< /bush >
Time to find a webcast and settle in for the wee hours of the morning....
1:14 AM - Awesome - it's live on NHK. The color commentary, of course, is in Japanese, so I'll be sticking with MSNBC.... And good lord, George H.W. Bush looks like the undead....
1:16 - Good lord, the Marine band is playing the Sousa bit that got used in Assassins for "How I Saved Roosevelt"
1:18 - "We have a former President traffic jam...."
1:22 - Gods, look at all those people....
1:24 - Hey, they're playing a Holst variation! Nice....
1:32 - Brokaw references Dr. Strangelove regarding Dick Cheney in the wheelchair. You know, Tom, I wasn't planning to make that connection, but Thanks! It'll give me a good laugh for the rest of the night....
1:36 - I think Sasha and Malia got more applause than George W. did.
1:38 - I really don't like the announcer's voice. I could do much better....
1:39 - There's are man!!
1:44 - SQUEE! He's here! He's here! *faint*
1:45 - Obama's name sure is chantable....
1:48 - Nice speech by Feinstein. And now, Rick Warren....
1:50 - I know a prayer is traditional, but it makes me more uncomfortable than I expected. And not just because Warren thinks gays are icky.
1:52 - What makes me slightly more uncomfortable is how Warren said "Malia" and "Sasha."
1:57 - Huh. MSNBC is about fifteen seconds behind NHK. That's slightly annoying.
1:58 - My mom is probably twitching right now, as Biden gets sworn in.
2:00 - They're playing a John Williams arrangement? I expect a chase scene!
2:05 - Here we go. The Japanese announcer says it looks like a movie...
2:06 - WOO-HOO!!!!
2:07 - And the crowd goes wild....
2:10 - Jeez, Obama, way to be a buzz-kill.
2:10 - It's fun to watch this speech - you can see him winding the mainspring of emotion and letting it go.
2:16 - "The question is not whether our government is to big or too small but whether it works." Awesome.
2:18 - I really wish I could know what Bush is thinking right now, seeing as how this whole speech can be boiled down to, "The last eight years have sucked goats - time to be better."
2:21 - "We are willing to extend a hand if you unclench your fist." Reminds me of an issue of Superman, actually....
2:26 - Damn, he's good.
2:29 - Yeah, Poet Lady, you can't follow that. I feel bad for you....
2:33 - So I guess we're all Socialist Muslims now? Has anyone else got the memo?
2:36 - The new Whitehouse.gov is Barackafied!
2:38 - From Warren Ellis:
2:40 - All right people, get to work.
2:48 - From Tom Tomorrow:
2:51 - My god, Cheney does look like Dr. Strangelove.
2:54 - Aaaaannnnd he's on the 'copter. Buh-bye.
3:01 - Well, there we go. We have a new President. Hot. Damn. Congratulations, America. We've done good.
3:04 - Quotes from the document-signing ceremony: "I was told not to swipe the pen." "I guess I have to have a cabinet, don't I?"
1:14 AM - Awesome - it's live on NHK. The color commentary, of course, is in Japanese, so I'll be sticking with MSNBC.... And good lord, George H.W. Bush looks like the undead....
1:16 - Good lord, the Marine band is playing the Sousa bit that got used in Assassins for "How I Saved Roosevelt"
1:18 - "We have a former President traffic jam...."
1:22 - Gods, look at all those people....
1:24 - Hey, they're playing a Holst variation! Nice....
1:32 - Brokaw references Dr. Strangelove regarding Dick Cheney in the wheelchair. You know, Tom, I wasn't planning to make that connection, but Thanks! It'll give me a good laugh for the rest of the night....
1:36 - I think Sasha and Malia got more applause than George W. did.
1:38 - I really don't like the announcer's voice. I could do much better....
1:39 - There's are man!!
1:44 - SQUEE! He's here! He's here! *faint*
1:45 - Obama's name sure is chantable....
1:48 - Nice speech by Feinstein. And now, Rick Warren....
1:50 - I know a prayer is traditional, but it makes me more uncomfortable than I expected. And not just because Warren thinks gays are icky.
1:52 - What makes me slightly more uncomfortable is how Warren said "Malia" and "Sasha."
1:57 - Huh. MSNBC is about fifteen seconds behind NHK. That's slightly annoying.
1:58 - My mom is probably twitching right now, as Biden gets sworn in.
2:00 - They're playing a John Williams arrangement? I expect a chase scene!
2:05 - Here we go. The Japanese announcer says it looks like a movie...
2:06 - WOO-HOO!!!!
2:07 - And the crowd goes wild....
2:10 - Jeez, Obama, way to be a buzz-kill.
2:10 - It's fun to watch this speech - you can see him winding the mainspring of emotion and letting it go.
2:16 - "The question is not whether our government is to big or too small but whether it works." Awesome.
2:18 - I really wish I could know what Bush is thinking right now, seeing as how this whole speech can be boiled down to, "The last eight years have sucked goats - time to be better."
2:21 - "We are willing to extend a hand if you unclench your fist." Reminds me of an issue of Superman, actually....
2:26 - Damn, he's good.
2:29 - Yeah, Poet Lady, you can't follow that. I feel bad for you....
2:33 - So I guess we're all Socialist Muslims now? Has anyone else got the memo?
2:36 - The new Whitehouse.gov is Barackafied!
2:38 - From Warren Ellis:
2:40 - All right people, get to work.
2:48 - From Tom Tomorrow:
2:51 - My god, Cheney does look like Dr. Strangelove.
2:54 - Aaaaannnnd he's on the 'copter. Buh-bye.
3:01 - Well, there we go. We have a new President. Hot. Damn. Congratulations, America. We've done good.
3:04 - Quotes from the document-signing ceremony: "I was told not to swipe the pen." "I guess I have to have a cabinet, don't I?"