Inauguration Meet Up of Power

[DeAtHmOnGeR bEaR]

When: Noon thirty, Janurary 20th

Where: the 12th and F entrance of Metro Center

What: A gaggle of Buzzboarders all gathering to witness the inauguration!

Yay!

[EmmaK]

:doh: i was just working on a thread.


anyway, here's some helpful information for transportation to said "netmeet"

http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/story.cfm?ID=132

Thursday, January 20, Inauguration Day

The Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines) and Archives-Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter (Green/Yellow Lines) Metrorail stations will be closed from 5 a.m. until the inauguration parade is over at approximately 5 p.m.

The Mount Vernon Square/7th Street Convention Center (Green/Yellow Lines) Metrorail station will close at 3 p.m. and re-open at 1 a.m.

The Judiciary Square (Red Line) Metrorail station entrance at F Street N.W., will close at 5:30 p.m., and reopen at 1 a.m. The 4th Street entrance will remain open.

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METRORAIL SERVICE

Tuesday, January 18 and Wednesday, January 19

With the Federal Government encouraging its employees to leave early on Wednesday, January 19, Metro will not reduce its train sizes from six-cars to four-cars on both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Morning trains that are operating as six-car trains will remain six-car trains to help move the expected larger mid-day ridership.

Thursday, January 20, Inauguration Day

On Inauguration Day, Metrorail trains will operate on a special schedule with trains running every 4 to 6 minutes in the downtown core of the city from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and every 7 ? to 8 minutes between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. All trains will operate with six-cars throughout the day. Extra trains will be available as needed.

Off-peak fares will be charged all day, and parking will be free at Metro-operated facilities. Metro will hand-sell round trip farecards at high-volume stations. Officials will also sell a special Commemorative Inaugural One Day Metrorail pass for $6.50 at all Passes/Farecards vending machines in all stations.

Metro will deploy Metro Information Person's (MIP's) throughout the system to assist first-time users, out-of-town visitors and regular customers.

[EmmaK]

Roll Call

so far we've got:

emma (and i'm bringing my friend sarah who goes to AU)
calen
jeremy
allison
chrissi (if weather and work schedule permit)

weather forecast thus far:
"Thursday - Partly cloudy in the morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon."

[DeAtHmOnGeR bEaR]

PLEASE WEAR YOUR GLOVES AND HATS - the weather will be cold

Also, we'll be heading past Fudd after this is all over for some late lunch :yes:

[EmmaK]

I'd like to add that everyone is welcome to meet up with us! It doesn't matter if you're super new and don't know anyone yet, it doesn't matter what your political affiliation is or even if you have one, and it doesn't matter if you are simply wanting to attend or if you plan on taking part in the 'silent protest' a.k.a. Turn Your Back on Bush. If you're interested in attending the inauguration, why not join us, and bring friends too! :thumbsup:

[mouse]

im down. someone needs to remind me of this on thursday.

[Synz]

im down. someone needs to remind me of this on thursday.


hey wanna metro in togetha? mmmm fudd... ever since I joined this board and started doing fudd with you guyz, it has me :hypnotized:

fudd is good

[mouse]

i suppose that can be arranged.

[Synz]

okay cool... someone should bump this everyday so it stays fresh!!!

[mouse]

heh, you said fresh...

hehe, im drunk.

[housecat]

I might attend if I can get the other girl to switch lunches with me. I didn't vote for the motherfucker but fuck it.

[mouse]

Id like to take this moment to confess that I am a registered republican. :D

I would also like to point out that I didnt vote. :P

[EmmaK]

yay for more people joining the group! i'll keep editing/updating our list as (hopefully) more people sign up for the fun. :bounce:

[Synz]

I might attend if I can get the other girl to switch lunches with me. I didn't vote for the motherfucker but fuck it.


make her switch, bribe her or something... i still havnt met ya yet to call you a 'jerk' in person. been to your house like 3 times now... you're never there when I am though

[housecat]

No shit? Damn, I didn't know you were ever there. Ok, I'll make her switch dammit!

Allison. Ewww.

j/k.

sorta.

I'm not all that political so no worries.

[Calen]

Since Emma has already signed me up, I can hardly say no. I'll do my best to be there, but I'm not guaranteeing anything. I'll be wearing a balaclava for sure, so look for the fleece-covered head with glasses.

[EmmaK]

at first i read that as "baklava" and i thought "why in tarnation is he going to wear a dessert on his head??" :delirious: oh boy...

[Synz]

hey i wanna wear a dessert on my head.... we should ALL do it!!!

I can wear a klondike bar. at least I know it won't melt.

