Journal of No. 118

Apparently, the shuttle put the pedal to the metal, and blazed past Inglewood City Hall before we got there. So we wound up going (circuitously, due to exciting road closures) to the Forum. Since I had my fill yesterday, I found it more interesting enjoying people watching in the huge crowd there. Food trucks, people hawking t-shirts and buttons, cotton candy, kids, people in walkers and wheelchairs, dogs, the marching band and color guard, all the people facing away from the shuttle taking pictures of themselves with their phones, the little conversations about what streets to take to get the hell out of here afterwards. Everybody having a good time.

From Public Photos

More photos later, when I get the camera home.

Randy's Donuts is closed for the big event, which annoyed me since I was coincidentally on donut duty today. They've erected a grandstand in their parking lot to watch the shuttle go by later today.
But right now it's parked a stone's throw from work, and traffic is krrr-azy. A lot of people were parking in the no stopping zone along Westchester Parkway, and I saw the parking enforcement lady park at the head of the line, whip out her book, and sigh a heavy sigh at the long, profitable work ahead of her. I had time to see all this, because the traffic wasn't moving.
But I made it to work, dumped off my non-Randy's donuts and went to go have a look. It's great. It's amazing how much being near the thing can just make you giddy. Lots of people with their kids and/or dogs. Lots of media.
It'll be here 'til 1 pm or so. I can alllllmost see it out my office window, but instead, I'll just go take a walk every hour to have a look at it.