Comments on: Your average Tuesday

By: Gunfighter

Gunfighter — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:52:14 +0000

Glad you went, Kris. I was… around, but working.

As for expectations… Obama could hardly be worse than that useless Texas fuckwad we finally just got rid of.

By: Zandria

Zandria — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:41:29 +0000

I hope you were able to see something! I wandered around for a bit, didn’t see much, but at least I got a blog post out of it. :)

By: Lost Artist

Lost Artist — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:13:25 +0000

I’m happy you went. I’m kind of regretting my decision to not go, and not get shoved behind some tall dude with a kid on his shoulders. Granted it would have involved a trip from Kentucky and missing quite a bit of work just to get my toes stepped on, but like you said, it still would have been the experience. Hope yours was a blast!

By: Jamie from Seattle

Jamie from Seattle — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:40:35 +0000

I was watching the coverage and hoped that you were there…..

A dawning of a new day.

:-)

By: Wanderlusting

Wanderlusting — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:18:00 +0000

Beautiful! I shall be there with you in spirit!

By: EDW

EDW — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:43:48 +0000

For months we have seriously considered coming down, even scheming with our Arlington friends what time we’d leave their house, in the frozen cold, to walk to the Mall.

But I am glad you are going to be there. Come home and write about it – I’ll be glued to the TV.

By: Kerri Anne

Kerri Anne — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:26:58 +0000

“When I first stood on the Grand Canyon’s edge, I placed a cell phone call, to whom I cannot recall; for this momentous event I’m going a different route. I’m going to try not to Twitter, try not to write, so that I can simply be a part of the process. Just there, in the moment. A witness to history, and most likely some very, very cold hands.”

Love that. Here’s to a very momentous occasion, and all of us, whether physically present or watching from afar, a happy shiny part of it.

By: t2ed

t2ed — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:24:07 +0000

Enjoy taking the Metro to the ceremony. As all the bathrooms will be closed, please remember to potty before you go out and stand around in the cold and drink all that red wine from your oh so sneaky bota bag.

And that accent? It’s Shaker Heights.

Coronation. What kind of an asshat calls it that? I do hope he wears flowing robes though.

By: kimmer

kimmer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:18:39 +0000

They may be out of hand warmers but try to score some Toasty Tootsies! Now that’ll keep you warm from the ground up! And as a former Ohioan, no we do not have accents.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:37:29 +0000

The dimwitted and the overzealous… that struck a chord. There are so many high and/or unreasonable expectations for Obama and his administration, and I fear the reaction when the dimwitted and overzealous inevitably feel let down and then angry at the man who has so much good to bring to this country, even if he can’t walk on water.

I hope the high point of his years in office doesn’t begin and end tomorrow.

Have fun!

By: Kate Coveny Hood

Kate Coveny Hood — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:54:27 +0000

I have never heard of hand warmers before! I want some! I’ll have to ask at CVS to see when their next shipment will come in.

I think it sounds perfect just experience the moment without realtime documentation.

By: kate.d.

kate.d. — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:33:07 +0000

i’m heading over too :) and just fyi, there won’t be any security lines on the mall for us riff-raff without tickets – they decided there will be too many of us! so as long as you don’t bring guns or booze, you’re good to go!

By: m2z2006

m2z2006 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:19:18 +0000

So excited and jealous.

People from Ohio don’t have accents.

By: Keith Alioto

Keith Alioto — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:17:18 +0000

You know you’ll want to email CNN from your Blackberry at “the moment.”

By: janet

janet — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:43:05 +0000

maybe I will see you walking! I am still trying my darndest to score some tickets…

By: kitkat

kitkat — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:01:48 +0000

I’m jealous you get the opportunity to go, even though it’ll probably be crazy with a record number of people attending. I’ll be starting my first class of the semester at precisely the same time as the swearing in ceremony. At any rate, please do turn everything off and just be in the moment.

By: Wicked H

Wicked H — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:31:59 +0000

Since I live in NoVA and have been cut off to all DC access. Yes, there is the Metro but not for me. At least on Tuesday.

I will live vicariously through you. ENjoy for me as well.

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:29:31 +0000

How exciting for you! If I lived there, I think I would go. But I couldn’t see flying in for it. Although, if I did, we could have had many glasses of wine together and talked about Dr. Ross vs. Dr. Gates.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:36:14 +0000

Just being in the moment seems like a great idea. Enjoy.

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:27:47 +0000

Oh Kris, I’m so glad you will be there! I can understand the no Twitter thing, but one shout out Tweet when it’s done would be lovely for us who can’t be there. In fact, though I planned on surreptiously watching from my desk, I now have to present information to new hires. Sigh. I’ll probably miss the whole damn thing and it won’t be the same watching it on CNN an hour later. It just won’t.