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Cheers to a new chapter in our nation's history my fellow Obama supporters!!

This was a fantastic inaugural weekend down in DC, probably one of the best experiences of my young life.  Below are a couple of pics of the capitol at approx 5 AM.  I was colder than I have ever been for a prolonged period of time, my fingers and toes were completely numb and every 20 minutes or so I would shiver uncontrollably.  The crowd was amazing though.  People were singing and chanting, sharing resources, waving flags.  Seeing 2 million people coexist so peacefully and joyfully was totally worth it.  It was a celebration of epic proportion.

To avoid an LSAT-type scenario, before heading down to the mall I induced a state of forced dehydration beginning with a bar crawl Sunday evening.  When we left the mall on Monday afternoon, I returned home to replenish my supply of nutrients with beer, white russians, and pizza.  Around 5 PM when I awoke from my comatose sofa stupor to glam it up for a celebratory evening, I realized that I hadn't had any water in about 30 hours.  We were in a rush and I didn't have much time to deal with it before leaving, so I chewed on the ice in my cocktails that night and avoided beer.  I got viciously toasted, so at no time did it occur to me to order water from the bar.

Today I'm drinking liquids like a reverse exploded fire hydrant but, paired with my raging hangover, I am a wreck.  My body feels like a dried out leather glove... but totally worth it.  

Cheers friends!

P.S. Michael Franti was AMAZING last night.  That man is my crack.

P.P.S. Spadden there is a safeway bag full of throw up in the bathroom.  I sent Matt an email requesting that he deal with it but fyi.