TGIF. (on a side note did you know there are more Applebees than TGI Fridays, which I think is wierd as it seems that I see so many more fridays)

Anyway, I'm glad it is friday. Not that this week at work has been particularily stressful, it wll just be nice to relax this weekend. I only have two more weeks left of my internship. It is sort of good and sort of bad. In the sort of good column, there is the fact that when it is done it means that I will get to go home for a week, which I really want/need to do, and it will be nice to be done with work, and it means class is about to start and I will get to see all my friends again, some of which I haven't seen in over a year as I was abroad and then they were abroad. It should be rockin. On the bad column: my internship was good paying, prestigious, and not that difficult so it will suck when its done- especially having that much access around the White House (what other job could you walk out of your building, pass the West Wing and see Karl Rove). It being done also reminds me that I have yet to find a fall internship because I am a goddamn slacker. It also reminds me that I have yet to receive financial aid and don't know whether I will be able to get my work study position that is great back. (I really should call them today - they never respond to emails). It also reminds me of the fact that they did not offer to keep me on in the fall. I don't know if my office has a policy of not keeping interns (though my boss interned there for a year before she started working there) but I know of other interns that were offered to stay on in the fall. It is not that they should offer, but it would be nice and it is kind of a bummer to think that I was not good enough of an intern to ask to stay on - even if I couldn't do it cause of my schedule. Irregardless of all of that - 2 more weeks of my internship.

I got the movie Sid and Nancy from Netflix and I watched it last night. Don't waste your time. I could not care any less about two whiny bitchy punks than I did watching that movie. After sticking it out for over an hour and a half hoping that it would get better, I turned it off knowing that it couldn't. IT was sooooo incredibly boring

Speaking of movies, the other night I saw Harold and Kumar with my Asian and Indian roommate. It had some funny parts but it was not a consistently funny movie. I even dozed off a few times. It was not worth the $7.50 I paid to see it (that is the student rate too, things are so expensive in DC), but at least I didn't pay $7.50 to see Sid and Nancy.

I guess I should end this now as I took so long writing and catching up on reading journals yesterday that I was almost late for work. Take care everyone.

I want to thank Holly for understanding that my crankiness was not because of her and not getting irritated with my anal retentive ways.

In response to your comments on my article, while I think ideally media outlets would be owned by locals who understand what their community standards are, the reality is that that is not going to happen anytime soon. The FCC of late has encouraged further consolidation by increasing the number of media outlets in one community that one company can own. I don't think anyone in the FCC is going to change their mind soon. I also understand your concerns about making a complex ratings system even more so, but I feel that if we go through the painful process of catergorizing the various obscene things and educate the public about it what all means, they will be empowered to make their own decisions without government making it for them. Thanks for reading the article.

I would also like to thanks you for including that story on John Kerry's package. [inlink]holly,72[/inlink] MMMMMMMMM political porn.

In response to Lisa's entry [inlink]lisa,66[/inlink]. I do the same thing- wonder about what happened to ex-girlfriends. It is not one of those things where you want to date them or think your life would be better with them. I just wonder what happened to them and what they are doing now. I don't think it is weird because it is a person that, at one point, you shared a lot of things with. And though you are beyond it now, the curiosity makes you wonder.

That is all for now. t-minus one day until Jill comes for a visit. Wooo Wooo. SHould be fun. Hope all is well with everyone, and they all enjoyed their vacations. Take care of yourselves

[inlink]ajay,52[/inlink]
I totally agree with you ajay. It is a purely a political move to try to mobilize the christian right to get out and vote. I want to apologize for the Washington Times bias in the article. The only reason that I used the Washington Times article is that is where I found the story. I prefer the Post by far, but they did not report on it.

My question is, should the names of homosexual aides be released because who they work for votes for the amendment? Should they be held accountable for who they work for? Or are their personal and professional lives seperate?

I guess it is about time I updated. I have been really busy and wanted to update but I couldn't justify it when I should be doing other stuff. It has been a crazy week since I last posted.

First things first. On Thursday I got to go to the South lawn of the White House and watch the President's helicopter land. It was definitely one of the coolest things I have done since I've been in DC. The three identical helicopters all approach in a line and just as it looks like the first one is going to land, it pulls away and flies off. Then the second one approaches and lands as that is the one the President is actually in. Then the third one flies off too. When the helicopter is landing. Everything looks really cool because of how windy it is. All of the plants are flapping around violently but in a very surreal way. Once the propellers stop, a marine comes out of the front door of the helicopter and opens the back door of the helicopter for the president. First Barney, the Presidents dog, came out followed by Bush and Laura, who were waving and every one waved back. Condi Rice and Andrew Card followed but the just went off to the West Wing. The Bushes waved as they walked into the White House. IT was a really cool experience.

