Hey all,

Today, my cousin and I went to Harper's Ferry. It's a national park with an old, historic town in the middle of it. The town is located right where the Potomac River and Shenandoah River meet up. Surrounded by pretty, green foresty mountains, Harper's Ferry was quaint, scenic and educational. The drive there was kind of chaotic because we didn't really know where we were going, but it was it worth it in the end. The area was gorgeous--the pictures I took will be on Facebook soon. For more information on Harper's Ferry, go to their detailed website. Lots of important happenings went down there many years ago. Overall, a must see for anyone traveling through WVA.

Yesterday, we capped off our last Saturday night in town by heading out to Adams Morgan. We went to this bar called "Madams Organ" (haha), which was pretty cool. They had a live band and three different bars; needless to say, we all had a pretty good time. The place kind of reminded of the Sig house at Southwestern-- a little run down, kind of random, loud and very crowded. But, it made for a good time nonetheless.

I now find myself ridiculously close to the end of this semester. I will be home in a mere five days. That's pretty crazy. I've probably said this before, but time sure has flown by here. It's such a busy, fast paced city that you kind of forget that the days are coming and going. It will be interesting to live outside the bubble, in a city where people do not constantly live and breathe politics. I think life will seem a great deal slower and less hectic back in Texas. Should be interesting to see if I prefer that pace of living. Also, I look forward to being the "political nerd" again, and not just another person, haha.


Tim

good evening folks. this work week went well. all my papers are completed and turned in. I will update more later. Suffice to say, I'm having an awesome weekend. Went to eastern market today, bought some gifts, went to dupont/embassy row, now am going to the national portrait gallery and dinner and china town. all is going to plan

i will write more in this thing soon. I've developed a plan for the future...


tim

Ok--

So, I just finished all my papers (pretty much). I've printed my Seminar papers, and now must revise my Middle Eastern Politics paper one last time before printing/putting it in "the box."

More on this weekend:

Friday, my program-mates and I went to a gay bar (you don't have to be gay to go) and watched an absurdly awesome drag ball. Drag ball lasted till about 12:30 AM; then I went to grab some food with my good pal Joe, at this place called "Bus Boy's and Poets." BB&P is named after Langston Hughes--once a busboy himself--and has great soul/vegan food. All in all, fun time. Drag ball plus killer veggie nachos = pretty fun night.

Like I mentioned the other day, I dog sat for some interesting people this weekend. Ate breakfast with them on Sunday morning, and we talked about politics/weird life connections for about an hour or so. Chris Lehman (editor of yahoo news and columnist/writer) can make some damn good migas.

Today at work was fairly ho-hum. My supervisor turned in my evaluation sheet last week, so now, I'm pretty much crusin.' This upcoming weekend is my last in DC. Hard to believe it, but it's true. I've gotta start making plans now, I suppose.

Peace,

tim

Good evening,

So this past few days have been pretty fun. Thursday, I found out that my supervisor sent in my internship evaluation form. I think it went well...she told via instant message and ended the sentence with a smiley face. That's always a good sign. After that, she asked me if I wanted to dog sit this weekend. Random? Perhaps. But that's what I'm doing right now...dog sitting. As it so happens, I'm dog sitting for Ana Marie Cox (TIME Magazine, GQ, blogger), Chris Cox (Yahoo News Editor), Rhett Miller (lead singer, Old 97's) and Hari Sevugan (DNC National Press Secretary).

It's been pretty boring so far, but hopefully I'll get to meet them. Either way, I'm happy to do a favor, and I got a lot of work done. Remember all those papers I mentioned earlier? Well, I'm done with all of them (pretty much)! Hard to believe another semester is coming to an end, but it is. It's been good. I just purged a lot of my thoughts out on this ten page synopsis paper...maybe I'll post that soon...

I'm really tired and can't focus to well. Will write/update more soon


Tim

Good evening,

Work today was pretty cool; I got to help out at the media event with the Chairman. Basically, he announced the Democratic party's strategy for the 2010 midterm elections. Lots of reporters were there, along with OFA volunteers. I held the door open for John King...twice. Pretty cool.

Other than that, work is going fairly smooth. I've been getting lots of compliments...assuages my fears about my intern evaluation that's due next week. Eek

Outside of work, things are really getting down to the wire. I have like 5 papers due next. I've written 3 of them, though, but still need to revise one and finish a ten/5 pager(s). Blerg. So this weekend I'll be reflecting a lot on my time up here, because that's what one of the papers must discuss. Perhaps I'll post that paper on here when all is said/done.

Socially, I will probably go out to the oober cool "Adams Morgan" or "Dupont Circle" area this weekend. I plan to start getting some fun gifts/souvenirs as well. Should be fun

nothing more, right now


Tim

Greetings,

First day of another work week. Hard to believe, but I've only got two more after this. Oh, how time flies by.

The weekend was good, for the most part. Much of the second went out of town for a few days, so Joe and I pretty much had it all to ourselves. Gotta say, it was pretty relaxing to be able to have a beer and watch whatever I wanted to on TV. Unfortunately, I don't get to partake in activities like that very often here (will explain in more detail later).

Saturday night, Joe, Nancy, Leslie, and I went out to "Adams Morgan," which is D.C.'s equivalent of 6th street. Pretty fun area, we'll probably go back again soon. Sunday, we went to the climate rally on the Mall. Lots of good energy there (no pun intended). Saw a bunch of random people (i.e. Jesse Jackson) speak, but missed Passion Pit play :(.

While I wasn't embarking on trip to seedy bars/rallying for the environment; I worked tirelessly on my paper for Middle Eastern Politics. So far, I've got 6 1/2 pages written. That exceeds the minimum length...yay? Needless to say, I'm going to need to do a lot of revising for it. We picked our own topic, which is both a blessing and a curse. I've got to iron out a few wrinkles if I want to earn an A. Hello, stress.

Fairly mundane day at the office. Clips, database project, notes on Press Briefing, answering phones, and putting together digest. Mundane, but productive. On that note, I'm getting addicted to coffee.

Will write more soon,

tim

Let me break down my work week

Monday--Fairly uneventful..My clips didn't take up too much time, nor did much else. I can't even recall what happened. Overall, a pretty slow day

Tuesday--A little bit faster pace, but I made a mistake that bugged me a lot. I didn't get the reporter's name on a question during a press conference. Usually, this doesn't matter, nor is it even expected. However, this was a pretty relevent question. I felt pretty embarrassed that i missed out on an opportunity to impress..but oh well, such is life.

Today was fairly hectic. I was going to go on a white house tour, but I didn't get put on the list in time (long story). Anyway, I ended getting rejected at the gate. Bummer. I came back and my supervisor felt sorry for me, so she said she would work on getting me another tour (cool).
Not too long after that, I went to an intern meeting with a Congresswoman. She's a real interesting, energetic lady. Name is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, from Florida. Fun meeting. After that I had a mountain of clips to do along with a really monotonous project. Needless to say, I messed up a bit on the project and had to correct it--which only added to my stress. Soon after leaving the office, my friend and I stopped for a beer at a local bar. Much needed

Now, I'm angry the mavs lost. Oh well, I knew they wouldn't sweep.

Other news--all my paperwork got through to my supervisor in Austin. So, looks like everything is all in order. Sweeet


tim