THe first week of school has been going well so far. I have been really busy lately, but very little of it has to do with my actual classes. At least I have been doing a decent job in keeping on top of things and being productive. Hopefully that will continue. On a side note, I hate the fucking shuttle service to my apartment - it is unreliable and sucks. I am such a supporter of public transport but it is crap like shuttles leaving 5 minutes before they are scheduled to that make me want to give up on it. In fairness to public transportation, this is run by a private company contracted out by my school for the apartment building. So it is not truly public, but you get my drift. I do still have much love for normal DC public transport. They are generally pretty reliable and on time and that is all I ask.

Happy Birthday Mike!!!! Hope you had a great time tonight. Wish I could be there.

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Hey Jason, welcome to the site. Don't worry, you are not the only Republican as I am a member of Satan's minions as well. I do agree with you though that arguements become too partisan all the time. Rather than look at an idea and judge it on its merits, people look at what party is supporting an idea and fall in line based on who said it. It is okay to agree with a certain party's ideology and vote accordingly, but often times people become so concerned with following what the party says that they do not make their own decisions and ideas. People should stop discussing parties and people and focus on ideas. Fighting over whether Bush is a moron or not accomplishes nothing. We should talk about how the policies that he has put in place are correct or flawed. Take the arguements above petty personal/party bickering and debate ideas not people.

Yours Truly,
-A fellow GOPer

So I'm back in DC now. Classes start tomorrow. So much to do - meetings etc. It is great seeing people that I haven't seen in over a year because I was abroad and then they were abroad. Worried about the whole internship situation. Worried I might have not played my cards right. Oh well. What happens happens. Happy belated B-day to terry. It was nice seeing the e-strip people that I did. It is very wierd the parallel universes of knowing a person from the site and meeting them in person. Got my nipple pierced at cowpok yesterday. I highly reccommend them and the person who pierced me (Ian) did a really good job both in the piercing and making it not scary (though I was an asshole and didn't think to tip him until it was too late and I didn't tip him- I'm a jerk). It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, though I was pretty terrified up to the point that I was actually pierced. It was great seeing and hanging out with everyone. I will be back in the -lo in October and we will party it up once again. That is a lot of stuff in a very short entry. Take care everyone.b

My roommate emailed me today. Our new roommate is moving in today. Hopefully he wil be ok. From what we can gather from him so far. He seems kind of like a nerd, but that is ok by me. Probably one of the least offensive possibilites that he could be. We'll see.

Currently I'm watching the Brasil-US women's soccer gold medal game. It is tied and in extra time. I'm not that horribly interested but it is decent background noise.

Hmmm. Feeling kind of lazy. Stuff to say but none of it is that current. Just stuff I didn't put in in the past week. Don't have the motivation to do it now. Sorry.

It was nice seeing/meeting all the people I did last night. Good to have a face to go with a journal. I guess that is all for now. Still enjoying the -lo. Bye.