OK, my F2F memories post has been un-locked for a little while. Will probably get re-locked sometime tomorrow, but if you want to be friended, just ask.

Geez, a little wrath of God and you people all go running and hiding.

...end, really!...

• the whole night after the Prom when, from midnight to 2AM, we explored the monuments and memorials of the DC Mall in silent darkness. ND, DebetEsse, JavaCat, JohnSweden, Matt the Bruins Fan and I started by the hotel and saw the Japanese American Memorial and then took the car to the Mall, wandering from the Vietnam Memorial (which is painfully beautiful and eerie in the night that it took my breath away), to the nurse’s statue, the Lincoln Memorial (the first time I’ve actually seen it when the “Quiet: Show Respect” sign actually meant something), the reflecting pool (purple and dark, reflecting in ripples up on the George Washington Monument), the new WWII Memorial (amazing, and, as ND said, a perfect visible statement of “Victory” in sharp contrast to the Wall’s statement of sorrow), and wandering through the shadows of the stunning FDR Memorial (thanks Vortex, for the rec—you were right), nearly in tears at the quotes about freedom and justice that are so damned relevant to current events and the Evil Regime at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

I have been to DC many times, but I have never seen it like that. Thank you for making that last night incredibly special.

• hugging my sorella Maria at the airport and knowing I would see her again soon

Oh there are so many more. I need to stop for a bit, though, and process.

I’m with DebetEsse. Do we really have to wait another year? Really?

Thank you all.

Geez, a little wrath of God and you people all go running and hiding.

Well, yeah. We're going to take the porn and candy with us too.

Damn - so very vivid, Kristin.

Now, do we know sean has cracked ribs, or is he just bruised. I 'm not sure we should let him leaveCA if y'all are going to abuse him.

Well, yeah. We're going to take the porn and candy with us too.

And the music. Mayhap the kilts as well.

I 'm not sure we should let him leaveCA if y'all are going to abuse him.

It was a fellow Californian that did the abusing. IJS.

ETA: One that did not mean any harm, of course. Enthusiasm abounds amongst the Buffistas.

I've still not worked out all my thoughts and feelings on seeing the Vietnam Memorial. I'd never been before. Never been to DC before. It's one of the most apt and powerful pieces of art I think I've ever seen. By the time I was at the mid point tears were streaming down my face.

In first "too much candy" picture I linked to from my livejournal entry (too lazy to link again, but the link is like five posts back), there someone standing all the way to the right taking a picture from another angle. Can anyone tell who that is?

Okay, now I'm done with the monster post and can post like a normal person. (Wrong board?)

ND and Cass, love you too! Hi Deb!

Hil, I loved reading your memories.