*Note: The above screen shot is from the New York Times web site and is not my work. I can not remove the copyright roll-over with out changing every post on this blog, but please note that it is the New York Times’ work and not mine.*
I got up at 4:30 this morning and watched from my living room as Prince William and Catherine were married. I didn’t stay up all night and I didn’t watch all of the media coverage, but I made sure to catch the ceremony.
Some of you might think I’m a little crazy for waking up that early and some of you may think I’m crazy for not staying up all night in anticipation; I’ve heard both sides of the story. I’m sort of middle of the road when it comes to opinions of the royal wedding. I was glad it was happening, but not overly excited.
So why did I watch? Same reason I saw a lot of other journalists on Facebook at 5 a.m. Just to be a part of it. (And because we don’t own a DVR)
There were over 2 billion people watching all over the globe. I think when you’re nature is to document daily history, there’s no way you can resist being a part of or at least watching as a world event takes place.
It’s like 9-11 or the Japan Earthquake, not to compare a royal wedding to tragic disasters like those, but the whole world turns their eyes to those events and those are the moments that define generations. Those events give us all a common experience.
So no matter what your opinion of the royal wedding – I thought it was lovely – you and I are now tied to the other how ever many billion people who also experienced it. And I think that’s cool.