********* PRESENT **********

[FlyingSquirrel]

On the West Coast

:)

[calimary]

1. Here!

As of this writing, the clock says 12:02am (pacific time)!


YOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:hi: :headbang: :patriot: :toast: :party: :thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

5. Is anyone going to sleep tonight?!

lol

:kick:

[calimary]

6. I don't know.

I'm nowhere near ready to.

I even have a Plan B laid in. I'm about the biggest know-nothing when it comes to electronic equipment. My husband is a complete wonk - has the whole set-up in the bedroom - all this shit and I don't know how to work most of it. Buttons and gadgets and crap. So I told him I wanted to be up watching maybe even all night if I felt like it, 'cause this is so damned special and I want to drink every last drop of it in. So he set it up for me in the other room. If he wants to shut down in the bedroom and turn everything off and go to sleep, I can go to the other TV and watch to my heart's content. All night if I damn well please! I'm actually rather delighted about that! :P

[EFerrari]

12. I'm wondering what would be good to record.

Election night I settled on MSNBC and that turned out to be a good choice. :)

[calimary]

22. Well, I happen to like their slant, and "reaching out" and being nonpartisan notwithstanding,

I wanna be with MY peeps, the ones with the same attitude I have toward this murderous regime-on-the-way-OUT - so it'll be MSNBC for me. They'll be more likely to be aware of little details and subtleties that I noticed were not so much in evidence on CNN. For example, I noticed that the crowd clustered around in back of the outdoor MSNBC anchor set was much larger than that in back of the CNN set. Also I did not see anyone in the crowd holding a sign like "Arrest bush" in the CNN coverage, while MSNBC showed a guy holding two, and other crowd gestures like it. Made me wonder if the CNN crowd had been hand-sifted to weed out any - um - unauthorized anti-bush stuff, or if the crowd had been told to tone (or put) things down. Anything that has Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow putting their two cents into it gets my vote and my viewership! My husband set a recording for 7am through noon our time (pacific time, that is).

[ColbertWatcher]

8. hey, if you're not going to sleep, check out "Boycott" on BET. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

9. in a few minutes

:boring:classes tomorrow from morning until night. :hangover:

[EFerrari]

13. Oy. Well, it could be worse. You could have to be in that limo with Junior!

:hug:

[calimary]

18. Not if you'd just eaten some beans...

:evilgrin:

[WhoDoYouTrust]

19. Buddy!

Your Alaska friend, is going to celebrate for us all day long. You sleep, I party.

Love ya, my friend.

[underseasurveyor]

20. Hey Swampy

Yea like you'll be concentrating on school. I hope you'll get a chance to peek in now and then on the days events either here or on tv. :loveya:Huge hugs and big kisses

[underseasurveyor]

2. Southern Cal checking in

12:05 am
It's the 20th of Jan. 2009:bounce:

[calimary]

7. L.A. here!

:hi:

[underseasurveyor]

11. Hey

:hi: East Long Beach here.

Trouble sleeping? I'm having trouble, anticipation n excitement:woohoo:

[calimary]

17. Yeah, but it's a good trouble.

Howdy from West L.A.!

I am SO stoked!

My kid's THERE. He's a presidential scholar and got invited to this student forum for THIS event. Actually it was for The Inauguration - of whoever won in November. I took a risk, hoping that Obama would win but I was kinda worried for awhile because I didn't want to jinx it.

[TahitiNut]

3. Less than 9 hours to go in the Cheney/Bush occupation.

:bounce:

[sandnsea]

4. Should I take a nap--

or stay up all night?

[Joe the Liberal]

10. I'm with ya..........

here in Colorado, 1:25 AM.

[underseasurveyor]

14. Hi Colorado

My second favorite place to live, California is my first.. Lived in Estes Park for 16 years:hi:

[pnwmom]

15. So I'm not the only one counting the hours?

:bounce:

[yorgatron]

16. 12:53 AM in San Jose Ca.

don't know if i'm gonna sleep or not...

[pnwmom]

21. I just gorged on some chocolate. Probably should have had a glass of warm milk

or something instead.

Oh well.

[calimary]

25. Er - um - have you tried Hershey's Bliss?

I just had a few morsels myself. I think I'll eat anything I damn well please tonight!

