who wants to roadtrip down to DC for the inauguration?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

i do!

I am making plans for this now

I have (1) futon

welcome!!! we had thousands of people dancing in the streets - like a lot of other places in America. But 1/20/09 is going to be INSANE!!

i am down for this yall

Totally doing this.

I'll be there in Fallout 3.

seriously if you want to do this and don't have a place to stay all the hotels are booked up already. I have one (1) futon.

ok i wanna go maybe stay outside of town??

maybe amon will let u stay his his place in b'more?

my sister and bro-in-law live in alexandria - sure we could fit a few people there!

my uncle lives in DC and so does my buddy dave

Do you need tickets to the innauguration?

if you can't get tickets you can volunteer to work security and get in for free http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/opportunities.shtml

u on the list, jon?

oh man we are gonna get so drunk

i would have to check with the wife but i could probably let a couple people stay at my place in PG County. although this thing is on a weekday so i might not be on board with going, i dunno.

How much do I have to donate to the DNC to get into this?

i think 600 for a seat? its pretty easy to see from the street though. ill be there dudes, lets all hang!

this is gonna be awesome. USFAP!

uh it will be called DCFAP b/c u will be in DC

we pay taxes but have no representation

but please, come to our party!!!!!

seriously considering this.

hmmmmmm

This is tempting.

WaFapU

$317 MSP to DC

chinatown bus, bitchez!

though i think jw should spring for acela tix for all nycers!

I just got a $3000 medical bill!

how much of it do you pay?

I was At the last one

my sister was, protesting.

how much of it do you pay?

This is after insurance.

;_;

did you know that going into the surgery?

me + fam are considering this. how insane would it be to do w/ a 4 + 7 year old?

do they smoke weed and listen to boredoms

gabbneb i actually thought i saw a shot of you at obama's speech the other night

i was like "is he from chicago or something"

XD xxp

a case of the 'that's a gabbneb lookin' mother fucker' syndrome.

lets all stay in the same hotel in bodymore murderland

xpost i said that out loud, tza!!

ok so

swearing in ceremony - $515 - $6825 (talk about running the gamut)
inaugural parade - $645 - $1815
inaugural ball/gala - $1350 - $1950

seriously if you want to do this and don't have a place to stay all the hotels are booked up already. I have one (1) futon.

i just found an available room, but it's $5000 ;__;

i found some more rooms at a 1/4 of that cost, non-refundable

wow.

tombot's futon not appealing to you, gab?

hey the hyatt's only 650/nt

i checked out some listings for tombot's futon and they were definitely below 650/night

there's actually plenty of availability; you just have to pay upfront and through the nose

i see what youve done there!!!!

oh, and for the weekend too

HAW
xpost

tombot can 16 ppl fit on your futon?

nyc-ers going down could do a dry run on my futon before we embark.

like olympic training camp

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1152/1251048432_3b594fa973.jpg?v=0

that is neither ny nor dc

sigh

oh yeah, i have concert tix that night

what concert?

"dry run"

Can someone swing by pittsburgh and pick me up?

Don't forget pompoms. Rahm Emanuel has concluded that's what the Bubba Administration was missing: pompoms.

no but as I discovered the other night they will eat a lot of candy and dance crazy to ed rush + optical

xpost to gbx

it is one of those classimacal music concerts, tza

ooh, which one?

DMB plays the Goldberg Variations

ugh, dude skip that show

tza, that money is just for anaesthesia

i wanna go.

um, sorry, americans only................

you guys can come up here for one of our political things

uh yeah like id want to watch the cw when ive got hbo in my own backyard

call me when quebec secedes

I'ts the CW with extra poutine, though.

um

let's just go to DC the weekend after and it will be cheaper.

lets stay in new york and get wasted

bring the war home

not to be confused with the war at home.

seriously considering making the trip for this

if you don't get tickets for anything at all, which I'm sure I won't, is it worth it? I guess you just stand in a big mob real real far away from where the actual swearing-in is taking place?

good ?
i think it would just be a super fun party

friend said she is getting tickets by writing to sherrod brown? she didn't mention paying for anything but maybe it's different in ohio where way less people want to go. maybe i will write him also and do a free ticket giveaway right here on this thread

you don't need tix to stand on the motorcade route, at least you didn't last time. i was right in front.

cool. yeah that's what I was wondering.

we doin this or what?

omg yes jergins pls to bring SEAWA crew!

