Also, what to wear.
Diapers?
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Jan 19, 2009 5:33:13 am PST #1882 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
sarameg - Jan 19, 2009 5:33:24 am PST #1883 of 30000
lisah, I'm planning to take 29 down.
lisah - Jan 19, 2009 5:35:46 am PST #1884 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'd love to stick around for the poem, just out of curiosity, but we'll see. I'm pretty much planning for it to take the entire afternoon to get back to my car.
Our Marc train doesn't leave until 7:20 at night so I'm hoping the crowds will have dissipated a bit by then. I'm not sure what all we'll do between the end of inauguration and when we can go home though. Find a bar probably!
msbelle - Jan 19, 2009 5:36:02 am PST #1885 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Having done Times Square on New Years 2000 (where we were there for 20 hours), the portopotties weren't that bad to get to and get back, but we also just limited intake a lot.
Laura - Jan 19, 2009 5:36:08 am PST #1886 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
The only time I was in big crowd no potty option was NYE in Times Square. We went about 10 hours. Not drinking anything helped. I don't think I could manage now. I am a frequent pee-er.
tommyrot - Jan 19, 2009 5:37:43 am PST #1887 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm so glad I was in DC last week instead of this week.
The Mall already had a shitload of porta-potties. What's scary is the thought there might still not be enough....
lisah - Jan 19, 2009 5:37:45 am PST #1888 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I don't think I could manage now. I am a frequent pee-er.
I am too. I think it will be fine, really. I'll probably just have to wait in a lot of lines.
Hil R. - Jan 19, 2009 5:38:46 am PST #1889 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anytime I hear about great crowds like that, I think, "what about if you have to go to the bathroom?" I wish my mind weren't quite so prosaic in its concerns. It's not as though it's a frequent concern of mine, but I often evaluate situations on the basis of availability of sanitary facilities.
There are a few hundred porta potties. I was at the Mall for a little while yesterday, and didn't see any lines for them. (There were also some people selling toilet paper, claiming that the porta potties had run out of it, but that wasn't true.)
I wasn't actually in the crowd by the reflecting pool, though -- I got there too late, and ended up in the overflow crowd around the Washington Monument, behind the WWII Memorial. Couldn't see anything from there anyway (the jumbotrons were mounted too low, and I couldn't see over people's heads), so I found a spot totally outside the crowd where I could actually hear better.
Sue - Jan 19, 2009 5:39:53 am PST #1890 of 30000
hip deep in pie
It's a holiday in Canuckistan, too? I mean, I know you're probably excited about Obaminauguration too, but going so far as to make it a holiday?!
It's not a holiday here. I should have said I forgot it was a a holiday for you. Trust me, if it was a holiday here, I would not be at work. And not only do we not get to celebrate Obamaday, I am in training all day tomorrow, so I can't even watch it online like I was planning to.
I am TiVoing the ceremony, though.
Emily - Jan 19, 2009 5:46:08 am PST #1891 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, here's a fun turn-up. I just got my W-2 and found I made quite a lot less than I thought I was making last year.
Mind you, month-to-month it seemed okay, and it did cover my needs and pay off my credit cards, but... gosh, I have to start paying attention to these things. Especially since I think we're going to have a step freeze next year. Yay!
ETA: Never mind. It's actually the right amount -- I just forgot how much lower the salary scale is here than in San Francisco. C'est la vie.