AND, I'm gonna walk the dog up the sidewalk in my neighborhood and pass "that" house. The house where these neighbors live who obviously preferred bush and mcsame to my guy. I met them at the block party we have every September up at the end of the block. It was just after the conventions and everyone was talking politics. I made some comment about being so offended by Wednesday night at the RNC collective, with rudi giuliani and the Tundra Tart being so smug and nasty and mean-spirited, and just really sucky toward community organizers. And I had scarcely spoken when this elegant 70-ish couple started snickering and mocking. And when I challenged that reaction by saying I have friends who are community organizers and that they genuinely help people and they constitute the only safety net we have left in this country for people who are truly needy, they only snickered and guffawed more. To the point where they were even losing their balance and had to sort of lean in on each other to prop each other up. I thought that was rude and piss-ant and arrogant and heartless. How dare they!

So I walk my dog several times a day and we pass this couple's house every time I take the dog on the "longer" route - in case she has to poo. No, I don't let her poo on their yard. Well, yeah, I do if she needs to but I always clean it up. I don't want anybody thinking I'm an inconsiderate dog owner or that my dog "did that". But I DO look at their house as we walk by, and sometimes I wave, and smile, and flash a little salute at the forehead, and whisper - "20 days..." or "19 days..." or "12 days..." or "five days..." or "TWO days..." or "To-MORR-rowwww!" But this time it'll be "five HOURS..." or however many hours there are, 'cause it'll be 9am when Obama takes the oath of office.

Lots of time to eat more chocolate, too!

:hi:

[pnwmom]

30. Tundra Tart. I like that!

If that couple happened to be Catholic, they should be especially ashamed of their ignorance because the Catholic diocese was funding Obama's community organizing, and it is a major part of the Church's mission.

I'm on a board with lots of liberals, but one woman is definitely conservative. I was impressed with her recently, however, because she was talking about what an historical event this inauguration will be, and she plans to watch it. My son also says that her son (who is a school leader) is telling other kids that even though he was for the other guy, it's good they'll be watching this at school because they should all respect the office of the President no matter who they supported in November.

Obama's reaching out is really paying off, IMHO.

P.S.

We really should be eating PIE, you know. Too bad I don't have any little boxes of pie lying around. Guess the chocolate will have to do! (My Mom swears by Bliss, but I haven't let myself try it yet. Why discover one more caloric thing to crave?



:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[lapfog_1]

23. I guess I'm staying up all night too...

here in Arizona.

For an hour I heard the coyotes howling tonight (around 12:30am). They were real close tonight.

Spooky.

[pnwmom]

24. Even the coyotes are hooting for Obama.

I haven't felt like this in a long, long time. I'm definitely tired, but little bursts of excitement keep happening. It's like I'm waiting for Santa Claus to come down the chimney.

[lapfog_1]

27. Yeah, usually they sound forlorn and lonely

but tonight they sounded bright and happy, like they just had a victory of some sort.

Still spooky, even if you hear them frequently.

[pnwmom]

31. Maybe they're chewing on some repiglicans?

That should keep them busy.

:shrug:

[lapfog_1]

37. javalinas most likely...

nasty pig like animals (but not a member of the pig family). I live between the mountains and the river, so the javalinas travel across my land nightly to get a drink of water. Can't have outside pets of any kind. The coyotes trail them and, if they find a weaker one, occasionally bring one down.

If you are unlucky to be caught outside when the javalinas come through, you can get seriously injured very easily.

[pnwmom]

41. Interesting. Learn something new here every day. n/t

[NutmegYankee]

26. East Coast Checking in. Good Morning!

Meh, early to bed makes for an early rise.

[pnwmom]

32. When does the a.m. TV coverage start? Do you know? n/t

[NutmegYankee]

46. 10 AM Eastern here on Cspan and CNN n/t

[Are_grits_groceries]

28. SC here.

I hear some heads exploding even now. I expect it will sound
like Ft.McHenry around noon.:P

[boomerbust]

29. Midwest here

Woke at 2:07 A.M. Looks like I'm up for the duration. Just put on a full pot of coffee instead of half pot.:smoke:

[pnwmom]

33. Did you wake up with a jolt or did you have trouble going to sleep in the first place?

I haven't tried so far, 'cause I think it would be a waste of time.

[boomerbust]

42. I just woke up

And here I am. Get this. The first thing I saw on the teevee was Sarah Palin whining about the top 5% not getting a tax cut.:rofl:

[pnwmom]

44. Ugh. I can't believe they're still giving her air time.

Just when I finally thought it was safe to turn on the TV again.