JUST BOUGHT MY BUS TICKETS

ARGH I CAN'T GO TO THIS

ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH

better to bus or get ppl together for car rental?

$15-$20 bus tickets from boltbus still available... i was thinking that parking is going to be murder but i bet DC ppl will know mroe

having a hard time getting past the fact that a) this event is in washington dc b) it will be cold

oh hmm true, tho i could park at sister's. was thinking of more flexibility, but maybe it is just easier to bus.\

xpost

it will not be cold if you bring a flask ;)

hey joe are u having a hard time getting past the fact that our first muslim president is going to be sworn in on the koran

that does sound pretty good tbh

eh, all hotels are full

what about the TOMBOTEL?

i have yet to ask my sister if ppl can stay at her house.

for hotels i would try Baltimore. then take the train down. we have a couch and a guest room, but they're taken already by my sisters, sorry.

i have no idea what parking will be like but i bet it will be fucking crazy. but a good, muslim kinda crazy

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-inauguration-fever-11-nov11,0,5370815.story

Blackhawk and/or Cubs fans help me out!

Since there are a lot of Chicago people here and I’m desperate, I offer the following: I have a pair of inauguration tickets that I will trade for a pair of NHL Winter Classic tickets (that I will also pay face value for). A special ILX bonus is included: since tickets are pick-up only they will be listed under the name of a much-despised New England Republican (who in reality is a super swell guy). This is a great connection for snowmobile enthusiasts!*

Surely someone knows someone?

* Offer is void if I win that non-season ticket holder lottery.

NO!

for hotels i would try Baltimore. then take the train down. we have a couch and a guest room, but they're taken already by my sisters, sorry.

Oh btw my mom is threatening to come up, too.

But I am totally up for MegaDCFAP of all time.

i am considering participating in this craziness

so, even if tickets to the official inauguration business are out of the question, being there will still be rad, right?

still seriously considering this

i bought my plane ticket. i'll be there.

this is shaping up like that Zemeckis film I Wanna Hold Your Hand; one of you will end up hiding in Bam's closet

what other zemeckis films would you say this is like

Back to the Future Part 2

whatevs to the parade, it's gonna be cooooold. But the parties and general atmosphere on the surrounding days should be awesome. Will watch the swearing in at a bar with a TV and a fireplace.

1M Possible For Obama Inaugural
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081113/D94E8U9G0.html

hella people are going to get laiiiid

i think it would be fun, but i don't feel the need to be there. we already won. on to the work.

If this shapes up into something I will get bus tix closer to the date and come down for it, okay? We will all stay somewhere, yet to be determined.

i am going. i am staying at my sister's. i may be able to have a few people stay there (depending on who else is also there).

lol obama baby boom
xpost

max otm

Back to the Future Part 2

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, November 11, 2008

specifically 1993-2001.

Hey I might be able to come to this after all yayayay

obama meet the new boss same as the old boss 196,000 results

you're doing it wrong

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/inaugural-events-phish-are-hot-tickets

okay maybe now I'm not going again

Morbius if you continue to troll this thread I will temp ban you. I don't want to yellow flag you for all of ILE so I'm just putting that here.

did you guys see the commemorative metro cards they're making for this

http://dcist.com/attachments/dcist_sommer/2008_1120_obamasmartrip.jpg

so pleased to provide your transportation

yay metro can make $$$$ off the cards ppl buy and don't use right?

i guess i will be there, anyway. i wish i had space to offer, but i have a ridiculously tiny studio apartment. trying not to think about how much money i could make if i crashed at my brother's & rented it out..

do that

$$$ :)

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/11/the_washington_gold_rush.cfm

Sertorius wrote:
Im just joshing you. You set yourself up dude! I'm sure you will get my goat in another thread. Ive had multiple bottles of wine tonight and argued with some European idiots... did you know all UK police officers of a certain political party have been forced to resign? Sort of joe mccarthy making communists resign, but in 21st century UK! we were agruing that and other issueszzz. And more than half the people in the room were homosexuals. Yes, I counted. parting is such sweet sorrw i bid you farewell until the morrow.

