Rally Photos & Mail
Thursday November 04, 2010
The Rally on Saturday was great!
An estimated 200,000~250,000 people attended!
We got there around 10am and already there were thousands of people! But it was good, :ohyeslovely: the metro ride (green line mind you, we avoided using Red thank god!) Was packed like the Fourth of July only people were really polite & even joking with one another! :kyaaface: (Shocking!) Last time I was on the metro for July 4th a fight almost broke out because strangers were telling people to “shut up.” =_=; But not Saturday! Saturday no one was even really talking loud!! A packed car & I could still hear myself think?! :blushingcute: Miraculous. It was quieter than a typical almost empty metro car on a Saturday morning because always some rude douches get on & start yell-conversing. But I digress. :P
We got there in time to get sorta near the first set of TVs and speakers. I heard a lot of people couldn’t hear or see. It would have been nice to have more TVs or even just speakers. I get the feeling they weren’t expecting as many people to show up! Afterward I heard they had only expected 30,000 people so set up for such. :blushingcute: :smallcry:
It did seem like majority of the people there for the “Sanity” part got there early & were a part of the main audience located in the middle while the “Fear” people seemed to get there at 12 or later & roamed the streets or museum stairs instead. Really if you didn’t get there early you weren’t able to be near a TV let alone the stage.
This is where I was. :blushingcute: Sorta in the middle of the overall crowd starting at the stage. I could actually see better than this photo sorta shows. :rejected: But no where near the stage! Haahaa, so I was basically watching the rally on TV but with thousands of friends (lool) They didn’t show on TV the warm up acts. They had a few musical guests, the Roots played, then John Legend and then the MythBusters came out and made us all do the wave again & again then jump up and down as one and also yell out and such!
Not my photo but I better angle I found online. You can also read the 100 Best Signs of the Rally here. I was excited that I had seen most of these at the Rally! Though I missed a lot of the geekier ones >O
I really like the “I LIKE TEA and you’re kind of ruining” sign a lot, hahahaaa :grin:
All my photos look the same because I’m 5′1″ and it’s just a sea of people!
But it was the nicest rally I’ve ever encountered! No crazy yelling or chanting or in you face stuff. It WAS crowded but I didn’t really get pushed too much. And while watching the show the guy in front of me told him to let him know if he gets in my way & I can’t see :p. He was older, probably late 40s. I was surprised by the huge mix of age that showed up! It was awesome!
When leaving we walked to the L’Enfant Plaza metro stop but there was this huge non-moving line just to enter the station! So we walked a few blocks to the Waterfront stop and it was so empty we got seats! Of course the next stop people piled in but who cares, I was sitting \;D/ :star2:
Heard the escalator gave out at L’Enfant. Poor people they should have just turned them off in the first place IMO. :F
Anyone else go? I’d like to know how it was for you! :)
After talking to some people it really did seem that the earlier you went the more you ended up enjoying it. I think just the overwhelming number made travel incredibly stressful. :eep: And I’m not sure if I would have gone if I didn’t already live in the area. It’s hard to say~ But I do soooo… that probably has a lot to do with how enjoyable I found it :gigglewakuface: :kissyheart:
So yea, Cat Stevens & Ozzy Osbourne~ nuff said~
I told my Mom I saw Cat Stevens in concert and she immediately time-warped back to her old hippie days and starting raving about how she postponed her wedding to see him play, LOL. :blushingcute::lol: I figured she’d like that. Then I told her Ozzy was there too and her brain exploded (ok, not really, but she was confused.) :kissyfaceheart:
How was everyone’s Halloween by the way? I hope good! :faceaha: Even though in the past we’ve had countless rowdy kids come through, this year I only had 3, very well dressed & polite Trick-or-Treaters! I gave them fistfuls of candy and pretzels & more candy, haahaa. :orooro: I’m just glad the candy is ALL gone now. I was seriously overindulging & getting sick from all the fun size KitKats & 3 Musketeers bars! Though we do have pretzels left but those are yummy and don’t cause sugar shock. :good:
I also received a few more “autumn-themed” cards…
From Bianca! It’s Peanuts themed cocoa, OMG!! Too cute to eat but I’ll take it to work to enjoy it on these super cold days~~ :bigheart: And the card is really cute, a girl dressed as a squirrel.