On friday we released the MidSession Review (halfway through the year the OMB released updated budget figures; if you have read any newspaper articles about the record deficits or smaller deficit projections lately that is what they are talking about) at work. The morning was madness. Lots of calls and running around to be sure we had everything for the press conference at noon. It was especially crazy because my supervisor at work had to take the afternoon off to move into her new apartment, and she is the one the runs the office and is incharge of setting everything up. There was a lot of running around. We had to escort reporters to the briefing room, bring up the directors statement, etc. During the middle of the conference, I was sent back down to be sure the MSR had been posted on the website (which it hadn't) and as a result reporter after reporter was calling to ask where it was. Luckily it finally went up. After that, the rest of the day was incredibly slow.

Friday was also eventful as my roommate Sivram had to go to the hospital. He was riding his bike, hit a bump and fell off, hitting himself in the crotch and scraping up his knee and elbow. It didn't seem to be that bad, but he was in a lot of pain, especially in a certain sensitive area, so he went home. When he got home, he got into the shower and notice some blood in his boxers. When he checked himself over, he saw that he was cut open and thought he saw a testicle. He then drove himself to the emergency room where they put 8 neon blue stitches in to sew him back together. He didn't see his testicle, it was just a second layer of skin. He is doing okay now though and has to get the stitches out tomorrow. Needless to say, the score is still Sivram - 2; Lance Armstrong - 1.

I have more to say but I have to go to work. I will try to update again soon. Hope all is well with everyone. Talk to you later and all we want is some "Free love on the free love freeway. The lovin is free and the free way is long"

Hey Everyone. I guess it has been a while since I posted. I apologize. These past couple of weeks have been quite busy.

Jill got here last wednesday and left saturday. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we could hang out. I hope the oppressive manner that I make visitors tour DC, which include the constant bombardment of useless trivia about whatever we happen to be near, didn't drive her crazy. It was fun though. We went to two shows. They were good and she seemed to have a really good time. The second show was a bit too wavy-whiney-brighteyes-emo for my tastes, but the fact that we were the oldest people there besides the band more than made up for it. Nothing says a good concert like being hit on by a 14 year old alt/emo rock chick. It was fun.

On to less fun news. My computer died. I guess it was only a matter of time. It was an e-machine with Windows Me. Everytime I boot it up it flashes the windows screen and then stops when it is all black except for a flashing cursor in the top right hand corner. I then manually shut it off and it forces me into safe mode, where I have tried to resolve the problem to no avail. I will try again soon when I feel like dealing with it. Luckily I got a laptop for christmas sso I can use that. It is a used compaq with windows 98, but it gets the job done.

On to more upsetting news that turned out to be ok. So me siv, chris and nate (roommates and friend/former RA) went to chipotle today (It is a mexican fast food chain - think what would happen if you combined subway with mighty taco). And when I went to pay, my debit card was not in my wallet. I had no idea where it was. I paid with my credit card. I then remembered using it when jill siv chris and I went out for mongolian bbq on saturday. When I got home, I called the place and they have it, I just have to pick it up. That was a relief, cancelling that and all that crap would have been such a pain in the ass.

I have to change my life again. I have been slacking off on a lot of things that need to get done and it needs to stop. Things are passing me by and I need to grab on or I will get left behind. I need to get motivated and kick some ass.

In Response to the article in Maureen's journal [inlink]maureen,6[/inlink], I think the fact that Kerry relies on the ABB Dems will hurt him and possibly cost him the election. Politicians may be able to rally the base and raise money by being against something, but that will not bring people to the polls. Look at Howard Dean. If Kerry wants to win he needs to stop responding to Bush's agenda and focus all his energy on laying out his own plan regardless of what Bush is doing. You want your opponent to have to defend themselves from you. You don't win on the defensive. I think I might write my Intellectual Wastebasket article on that. (Another thing I have to do as it is a week and a half late)

On to other things. I am glad for you Ajay that you get to start new. Best of luck to you. I also want to welcome Sqb to the e-strip family. I really enjoy the pictures of your that I have seen. Hmmmm. I guess that is it for now. I hope some miracle happens and my other computer starts working. Until next time. Stay out of trouble.