OBAMA INAUGURATION COULD HAVE SUBDUED TONE

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/26/inauguration/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_to_open_entire_Mall_for_1204.html

oh ffs

tombot let's skip town and go to vegasssssssssssssssss

^^^^^^ EXCELLENT IDEA GENTS

nah but we can do ethiopian this weekend if you kids are in town

OM NOM NOM

wait you fucker you didn't tell me ethiopian was an option over thksgvg wknd

"OBAMA INAUGURATION COULD HAVE SUBDUED TONE" vs. "BARS ALLOWED TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS INAUGURATION WEEK"

TOMBOT surely you are aware that my beloved dislikes ethiopian food with a passion! I love it much though so I would totally nom nom on this.

are bars really gonna be open 24 hrs during inauguration

Yes, yes they are. Actually I think EtOH can only be served until 5 a.m.; don't know how long the gap is before they can start serving again?

Ethanol???????????

They can start serving again at 10am - I think maybe half the bars will stay open until 5, and 10% of those 24 hours. I mean, if you let people drink until 5am and then stay open after you're really just asking for people to throw up and fall asleep in your bar.

Kate I thought Mark just had "injera issues". I am hoping we can all help him work him through this disability.

i've tried eating Ethiopian a bunch of times i just don't like it

who are you by the way

have you checked with your doctor?

Reva. who the hell are you! ha ha ha

i might come down the weekend after when hotel rooms are plentiful and cheap, lol.

hahahaha hi Reva. didn't know you had KITTIES!!!! i emailed the BOT about getting dinner sometime.

max i checked with my doctor and he like everyone else in the world made fun of me for living in DC and not liking Ethiopian

you are missing a great thing - especially Dukem. But we'll try and be understanding.

i mean aesthetically speaking i have nothing against picking up little blobs of colorful food with bread that tastes and feels like zombie flesh

ugh you are so weird

I didn't really like ehtiopian until I had dukem either

maybe I will have Dukem for lunch!

In fairness, bad Ethiopian is the end of the world.

gabbneb why u wanna go down after the party's over??

que - it's ace bandages, not zombie flesh. get it straight.

i'm more interested in the new admin vibe (and what's on at the museums) than the party/zoo. and it costs a lot less.

are any of you guys actually hooked up or en route to getting tickets? i waited like three days and all my senators, etc, have stopped accepting applications.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT HATRED OF THE ETHIOPIAN IS NOT LEGALLY CONVEYED TO THE WIFEY UPON SIGNING OF THE MARITAL CONTRACT.

Hey Kitties!!! we met a former co-worker of yours when we were in SF! Small world, this.

agreed quincie - we will not take Mark's bizarre dislike of Ethiopian food out on you. that's weird about SF. very small world. especially for my bidness.

hi reva!

hi tza. I hear you are coming down to DC for inauguration?

I dunno why anybody would come down for the inauguration when there's the NEW ADMIN VIBE starting the week after

uh oh. now look what you've started. do tell.

haha gab coming down here the following week for NEW ADMIN VIBE is such a perfect intersection of his government wonkishness and phish fandom.

that is the plan!
xpost

while new admin vibe is obv awesome, i want to actually celebrate and share those vibes with my fellow humankind.

won't the NEW ADMIN VIBE take a few weeks to set-up?

it's a pretty big vibe

vibes are kind of a vampire weekend thing btw

stop ruining vibes

i don't think i have any hope of getting tickets, fortunately or unfortunately (not real keen on arriving super early and sitting around in the cold for a couple hours)

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/POLITICS/08/17/obama.hip.hop/art.obama.vibe.jpg

new admin vibe is everyone remotely connnected to dem politics scrambling to see who knows somebody who knows somebody, because no way does team obama have time to sort through 250,000 resumes!

i like his shirt/tie combo on vibe. and i don't usually like shiny ties.

how does mr que know what zombie flesh feels like

i was in vietnam, roxy

were you in the shit

do u know my knock knock joke about vietnam

who's there

vietnam!

fuck yes i was in the shit

pretty good joke^^^^

knock knock

oh no wait

its not a knock knock joke

ok then just tell it max

how many nam vets does it take to screw in a lightbulb

how many

fuck yeah i was in the shit

That should be the punchline to every joke.

