Holy Crap

[chaosvizier]

Hahaha, I see what I did there. Why? Because pictures. This was my day at work on Friday.

Comments

[mitchy]

Awesome! I wondered if you'd be involved in this and I see you really were :D

[chaosvizier]

I was more involved in this than you can possibly imagine. It was pretty cool, and interesting, and hectic, and OH GOD I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS

[mitchy]

What was the trickiest thing, the security or the protocols in having a visiting Pontiff? :)

[chaosvizier]

Security is tough, because they have to lock down huge sections of the Headquarters inside and outside to control the places he walks through. Protocol is tough because his programme is so detailed, and we have to account for pretty much every second of his schedule, and move him to the right place, and keep him on time. Luckily Security and Protocol work together practically like clockwork, so we help each other out. But it's hard to say which of us has the worse time of it. ;-)

[i_calql8]

As I continue to live my life vicariously through you.

I thought 'holy crap' referred to all the commemorative memorabilia that vendors are trying to get the rubes to buy.

[chaosvizier]

Man, there was some seriously horrible Pope Souvenirs out there. The Pope Bobbleheads still kinda creep me out.

[fragbert]

Yeah, I kid you not, the first thing I though of when I head the Pope was going to be addressing the General Assembly was, "Well, Hans is going to appreciate a good night's sleep afterwards."

I can only imagine the logistical mazes.

[chaosvizier]

I would love to get to the point where I get a good night's sleep. Soon, very soon...

[bending_sickle]

\o/ (now go rest, you poor soul)

[chaosvizier]

There is no rest, only Zuul. And more work. But mostly Zuul.

[bending_sickle]

Even ancient gods like Zuul need their beauty sleep. Just ask Mr. "Wake me up when September ends in strange eons" Cthulhu.

[chaosvizier]

I'm so tired, I could probably outsleep Mr. Cthulhu right now. "Quit hogging the blankets, you sum'bitch. Friggin' tentacled blanket stealing motherfucker."

[barbarienne]

How did you get the privilege of being the pope-dude? Lottery? You're just That Damn Important these days?

[chaosvizier]

I was on photo op detail. So, whenever the pope had to stop and pose for an official photo, I was the guy getting everyone into the photo, in the right place. Including His Popeliness. And, since there were a lot of official photos, I basically had to follow him around about 80% of the time.

No, I am not really that damn important, hahaha. I just have, as Liam Neeson has occasionally stated, a particular set of skills that require me to be at certain critical spots at certain critical times.