From Veronica both a postcard from Japan and a dancin’ kitteh H’ween card! Oh how I love cat-themed t’ings!
I’m SO ready for tomorrow~ IT’S GONNA BE FRIDAY, YEAH!!
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61 Responses to “Rally Photos & Mail”
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OO~ Glad you had fun at the rally! I really wanted to go but I got sick the day before so I watched live on comedy central instead. A lot of my friends who went ended up leaving early cause they couldn’t hear/see anything so I’m glad I stayed home. Plus, I heard the metro going home was CRAZYYY~ (and I live on the orange line D:)
For some reason, my parents made me buy candy to pass out, but they didn’t pass any out so I still have a TON of Snickers that I’m engorging myself in everyday ;3;. I’m glad you had a great Halloween though :D
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I never thought it’d be possible to have well behaved ppl at a rally! I can’t believe you got to see Mythbusters. Love those guys! lol
And your halloween deco are sooo cute! made me regret not decorating my house but I know I’m too lazy to do such things. lol. Are you ready for Christmas? It’s coming soooon!
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Usually on Saturdays I work 3-930pm so I didn’t even THINK to ask not to work earlier in the day. OF COURSE I got scheduled to work 12-7pm! D: I was so bummed; I really wanted to go! : /
I had 2 fun- sized 3 Musketeers last night & almost threw up. SO not used to eating candy anymore! XD
So I’ve realised I don’t have your “new” address; if you’d like an Xmas or New Year’s card, drop me an email :)
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oh PS: glad to see you got a peanuts thing from hallmark! i kept meaning to tell you of the MYRIAD of peanuts/ snoopy stuff there ;)
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The rally looked so fun! I really wanted to go to DC since I heard about it on reddit but I knew I wouldn’t be able to. At least I watched it live on the computer! I enjoyed it and thought Jon Stewart’s final words couldn’t be more true.
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glad you had fun at the rally!! ^_^ it sounds like it was really interesting~ hehe Halloween was quiet where i am too… O_O only about 8 kids showed up…. and we ended up having 3/4 of the HUGE bag of candy left! kekeke~ i hope i don’t get fat… T_T i love pretzels~ their in my top 10 list of favorite snacks! ^^ anyway~ i’m excited for tomorrow too!!! i’ll finally be able to catch up on sleep!!!
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yeah i read a bit about the rally but i didnt really know what it was about
weird how our final station is called waterfront too, perhaps because it’s on a water..front:D glad to hear people were nice and polite
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I saw bits of the rally on TV & thought of you, haha! There was an amazing turnout~ I wouldn’t have expected to see so many older people, that’s really cool :)
& I would so drop out of giving treats on Halloween if not for the fact that I love that holiday, haha XD I’m so jaded after this year’s craptastic lack of kiddies! -
I WANTED TO GO TO THE RALLY SO BAAAD !!! thanks for your recap c:
I’m glad to hear it was so pleasant. i haven’t had time to watch all the coverage of it, but i have seen photos of many lolzy signs. like ‘HITLER is HITLER’ & ‘the madhatter wants his crazy back’ w/ img of the mad hatter screaming clutching his teapot. o america.
also, im jealous of your overindulgence. PA trick or treats on random days, never on Halloween, so i never bother with buying candy. -
I’m glad you enjoyed the rally. Lol a nice polite rally of sane people. I really wish I live in the area instead of across the country. I watched it on C-SPAN, surprisingly they had it.
We didn’t get any trick or treaters this year…it’s not as popular this year for some reason. I thought it was only because I was getting older and am no longer going trick or treating, but kids just aren’t in the spirit as before.
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I want to take part in a rally like that one day…I want to be part of something big one day! ^-^
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omg that’s a lot of people at the rally! I don’t think that there’s even an event in my city that will congregate so many willing people! crazy!!! Omg that hot chocolate packet is so cute! Have you tried the cocoa yet? hahaha it probably tastes good just cause it’s in peanuts packaging! I love how you decorated the fireplace! Those spider webs are awesome! Just wondering, do you throw them away or store them for next year? I was working this halloween boooo! Have a great weekend!