MotorwayAve (5:26:48 PM): what would be the ultimate in person rickroll
roxymuzak (5:27:50 PM): i would say, traveling to DC for the inauguration after they opened up the entire mall and instead of obama coming out and being inaugurated it is rick astley performing "never gonna give you up"

pretty decent rick roll would be leaving yr man at the altar and playing never gonna give you up instead of the wedding march, imho

yeah or being really rich and old and then when you die your children open the will and its just the lyrics of never gonna give u up

hahaha that is awesome

lool

as you know i have google powers when it comes to this sort of thing ^___^

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xlvp65

― omar little, Friday, December 5, 2008 4:04 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark

ROFL

hey guys i will hang out if this happens

no you won't

I bet you two beers you will not hang out again ever

that might prove difficult

i love you pretzel walrus!

if gabbneb (or anybody else for that matter) posts the nytimes article about DC real estate to either this or the rolling DC thread I am going to temp ban his ass so hard he won't be able to pronounce "new admin vibe" for weeks

ahahha link?

waht

good answer

have you felt the voib of the psychosexual implications of your imagery, btw?

LOCAITON LOATION OBAMA!

is anybody actually doing this? because I gave myself a four day weekend from the 16th through the 21st and I am probably going to need to get very drunk.

i still planned on doing this. i should probably buy a bus ticket now? hope there are still some left! if not, rental car?

*plan, not planned

hey tom im definitely gonna be there--get in late afternoon monday and leave mid afternoon wednesday & i wanna grab drinks w/ u and que and other dc bros if possible... i have a bunch of other friends there too incl. a guy who is biking from LA to DC for the inaug!!!!

YES WE FAP

wow i really wish i could pull this off because this sounds like 1000% awesome party times w/you fine motherfuckers.

i have a fantasy of takin over a bar w/ ilx bros + college & high school bros who will be there till 5am just drinking and celebrating the fact that this dude won

tmi

and then there's a DJ there and we all request King of Pain for max

but he gets it wrong and plays House Of Pain and we all have a great story to tell afterwards

ok not that great

what a great night that was

what night?

i will be there.
i get in mid-morning inauguration day and leave early morning the next.

moodyman is playing that night btw.

Ppl how are we going to fap this?

moodymann where?

http://server.risinghost.com/~district/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=16175&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

nice. that'd be a long night tho

crash w/ Rev Warren!

walking around dupont circle the other day in 19 degree weather and getting stuck in DC/Balt area traffic multiple times cured us of wanting to go to this I think

also the news throwing around 4 milli as an attendance guess

but now I've got the days off so if there's an nyc annex inauguration fap I'm on it

got an email from Christine Quinn inviting me to City Hall bigscreen TV party

um -
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/sources_springsteen_to_perform.html?hpid=topnews

and also
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148255-ted-leo-andrew-bird-play-obama-inauguration-bash

bah I can't go

(to DC I mean, I am not broken up about missing BROOCE live)

America I love you but I am not sharing a porta-john with your teeming masses in the middle of January.

I think I said this on rolling DC but IT DIED so I am recommending we have at least one of our hang-outs at the new bar next door to Ben's Chili Bowl.

i think im getting there sunday nite -- gonna be dope imo

guys i am feeling difficult about this because i am nervous about getting laid off aka missing days = they realize they don't need me also losing $ but i still rly rly wanna go bro down and be positive so stay tuned

at some point I am going to gregariously demand a drunkening with a few folks because I AM GOT NEW JAWB WIF GUBMIT starting the 21st

congrats!

i want to drunkening :(

also SOMEB69Y'S BIRTHDAY is right around the corner

gratz on the jobz, hope it drops epic loot

WIF GUBMIT

I can still hope for a bro, can't I????

Sorry, everyone: I'm moving house unexpectedly and all $$ is being hoarded. I will have to watch on the tv-watching box from the relative comfort of some Brooklyn bar.

l did you find a place?

Accuweather:
High: 33 °F RealFeel®: 18 °F
Overcast and windy with a little snow

http://i41.tinypic.com/34j1tzp.jpg

cheney's just stoked for moodymann really

in that picture of him he is saying to his peoples "I'm actually having a hard time, I tried to get Moodymann and King Britt on the same bill but even I don't have the right kind of connections for that"

"A HA HA HA HAA!"

hey let's all meet and drink somewheres

no I quit drinking

well shit

you can't live long without liquids tom

please reconsider

no I quit drinking

― TOMBOT, Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:09 PM

yea rite

http://www.hiphopinaugural.org/index.html

no really I don't drink anymore now that we have a black man from space for president so I guess no FAPs this weekend sorry everyone

you all can webmail me though if you want to get like a coffee or some orange juice

i think u left ur lil man-step down there

speaking of howie, incisive political commentary from the "man"

is anybody in town tomorrow evening or what

Is an NYC inauguro-FAP happening? I'm in town on an interview trip Mon-Weds and would like to congratulate the USA and all its fans on an amazing achievement.

http://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/ESPN_In_House_Marketing/Jan_2009/espn-160x600-2427.jpghttp://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/ESPN_In_House_Marketing/Jan_2009/espn-160x600-2427.jpghttp://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/ESPN_In_House_Marketing/Jan_2009/espn-160x600-2427.jpghttp://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/ESPN_In_House_Marketing/Jan_2009/espn-160x600-2427.jpghttp://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/ESPN_In_House_Marketing/Jan_2009/espn-160x600-2427.jpg

whats the driving situation like? basically just: dont even think about it?

not even allowed

"Local police will be be shutting down local roads and bridges to deny access in and around that area."

