>None of this kept me from experiencing immediate, full-on, feverish anxiety. >And then—for the first time in nearly an hour—I could work. I found that I was so

>None of this kept me from experiencing immediate, full-on, feverish anxiety. >And then—for the first time in nearly an hour—I could work. I found that I was so accustomed to his voice, how he holds his body, his aura, that ignoring him in person is as easy as ignoring a TV. Easier, in fact. He stops being the president and starts being That Guy Who You See In Tweets, That Guy Who Gives Speeches, That Guy. Interesting how your mind can put the president into the same bucket as leaving the news on in the background.