Pictures taken on 11/12/10
 It was too late to use this for my picture of the day, but I still liked it |
 I found this thing in the staff hallway. Looks like a timebomb |
 Wii time! |
 Bryce recreates the logo to his website |
 What's up, Rinny? |
 Mckeed gets the playlist for his panel together |
 If we don't do it ahead of time, it's usually a disaster |
 Whoa, hey Jeff |
 The control booth. Well.. really more like, the control corner |
 Jeff and Joy hanging out in the control booth |
 I imagine this is how Vic edits his videos at home.. two computers, orange soda.. tupperware.. |
 The view of the Hyatt lobby roof as seen from above |
 The Hyatt lobby! |
 The cosplayers are out today! |
 Metro stations continue to be neat |
 Slipping away from the con for a few hours, I spent a few hours checking out the city! |
 I missed my stop, so got off at Archives, which is the stop I used to get to the Rally |
 Playing frisbee on the Mall |
 Hey, where did the Rally go?? This picture was taken from approximately the same place I stood for the Rally |
 The Capitol! Today, this was the closest I got |
 My first target for the day.. the Washington Monument |
 I was going to say hi to the spacecraft in the main room at the Air and Space museum.. but the line was out the door and I'm on a schedule! |
 A merry-go-round on the Mall |
 I just took this for James |
 Some neat looking church |
 What the hell is going on here? |
 It's some crazy group shooting promotional photos for pneumonia awareness or something |
 Other people got in on the action |
 Walking along the mall |
 The Monument is a destination for a lot of people |
 I almost took a ride in one of these, but decided it was too goofy |
 That second to last point is a little broad.. |
 I'm almost there! |
 Closer.. |
 Closer still! |
 Too close |
 It's so surreal to see sights like this in person after seeing them on TV for my whole life |
 The White House peeping over the trees! |
 Neat flags around the monument |
 I asked a person to take my picture! |
 I asked a wall to take my picture! |
 Coming up on the World War II monument |
 Interesting fountain |
 The walls had artwork depicting the events of the war |
 Battlefield medicine sure has come a long way |
 Nice fountain |
 Fountain! |
 I really liked the light specks on this one |
 Someone left this wreath here. Remember that yesterday was Veteran's Day |
 Famous names |
 More interesting fountains |
 Franklin Roosevelt gives the women of the war the credit they deserve |
 If the Atlantic is here then.. |
 There's the Pacific over there! |
 Interesting sculpture |
 I like the deail on the feathers |
 Looking back at the fountain |
 I found Massachusetts! |
 More fountains |
 I was drawn over to this, but wasn't quite sure what it was.. |
 Flowers left at the wall |
 Lots of flowers. The words say "Here we mark the price of freedom" |
 I asked someone and my suspicions were unfortunately confirmed.. each star represents 100 American lives |
 There are 4,000 stars here. It's simply overwhelming |
 I finally made it to the famous reflecting pool! |
 I'd heard the water was gross, but yikes! |
 The Lincoln Memorial awaits |
 Of course, I walked along the wall |
 When I first rotated this picture, I did it the upside down and was totally confused |
 The woman with the bike here was doing some kind of photo shoot |
 I pose in front of the Washington Monument again |
 We're pretty close to the airport |
 Almost at the Lincoln Memorial! |
 It's one of those crazy pneumonia people! |
 He's doing flips now! |
 Mr. Lincoln himself! |
 It was bigger than I realized |
 Interesting inscription |
 Slightly closer view |
 Proof I was here! |
 The view from the top of the steps was pretty impressive |
 Amazing view of the reflecting pool, even if it is a little gross |
 I liked the Capitol peeking out from behind the monument |
 Airplane! |
 A really cool statue near the Vietnam War memorial |
 After running into the pneumonia guy again, I had to get a picture with him |
 Just the beginning.. |
 So many names |
 It was almost more overwhelming than the WWI memorial |
 The reflections make for some interesting photos |
 I tried to find my dad's friend who died, but couldn't remember his name. Next time. |
 Lots of people left flowers |
 The stuff people left behind was almost too much. I didn't look at it long |
 The last name on a wall that should never have had to exist |
 The book that helps you locate names is enormous |
 Changing leaves! |
 The Washington Monument peeking up above the trees |
 The moon was out! |
 Not sure what this is all about, but the flaming sword was cool |
 This famous elipse! |
 The Christmas trees were already being set up |
 This guy was on a Razor scooter! |
 Tourists gather in front of the White House while police watch them |
 It's the White House! Again, it's very strange to actually see it in person after seeing it on tv so often |
 The rainbows were installed after Obama took office. |
 Beeeess!! |
 I asked someone to take my picture |
 Even deadly guard dogs need to be walked |
 The treasury building! |
 I took these pictures for Brett |
 The north side of the White House |
 The fountain really adds to the view |
 And why not, I got my picture taken on this side too |
 Pennsylvania Ave! |
 The street is actually shut down. Cars can get on it, but only by passing a pretty intense barricade |
 This sign seemed needlessly verbose.. |
 This was the station I was originally trying to get to |
 Already went! |
 This walking distance sign seemed a little ominous considering the setting |
 I already saw it! |
 I was back with plenty of time before it was time to help Bryce with his panel |
 This kid was really into the AMVs Bryce plaed |
 Brakus thought she was funny |
 She kept dancing around. Little did she know she was forcing Bryce to move all the violent videos further down the queue |
 Bryce listens to a voicemail from a recruiter. Exciting! |
 My favorite thing about cons again. Cosplayers out in the wild |
 I got Bryce to pose with the chili again |
 That's an.. interesting.. font choice. Down the harr! |
 We always grab the best seats |
 Mckeed didn't even try to be sneaky. Note the color of the liquid in his sprite bottle |
 Our AMV Singalong panel was a smashing success! |
 This poor Sakura cosplayer had to wait almost half an hour to get in to see some AMVs. |
 Omar finally tracked down his pizzas |
 This Okami cosplay was absoutley amazing |
 She managed to move in a thoroughly unhuman, and deeply alarming, way. My lower brain just flipped out.. until she gave me a hug |
 Easily the most impressive cosplay I saw all weekend |