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ooooh the rally sounds nice! JOHN LEGEND! AHHH, i love himmm! :D
& your Halloween decor is so pretty!!!! -
Cute decoration! We barely celebrate Halloween here in Norway, which is sad, but oh well. Very cute gifts :)
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It’s so lucky you could just go home and relax afterwards! It was too far for us to make :/
Your mantle is awesome! I’m glad you liked the cards, I bought a dancin’ kitteh for myself, too! LOL
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Awesome mantle decorations, snoopy ftw! The rally, whoa, so many people!! One of my coffee pals was trying to go while she was in town on vacation, so I’m anxious to talk to her to see how it went. ^_^
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Remember you said I’m was tiny when you saw the photo of me in Tori’s romper? And you have the same from from F21. It’s only now that I know that you are 5′1″! I’m 5′5″! So I’m not tiny after all! Haha!
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Well, that rally seemed great — at least I find it better than the ones that go on around here. If you happen to live near a busy street (which I don’t, luckily, though sometimes I stay late at a place near one of the city’s most prominent highways) you’ll sometimes notice people screaming beyond their hearts’ content, burning streamers, and setting up camp in front of offices. This is how rallies are like here.
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Wow that rally sounded like fun :) I love it when a big event doesn’t feel like a big event, if you see what I mean. It’s nice when people are friendly and just having a good time :)
I love your Halloween pictures. You always catch the light so well :)
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There are SO many people there!! I think the entire population of my town would be less than 1/4 of that in your pictures. Hahaha…
Great Halloween decoration, too! Maybe next year I’ll get around to sprucing up my place.
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HAPPY FRIDAY!!
Aw, I am so excited my card became part of your Halloween decorations! :D
Oh! The rally! I am kinda glad I didn’t drive up, tbh! It was fun to watch on TV, but altogether so random and…well…I didn’t feel like there was much of a theme or specific message they wanted to advertise. =/ But I’m glad you had fun!!
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Love the Halloween pictures and thanks for the info on the rally. I had wondered how that had gone. :-)
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WOW. That rally is huge. The only rally I’ve ever been to was one for Prop 8 … or … rather it had something to do about homosexuality! I DON’T REMEMBER ANYMORE. /fails/
My Halloween was nice! I ate Indian food and watched a bunch of scary movies by myself lol… those fun-sized candy bars are cruel. You think you’re eating a little bit but when it comes down to it you’ve practically eaten 5 king sized candy bars.
Ohhh yay! Now that we have each other’s addresses we can send each other cool cards and such! I’m pretty excited heeeeeeeee~
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Wow, I’m kind of envious you attended the rally to restore sanity (and fear? cause Colbert was there to). Even though I’m not American I follow both shows via internet and I’m a big fan. Also Halloween Snoopy is the cutest thing ever.
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Ohhh~ *-* I sooo wanted to go (to keep fear alive. >8D), but I couldn’t afford it, since I’m out of state, and have no money. :D And, then I slept through the live tv coverage, so, it’s exciting for me to know more about what went down. Sounds like it was AWESOME!
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Hey I was at the rally!! I think I was in the same area as you too! LOL I was back in D.C. to visit friends and family, and luckily it coincided with the rally. It was sooo much fun! Best rally I’ve ever been too!
Did you have a guy in purple climbing in the tree near you? Because then you were definitely in the same area as me LolI love your Halloween decorations! I didn’t get to do much for Halloween, but I did hand out candy at my grandma’s house on Sunday. I love the cute little kids! ^w^)//♥
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Woooaaah, the wally looks insane!
So many people too! Good for you for getting in there!Also – HALLOWEEN JEALOUSY PERSISTS~!
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WOW~ I love the photos!! I wish I could have gone bluuuu bluuuu~
I LOVE CAT STEVENS. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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hee hee glad you liked it :D!
Plus that rally was really a beautiful thing, its soo great to kno that we havent lost our minds as much as I thought we did ;_;
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thats a lot of people :O but sounds like fun!
your halloween decorations are sooo cute~
and yes i am procrastinating again XD