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Monday Night Pepsi Center Video

Here's my video of my travels through the Pepsi Center last night. It's very raw and shaky and very different from what pro video-bloggers would post but I think you get a real sense of being in the Pepsi Center from it. [More...]

First off, after Ted Kennedy spoke, I left the hall to find my way back to the Blogger's Lounge where I was to exchange my floor pass for my regular Hall pass. I got lost and ended up in the bowels of the Pepsi Center just as Caroline Kennedy and others in their entourage were leaving. The Secret Service made us wait 15 minutes as they departed.

I also discovered a huge tech department down there. After wandering through that, still trying to find my way out of the maze, I went through a curtain and ended up in front of the stage, in front of all the delegations, right under the musical group that was performing.

Still trying to find my way home to the Blogger's Lounge, which none of the 8 volunteers I asked ever heard of, a nice worker tried to radio someone to find it. The information he got was wrong and I ended up on the club floor level where all the private parties for big donors were being held.

I got back in the press elevator to try again but we got kicked off on a different floor for a medical emergency. They needed to get someone out on a stretcher.

Finally, I found the blogger's lounge (down on level A, in what normally serves as the practice court for the Denver Nuggets) switched my floor pass back for my hall pass and left as Michelle Obama was finishing her speech.

I watched the end of her speech outside the Pepsi Center at the CNN Grill room which was probably where I should have spent the entire night. But then I wouldn't have my shaky, amateur underground video to show you.

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    "Relax," said the night man, (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by weltec2 on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 06:11:44 PM EST
    "We are programmed to receive.
    You can checkout any time you like,
    But you can never leave!"

    Thank you Jeralyn. Your video is a wonderful metaphor for how I feel within the Democratic Party right now... wandering around lost in the belly of the PepsiDemo machine... trying to find the place you're looking for. The camera focus was perfect for how I feel too. -:

    that's exactly what it felt like (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 06:30:14 PM EST
    I was so glad to finally leave. Maybe if we had seats with tables to blog from, power conections and wi-fi in the hall like we did in Boston it would be different. I never thought I would miss blogging from the nosebleed seats on Blogger Alley at the Fleet Center, but I do.

    Being allowed to walk the circular path around the convention floor while the Secret Service tells you to "keep moving, no standing" is hardly conducive to taking in the proceedings. It's good for spotting celebrities and snapping pix, that's about it.

    If I had the energy, I'd check the seating capacity at the Pepsi Center vs. Fleet Center. Maybe there just wasn't enough room to spare 70 seats?(There are 50 state credentialed bloggers who sit with their delegations on the floor and 70 "general pool" bloggers who get access to the Pepsi Center but not the convention floor except for 30 minutes at a time on a first-come first sreve basis.  Even with the 30 minute floor pass, we just get to walk around and around -- we don't get a place to blog the proceedings while experiencing it. Blogging from windowless press room with tiny television screens? I'd rather blog from home.

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    Cool video Jeralyn (none / 0) (#1)
    by catfish on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 04:56:57 PM EST
    Thanks for the report.

    "The Adventures of a Lost Blogger" (none / 0) (#2)
    by themomcat on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 05:08:17 PM EST
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