inaugural update
it is so cold that when i wore a skirt tonight my legs were bright red when i got back to the apartment, and now, even under comforter, fleece pjs and toast and tea fillings, they are numb and separate from the rest of my body.

the whole town is packed to the gills with people, and they are mainly darker complected actually! i used to get frustrated that whenever people talked about barack's election, they would have to mention him as our first black president specifically, but seeing all of these masses of people, and feeling this relief in the air and how just light hearted all of the preparation seems to be i can't help but renege my instinctual recoil from racial discourse. tonight apparently there was some huge party held by AU through some club, and Howard University students and locals were all invited. it looked pretty large, the metro stop was packed with people all coming back from it too as well as kids looking for taxis and stuff. something must have gotten out of hand, or something, because one of the girls coming away from the campus stopped me and my friends and was looking for the best place to catch a cab around there. she said they used tear gas and mace? on the kids because it got wicked out of control. i wonder how things happened... there seems like a possibility for some racial somethin behind this heightened reaction, but i wasn't there and don't know yet.

tonight i went to a jazz club and drank wine and had some good ol DC times with buddies. the town looks great and everyone is just waiting for tuesday basically. it should be wild.