Culling through some old videos today, I came across this special one that I'd forgotten to post from last October.
The Mayor invited me to this Opening Ceremony of a new Magnetic School in our area. It was actually funded by the U.S. Reconstruction Team, so the acting U.S. 'Consul' attended as well along with his full entrouage.
Not realizing what I was getting into I just tried to stick close to the Mayor, but eventually got separated from him in the fan fare. Walking into the open courtyard of the school, the Mayor spiied me and ushered me to sit right by him, on the front row. Of course, there were television cameras all around, because it was perhaps one of the biggest affairs of the year.
All the while, I kept thinking, why am I sitting here on the front row where all the cameras train their lenses? Oh, well. I'm sure I was all over the news that night, and folks wondering, "Hey, who's the American sitting so prominently?"
The next day, I went by the Mayor's office for some reason. Oddly enough, that day wasn't too busy for him, so after everyone had cleared out of his office he sat down next to me and said, "Billy, you're my best friend. Whenever we have events like we had yesterday, I want you to be right there with me."
Well, what do you say to that?
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