Party Crashers

So yesterday was the BIG day. The swearing into office, the first biracial President of the United States of America.

I couldn't have been any more annoyed with the traffic, the out of town people and the fact that they kept referring to President Obama as the first African-American president.

Anyways, all extremely irrelevant.

As most of you are probably aware, there was quite a bit of chaos in the city and lots of parties and fancy balls.

My friend, Yuki, who was visiting from Brooklyn, made herself quite at home here and even managed to crash a couple of Inaugural balls, as well as walk right up to the front door to the White House. How the hell she got past security, I don't have a fuckin clue, but she did it.

She had dinner with several senators and the best part is, she walked right on in with her street clothes, not fancy attire that the rest of the people had on. Not to mention that most of these balls had outrageous ticket prices to get in, in the first place.

I wasn't there for the first few balls she crashed, which suddenly, I'm starting to regret.

However, I did make it to the last ball she decided to crash, which was the Heroes Red, White, & Blue Ball at the Warner Theater. Tickets for this event ranged between $500 - $1,500.

It was already ending when we arrived, so there's not much for me to brag about other then I got in and ummmm, yea, that's about it.

We took some pictures, and met a lot of nice people who were really, really drunk.

It was pretty cool. Too bad I didn't go out sooner.

In either case, I can still brag about the fact that I went to an Inaugural Ball in street clothes and didn't pay to get in. Thanx for the good time, Yuki!

Visit Yuki's website here: Chateau de Lion

Inauguration Day Hell

I have never been so annoyed in my life to be a resident of Washington, DC as I have been this past weekend and the days to come.

With the Inauguration of the first biracial president (call him African-American all ya'll want. It wont change the fact that he is half white), the city is in complete chaos.

I am so annoyed by the presence of all of these celebrities and out of state people coming down here for an event that's been mislabeled to begin with.

I will admit that it is a historical event, but it doesn't change the fact that he's still not technically the first African-American president. He's biracial, people.

So call it what it is. The first biracial president.

Even Obama himself has referred to himself as a "mutt". Obviously, he's aware of the fact that he's biracial so I don't get why no one else seems to understand that.

So far, the biggest change that Obama has brought is major traffic in our little city with all this commotion of him preparing to take over the White House.

As if it's not complicated enough getting around with all the one way streets and weird turns, now, for the next 2 days, we have to find new ways to get around with all the road closures.

Hopefully, the first thing on his agenda will be to fix all the fucked up roads and potholes cause anyone who lives in the area can tell you how fucked up the streets are, thought I think that technically that's the mayors job (keep up the good work, Fenty).

I can't wait for all you city invaders to leave. As if I don't suffer from enough road rage as it is. Fuuuuuuck...

Inauguration Day

I had happened to hear that people living in the DC metropolitan area were putting up their houses up for renting for Inauguration Day at ridiculously high prices.

I started to think to myself, "Well I live in the DC area. I wonder how much I could get for my house?"

So back onto Craigslist I went, but this time, my ad is genuine. So this is my ad:

2br - Every one else is renting their homes for Inauguration, might as well (Maryland)

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Reply to: hous-925330232@craigslist.org ^[?]
Date: 2008-11-19, 9:35AM EST


Approx a 20 minute drive to downtown DC. Close to shopping centers. Less then a mile to I-95.

I have a 2 story condo. 2 Bedrooms, 1 full bath, 1/2 bath.

If you want to have a smoke out on my deck, that's fine, but absolutely no smoking inside the house.

Also, if you're pets are house trained, you're more then welcomed to bring them for the week.

You get the whole place to yourself. I wont be around because to be quite honest, I really don't care about the whole Inauguration thing.

$10,000 for the whole week or best offer. If you're interested in a shorter stay, we can still work something out.

ALL OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Like I said, I really don't care about the Inauguration thing, so I wont be around anyways. Might as well make some cash while I'm away.

Now of course, I don't actually expect to make that much money from renting my house for a week, but I figured, start high cause people will surely respond and bid low.

I do have a magic number in mind, and if I get that offer, I surely wouldn't mind being inconvenienced for a week, maybe less.

I would tell you guys but, who knows. Someone out there reading my blog might actually be interested in renting my house for Inauguration Day.

They say it's a historical event. Personally, I don't really see the big deal. The new president being sworn in is just a darker shade of white.

Anyhow, let the bidding wars begin!