even as a vegetarian, there might've been a few hours when I damn well
wanted a dead beaver pelt or two to fend off the hypothermia. (I've
got a picture of one woman in a wheelchair who had been bundled in a
full length down sleeping bag, I thought she looked odd in the
morning, but I looked jealous by the afternoon).
And now, it's tomorrow already but Obama Day in DC lives on with
everybody in their gowns and tuxes on the Metro as we all leave our
balls to crawl happily and wearily home.
On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
> Melissa Ethridge is rocking the finale and what a party its been, just
> the flavor to spin it right back into Obamamania. Everyone is so
> excited, its great to hear the stories of old friends who thought they
> were watching on TV yesterday and then suddenly found out they were
> going to be 40 feet from obama at the swearing in. But more later, now
> the party is still going on..
>
> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We are jam packed into the Mayflower Hotel with 2498 other queers,
>> Cyndi Lauper and Ian Mckellan just came on and now the Bishop, our
>> Bishop, is urging is to party tonite and push to pass our civil rights
>> legislation tomorrow.
>>
>> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tell ya I feel like that's just what I wanted to do when we felt
>>> that first blast of heated air since 7 am as we got on the metro at 5
>>> pm or so, it was soooo delicious. And then more heat, and if you hold
>>> out even longer, your first bathroom in 12 hours!
>>>
>>> I feel a we're but bad for all those 1800 or so parade participants
>>> tho because after obama passed first, so many hours past schedule,
>>> most of the people in the bleachers could hardly wait for Biden to
>>> walk by before they were out of there. But hey, each of them got their
>>> CNN glory, even if the street was rapidly emptying. Saw an old friend
>>> in the bleachers, she said she had been waiting in the frozen
>>> bleachers since 8:30 that morning. Wow. Oy. But we are back and warm
>>> now, heating up so we can change for the big queer gala, which sigh,
>>> starts in only an hour. Shower and food please....
>>>
>>> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> And with huge cheers Obama passes in his armored supercaddy!!!
>>>>
>>>> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> We had been playing spot the sniper, which made us wonder why they
>>>>> were all one only 1 side of the street, but now one person with a
>>>>> radio says Ted Kennedy got sick at lunch so its delayed, which anyone
>>>>> else prob learned from CNN long ago. And now someone else called their
>>>>> brother who is watching CNN so news is the flashing lights at the end
>>>>> of the street are Obama coming in his car!!!?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Ok, so I may have no idea if I still have all my fingers or toes, but
>>>>>> at least we aren't forced to stand motionless at parade rest in a
>>>>>> trench coat like the army honor guard troops lining the parade route.
>>>>>> We are up here in our perfect bleacher spot talking with our new
>>>>>> buddy
>>>>>> Sam, the photog from Black Enterprise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/20/09, Scout <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Two plus hours of waiting as the temp dropped and Katie Paige
>>>>>>> struggled with the secret service to convince them to open the gate
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> bleacher ticket holders, and inaugural committee event manager Katie
>>>>>>> won the day, we are in to the mostly empty bleacher seats with a
>>>>>>> perfect view of the length of Pennsylvania Ave. We are 60 feet over
>>>>>>> from the official press reviewing stand and I can't imagine a better
>>>>>>> view. Thank you Katie!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/20/09, scoutout@gmail.com <scoutout@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ok, bail on the swearing in and get to parade entrance for reserved
>>>>>>>> ticketholders by 11:25 for 2:30 parade and they say gate closed to
>>>>>>>> all,
>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>> police seem to even understand what the reserved bleacher seats
>>>>>>>> are,
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> understand that every reserved ticketholder was told that general
>>>>>>>> closing
>>>>>>>> didn't mean closing for the 5000 reserved folks. They say we should
>>>>>>>> complain
>>>>>>>> to whomever sold us the tix, when we say it was The Inaugural
>>>>>>>> Committee,
>>>>>>>> they shrug. Finally, an angel, Catherine Paige, who seems to work
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> inaugural committee, tries to face off with secret service to get
>>>>>>>> reserved
>>>>>>>> folk in, we put all hopes in her as we hear the crowds on the mall
>>>>>>>> cheer
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> our new president.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If we close our eyes and listen to his muffled voice on the far
>>>>>>>> away
>>>>>>>> loudspeakers, we imagine he's saying great things.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Scout, Ph.D.
>>>>>>> c: 401-263-5092
>>>>>>> f: 401-633-6092
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Scout, Ph.D.
>>>>>> c: 401-263-5092
>>>>>> f: 401-633-6092
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Scout, Ph.D.
>>>>> c: 401-263-5092
>>>>> f: 401-633-6092
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Scout, Ph.D.
>>>> c: 401-263-5092
>>>> f: 401-633-6092
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scout, Ph.D.
>>> c: 401-263-5092
>>> f: 401-633-6092
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scout, Ph.D.
>> c: 401-263-5092
>> f: 401-633-6092
>>
>
>
> --
> Scout, Ph.D.
> c: 401-263-5092
> f: 401-633-6092
>
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