So today (Sunday) I found myself out in the cold weather crammed shoulder to shoulder with about half a million strangers to hear and see a grab-bag of famous people get up on stage sing and speak. And damn if it wasn't an awesome experience.
I live just a 15 minute drive west of Washington DC, a 30 minute metro ride to the mall, so it wasn't exactly a massive journey to get to the Lincoln Memorial for the event, even so, the lines were long and the metro rail system was close to being overwhelmed. If it wasn't for my having a smartrip card to just sail on past the ticket buyers I'd have been waiting for a very long time just to get onto the subway.
The "concert" itself was incredible. I was no where near the font and quite near the back (I only got there an hour ahead of time so I didn't expect much and was happy with what I got), but jumbo-tron screens and speaker setups meant that even though everyone was just a tiny speck across the reflecting pool, I could see everything important. Everyone from Bon Jovi to U2 to Shakira, Usher, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Garth Brooks, John Mellencamp, Tiger Woods, Queen Latifah, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, MLK III, and oh, a couple of guys named Barack Obama and Joe Biden were on the stage in one two hour period.
I'll have some pictures up in a day or so of the scenes around me. I wasn't planning on going to the inauguration itself and after seeing just how jammed the DC area was with 1/4 of the expected crowd of the 20th I'm sure as hell not going and not even leaving my apartment. Getting to go to this much more accessible event and hear Obama speak live along with the incredible combinations of people on stage was something that I'll remember for a very long time.
I could have just watched it on tv this evening, but being a part of it was so much more fun.
Currently Playing: Various nostalgic games (old school)
Fav. Music Groups: Bella Morte, Kamelot, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica
Nature: Jack of all trades
Interests: roleplaying game design, story writing/world creation, photography, roleplaying, exploring and listening to many kinds of music
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I've been doing decently, thanks for asking! Been busy with the holidays; bouncing around across two states and four locations, but now things have mostly settled down again.
Sorry to hear that you've been lacking inspiration. Hopefully something new will spring forth soon.
Doing ok. Currently getting ready to move to a neighboring state, so everything is in complete disorder at the moment. Still my girlfriend and I have just found an apartment we like and things should get going in the next week or two. After that maybe I'll finally be out of limbo-land and get get my art, writing, and life back on track.
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