I'm thinking of watching on the big movie screen at BAM, they're having some kind of event

i'm going to dc for monday night. i really should've sorted out somewhere to stay.

u can just pass out somewhere no?

no thread for shlumpy passed out guys?

ha ha. if anyone lets me crash i will allow them to make structures atop my frame.
i dithered over some expensive bed a couple of days ago, and probably should've booked it. dammit.

I'll be working, BAILING OUT the economy

bailing it out one ponderous post at a time

I can't even fathom trying to get anywhere near D.C. on Tuesday. Just going into Baltimore for work is going to be hell. I'm pretty excited to see Obama come to Bmore tomorrow and give a speech and try to avoid a photo op with our crooked mayor, though.

lol?

Groove to the same beat as the president-elect at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, at 3134 Eastern Ave. There will be a dance party at 8 p.m. Saturday featuring the music from Obama's iPod, plus a little from the local DJ's collection - including Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z. Call 410-276-1651 or go to creativealliance.org.

everything i've read seems really ambiguous about where he's going to speak in b-more. "it might be at the war memorial, not sure yet. could be outside espn zone."

it's definitely at the war memorial now. although they moved where the stage is going to be so he won't be seen in front of city hall.

it's definitely within 200 ft. of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Block_(Baltimore)

lol i wonder if there'll be any 'obama specials' for lapdances on saturday night

My work is going to put giant tv in a conference room and show it live! Yay.

i'm going to watch on tv at home, where the view will be better than anyone outside in DC's. if i feel the need to be in a group, there's a bunch of dem/lib parties, or the jumbotron in times square.

Joe Biden will be outside in DC and he will have a better view than you, gabbneb.

rong, NBC will have a helmet-mounted Bidencam during the ceremony

http://home.att.net/~alanj.hall/BushInauguration.JPG

cheney doesnt have too bad a view there, if u know what i mean

Cheney knows what you mean.

Biden's gonna be close enough to read the Koran.

that is v wrong what you are suggesting about joe biden, max

there are a lot of views i would like of jill biden, if u know what i mean ;-)

lol?

Groove to the same beat as the president-elect at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, at 3134 Eastern Ave. There will be a dance party at 8 p.m. Saturday featuring the music from Obama's iPod, plus a little from the local DJ's collection - including Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z. Call 410-276-1651 or go to creativealliance.org.

― eman, Friday, January 16, 2009 11:32 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

James invited you to "Post Inaugural Booty Bounce" on Wednesday, January 21 at 8:00pm.

i'm going to watch on tv at home, where the view will be better than anyone outside in DC's. if i feel the need to be in a group, there's a bunch of dem/lib parties, or the jumbotron in times square.

you are such a narcissistic, pathetic dipshit sometimes.

fwiw one ilx poster will be standing about 20 feet from the podium at the swearing in, so have a good time with your awesome view, dickwavius maximus

because i don't want to go out in the cold? i did that to tell bush to go fuck himself, and i'm doing that for our leader's service day on monday.

xp

lol, ok

hardman

fwiw one ilx poster will be standing about 20 feet from the podium at the swearing in, so have a good time with your awesome view, dickwavius maximus

― El Tomboto, Friday, January 16, 2009 4:40 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

is it ghost rider?

lol

btw the view on tv will still be better

lol^^

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/brotherofmine/being_there.jpg

what happened to ghost rider

is he grady now?

his skull caught on fire while riding a motorcycle and then he died

pretty sure he was posting as 'deeznuts' for a while

now i think hes 'velko'

xpost - i'm the lucky ilx poster. will have to leave Tombot to drink alone. I work for USSS. 8 years of work finally paying off.

i mean 8 years of working at USSS. Came in right before Bush. wait long enough you get a nice ticket to history. study up folks

Congrats, I didn't think you got to do stuff like that.

i would like to come, there is even a CMU bus trip but I am already freaking out about the amount of work they want me to do.

i don't do stuff like that for a living. but i am lucky enough to work in the same section as our production crew. Past 2 inaugs I said hell no, but this time I asked in August.

hope you are enjoying Pittsburgh.

you guys need to come and visit, this is a good town.

has you enjoyed the delights of the cathedral of learning and the second largest inner-city park in the states yet?

