In the background, CNN blares on the television. On my social network feeds, friends talk about how they are going to celebrate this day. I hear phrases like “this moment in history” and “a changed America”. I hear the stories of common people that have traveled great distances to be at the inauguration. CNN interviews people on the mall and various people break out into songs, old songs, folk song, songs remixed to become songs about the inauguration.

I listen to stories about the Metro stations being overwhelmed with passengers, and about the cellphone system struggling to keep up with all the volume.

What are you listening to, watching, or reading? What is your experience of this day?
Updates:
As I listen to various broadcasts, I hear people talking about the tradition of the inauguration and I think about it as a great symbol to other countries of what Democracy can look like.

Update 2:
My RSS feed updates Twitter and feeds out to other sites as well. On Facebook, I received three interesting comments:

Christine Cavalier at 11:01am January 20
Aldon I'm watching on CNN, combined with Facebook. It's awesome.

Deborah White at 11:02am January 20
My, how our lives have changed. I also have both TV and CNN/Facebook livestreaming, plus my Blackberry for email.

Joyce Bettencourt at 11:04am January 20
me too.. think these media mashups that also inspire a shared viewing experience are great :)

Update 3:
Recording a local inauguration party on Woodbridge Snow Cam