up for my right handedness.
reminded to me by my family, and now my (presumably) future profession.
alas, mine is a life charmed.
sub-point of the story: i know everything about the plight of left handedness. smearing ink, horrible time trying to use a notebook, scissors take forever, using a computer mouse just.....isn't right.
does anyone else want to become ambidextrous? dream. come. true.
i admit, i was pretty captivated by the inauguration pomp and circumstance today. there's just something so magical and endearing about things of this nature.
(insert political statement)