My mother and I traveled from the Bay Area, California, to

attend this

ceremony. We looked forward to this event for months and

months. We had tickets in the Blue Section, and began standing inline at 8 am this morning, amongst thousands and thousands of

people.We stood in the overcrowded, claustrophobic street for four

hours, side by side thousands and thousands, rarely moving. We were

ushered by only one single sign "towards the blue gate," and we

ultimately moved less than a thousand feet in the four hours. We never even made it to the Blue Gate of the inauguration

grounds. There were absolutely no security or police officials to

offer help or guidance. Nothing at all. The crowds around us

cheered "Let Us In!" continuously, to no avail. The entire experience was extremely disappointing, and I am

utterlydisgusted and appalled at the organization and preparation of

this event. It tainted my entire perspective of our capital's

competence.