So, I set my alarm for 6:00 am after setting up the telescope, directed my drawing board with a sheet of paper on it. I even borrowed a tripod for my camera.
Unfortunately mother nature has other plans.
Thunder and lightning. Unbe-fucking-lievable.
I'll have to make-do with following it here:
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/
or here:
http://webcast17.uio.no/trheim1_eng.html