(my only experience of pittsburgh)

very envious of anyone who's going to be in dc on tuesday. came very close to some drunken flight-buying last night but it didn't quite happen.

schenley park can wait till it warms the fuck up, or at least gets close to freezing.

this is as close to the cathedral of learning as i have got but I must get over there.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/3201148419_428650c59d_b.jpg

might be seein de la @ the moveon party XD

cool to meet jergins in nyc the other night, good luck on your ny-to-dc inauguration train trip / moodymann marathon

rip my inauguration trip!

<3 you all let's still be happy and celebrate

damn this city is already a zoo

no doubt. just walked around downtown for a while. tons of people

in my neighborhood a few blocks away, there is a giant inflatable george w bush with pinocchio nose (it's about 20 feet tall, like.. if you ever see those giant rats the unions bring out for protests) & has a target on the front where you are supposed to throw shoes at it. lots and lots of shoes left there

I am going to go to Next Door and try to find seats

leaving for the mall right now

good luck usa

wear coats usa

it was so cold out there guys!

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/deanofsomething/inauguration-small.jpg

I did eventually find seats at Next Door and I had a half smoke with everything on it and lots of chouffe and I made the 23-year-old puke

omg, some of the Dunbar marching band majorettes are wearing American Apparel shiny red robot leggings. awesome

hey so this was pretty rad

didja at least get a replica of Aretha's hat

not sure where i would have done that...... i dont think they were selling replicas of arethas hat....... they would have had to make it pretty quickly......... or had advance knowledge of what it would look like

woulda tried Air & Space Museum

where on Mall were you and did you see Robert Gates' original president fly away?

awz satellite imagery http://www.popsci.com/content/inauguration-day

so jealous max!

hey so this was pretty rad

― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:22 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^^

my friend + i woke up @ 430 AM to get there (his parents live in prince georges county & we stayed w/ them) and took the train in -- after the inaugural met some friends for drinks in georgetown, that spent the day bar hopping/walking to capitol hill, took a cab somewhere else, went to three more bars, stayed out until 4am @ nite, crashing at a friend's place -- stupidly i stayed up to watch the lakers-cavs game the night before

my sleeping schedule is way messed up and i gave myself a cold but it was a great time

the crowd was insanely huge

damn deej why didn't you tell me you were in my general locality

i found out afterward that four or five of my coworkers & a former colleague who i hadn't seen for a year (and had moved to atlanta, isn't in DC a lot) were pretty much in the exact same part of the mall right by the washington monument. didn't run into any of them. oh well!

wish i'd had the energy to go bar hopping afterward but just ended up getting korean food for dinner & crashing out at home.

They said on the news there were 0 arrests! wau

i found out afterward that four or five of my coworkers & a former colleague who i hadn't seen for a year (and had moved to atlanta, isn't in DC a lot) were pretty much in the exact same part of the mall right by the washington monument. didn't run into any of them. oh well!

haha, i think everybody was right near the monument--so was my whole family (didnt see them, they didnt see each other) and some other friends--i guess it was cause they had the jumbotrons there + they blocked off 14th st (corny)

i was by the 3rd jumbotron back -- was the sound + picture off at the other jumbotrons also?

why would they hv arrested anybody when Bush & Dick went out the back door?

yeah i think there was an audio delay on all the jumbotrons

hey so this was pretty rad

i ended up just behind the reflecting pool, in front of the jumbotrons. came out of the 395 tunnel and got really really lucky. there wasn't even a security screening at my checkpoint, they just let people through.

my video of GWB going byebye

i met tombot. tried to go see moodyman but nothing was doing. ended up in an irish bar where people dirty danced with an obama cutout. slept on the floor of union station

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0007.jpg

im really glad i went

me too. anybody get into the parade? i found a decent spot a block or so away, slightly obstructed, but couldn't handle the cold and didn't know when the parade would roll by

my video of GWB going byebye

LOLLLL

awesome

http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

find jergins

holy shit thats things amazing

wow! cool

ufo @ inauguration