[Calen]

You just wish I was wearing dessert on my head so you would have a reason to kiss me, Emma.

[LordOfThePance]

Id like to take this moment to confess that I am a registered republican. :D

I would also like to point out that I didnt vote. :P
Me too!









But I voted...



















...for Kerry.

[EmmaK]

You just wish I was wearing dessert on my head so you would have a reason to kiss me, Emma.
:nono: naughty. that wouldn't be very nice for my roomie, he and i are like this--> :snog:
but i do wish you're wear dessert on your head :yes:


jose, on topic! are you going to join us for the festivities?

[EmmaK]

http://dungpow.com/smilies/029.gif

come on, peoples! it'll be a nice change from party-party and worky-worky.

[mouse]

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/jibjabinaugural.html

[Synz]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/daily/graphics/inaugurationClosings_0115.html?referrer=emaillink

[nietzsche]

there's a lot of fuckin snow out there, yo.

[EmmaK]

there's a lot of fuckin snow out there, yo.

thanks for pointing that out. :thumbsup:






allison that was very amusing...i love those animations (especially the jib jab ones).

[RevisionC]

i'm skipping class today


oh wait....this is tommorow.....screw that, its cookie time tommorow

[LilLemur416]

Are you guys going to the parade or to the swearing in ceremony thingy?

I'd join you if I could - but I Have a Dr's appointment at 3 & if I manage to make it downtown - I have to come in to work because we're open. :shady:

[EmmaK]

to curt:
:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
what time are you showing up for alias tomorrow? i'm prolly going to come later, to see shade. between the inauguration field trip and alias i want time to study for the GREs and do other responsible-like things.


^sorry for the off topic tangent, everybody :wink:

we're going to the whole thing, laura.

[RevisionC]

9-9:30....grumplestilskin is opening, so I don't want to miss that


have fun at your inaugration thing everyone, if i went i'd probally be arrested for trying to piss on the whitehouse

[EmmaK]

okey dokey! today's the big day :woot:

so, i'll see y'all in a couple hours!

p.s. lauren can't come b/c she's sick, so wish her a "get well" :funshine:

[Biodigit]

I'll stop by only if you guys can promise me, that I will get an opportunity to beat up a republican :D

[EmmaK]

i can't promise it, but you could do it accidentally.


actually, allison's a registered republican, you could wrestle around in the snow with her :wink:

[Biodigit]

i can't promise it, but you could do it accidentally.


actually, allison's a registered republican, you could wrestle around in the snow with her :wink:

I was expecting something along the line of.........:jeffrey: However, wrestling in the snow could end up being the ensuing event :wink:

[EmmaK]

:pics:


and now it's time to dry my hair and dash to the metro! woohoo! :specialed:

[LilLemur416]

The ceremony has started... Have fun downtown everyone!

[Synz]

okay so we went downtown... met up around metro center and then tried to get in through security... everybody else got in 'cept for my dumbazz cause I had my bookbag with me... so i went wandering around DC looking for a place to store it, no hotel or store would hold it for me so i found a corner and took all the important stuff out of it and left to go meet up.

spent about a half hour waiting in line listening to protesters yell bush sucks and other obscenities and the repubs yelling back "get a job!"

got through the line and waited in yet another line to get into the bleacher area. we got into an area where tickets were sold for nearly $200... suckas!! but we sat there for nearly an hour waiting for the damned parade to show and when it did, we saw bush and laura driveby in a closed limo and saw the band and various regimes of military including.... the redcoats, as to which someone you all know added something to the show -- "the redcoats are coming!!!" hehe

so we left right after we saw bush and tried to leave... but guess what? they weren't letting us leave! we had to walk down to 14th st (from being at 12th and penn) to leave the curs-ed area. on the walk down the street we saw the worst of the worst protesting-wise... flag burning and even bigger signs cursing bush and the war... after getting out we went back to the spot where my bag was only to discover it had gotten up and walked off... big boo to that.

after that we got back on the metro and went to fudd :woot: where we saw the wildest thing... a group of environmental-anarchist protesters were walking right down the middle of M st blocking traffic in an illegal protest! it was funny cause there were cops standing right there watching it with us. they then went straight into fudd ahead of us, hehe, rock on.

that be our inaugural day!! had a great with all those who came out!! sorry lauren you couldn't make it, but feel better soon!!

[Bavarias_Finest]

too bad I had class or I definitely would have come ....

[mouse]

I was expecting something along the line of.........:jeffrey: However, wrestling in the snow could end up being the ensuing event :wink:

Awww. Why didnt you show up? I wanted to wrestle in the snow. That sounded delightful.

[mouse]

http://www.shogunmouse.com/gallery/inaug