The Pre-Inauguration Events Thread

PE Obama is on a train to Washington right now. They're calling it the "Obama Express".

And I am watching it on TV.

P.S. Three. More. Days.

Check me out with my tears and whatnot. Huge sucker.

Biden's speaking outside the train now, if anyone's interested.

Makes me wish I still lived in the D.C. area. I would so stand in the cold for all that.
Can't wait. It's almost here.

He's doing it fantastically.

*sob*

Aw damn, the music, the crowd is chanting Yes We Can... I'm gettin' all perklempt!
Happy Birthday Michelle!
They are singing to her!

Yes, I'm a fanboy, but I would listen to Barry read from a phone book.

OT: I was at Zeitgeist last weekend (yes, the bar) and I saw a dude who looked EXACTLY like Barack Obama chilling out, smoking a cigarette, and wearing a t shirt and vans. Super eerie, but all I could think was "this dude must be getting so much ass right now."

"We can do it!"

LOL

You know that's right.

Heh, the wives are wearing the same accent color.
"Jill, what are you wearing?"
"I dunno, Michelle, how about you?"

There was a memo. I guarantee it.

Those Secret Service men look like could shoot lasers out of their eyes.

Wolf Blitzer: "Tuesday is also going to be happening here in Washington as well."

Thanks for clearing that up, Wolf. We were worried that they had followed the example of Seattle, which recently canceled Tuesday.

Oh, we have the wall on CNN...
"Here is Pennsylvania Avenue. He's going to walk here. People are probably going to look out of windows here..."
Come on, you might as well be reporting "Oh wait, here are the Port-a-Poties you people will be using..."

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration

HBO, Sunday 01.18.09

Live @ 2:30PM ET/11:30AM PT w/replays @ 7PM ET/PT and 11:30PM ET/PT

Up next, my wonderfully tacky/historical home town!

did you buy him an appletini?

You don't order an appletini at Zeitgeist. Trust me.

The Inauguration (in Legos)

I am hoping I will be able to watch everything on Tuesday. I know things kick off at 10 AM (Eastern, I assume . . . trying to find a schedule is annoying, even the official website is being obtuse), which is 9 AM here. I have to teach at 11, so I hope they are done with the speeches by then. I'm sure I could get away with interrupting class, but I don't know if I should.

Isn't this one of those occasions were you really should interrupt class?

It kind of depends on the schedule . . . and if I can get the stupid computer to work . . .