It's been a long, long day, and by the sounds of it for some revelers its going to also be a long, long night.

Before I check out for the evening - at least on the blog (you can always catch me LIVE on Twitter) - I wanted to pass on a little bit more of the scene today heading into the inauguration.

One of the things about getting a good ticket (which still floors me even now. I kept wanting to ask one of the nice Marine ushers "Are you sure I'm supposed to go there) is that it makes you realize the upsides and downsides.

In this case the big upside is the close proximity to where the swearing-in action takes place. The downside is that you can't really move or go anywhere. But that was probably the case any spot on the mall.

Here's some of my photos from leading up to the ceremony, during the swearing in and afterwards.

As always, look for more updates tomorrow

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