The Nation's Capitol

it's May 14th... today is my BROTHER'S BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY DUHAY!!!!
big shout out to jen frost again for letting us use your apt. the couch ish good =)
ok back to the matter at hand. as is our wont we woke up late and left around noon. got some lunch at a local diner, called, well, The Diner hahaha. mmmm steak and eggs... DC is a refreshing change from our previous day's stretch. a lot more hustle, different ppl about, i felt much less afraid for my life, although at any time i was ready to bust out the "hi i'm a hmong refugee" story to explain my yellow skin.

we went to arlington nat'l cemetery... and hit up the nat'l monuments at night, including the the vietnam war memorial, white house, the washington monument, and the lincoln memorial (highly recommended, there is something just cool about seeing lincoln illuminated by light against a starry backdrop). you know, i'm not much of a super patriot, and i'm not really conservative... but i have to say there is an immense sense of history and... something awe-inspiring about going to these famous places. it reminds me... that the country i live in was built upon some truly difficult sacrifices by amazing ppl, known and unknown. and altho i am as wont to belittle this country as anyone else, the fact that i can do that without being dragged away by a shadowy gov't force to be killed is very comforting.
go go usa =)