Amanda Diva

So I have a new show I’m starting on Karmalooptv.com called Diva Diva Ya’ll!  It’s gonna be a bit different from DivaSpeak TV in that I’ll be in the streets more and interacting with a bunch of different people.  It’s fun and informative, my type of show! :)  Hope Ya’ll like it!  You can peep the teaser HERE!

I just thought this was neat.

So January 20th was like, one of the most amazing days ever! I left for dc at midnight on tuesday with my peoples of Coup D’etat Brooklyn. A dope clothing company that put together this group trip to DC. Over 200 of us gathered at Santo’s party house all bundled up and set forth ready and excited for the adventure ahead. The first thing I noticed was the diversity in the group. Black, white, Asian, college students, 40 yr-olds, and in between all came together.

We got to DC at about 5am and descended into the dark cold of the city. But immediately when we got into the train station we were greeted with warm smiling faces excited about the occasion set to take place. Word bond, EVERYBODY was friendly. It was Obama fever!

Peep the train ticket!*

The vibe resonated everywhere! I was dared to get folks krunk on the train…and I can’t refuse a dare soooo…

Once we got off the train we had to walk DUMB far to the great mall in front of the Capital building. It was just a mass of folks walkin, walkin, walkin. Noone really knew where exactly they were going but somehow we made it to the great lawn. We got there around 6:30 hype! We played hand games, sang, huddled together, even did the electric slide and sang “Celebrate good times, COME ON!”

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We thought we could thug it out but lemme tell ya, when that cold REALLY set in it was curtains! I thought my toes were for real just gonna break off. So we started walking looking for something like a warming station and I asked one of the “important looking people” and he says, “there’s no warming stations but they’re opening the museum in 10 minutes.” Shut up. Ya’ll they straight opened the Smithsonian museum and let folks camp out amongst ancient artifacts! There wasn’t even any real regulation. They just said, “Come on in and get warm!”

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After takin naps and warming we finally explored the museum (I mean why not right?!) They had a great exhibit on the Civil Rights movement that had this ill as speaker set up.

We got warmed up and headed back out into the cold for the big moment…OBAMA’S SWEARING IN!!!

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It was really amazing ya’ll. They had big screens with the swearing on em and blasted it over loud speakers. That’s the capital building in the back. I cannot stress how incredibly uncomfortable it was to be there with such cold and so many people but it was like it didn’t matter. Folks were really in a positive place. We were all in the same gang! lol After the swearing in we all moved in swarms to the trains. On the way I snapped some shots of Obama-fare.

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Someone was selling this painting. It’s HILARIOUS! Look close. You got your MLK, Obama, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Huey P, and OF COURSE Pac! lol whyyyyy not. I HAD to cop this:)

I stressed how cold it was right?!?!!? WHY THE HELL IS THIS MAN IN SHORTS?! And TRUST he wasn’t the only person I saw buggin!

I have this thing about chronicling any FUBU sightings lol. I dunno why. It’s just funny to me…

maaaaaaad Obama pins! lol…there were also a SLEW of fur coats. I felt like i was in a Suga Free video at some points. lol On the walk back we went to Domino’s ended up running into some Secret Service officer who then offered to give us a ride to the train. Then it was ANOTHER walk from the train to the bus. I ended up doing stand up on the bus and leading a capella karaoke on the bus ride home, lol. hilarious. i didn’t even know I could DO stand up! It was just an amazing day. Luckily too the group I was with was made up of g’d up chicks and REAL men. No complainers. No bsers. Just trekkers! WE GO HARD!

This is the beginning of a new era folks. I am proud to say I was there to witness the start of it. I’d love to hear about where ya’ll were when Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States!

*photos by Stephanie Meiling