We are one

There is so much that happened between yesterday morning and tonight, that I can't possibly explain it all. I'll just tell you about the We are One Concert. I think we woke up at about 7:00 in the morning, ate breakfast and then headed out to the Lincoln Memorial. It was crowded right when we got there (the first crowd I had seen all week). We stood in line for security for about 15 minutes, got through easily and walked towards the reflecting pool. About a third of the people who would be attending were all ready there, so considering there would be 1 million people there, we got pretty good seats. We got there 3 hours early, but the time went by really quickly. We entertained ourselves by playing cards, meeting and interviewing people around us, and playing labyrinth on Dah's iphone. It's kind of hard to believe that we were standing in the same spot that people of the famous "I have a Dream" speech were standing except instead of protesting racism, we were celebrating a black president. The concert was like a giant party. Everybody was beyond happy, everybody was singing, dancing, sharing, talking, it was unreal. As weird as this may sound, I think I will remember the concert better than I will the inauguration. Anyways! I got to go brush my teeth, its already 10! Good Night!!!

This is from a plane ride a few days ago.....

Gawd. Sorry that these blogs arn't in order.

Inaguration day!

I'm so sorry that I haven't been keeping up on blogging. Its been so chaotic, I seriously haven't had any time to just sit down and blog. Here is what happened today. Chuck, Dah, Isaac and I all woke up at about 5:00 to get good spots for the inauguration and was (and still am) tired. Then we quickly got dressed in as many layers as possible and headed out the hotel door. A first the streets seemed deserted, but slowly more people started to trickle in and before I knew it there were people everywhere. Then we walked into a giant tunnel that seemed to never end, but it was it was warm. :) We popped out of the tunnel into a giant mass of people. Slowly we trudged to the security line (it took about an hour and a half to get there) and got checked to make sure we weren't carrying bombs and stuff like that. Then we tumbled to our spots for the inauguration and tried to stay awake. We were forced to stand up the whole time, because it was so packed but it kept us warm. (: The ceremony was nice and there were no huge distractions, besides the really loud and talkative lady behind us. They had a boys choir, a military group, and YoYo Ma preform which was cool. After the ceremony, we tried to get to the reflecting pool so we could "ice skate" across to the capitol. And 

I'm extremely excited, and here are some pictures of my friend and I showing our excitment

A day before DC

Yay! Its only a day before Teen Press is off to DC!!! I'm extremely excited because I have no idea what opportunities this trip will bring. Also what's better that hanging out with your friends, while meeting new people at the same time? I really want to see what kind of people we'll get to see and maybe even interview! It's also very fantasical that we will be part of history. Hehe, we'll "go down in history" like Rudolf. Yay! Now I can relate my self to a reindeer!! Electives over. See you tomarrow!!