Anyone else going to the Inauguration?

[shawnstring]

I was lucky... extremely lucky (tahnk you Sen Cardin) and got tickets to it. Just wondering if anyone else is going?
Oh man its gonna be cool

[scoobydiesel]

No one i know is but on the news a local lady is going. she got tickets and like a hotel and everything someone i forgot now.

But it was cool she didnt have to pay for any of it.

And i also think a few students are going from my college but not too sure.

[rabidbadger]

There is a reason someone (not me, obviously) is away from these threads right now. Can't wait to hear the stories.

[joedubbs]

I know a bunch of kids I used to go to school with are going as well as a co-worker. I kind of regret it now but I don't want to use my vacation time so early in the year.

I plan on recording it all tomorrow.

[cramscam]

did anyone else automatically think of fallout 3 when they were watching/listening to the inauguration?

[joeyrock]

It reminded me of Church... and a school program to teach 4 year old's to read when that poet woman came on....

"sparkle. words. pretty... see. spot. run..... "

Very. lame. poetry.

Generally, okay.. but far too much rhetoric and "god" talk for my liking. Though Obama did throw the "non-believers" bone out there.

[scoobydiesel]

I woke up and watched it, I enjoyed it. It was fun and historical.

Then i went back to sleep.

[stubadub]

I thought it was pretty good as an inaugural address. I had to wait to watch it when I got home, on my 360 no less! I started streaming it at work when everyone was arriving, had to leave for a meeting right before it was scheduled to begin, and once I came back the stream was down. Turns out they turned off streaming during that time so that our network wasn't bogged down.

I understand the need to protect the network for business reasons, but it pisses me off that they didn't warn us in advance that they were going to do that, or ask that we congregate in meeting rooms or around others desks to watch it to cut down on the number of people streaming. In general it is understood and allowed behavior when a big event is occurring as long as no deadlines are missed, and this is something the network guys knew would happen. We should have been told "I know we let you watch sporting events and the like, but this is too big. Use your time off and stay at home if it is important to you", especially since that precedent had already been set.

[tokenuser]

did anyone else automatically think of fallout 3 when they were watching/listening to the inauguration?I got that feeling earlier this year when I was in DC - esp since the metro had VaultTec ads and Fallout3 ads on the walls.

I was reminded more of a speech from one of America's first black presidents, Morgan Freeman, that he delivered on the steps of the Capitol Building promising to rebuild the country after the massive Tsunami that wiped out the east coast after an Asteroid hit the Atlantic.

[murphy1d]

I think I'll go to the inauguration this year..when is it? ;)

[joedubbs]

I enjoyed watching the day. It was quite the spectacle.

I thought the CNN.com Live with Facebook thing was really cool. While I couldn't be at the event I could experience the event along with friends from my work computer.

[royterp]

I was sick at home on Tuesday, but although I live a couple blocks away from a Metro stop, I still wouldn't have gone because of the crowds and hassle. Several friends and co-workers brought back horror stories of just trying to get onto the Mall and then not being able to see any view of the screens. (Two had the now infamous Purple Tickets.) I, however, was perfectly warm and comfortable on my couch with a clear view of my HDTV, a fridge full of food and drink in the kitchen, and a flushing toilet just down the hall. I do not regret not being there.

Very. lame. poetry.

I am so glad I'm not the only one who disliked that "poem". It was utterly lifeless with no strong imagery, no creative use of language, no intensity. Who was this woman? Why couldn't they have just brought back Maya Angelou?

Overall, though, I thought it was a wonderful celebration of democracy as the nation gathered to witness yet another "peaceful transition of power".

[Oh, and about the oath flub: I completely understand the Chief Justice's grammatical distaste for the split verb "will faithfully execute" and, hence, his reflexive correction, but he probably should have rehearsed a little more :p]