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
>
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