[SeattleGirl]

34. Seattle, present and accounted for!

I really need to get some sleep, but dayam! It's real challenge this day.

[pnwmom]

38. CNN is on live now -- finally! Probably other channels too

but that's as far as I've gotten.

[Horse with no Name]

35. I don't know about you but I can't sleep and I have been on the computer so long today

that I am googling douches.
I wish this would happen already!

[pnwmom]

39. Hmm. . . your gender free name has just

acquired a gender.

:hi:


Of course, I could be wrong.


:)

[Joe the Liberal]

36. Ok I don't want to play anymore guys............

I'm off to bed, it's 3:00 AM here in Colorado, I'll cya tomorrow and what a great day it will be when some grown ups finally take back the White House. :hi:

[pnwmom]

40. I hope you mean tomorrow as in TODAY!!!!!!

[VOX]

43. 2:10 am. In Los Angeles...

Gotta grab a little shut-eye now. Our office is way cool -- they'll have several conference rooms set up with TVs.

God, it's as if tomorrow the country's gonna trade in an old bucket of bolts for a BMW. Christmas in January! :bounce:

[newfie11]

45. Just woke up in SW Nebraska panhandle!

Can't go back to sleep and have coffee brewing!! I am ready to veg out glued to the TV most of the day (after I feed the horses and dogs of course)!

[Lochloosa]

47. A Blue Florida checking in.

[KharmaTrain]

48. I'm Still Holding My Breath...

I'm expecting the "pardon bomb" at any time now. There's too many criminals, crimes and slimeballs...and it's par for the course for boooosh to save his "best" for last.

12 Noon can't get here soon enough.

[merh]

49. Sleep? Who can sleep?

Mississippi Gulf Coast reporting in.

[Le Taz Hot]

50. Moi!

It's 3:41 am and I'm up watching everything I can get my hands on. At 6:00 the stores start selling booze again at which time I'm going to borrow $20.00 and go get some champagne & orange juice. Mamosas, baby! The herb will be furnished by last fall's crop.

[barbtries]

51. raleigh NC

been up for 2 1/2 hours. snowed in. guess i'll just have to stay home and watch my country return to me. :)

[shadowknows69]

52. Wide awake in NY

I think I may bave to have my first daytime drunk in a very long time.

[rosesaylavee]

53. Ready and fired up here in Illinois

:hug:

I am so excited, not quite sure what to do first. Going to my sister's for the morning to watch with her and my brother and our collected spouses.

What a wonderful day ... that I thought would NEVER come just even a few months ago.

[wildeyed]

54. Good morning DU!

Charlotte NC checking in :)

[Shiver]

55. WISCONSIN REPRESENTIN'!

Sorry, felt like shouting.

I have to work tonight (fucking figures, first Tuesday night they've scheduled me for in four months), so I'm gonna have to get some sleep at some point. Ain't gonna miss a minute of this, though!

[Born_A_Truman]

56. 4:58 in California's beautiful Mojave Desert!

Got up at 3:30 so I don't miss a thing!

[a la izquierda]

57. checking in from Norman, OK

my doggies just woke me up. even they're excited!

[AsahinaKimi]

58. SAN FRANCISCO HERE ... There is no freaking way ...

(5:09 AM) I can sleep, this is as bad as Election night...
I wanta see the man put his hand up and say the words..
Followed by a fist bump!

[jhain]

59. Cape May County, NJ

Hosting a huge open house ALL DAY.
Making waffles as I type.........and Mimosas..........

[tekisui]

60. Morning! I'm up and at it in NC!

[lonestarnot]

61. Up in the southwest!

:hi:

[Coexist]

62. Florida in the forum!

called out of work and ready to celebrate

[beac]

63. Up all night here in VA!

Time to make some coffee... and maybe a nice cookie for breakfast. :)

[FloridaJudy]

64. Good morning, America!

I've been looking forward to this for what feels like forever.

Just a few hours to go. :woohoo:

[Sydnie]

65. Barely breathing on the East Coast

the anticipation is taking my breath away!

[New Earth]

66. I'm here! In New Jersey...

I finally hooked up my TV to the cable in my room, had to get a splitter so I could have internet and TV at the same time, JUST so I could be on DU while I watch the inauguration. :D